All posts tagged "legislative council"
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Legislative Council votes to make masks optional at State House starting March 7
Maine’s Legislative Council voted unanimously on March 3 to change its requirement that...
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Legislative Council admits 12 new bills into the second session
The Legislative Council met on January 27 and considered after-deadline bill requests to...
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Legislature launches pilot program to assess racial impact of pending legislation
In March 2021, Gov. Janet Mills signed a bill into law requiring the...
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Legislative Council admits 46 more bills into second session
On November 18, the Legislative Council met to consider appeals to legislative requests...
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Legislative Council screens 330 bills, accepts 107 to be debated in upcoming session
On October 25 the Legislative Council met to consider bill requests for the...
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Legislative Council votes to reinstate face mask policy at State House, file brief in lobster lawsuit
Maine’s Legislative Council voted to reinstate its COVID-19 Prevention Policy, which requires face...
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Seven lawmakers stripped of committee assignments after entering State House without masks
Seven Maine lawmakers were stripped of their committee assignments on Monday by House...
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Gideon and Jackson’s failure to define scope of work puts special session in jeopardy
Senate President Troy Jackson and Speaker of the House Sara Gideon began polling...
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Maine Senate Republicans ask the presiding officers to convene the Legislative Council
The leaders of the minority Republicans in the Maine Senate on Wednesday sent...
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Lawmakers approve more fake emergencies for consideration in upcoming session
Maine’s Legislative Council convened last Friday to consider appeals made by lawmakers regarding...
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Leg Council rejects crucial workforce development bill, denies public employees their First Amendment rights
The majority members of Maine’s Legislative Council voted Friday to kill along party...
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Legislative Council approves dozens of non-emergencies
The Legislative Council convened Wednesday to consider roughly 400 bill requests submitted by...
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Here are some of the ’emergencies’ lawmakers want to debate in the Second Session
It is everyone’s favorite time of the legislative cycle – preparing for the...
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What is an emergency? Nobody knows
Legislation in the second session of each Maine Legislature is reserved for the...
