AUGUSTA, Maine — Who runs the county jail system — and perhaps more importantly, who pays for it — has emerged as an $80 million question that the Maine Legislature will have to answer before the end of June. Lawmakers and Gov. Paul LePage overcame a months-long impasse earlier in …
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