Bills passed this year have addressed issues such as equal pay, automatic voter registration, state-tribal ties, food insecurity and ending conversion therapy.
maine legislature
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Maine Compass: Intellectually disabled Mainers and their families counting on state for help
A mother wants to know when her daughter can build her adult life, with the assistance she needs to succeed.
advertisement
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Proposed Maine local option tax would be a losing proposition
Border-county businesses would forfeit sales, and taxpayers in most of the state’s municipalities would see little benefit.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Panel considers gas tax, state money to boost Maine’s highway funding
A commission scheduled to finish work at the end of 2019 will ask for more time to draft a long-term solution to Maine’s road funding shortfall.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: What’s at stake in March’s referendum on vaccination
Liberal use of those exemptions has left Maine vulnerable to outbreaks of debilitating — and sometimes deadly — infectious diseases.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Oversight panel orders investigation of Maine office that provides lawyers for the poor
The Legislature’s Government Oversight Committee approved a ‘deeper dive’ into the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services after an initial review and outside reports raised questions about accountability.
Posted inMaine, News
Mills releases bill to boost funds to Maine nursing homes
The governor had held the bill to boost pay of frontline workers over concerns that it might jeopardize federal Medicaid funding.
Posted inMaine, News
Bill would direct DEP to evaluate air emissions from tank farms in Maine
The proposal by Sen. Rebecca Millett, D-Cape Elizabeth, would require the agency to investigate the best ways to monitor and control emissions and odors from petroleum storage tanks.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Maine Compass: Give ‘we, the people’ control of our state’s vital infrastructure
Electricity, water, banks and the internet should be in the hands of the public, not corporate interests.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Maine Compass: Take reasonable steps to keep guns away from children
The Legislative Council should advance proposals to keep guns out of child care centers and safely stored by home care providers.