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Maine budget-balancing bill signed by governor

By Glenn Adams

 |  Associated Press  

  May 17, 2012

Even though Governor Paul LePage signed a bill Wednesday to make up for an $80 million budget shortfall largely through Medicaid cuts, the debate is far from over. Maine voters can expect the cuts to become an issue in this year’s legislative election. “What the debate demonstrates is the difference between the parties,’’ state Senator Philip Bartlett II, Democrat of Gorham, said hours after the Republican governor signed the bill.

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