Proposals by the LePage administration to reduce state funding for a number of welfare programs were opposed by large numbers of people who signed up to speak before the Legislature's Appropriations Committee today. The panel began a series of public hearings on changes to numerous programs administered by the Department of Health and Human Services that the governor says will put the state back on the right financial track. But many warned that the projected short-term savings will only produce long-term problems for the state.
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