Maine Legislature shields staff salaries from Open Checkbook disclosure

State employees working for the Maine Legislature have had their salary and benefits information shielded from a state-operated, public database that provides the same information on all other state workers.

While the salary information for partisan and non-partisan employees at the Maine Legislature remains public information, officials have been unable to explain exactly why that data isn't being loaded into the disclosure website, Maine Open Checkbook. Continue…
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