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Republicans on the Legislature's transportation committee this week succeeded in advancing a plan to sustain Maine highway funding. But it's unclear if the proposal will garner the bipartisan support needed to avoid a shutdown of state transportation operations come July 1.
A continuing services budget passed by Democrats in March did not include highway funding, which is used to fund operations for the Maine Department of Transportation, Bureau of Motor Vehicles and part of the Maine State Police.