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		<title>UMaine student leads ethics discussion at Statehouse</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 21:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An honors student from the University of Maine stood before lawmakers Wednesday and, in a clear and confident voice, walked them through an ethics reform proposal that would require more extensive disclosure of the financial affairs of public officials and legislators.]]></description>
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		<title>Governor and Democratic leader announce plans to fix state ethics</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 07:09:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AUGUSTA — Two of the state’s top political leaders are vowing a bipartisan effort to make government ethics, accountability and transparency key issues in the upcoming legislative session. Republican Gov. Paul LePage and House Democratic leader Emily Cain are responding to a national report that gave Maine government an “F” for its potential for corruption. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>‘F’ integrity grade spurs leaders  to consider new transparency laws</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:49:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you get an “F,” there are usually two ways to respond: Blame the teacher or try to do better the next time. Maine leaders are taking the second route – vowing to do something about the failing grade the state got last month in a 50-state study of the laws and practices that could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>‘F’ in national study means Maine ‘ripe’ for corruption</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 00:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maine has earned an “F” from a national organization’s first-in-the-nation assessment of accountability and transparency across the 50 states. Maine ranked 46th in the “State Integrity Investigation” by three nonpartisan, national and international journalism and good government groups. The score was based on research into 330 indicators on both the laws and practices in 14 [...]]]></description>
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