Until now, federal workers have borne the brunt, but the pain is starting to spread.
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Posted inHealth, Life & Culture, Local & State, News, Politics
Mills says state must be ‘backstop’ against federal efforts to restrict abortion
She declares Tuesday that those who would reduce access to legal abortions ‘are going to have to get through me first.’
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Join the effort to support renewable energy development
Call your lawmakers and encourage a ‘yes’ vote on L.D. 91 to make gross metering explicitly illegal.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine should tighten vaccine exemption law
High rates of disease outbreaks correlate with the state’s easy immunization opt-outs.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Maine’s Republican Party has work to do
The party is split among several factions, and needs to find someone who can bring them together.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
‘New era’ looms for Maine and its tribes
The governor kindles hope, but tensions linger over the role she played as attorney general in regard to sovereignty issues.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Dad, daughter serving side-by-side make history in Maine Legislature
It’s very rare nationwide for fathers and daughters to serve in the same legislative chamber.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News, Politics
Advocates think bill to end most exemptions from childhood vaccinations has a shot
Maine has the nation’s 7th-highest rate of non-medical opt-outs and high rates of infectious diseases like whooping cough.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News, Politics, Schools and Education
Mills names former House Speaker Hannah Pingree to head new office of innovation
Pingree says Maine’s Office of Innovation and the Future will look for solutions in early-childhood education, the opioid crisis, broadband expansion and other areas.
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This year’s legislative session may pit Mills against her own party on taxes
Maine’s new governor has vowed not to raise taxes in her first 2-year budget proposal, but Democratic lawmakers’ agenda calls for more state spending.