A coalition is mounting a people’s veto campaign to erase the new law, which is aimed at reducing voter fraud in Maine.

Maine Gov. Paul LePage signed a handful of bills into law today, including a measure that limits absentee voting in the days leading up to the election. But the measure is controversial, because it also repeals Maine’s 38-year-old law of allowing same-day voter registration.

AUGUSTA – A coalition of environmental groups said they were both pleased and disappointed with actions taken in the first session of the 125th Maine Legislature during a State House press conference Monday.

And, a recently passed bill to end same-day voter registration likely will face a people’s veto campaign.

AUGUSTA – Lawmakers agreed in a series of votes Thursday to send a $637 million, two-year highway budget to Gov. Paul LePage for approval. The plan, which had a unanimous endorsement from the Legislature’s Transportation Committee, would fund the paving of 1,200 miles of road over the next two years, eliminate 66 vacant positions in […]

The proposal, which is not yet final, would allow 10 public charter schools over a 10-year period.

Maine House lawmakers approved a constitutional amendment to direct a percentage of Maine sales tax to directly fund the Departments of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and Marine Resources during an afternoon vote today.

Arguments on two gambling bills fall along regional lines, rather than partisan ones.

An attempt to legalize and tax marijuana was strongly rejected by the Maine House in a vote taken this morning.

The shift to a business-friendlier Augusta is lauded as Gov. LePage signs a bipartisan bill into law.