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Committee hearings focus on Maine budget cuts (AP via Yahoo! Finance)As hearings got under way Monday, veteran lawmakers on the Appropriations Committee said they see the panel's challenge to balance a Maine budget that reflects a $140 million revenue downturn as an opportunity to lay the groundwork for the next spending package, which faces a much larger shortfall.
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:29:36 GMT.
Hearings focus on Maine budget cuts (Boston Globe)
As hearings got under way Monday, veteran lawmakers on the Appropriations Committee said they see the panel's challenge to balance a state budget that reflects a $140 million revenue downturn as an opportunity to lay the groundwork for the next spending package, which faces a much larger shortfall.
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:42:44 GMT.
River Drowning In Pork Barrel Dollars (The Washington DC Examiner)
WHAT: Secured a $200,000 federal earmark to help finance the Dore?s Run of River Project to create a whitewater rafting entertainment park in downtown Skowhegan. The Kennebec river runs through Skowhegan.
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:16:56 GMT.
Dufour Succeeds Daigle at Camden National Corporation (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
CAMDEN, Maine----Rendle A. Jones, Esq., chairman of the Board of Directors of Camden National Corporation, announced that Gregory A. Dufour has succeeded Robert W. Daigle as president and chief executive officer of Camden National Corporation effective January 1, 2009.
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:23:00 GMT.
Elizabeth Dotts (The Huntsville Times)
Position: Associate at Public FA, a municipal finance company run by her dad, Phil, who's the new chairman of the Business Council of Alabama. Family: Engaged to Patrick Fleming, a commercial loan underwriter at First Commercial Bank.
Sun, 04 Jan 2009 10:16:59 GMT.
2008: Top Stories of the Year (Insurance Journal)
2008 can be described as a year like no other in the property/casualty insurance world. This year we saw the near death of the world's largest and most successful insurance company, AIG. The soft ...
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:00:43 GMT.
18 new lawmakers, including Holliston's Dykema, face tough initiation (Holliston Tab)
"All the new legislators bring a new perspective," said state Rep-elect Carolyn Dykema, D-Holliston. "We're very in touch with our districts through campaigns and we have a sense of what the public is feeling right now."
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:28:06 GMT.
Financial meltdown slowing wind-power boom (AG Weekly)
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Grain farmer Mike Doyle has grown to love the big, spindly wind turbines that rise from his central Illinois prairie. Their blades, many more than 100 feet, cut the wind with a low, rhythmic whooshing noise. Not too long ago, he admired a rainbow arching over them.
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:10:35 GMT.
New reps get quick start on tough decisions (The Sun Chronicle)
Bill Bowles often gets teased when he talks about his new job as Attleboro's state representative. "People in Attleboro have sort of joked with me, saying, 'Are you sure this is the time you want to go?'"
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:38:54 GMT.
Dexter hopes to advance 21st century learning program (The Morning Sun)
In April of last year, Kansas joined with seven other states to promote 21st century teaching and learning skills for all students.
Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:32:14 GMT.