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There is a poll on the front page of the Portland Press Herald website that needs to be freeped. Should Gov. LePage withhold all General Assistance funding for communities that ignore his administration's policy prohibiting undocumented immigrants from receiving state aid? Related article: June 24, 2014 From LePage, new threat on local aid to ‘illegals’ The governor says all General Assistance payments will be cut off for communities that help asylum seekers and other undocumented immigrants. By Kevin Miller Staff Writer Gov. Paul LePage is threatening to withhold all state funding for General Assistance from communities that ignore his administration’s...

MARION — Williamson County board members are eyeing changes in the general assistance program to compliment a proposed reduction of county funding for the 2013 fiscal year, which begins Dec. 1. During a budget work session Wednesday, commissioners reviewed new eligibility guidelines with a budget line item reduction from $120,000 to $60,000. “General assistance has been around a long time. When I came here in 2004, it was $175,000 annually. We had 20 to 40 people on average. This year, it jumped to 77 people. It’s become an open line item. The state gives us nothing,” said county Board Chairman...