10 Budget blues in Maine.

PositionSTATELINE - State workers' salary freeze in Maine - Brief article

A Maine state trooper told lawmakers he has resorted to feeding his six children road kill because he can't afford enough food. Trooper Jon Brown spoke in favor of lifting a state salary freeze in effect since 2009. He was among dozens of state workers who asked members of the Legislature's Appropriations Committee to restore funding so raises could resume. Maine has been battling a budget shortfall of nearly $100 million. Brown, a military veteran, was paid a little more than $37,000 in pretax wages in 2012, state records show...

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