But the cost is high and the space to house all those 4-year-olds is limited, issues likely to be discussed as legislators consider more than 200 education-related bills.
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Democrats looking to finally tackle climate impacts to Gulf of Maine
Lawmakers are optimistic bills to implement bipartisan commission’s 2014 recommendations will advance after years of delay.
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Maine Legislature poised to debate legalized sports betting
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 2018 opened the door for states to regulate wagering on sporting events, and at least 30 states are taking up the issue.
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Advocates push for law to vacate convictions of human-trafficking victims
At a State House rally attended by Gov. Janet Mills, trafficking survivors and their supporters seek to raise awareness of how Mainers are victimized by sexual trafficking and forced labor.
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Debate brewing over gun control bills pending in Maine Legislature
But the state’s newly elected Democratic governor says she won’t support a universal background-check measure that voters have already rejected at the ballot box.
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Bill seeks to reduce state reliance on Long Creek Youth Development Center
Legislator Michael Brennan is calling for a task force to offer practices that phase out the need for the youth incarceration facility in South Portland.
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Bill seeks public vote on borrowing $50 million to address sea level change in Maine
Other bills include proposals to require MaineCare to provide coverage for legal abortion services, and to make vehicle inspections on new cars valid for two years.
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LePage pardons former legislator for felony drug trafficking
Former state Rep. Jeffrey Pierce, R-Dresden, lost his re-election bid last fall after Democrats revealed he had a felony drug conviction 35 years ago, then hunted when he was legally prohibited from possessing firearms, records show.
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Medicaid expansion, pot, workforce on agenda for lawmakers
Democratic House Speaker Sara Gideon and Senate President Troy Jackson say they want to move on from the divisive politics of the LePage era and invest in Maine’s economy.
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Mills picks official from Attorney General’s Office to be Maine’s finance chief
The Democratic governor-elect says she will nominate Kirsten Figueroa as commissioner of the Department of Administrative and Financial Services.