AUGUSTA — Lewiston’s delegates to the Maine Legislature will hold public office hours from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26, at the Lewiston Public Library, in the Couture Room. The delegation includes Sen. Nate Libby, Senate Majority Leader, and Reps. Heidi Brooks, Kristen Cloutier, Margaret Craven and Jim Handy, all of whom will be […]
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Dad, daughter serving side-by-side in Maine Legislature make history
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine’s Legislature includes more women than ever before and there’s another first — a father and daughter serving side-by-side in the same chamber. Republican Reps. Amy Arata and Richard Bradstreet have both begun new two-year terms in the Maine House. Arata, a geneticist-turned-public servant, says she learned about perseverance and hard work […]
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New Gloucester lawmaker seeks to ban ‘obscene’ material from public schools
AUGUSTA — When her teenage son came home from school toting a book titled “Kafka on the Shore,” Amy Arata of New Gloucester decided she ought to give it a read. What she found within the pages of the 2002 novel by Japanese author Haruki Murakami appalled her. “It was very, very specific and graphic,” Arata […]
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At the Legislature: New committee assignments an opportunity to advocate for the things that make us great
State Senator Jim Dill is thrilled to be chairing two committees.
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At the Legislature: A New Year brings new reasons to be optimistic about the future
State Sen. Jim Dill predicts a big year for economic development in Penobscot County.
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Medicaid expansion, pot, workforce on agenda for lawmakers
AUGUSTA (AP) — Medicaid expansion, pot sales and the aging state’s workforce shortage are at the top of lawmakers’ agenda as Democrats prepare to take over the Maine Statehouse. Democratic Gov.-elect Janet Mills, who will be sworn in Wednesday, has vowed to start rolling out Medicaid expansion and recreational marijuana sales. Both voter-approved initiatives were […]
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Lewiston officials pinpoint key issues with legislators
LEWISTON — The School Committee and City Council met with local legislators Monday night to pinpoint issues they would like to see addressed by the Legislature. Sen. Nate Libby and Rep. James Handy, both of Democrats from Lewiston, attended. Libby recapped legislative accomplishments from the past two years, including increasing a tax credit for low-income […]
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Democrats assume control of Maine Legislature, select leaders and top officers
Maine Democrats rode their November victories into the State House on Wednesday, electing their own to the Legislature’s two top leadership positions as well as to the offices of attorney general, treasurer and secretary of state. Lawmakers voted unanimously to re-elect House Speaker Sara Gideon to another two-year term at the rostrum and chose Sen. […]
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New Maine lawmakers sworn in amid promises to change course
1 of 13 Sara Gideon, D-Freeport, arrives in the House Chamber after being re-elected Speaker of the House, Wednesday, Dec., 5, 2018, at the State House in Augusta. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) As family and friends of new members stand in aisle behind her, House Republican leader Rep. Kathleen Dillingham, R-Oxford, lower right, applauds during […]
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Democrats select Aaron Frey to be Maine’s next attorney general
AUGUSTA — Majority Democrats in the Maine Legislature selected Rep. Aaron Frey, D-Bangor, to be the state’s next attorney general in caucus voting Tuesday, largely forecasting who will win the post when the entire Legislature votes on the position Wednesday. It took four rounds of voting to select Frye in a run-off process. A total […]