Nation IN BRIEF : MAINE : Lawmakers Back Budget Proposal
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Maine lawmakers approved a tentative budget proposal as negotiators in Augusta went back to work on resolving a dispute over a workers’ compensation plan that the governor has linked to the spending package. Approval of the tentative budget plan was a first step toward breaking a partisan impasse that shut down many government agencies last week. Both houses of the Democratic-controlled Legislature approved the measure and sent it to Republican Gov. John R. McKernan Jr.
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