The plan is smaller and more targeted than Biden’s original plan, which was killed by the Supreme Court last year.
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Gov. Mills has ‘significant concerns’ with Democrats’ budget changes
Democrats used their majority to advance a state budget proposal – one that unravels a bipartisan effort to stabilize highway projects by moving away from fuel taxes and tapping a revenue stream from electric vehicles.
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Posted inHealth, Nation & World, Politics
Trump says abortion should be left to states, declines to endorse national ban
The former president also says he’s ‘proudly the person responsible for the ending’ of the constitutional right to an abortion and thanks the conservative justices who overturned it.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Rep. Laurel Libby says neo-Nazi comments taken out of context in debate over paramilitary training
Libby, of Auburn, was speaking in opposition to a proposal restricting paramilitary training, which she considers unconstitutional.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Trump’s campaign is expecting to raise record $43 million at a high-dollar Florida fundraiser
The high-dollar event is expected to include about 100 guests, including more than a few billionaires, and top a new single-event fundraising record set by Biden, who raised $26 million recently.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Joseph Brennan, former Maine governor, congressman and political leader, dies at 89
The Portland native also served in both chambers of the Maine Legislature and as state attorney general.
Posted inNew England, Politics
Fire outside the Vermont office of Sen. Bernie Sanders being investigated as arson
Authorities said a suspect still remains at large and no motive had been established.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Last-minute red flag bill draws a divided crowd to State House hearing
Supporters say the bill would provide an important path forward for families seeking to restrict a loved one’s access to firearms without stigmatizing mental illness, while opponents raise concerns about due process and Second Amendment rights.
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Lawmakers approve bill that makes it harder to seize land to build power lines
Legislation headed to Gov. Mills grew out of concerns raised by property owners in the path of a transmission line that would have brought renewable power from northern Maine to the New England grid.
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No Labels won’t run third-party campaign after spending millions trying to recruit a candidate
About 800 Maine voters rescinded their enrollment after Secretary of State Bellows sent letters to nearly 7,000 people who had agreed to change their party affiliation, telling them how to unenroll if they did not understand what they had signed.