maine politics
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PublishedMay 9, 2022
Economy tops Maine voters’ list of concerns
Economic concerns have overtaken COVID-19 as the most important issue facing Maine for first time since the outbreak.
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PublishedApril 29, 2022
Maine Republicans adopt platform to ban sexually based material, transgender identity in schools
The Maine Republican Party kicked off its two-day convention in Augusta by also rejecting an effort to remove the party's one woman-one man definition of marriage.
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PublishedApril 19, 2022
Maine lawmakers approve $1.2 billion state budget
The Legislature easily passed a budget proposal on Tuesday, including funds to send $850 checks to more than 850,000 Mainers.
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PublishedApril 13, 2022
Senate approves bill to give the Passamaquoddy Tribe authority over water on its own lands
But the bill granting the tribe the right to regulate its own drinking water supplies would have to pick up at least one more vote to override a possible veto from Gov. Janet Mills.
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PublishedApril 11, 2022
Lawmakers quietly shelve bill to double motor vehicle inspection fee
The House killed the bill without discussion Monday after Gov. Janet Mills threatened to veto it and the Senate voted to table it indefinitely.
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PublishedApril 11, 2022
Maine lawmakers approve ban on pesticides containing PFAS by 2030
The legislation, which has divided the state's farming community, was passed by the Senate on Monday after gaining approval in the House last week.
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PublishedApril 8, 2022
Oversight panel members express frustration over hunt for ambitious child welfare reform
Suggestions ranged from creating a taskforce to review the circumstances of last year's child deaths, to creating a whistleblower program to flush out government shortcomings.
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PublishedApril 7, 2022
Bill to ban sludge recycling and spreading divides farmers
While some farmers support a ban on sludge spreading to protect Maine farms from forever chemicals, a group that includes farmers and wastewater treatment operators want a 'science based approach' to monitoring PFAS levels to avoid increased fertilizer and sewer costs.
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PublishedApril 5, 2022
Former Gov. Paul LePage courts new Mainer votes in Portland
Maine's former governor takes his re-election campaign to the opening of the Maine Republican Party's multicultural center in Portland.
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PublishedApril 4, 2022
Republicans to open political multicultural center in Munjoy Hill
The center will focus on voter education and turnout, but also offer immigration help and job and language training.
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