maine legislature

Published
February 4, 2023

Coalition to promote paid family leave this week at Maine State House

Family and medical leave allows workers to take paid time off for the birth of a child or to care for a sick or aging relative.
Published
February 3, 2023

Maine lawmakers renew push for faster work permits for asylum seekers

Efforts dating to 2015 have failed to gain traction in Congress, stalling in the polarized debates over immigration reform and border security.
Published
February 2, 2023

Lawmakers consider commercial EV truck rebate trial

But some lawmakers think the state should use its electric vehicle funding to help low- and middle-income Mainers who are eager to buy electric cars.
Published
February 2, 2023

Push made for full funding for Maine Climate Corps

Legislators are considering whether to bolster the corps' ranks with $3.7 million to pay for four leadership positions and 50 participants.
Published
February 2, 2023

Maine House speaker strips committee assignment of indicted Democrat

Rep. Clinton E. Collamore Sr. has faced calls to resign since being indicted in December on multiple counts of aggravated forgery, unsworn falsification and violations of the Clean Election Act.
Published
February 1, 2023

Maine developing PFAS safety levels for locally grown food

Preliminary research shows some crops, like potatoes and squash, could be safely grown on a contaminated farm, while others, like lettuce and carrots, appear to absorb and store forever chemicals.
Published
January 30, 2023

Bill seeking to repeal fire code exemption for recovery residences would be devastating, opponents say

The fallout from a bill that would repeal an exemption in fire code regulations and require recovery residences to install sprinkler systems would be devastating for Maine’s recovery community, operators and advocates told lawmakers at a public hearing Monday.
Published
January 30, 2023

Maine begins mailing $450 relief checks

The Mills administration says it plans to mail out 200,000 a week, and that the 'vast majority' of the 880,000 eligible taxpayers should receive them by the end of March.
Published
January 29, 2023

Time seems ripe for bipartisan action on income tax cuts in Maine

As the state enjoys a record surplus, lawmakers from both parties have submitted proposals that would reduce taxes for lower-income Mainers.
Published
January 29, 2023

Our View: Democrats’ plan to expand abortion rights is not ‘extreme’

Under no circumstances should cost or geography determine the rights of pregnant Mainers.