Jan. 20th work session for bill calling for over 340k for control measures and for two new etymologist positions at the Dept of Ag, Conservation & Forestry.
Recent Policy
February 24th Work Session Scheduled For Bill Sharing State Marijuana Revenue with Municipalities.
LD 1195 would allocate 5% of the gross sales and excise tax revenue generated by adult use marijuana ...
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Rural Legal Services Bill Moves Forward with Amendments
LD 1924 requires the UMaine System establish a satellite clinic of UMaine School of Law's Cumberland Legal Aid ...
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3rd Work Session Scheduled tor Feb. 22nd on Bill Encouraging Relocation to Rural Maine
LD 1406 would provide a $2k tax credit for 5 years for people to relocate to either Aroostook, ...
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Caribou Utilities District Pushing to Include Broadband Services
If Approved by the Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology, LD 1949 would permit a change to the ...
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Governor Mills Signs 7 Bills into Law
The Governor's office released a Press Release announcing the following bills have been signed into law ...
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Divided Report for Bill Allowing Rank-Choice for Municipal Elections
Following a February 7th work session, the Committee on State & Local Government failed to find a consensus ...
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Feb. 17th Work Session Scheduled for LD 696
Work session for bill banning solitary confinement in Maine Prisons is scheduled for February 17th ...
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Work Session Planned for Lobster Industry Legal Defense Fund
A Feb. 15th work session is scheduled for bill creating a Maine Lobster Industry legal defense fund ...
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Public Hearing For Affordable Agricultural Homestead Act
Feb 14th Public Hearing scheduled for small-scale agriculture bill ...
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Feb 3rd Public Hearing For Act Supporting State & Local Broadband Infrastructure Ownership
LD 1894 creates the 'Internet Access Expansion Investment Fund' to improve internet & fund projects that assist state ...
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Public Hearing on Jan. 31 to create ‘Service Charge’ For Restaurants Paying Minimum Wage
LD 1878 lets Restaurants use a 'service charge' to help cover financial burden of paying all employees at ...
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Work session on Jan. 20 for LD 1771 – Creates an Advisory Panel to “seek outside funding” to investigate genome editing tech and its potential effects on Maine public policy
Resolve, To Establish the Advisory Panel To Better Understand and Make Recommendations Regarding the Implications of Genome-editing Technology ...
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LD 1929 Provides Assistance to Areas Severally Infested with Browntail Moths
Jan. 20th work session for bill calling for over 340k for control measures and for two new etymologist ...
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Nov 3rd Work Session For LD 48 – Resolve, To Provide for Participation of the State in the Planning and Negotiations for the Atlantic Loop Energy Project (EMERGENCY)
This resolve provides for the immediate, direct involvement of the State in the planning and negotiations on the ...
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Nov 3rd Work Session For LD 1634 – An Act To Create the Maine Generation Authority
The purpose of the authority is to finance and own electricity generation projects that generate electricity using renewable ...
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Gov. Janet Mill’s Official Press Release on New Vaccine Mandate
Any individual employed by a hospital or emergency medical service organization, multi-level health care facility, home health agency, ...
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Public Hearing Scheduled for May 3rd on LD 1265 – An Act To Control the Means of Hunting Coyotes.
Proposed by Sen. Miramant, The Bill Would End Coyote Night Hunting & Forbid Using Dogs For Coyote Hunting ...
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Several Changes Proposed In LD 1363 – An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Elections
Work Session Scheduled for April 30th On Bill Proposing 18 Seperate Changes to Maine Election Law ...
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No Committee Recommendation Yet on Bill Prohibiting Legislators from Legislating While Intoxicated
Despite Strong Support at its April 23rd Public Hearing, No Work Session or Committee Decision Has Been Made ...
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No movement On Act Requiring Majority Vote For Maine To Join Any Multi-state Compact
Rep. Libby's bill declaring that Maine or any of its state agencies may not join, adopt or implement ...
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Committee Votes Ought-Not-To-Pass on Bill Looking to Count Total Number of Public Benefit Recipients Who Are Also Employed By “Large” Companies.
This bill requires the Department of Labor with the assistance of the Department of Health and Human Services ...
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Recent Politics
Gov. Janet Mills State of the State Address Feb 10, 2022
Below is the full transcript for Governor Janet Mill's State of the State Address from February 10th 2022. A transcript can also be ...
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Maine Delegation Presses Dept. of Transportation to Help Alleviate Bus Driver Shortage
In a letter to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, the delegation called for the agency to delay or temporarily waive certain training and certification ...
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Golden Votes to Pass New Legislation to Automatically Enroll Eligible Veterans in VA Health Care
This bipartisan bill would automatically enroll eligible veterans for health care through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) following the end of their ...
