Maine Wire Editor-in-Chief Steve Robinson joined WVOM’s Ric Tyler on Wednesday morning to cover a host of topics in Maine politics, including two bills related to Maine’s asylum seeker population as well as Democrats’ decision to pursue the third one-party budget in Maine’s history.
You can read the Maine Wire’s reporting on LD 1050, a bill to give asylum seekers work authorization permits within their first six months of entering Maine, here.
You can read the Maine Wire’s reporting on LD 199, a bill to give MaineCare to adults in Maine regardless of their immigration status, here.
And you can read about the break down in bipartisan budget talks roiling Augusta here.
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