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Maine Senate upholds vetoes of Democrat-sponsored bills

By Glenn Adams

 |  Associated Press  

  January 11, 2012

The Republican-controlled state Senate ensured yesterday that Governor Paul LePage’s vetoes of three Democratic-sponsored bills will stand. Senators upheld the GOP governor’s vetoes of bills that sought to exempt nonprofit performing arts organizations from sales taxes, create an income tax credit for logging companies that hire Maine residents, and promote energy efficiency in public buildings. The bills were passed by the Legislature last year.

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