The Education Committee voted down the bill in a 13-1 vote, but it will go to the full Legislature for consideration.
March 2013
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Waterville nexus of drug trafficking ring pleads guilty to federal drug charges
Maurice McCray, 31, of Waterville who authorities said was the nexus for a drug trafficking ring in central Maine pleads guilty to federal charges of distributing prescriptions drugs and cocaine.
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Maine Hospital Association backs Medicaid expansion
Jeff Austin, the association’s lobbyist, confirmed that the organization would support expansion, a key component of the federal health care law.
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Maine bill would ban fiddlehead, mushroom foraging without OK
If passed by lawmakers, the bill would make it a civil violation to take plants, minerals, objects or anything else that exists naturally from private property without approval.
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Records provide new look at Ariz. shooting spree
The records, released by the Pima County sheriff’s department, include transcribed interviews with witnesses and various police reports, and provide new insight into how the shooting occurred.
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House Democrats pass bill to hike minimum wage
The bill would increase the minimum wage to $9 an hour by 2016 and rise incrementally with inflation thereafter.
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Bill allowing 75 mph on I-295 advances
But a state official says it won’t lead to an increased speed limit through the Portland region.
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Supreme Court turns away class action against Comcast
The lawsuit claimed the company’s monopoly in parts of the Philadelphia area allowed it to raise prices unfairly.
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Portland business continues fight over paper mill case
A Portland company led by energy consultant Richard Silkman says the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s market manipulation case against Rumford Paper Co. “will not hold up to scrutiny in a fair, judicial setting.”
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High court skeptical of federal marriage act
Justice Anthony Kennedy, often the decisive vote in close cases, joins the four more liberal justices in raising questions about denying married gay couples from receiving federal marriage benefits.