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Recently retired Hallowell Fire Chief James Owens, left, stands as members of the House applaud as he is recognized, with a legislative sentiment, during session Tuesday at the Maine State House in Augusta. Owens who retired last month after 9 years of service as Hallowell chief and 51 years of service as a firefighter overall. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
Groups of people confer on the fourth and third floors under the dome Tuesday at the Maine State House in Augusta. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
Rep. Ken Fredette, R-Newport, speaks during a debate Tuesday at the Maine State House in Augusta. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
People watch from the gallery during a House of Representatives session Tuesday at the Maine State House in Augusta. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
People walk in the third floor hallway between House and Senate chambers Tuesday beneath the dome of the Maine State House in Augusta. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
Bruce Gerrity, a lobbyist with the law firm Preti Flaherty, works on his smartphone Tuesday in a fourth floor hallway of the Maine State House in Augusta. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
People walk on several floors of marble staircases Tuesday at the Maine State House in Augusta. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
Speaker of the House Ryan Fecteau, D-Biddeford, speaks during a debate Tuesday in House chamber of the Maine State House in Augusta. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)
The warm light of dawn lights up the east facing front entrance of the Maine State House in Augusta on Tuesday. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer)

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