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Maine's two-year budget will once again try to tax streaming services.

What I care about most is having those in office who best represents my beliefs and policy preferences.

Some cities are better off than others when it comes to splurging on the holidays. According to a recent study, Massachusetts residents from this town have the highest holiday spending budget in the U.S., with a maximum of over $4,000.

Have you been?

Breeze Airways now flies to Orlando, directly out of Portland!

A $166,000 increase from last year.

Most people probably remember what happened when the federal government shut down the last time... but there's one big difference now. Now, it's winter.

Senator Roger Katz joins us every Monday on the Moose Morning Show. Roger talked with us about the (hopeful) end of the long legislative session and the controversy surrounding Governor LePage's involvement in Speaker Mark Eves losing his new job at Goodwill Hinckley School.

Senator Roger Katz joins us every Monday on the Moose Morning Show. This week, Roger talked about an expected veto override on the state budget, casinos, vaccinations, constitutional carry and more.

Maine Gov. Paul LePage has presented a $6.3 billion budget. It proposes cutting income taxes and eliminating the estate tax. The budget outlines partially paying for both measures with a broader and higher sales tax.

Over the past week or so I've been writing about cuts in the Auburn city budget. Everything from the school budget vote, to recycling cuts and other budget decisions. After much outcry from Auburn residents, most regarding closing the New Auburn fire department for six months, the city has brought those programs back.

Today, we'll find out if the legislature overrides the governor's veto of the state budget, thus, keeping the state from shutting down. When asked by Channel 6 why the vetoed it, he summed it up in three words

I don't know all of the answers, nor do I pretend to have the answers. Last Tuesday Auburn residents, like other municipalities' residents, voted on school budgets and other town or city issues. I voted yes for 6.9 school budget increase, which I know would result in a tax increase. The proposed increase was voted down by 60% of the voters. OK, for Auburn it's back to the drawing board.