GOP lawmakers say they have budget plan to end shutdown

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Coverage of Maine's budget impasse (all times local):

Updated 7:35 p.m.

Maine leaders say a bid to end the state's government shutdown will wait until morning.

House Republicans say on Saturday their new budget proposal can win the approval of Republican Gov. Paul LePage and end the stalemate. The proposal is currently under review in a fiscal office.

State officials say a budget conference committee that must approve the proposal will reconvene at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. If the committee approves of the budget, it will go to the full Legislature for a vote.

House Republicans and Democrats have sparred for weeks over the budget, with the disagreements often focusing on state education funding.

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