All posts tagged "Maine Senate"
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Lawmakers closing in on final deals on budget, housing and utility accountability measures
With only three days left in the 130th Legislature’s second session, both the...
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Lawmakers rush to finish work with one week left in second session
With one week left in the legislative session and work on the supplemental...
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Legislature approves sale of spirits at stadiums, indefinitely postpones inspection fee hike
The Maine Senate on April 7 voted to indefinitely postpone a bill that...
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‘Pine Tree Amendment’ fails to garner enough support in House to amend state constitution
The House of Representatives on April 5 failed to pass a bill that...
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Legislature passes bill to keep open veterans’ homes, Senate tables bill to double inspection fee
A bill to keep veterans’ homes in Machias and Caribou open was passed...
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Why are Maine lawmakers letting special interests nickel-and-dime us on vehicle inspections?
Mandatory motor vehicle inspections already cost Mainers $14 million and countless hours of...
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Maine House votes to double annual fee on motor vehicle inspections
Both the House of Representatives and the Senate met on March 29 for...
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Senate tables measure to expand RCV to municipal elections
During a joint session of the Maine Legislature on March 24, the Senate...
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Lawmakers debate name changes, liquor laws and local election procedures during Tuesday session
Both chambers of the Maine Legislature convened on March 22 for the first...
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Senate defeats bill to prohibit mandatory COVID-19 shots for 5 years
For the sixth time during the 130th Maine Legislature’s second session, the House...
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Maine Legislature accepts new redistricting plans, approves legal action on federal lobster rules
The Maine Legislature convened on September 29 and approved new maps for federal...
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Legislature to debate all new district maps approved by Apportionment Commission
Hours ahead of its September 27 deadline, the Apportionment Commission met for the...
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Redistricting commission preparing to release maps, hold public hearing
The Apportionment Commission, which is responsible for using the 2020 census data to...
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Effort to elect constitutional officers fails again in Maine
Making our government more representative and fair is an idea both sides of...
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After trying to oust Maine Capitol Police chief, Senate Democrats defend free speech on social media
More than 70 elected Maine Democrats, including 13 of 21 Democratic senators, signed...
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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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Maine Dems: Welfare reform got “green light” from Democratic senators
The Maine Democratic Party is issuing mailers on behalf of a Democratic state...
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Maine Senate eyed as 2014 battleground
The Maine State Senate is one of the top 5 electoral battlegrounds in...
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State Senate Candidate: Low taxes, small government harm society
BATH – A Democratic candidate running in a special election to replace Senate...
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Benoit considering bid to replace Goodall in Sagadahoc County
BATH – A Republican contender to become the next state senator from Sagadahoc...