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After Senate Vote to Alter Filibuster Falls Short, King Says It Is Time to “Pick Ourselves Up and Keep Fighting”
U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) voted to adjust the Senate’s procedures to defend the democratic process and voting rights after a GOP filibuster blocked ...
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Mills Deploys National Guard to 16 Health Care Facilities
On Jan. 20th 169 National Guard members will be deployed to Maine health care facilities to assist with Covid-19 hospitalizations ...
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Senator Collins Announces $35 Million in LIHEAP Funding for Maine
The State of Maine has been awarded a total of $35,028,729 through the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Low Income Home ...
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Maine Delegation and Governor Mills Urge Commerce Secretary to Rescind Right Whale Rule and Protect Lobster Fishery
NMFS’ flawed and unfair rule would jeopardize livelihoods of lobstermen and women without meaningfully protecting whales ...
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Pingree, Welch, Golden, Kuster Urge Danone to Reinstate Contracts with 89 Organic Dairy Farms across the Northeast
The group urged Danone and its subsidiary, Horizon Organic, to reconsider their decision to sever contracts in the northeast, and to instead prioritize ...
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Senator Collins Announces Lewiston Selected as Finalist for $30 Million Choice Grant
U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced today that a proposal by Lewiston Housing Authority and the City of Lewiston has been selected as one ...
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Collins, King, Pingree Urge DHS to Issue Additional H-2B Visas to Support Maine’s Tourism Industry
U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus King (I-ME) and Representative Chellie Pingree (D-ME) sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas ...
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VIDEO – Senator Collins Provides Update on Border Crisis from the Banks of the Rio Grande
U.S. Senator Susan Collins joined a CODEL of 18 Senators to learn more about the crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border, where an unprecedented ...
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King Emphasizes a Forward-Thinking Cyberdoctrine, to Clearly Communicate “A Price To Be Paid” by Adversaries
U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine), co-chair of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission, questioned General Paul Nakasone, Commander of the United States Cyber Command on ...
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King Cosponsors Bipartisan Bill to Provide Maine’s Legal Cannabis Businesses Access to Banks, Financial Services
As industry expands in Maine, legislation would provide protections for hemp and hemp-derived CBD related businesses ...
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King Spotlights Election Reforms in Senate Hearing on Voting Rights Legislation
Senator King on gerrymandering: the problem is, instead of the voters choosing the politicians, the politicians choose the voters ...
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King, Collins Introduce Legislation Incentivizing Americans To Use Cheaper, Cleaner Home Heating and Cooling Units
The Air Source Heat Pump Act will allow consumers to receive a refundable federal tax credit for costs associated with installation of an ...
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Senators Collins, King Announce More Than $7.7 Million to Support Solar Energy Projects in Caribou, Skowhegan, and Fairfield
The loan will be used to support a 964.6 kilowatt project by Caribou Solar in Caribou, a 3,937 kilowatt project by Dirt Solar ...
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Golden, Jackson Call Out Federal Inaction in Response to Canadian Abuse of Logging Visas
Congressional leaders blocked another opportunity to address the issue with the Farm Workforce Modernization Act ...
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Maine, Mississippi Delegations Lead Bipartisan Call for Robust Shipbuilding Budget, Larger Navy Fleet
Members of Maine’s and Mississippi’s congressional delegations today sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen ...
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Golden, Bost Introduce Legislation to Help Combat Rural Teacher Shortages
The bipartisan legislation helps address teacher shortages in rural schools by requiring the U.S. Department of Education to increase the share of Teacher ...
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King-Backed Provision to Support Restaurants Included in American Rescue Plan
Today, U.S. Senator Angus King is applauding the American Rescue Plan’s inclusion of a $28.6 billion fund specifically designed to support restaurants struggling ...
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Collins, King Join Bipartisan Group in Introducing Bill to Prevent Suicide, Support Mental Health for Health Care Workers Amid COVID-19
U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King joined a bipartisan group in introducing the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act ...
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Senators Collins, King Announce More Than $3.6 Million for Ocean Renewable Power Company in Portland
U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced that Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) in Portland has been awarded a total of $3,615,260 ...
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Golden Statement on Votes Against House Firearm Legislation
Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) released the following statement following his votes against two firearms bills in the House, H.R. 8 and H.R. 1446: ...
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Golden Statement on Votes Against House Firearm Legislation
Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) released the following statement following his votes against two firearms bills in the House, H.R. 8 and H.R. 1446: ...
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Golden Statement on Vote Against Nearly $1.9 Trillion Legislative Package
After voting against the $1.9 trillion legislative package to address the coronavirus pandemic last month, Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) will once again vote ...
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