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LePage Outlines Spending Priorities for Next Two Years in $6.3B Budget Plan

AUGUSTA, Maine - It's been a very big week for Maine's governor, with Paul LePage's inauguration on Wednesday, and today the budget. The much-anticipated $ 6.3 billion, two-year plan lays out LePage's spending priorities, and now goes to the Legislature for its consideration.

MPBN's Mal Leary talks with Nora Flaherty from Augusta, where he has been in budget briefings with the governor and his top budget officials.
 

Journalist Mal Leary spearheads Maine Public's news coverage of politics and government and is based at the State House.