While supporters and opponents of Gov. Paul LePage's $6.1 billion state budget gathered at the State House, members of the Legislature's Appropriations Committee held a day-long public hearing on several major changes to the benefit packages of state workers and teachers designed to generate more than $400 million dollars in savings. Although a few fiscal conservatives rose to speak in favor of the proposed revisions, the overwhelming number of active and retired state employees told lawmakers they were bitterly opposed to the changes.
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