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• Source: Lewiston Sun Journal
• Date: March 02, 2008
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• Bylines: Kathryn Skelton
• Topics: State Government
• Data Types: State Data
• Description/Excerpt: The three men who held the chancellor's post between 2003 and 2007 spent 166 days traveling out-of-state, according to a Sun Journal analysis of records supplied by various state departments and the governor's office. Total cost to the state: $58,855. The Maine Community College System president stayed put, on principle, pointing to a Gov. John Baldacci executive order that reduced travel to the "absolute minimum necessary" to hold down spending. The Sun Journal reviewed the out-of-state itemized travel expenses for 37 state government positions, mostly department heads and deputies at the largest and most well-known agencies.