Maine was one of only seven states before the COVID-19 pandemic that did not allow municipalities to hold remote meetings. But attitudes have shifted in the past year.
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Grant process for shuttered arts venues restarts Monday
The Small Business Association website, which failed when it first launched, will begin accepting applications at noon.
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House approves D.C. statehood as Senate fight looms
Republicans oppose the idea given that the new state would be overwhelmingly Democratic.
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Pingree urges SBA to fix problems with online grant applications for arts, music venues
One arts official in Portland calls the federal agency’s web portal, which went live on April 8, ‘a disaster waiting to happen.’
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Walter Mondale, who rose from small-town Minnesota to vice presidency, dies at 93
Mondale’s own try for the White House, in 1984, came at the zenith of Ronald Reagan’s popularity.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Maine redistricting thrown into confusion by census delay, constitutional Catch-22
The state’s process insulates against gerrymandering, unless one party has supermajority control of the Legislature.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Interior secretary revokes Trump-era orders promoting fossil fuels
Deb Haaland also issued a separate directive Friday that prioritizes climate change in agency decisions.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News, Politics
Immigrants in Maine could regain access to health care benefits
Legislation sponsored by Assistant House Majority Leader Rachel Talbot Ross of Portland would roll back a 2011 change that prohibited non-citizens from receiving state Medicaid benefits.
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Committee votes to give DEP more power to clean up ‘forever chemicals’
Maine’s 2 U.S. senators, meanwhile, are asking the Biden administration to allow states to use federal stimulus money to address PFAS contamination.
Posted inElections, Maine, News, Politics
Bills requiring photo ID for Maine voters poised for defeat in Legislature
On a series of party-line votes, 3 bills that would require voters to show photo ID at the polls were rejected by majority Democrats on the Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee.