The vote increases the likelihood of final passage of the bill, which would also make other drug crimes felonies.
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Democrats stall vote on LePage’s pick for unemployment claims panel
They question whether Steven Webster, a detective sergeant in the South Portland Police Department, is qualified for the worker representative spot on the three-member Unemployment Insurance Commission.
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LePage bills would more than double next governor’s salary, slash size of Legislature
The gubernatorial pay increase to $150,000 a year would not take effect until 2019, the year LePage leaves office.
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Maine Senate deals another blow to resort casino bill
An effort to advance the proposal for southern Maine falls two votes short and has already failed to gain support in the House.
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House Speaker Eves tries to bypass LePage to release senior housing bonds
Voters overwhelmingly approved the $15 million bond in November, but the governor has opposed the initiative.
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In Madison, economic anxiety fuels voter reactions to presidential campaign
Anger and uncertainty surface among residents and millworkers in a town that will soon lose its major employer
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Maine Senate quietly approves bill backing gun rights of subsidized tenants
The NRA-backed proposal was opposed in committee but was revived Thursday on a quick vote with no debate or roll call.
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House deals blow to bill calling for casino in southern Maine
The heavily lobbied proposal would create a bid process to build a casino in York County or Cumberland County.
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LePage calls for new Legislature to save Maine’s paper industry
The governor says high energy costs and regulations are hastening the demise of the state’s once-dominant industry.
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Former Portland multicultural affairs director Rachel Talbot Ross plans run for Legislature
Talbot Ross, who resigned from the city job last year after an incident with employees of a private parking lot, is seeking the House District 40 seat in Portland.