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Maine GOP Statement on Paid Family Leave & Speaker Gideon’s Tax Increase
Published Date: 04/19/2019
Speaker wants to raise income tax despite evidence program can be created without raising taxes
…Governor Mills Statement on 2018 Drug Overdose Death Report
Published Date: 04/18/2019
It is welcome news that the number of people losing their lives to drug overdoses has decreased, but the opioid epidemic still presents a serious public health threat to our state,” said Governor Mills. We will not rest in our determination to end this epidemic.
…With blueberries in trouble, Maine eyes commission overhaul
Published Date: 04/16/2019
Maine lawmakers might try to pump some life into the state’s troubled wild blueberry industry by overhauling the commission that promotes the state’s most important fruit crop
Golden Leads Bipartisan Push for Better Data, New Approaches to Expand Reliable Broadband to Rural America
Published Date: 04/16/2019
Golden, Small Business Committee leaders encourage FCC to improve data collection, explore TV White Spaces
…In Portland, King Continues Fight to Bring Support, Tax Relief to Maine People
Published Date: 04/15/2019
King signs letter to Appropriations Committee at Pine Tree Legal requesting comprehensive funding for the Low Income Taxpayer Clinic program
…In Portland, King Continues Fight to Bring Support, Tax Relief to Maine People
Published Date: 04/15/2019
King signs letter to Appropriations Committee at Pine Tree Legal requesting comprehensive funding for the Low Income Taxpayer Clinic program.
…Republicans call for state income tax cut, warn against Democratic agenda
Published Date: 04/15/2019
A group of prominent Republicans gathered with supporters at the State House on Monday, the tax filing deadline in most states, to highlight Maine’s tax burden and call for spending restraint.
Gov. Janet Mills moved expeditiously on some of her core campaign pledges during her first 100 days and is credited with helping change the political tenor in Augusta. But with major issues looming, the question is: Will it last?
Published Date: 04/15/2019
Gov. Janet Mills moved expeditiously on some of her core campaign pledges during her first 100 days and is credited with helping change the political tenor in Augusta. But with major issues looming, the question is: Will it last?
King, Daines Launch Bipartisan Effort to Strengthen Medicare Advantage Benefits
Published Date: 04/12/2019
Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) and Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) renewed efforts to protect Medicare benefits by re-introducing the Medicare Advantage Quality Payment Relief Act. The bipartisan bill reverses an unintended policy of the Affordable Care Act that is currently denying millions of seniors and people with disabilities their Medicare Advantage benefits.
King, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Close Nationwide Digital “Homework Gap”
Published Date: 04/12/2019
Sen. Angus King joined a group of senators to introduce the Digital Equity Act of 2019. Aimed at closing the growing digital divide in communities across the country, the bill creates two $125 million grant programs targeted toward state & local level projects promoting equal access to information technology and educational materials.
…Strengthening Health Care, Tackling the Opioid Crisis, Embracing Renewable Energy: Maine Forges Significant Progress in First 100 Days of Mills Administration
Published Date: 04/12/2019
Within the first 100 days of Governor Janet Mills’ Administration more than 19,000 people have access to life-saving health care and the state has taken serious steps to address the opioid crisis and among other achievements.
…On 100th Day in Office, Governor Mills Signs Legislation to Promote Pay Equality
Published Date: 04/12/2019
On her 100th day in office Governor Janet Mills signed legislation to promote pay equality. LD 278, will promote discourage employers from basing wages on an employee’s salary history.
…King on Space Force: Genuinely Undecided, But Skeptical
Published Date: 04/11/2019
In hearing, King praises work of military leaders in space and questions the value of “adding a box to an organizational chart”
…Senators Collins, King Meet with Maine Hospital Association, Discuss Solutions to Issues Hospitals are Facing Throughout the State
Published Date: 04/11/2019
Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus King (I-ME) met with members of the Maine Hospital Association (MHA) in Washington, D.C., to discuss possible solutions to several issues hospitals throughout Maine are facing.
…Out-of-state funding boosts Susan Collins’ coffers
Published Date: 04/09/2019
Republican Sen. Susan Collins has out-raised a liberal crowdfunding effort to unseat her, thanks to out-of-state donors
Regulators set to vote on key permit for CMP’s hotly contested power line
Published Date: 04/09/2019
Thursday’s vote by the Public Utilities Commission will be a key point in Central Maine Power’s effort to build the transmission line through western Maine.
King to IRS: Stop Targeting Low-Income Maine People
Published Date: 04/08/2019
Data Shows Two of Maine’s Poorest Counties Have Higher-Than-Average Audit Rates
…Jared Golden among a trio of Democrats most likely to side with Trump
Published Date: 04/08/2019
Only two Democrats in the U.S. House have voted with President Donald Trump more than Golden, according to statistics compiled by FiveThirtyEight, a polling and data-driven news outfit.
In Letter, Pingree Cautions USDA Secretary Against SNAP Work Requirements, Says Policy Caused Maine’s Food insecurity to Spike to 15.8 percent
Published Date: 04/03/2019
Pingree noted that when the state of Maine imposed a similar policy during the LePage administration it increased the state’s food insecurity to 15.8 percent and urged USDA not to pursue this course.
…On House Floor, Pingree Urges Maine Tribe’s Inclusion into 2019 Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act
Published Date: 04/03/2019
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today spoke on the U.S. House floor in support of H.R. 1585, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (VAWA) of 2019.
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