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johnph77 — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 06:10:47 GMT

politicians screwing around with expected revenues - anyone heard of Social Security

Maine to use lottery proceeds instead of raising taxes

Lottery Post — Thu, 06 Jan 2005 16:09:00 GMT

Maine Governor John Baldacci may draw from future lottery proceeds and delay pension costs as part of his approach to financing a new two-year state budget without raising taxes. Baldacci may also seek approval for changing some benefit standards in the state Medicaid program, which is known as MaineCare, to help cover a budget gap of about $740 million.Aides shied away from details and emphasized that the forthcoming budget package was subject to change. But planning for a Friday release to th... [ More ]