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Long before he was an associate justice on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, Waterville native was a standout pitcher at Colby College and Cape Cod League.

The proposal from Rep. David Boyer, R-Poland, garnered bipartisan support in the House last week before failing Tuesday in the Senate.

This spring, after living under the costly failures of Obamacare-like health care legislation for two decades, the Maine Legislature enacted a set of patient-centered, market-based health care reforms. The Maine experience is both a warning of Obamacare’s likely effects and a practical demonstration to other states of how to enact sound free-market health care reforms in spite of Obamacare. Maine has also shown how much more it and other states could accomplish if not hamstrung by Obamacare and how Congress could chart a better course toward more innovative and effective health care reform.

Gov. John Baldacci has proposed the first changes to his $438 million in budget cuts, which would restore longevity pay for state employees and scrap three unpaid days off, but is holding off on making other proposals.

The Land Use Regulation Commission yesterday kicked off a series of hearings to solicit public feedback on proposed changes to the comprehensive land use plan that guide its decisions concerning development in the state's Unorganized Territory.