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Maine cannot presently compel out-of-state Internet retailers to collect sales tax owed by state residents and businesses making purchases online. Lawmakers believe Maine could benefit from the additional revenue and are considering bills to collect it. But Congress also must decide whether to require online sellers, regardless of location, to collect tax on retail sales. Whether the decision is made by the state or federal government, the continuing growth of Internet sales will have the greatest effect on states that rely on sales and use tax the most. SOURCE: Congressional Research Service

LePage vetoes bill calling for Internet sales tax study

AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage vetoed his sixth bill of the legislative session Friday afternoon. LD 319 directed Maine Revenue Services to review Maine’s ...

LePage: State will run out of money for DHHS bills June 10

AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine’s health and human services commissioner said Friday her department only has enough money to pay its bills through June 10. That’s ...

Democrats kill bills that would have given rights to fetuses, changed abortion requirements

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Dan Brown pets Sprocket, his family's 4-year-old sole milking cow before hosing her down at Gravel Wood Farm on the Blue Hill peninsula Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011. Dan Brown contends that he doesn't need a license to sell raw, unpasteurized milk. State and federal regulators say otherwise.

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ELLSWORTH, Maine — Dan Brown, the poster child for local food rules in Maine, said he will have to file for bankruptcy if the judge ...

U.S. Marines hold umbrellas as rain falls during a joint news conference between President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the White House Rose Garden in Washington, May 16, 2013.

Hold your own umbrella, irked conservatives tell Obama

"Marines are always out getting rained on. That's sort of what we do," said Capt. Eric Flanagan, a Marines spokesman.

If more people are on Medicaid, why are Maine hospitals giving away more care for free?

The financial health of Maine’s hospitals has landed at the center of State House debate this spring as lawmakers tussle over whether Maine should expand ...

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