A law intended to stabilize property taxes for full-time Maine residents aged 65 or older who have owned a homestead…
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On June 21, 2022, the United States Supreme Court released its decision in the case of Carson v. Makin, declaring unconstitutional…
Maine’s Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry (DACF) would write new rules to bring the state’s hemp program into line…
When the legislature returned to Augusta for veto day on May 9, lawmakers failed to override a single one of…
On April 27, Gov. Janet Mills signed LD 2003 into law. The bill was finally passed by the legislature on…
With the 130th Maine Legislature’s second session completed, except for a veto day to be held May 9, several tobacco-related…
Both chambers of the Maine Legislature met on April 25 for the final regular meeting of the 130th Legislature. Lawmakers…
Both the House of Representative and the Senate convened on April 19 for the penultimate day of the 130th Legislature’s…
With only three days left in the 130th Legislature’s second session, both the Senate and House of Representatives held sessions…
With one week left in the legislative session and work on the supplemental budget still unfinished, both the Senate and…
The Maine Senate on April 7 voted to indefinitely postpone a bill that would have doubled the state’s vehicle inspection…
The House of Representatives on April 5 failed to pass a bill that would have created a ballot question asking…
A bill to keep veterans’ homes in Machias and Caribou open was passed by the Senate and signed into law…
Both the House of Representatives and the Senate met on March 29 for the ninth legislative day of the 130th…
During a joint session of the Maine Legislature on March 24, the Senate finally passed 15 pieces of legislation. The…
Both chambers of the Maine Legislature convened on March 22 for the first of two scheduled sessions this week. The…
The Maine Legislature’s Committee on Labor and Housing (LBHS) on March 16 voted to advance an amended version of Speaker of…
For the sixth time during the 130th Maine Legislature’s second session, the House of Representatives and Senate met on March…
Maine’s Legislative Council voted unanimously on March 3 to change its requirement that legislators and staff wear masks inside the…
The Maine Legislature convened on February 23 to debate several pieces of legislation, including a bill that would ban the…
The Legislative Council met on January 27 and considered after-deadline bill requests to be introduced during the Maine Legislature’s ongoing…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills will deliver the State of the State address on February 10. She will not release her…
The Maine Legislature’s Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee held a public hearing Wednesday on LD 327, a Republican-sponsored bill intended…
The January 11 special election for House District 27, which includes parts of Scarborough and Gorham, ended in victory for…
Yesterday, the first legislative day of the second session of the 130th Legislature, majority Democrats moved to return to remote…
The second session of the 130th Maine Legislature began on January 5, with both the Senate and House of Representatives…
According to a schedule released on December 17, the 130th Maine Legislature will hold only two in-person sessions when it…
On December 16, a Maine judge denied a preliminary injunction that would have stopped Question 1, the November ballot initiative…
In March 2021, Gov. Janet Mills signed a bill into law requiring the Legislative Council to study the best method…
The Commission to Create a Plan to Incorporate the Probate Court into the Judicial Branch held its final meeting on…
On November 18, the Legislative Council met to consider appeals to legislative requests that were rejected at its October 25…
On October 25 the Legislative Council met to consider bill requests for the 130th Maine Legislature’s upcoming second session. The…
Maine’s Apportionment Commission voted to approve new district maps for Maine’s House of Representatives and congressional districts during its September…
The number of state legislators who have signed a letter calling for President Biden to reverse a recent decision that…
On July 19, the Maine Legislature voted to approve a plan for spending the $1.1 billion the state received from…
A bill to limit license plates with profane or vulgar references passed under the hammer in the Maine House and…
L.D. 231 aims to increase voter turnout and bipartisanship in an increasingly partisan era. In a stark and polarized time, it is refreshing to see lawmakers come together to pass meaningful election reform that transcends party lines.
On June 2, the Maine House of Representatives defeated eight bills aimed at reforming the use of executive emergency powers.
After more than a year away, the Maine Legislature returned to the State House on June 2. As coronavirus case…
Maine’s Committee on State and Local Government held public hearings last Friday on two bills that would require a legislative…
In late March, the 130th Maine Legislature met in-person at the Augusta Civic Center for just the second time this…
The Maine Legislature convened in person on Wednesday at the Augusta Civic Center to tackle the state’s supplemental budget and…
New Hampshire has a lot going for it compared to the rest of New England. The Granite State enforces no…
Advocates of ranked-choice voting again seek to expand the use of the voting system in Maine, this time hoping to…
Much of the Maine Legislature’s regular business looks different this year. The Clerk of the House and Secretary of the…
Last week our team offered a preview of the First Session of the 130th Maine Legislature based on a list…
Just before the holidays, the legislature released a list of all legislator and department/agency bill requests submitted before cloture, the…
Some members of the Maine Legislature are speaking out against Gov. Janet Mills’ newest mandates and urging their colleagues to…
Though Maine’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has undoubtedly taken a toll on the state’s finances, the future budget outlook…
On Friday, Maine’s Energy, Utilities, and Technology committee voted 8-1 to amend a bill that would allow for the state…
Senate President Troy Jackson and Speaker of the House Sara Gideon began polling Maine lawmakers on Tuesday to gauge their…
The Maine Legislature may soon reconvene three months after lawmakers adjourned the 2020 session, giving Governor Janet Mills full authority…
Maine citizens are becoming increasingly divided. It didn’t have to be this way. What started out as a unified effort…
On Saturday evening, the Republican leaders in the House and Senate, with the backing of their caucus, sent a letter…
The Maine Legislature adjourned Tuesday evening after a marathon session where the body spent most of its time working on…
The Maine Legislature will prematurely adjourn Tuesday in response to the coronavirus, Maine’s legislative leaders announced late last week. Lawmakers…
Lawmakers on Maine’s State and Local Government Committee held a public hearing Monday on LD 2115, “An Act To Implement…
In addition to resolutions, 2020 brings new changes to state and local laws. Some examples include an increase to the…
Maine’s Legislative Council convened last Friday to consider appeals made by lawmakers regarding so-called “emergency” bills for the second session.…
They’re at it again. On September 27th, lawmakers were required to submit all of their legislative requests to the Revisor’s…
Lawmakers are considering a flurry of ballot initiative reforms this session, from requiring signatures to be collected in both congressional…
Background The Legislature has developed a new automated tool for submitting electronic testimony. Citizens may still send written testimony via…
It’s true – citizens have been so active this session that the Maine Legislature is revising its process for submitting…
At the start every new legislature, Maine’s Office of the Revisor of Statutes publishes a list of preliminary working titles…
Here we are in August. It’s the dog days of summer, and the Legislature is supposed to come back to…
A year ago, House Republicans shut down state government to make sure bad policies did not pass. Now they are…
LEWISTON – A Lewiston Democrat and former Maine People’s Alliance co-chair has been caught falsely claiming that she is a…