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PublishedApril 23, 2022
Maine Voices: Older Mainers deserve relief from high prescription drug costs
Congress has the power to get to the very heart of the problem – out-of-control drug prices – and right this wrong.
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PublishedApril 12, 2022
Maine Senate confirms Rick Lawrence to the state’s highest court
Lawrence will be the first Black justice to sit on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.
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PublishedMarch 22, 2022
Senate approves college debt relief for first-time homebuyers
Many could have up to $40,000 in student loan debt forgiven through a Maine State Housing Authority program.
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2021
As deadline nears, panel provides no details for redrawing Maine’s voting districts
The special legislative commission had little for the public to weigh in on Friday when it held its first public hearing on the redistricting.
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PublishedMarch 19, 2021
Maine Senate president: Maine Med nurses deserve to be heard. With a union, they will be.
By banding together, the nurses who have been there for patients like me will be better able to speak out and improve their own health and safety conditions.
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PublishedFebruary 25, 2021
Maine Senate confirms nomination of DEP commissioner
The confirmation of Melanie Loyzim was one of more than 50 nominations considered for posts ranging from the judiciary to the Maine Turnpike Authority to the Maine Board of Education.
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PublishedSeptember 24, 2020
Incumbent Bellows faces challenge from Hallowell Mayor Walker for Maine Senate
Mark Walker, the Republican mayor of a largely liberal city, is opposing Democratic state Sen. Shenna Bellows, a two-term incumbent from Manchester, for the District 14 seat.
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PublishedAugust 18, 2020
Maine Senate will meet to vote on ethics commission nominees
The long-awaited confirmation votes could finally fill vacancies on the state's five-member panel that oversees state election laws.
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PublishedJuly 31, 2020
Incumbent Kim Rosen wins Republican primary recount in Senate District 8
The two-term Republican incumbent fended off primary challenger Larry Lockman by 52 votes in a closely watched primary. Rosen will now face Democratic challenger Beverly Ulenhake in the Nov. 3 election.
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PublishedJanuary 21, 2020
Lawmakers sideline proposed cellphone ban in parking lots
A bill that would have prohibited use of hand-held phones in parking lots now attempts only to clarify fines and other mistakes in the existing law.
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