Rep. Chellie Pingree Archives

Maine delegation touts launch of logging industry relief program

by Staff Report July 20, 2021July 20, 2021

A $200 million pandemic relief program is opening soon for U.S. logging and log-hauling businesses that have been seriously affected.

Editorials, Opinion

Our View: Federal earmarks will add accountability, not corruption

by The Editorial Board July 16, 2021July 16, 2021

Constituents in Maine should be able to appeal to their U.S. senators or representative to seek funding for important local projects.

Local & State, Nation & World, Politics, Uncategorized

Sens. Collins and King unveil earmark funding requests for over 150 Maine projects

by Colin Woodard July 14, 2021July 14, 2021

The senators’ requests total almost half a billion dollars; most of the earmarks submitted by Reps. Pingree and Golden advance.

Local & State, Nation & World, News, Politics, Uncategorized

Pingree, Golden unveil earmark requests for federal funding of 20 Maine projects

by Colin Woodard April 29, 2021April 30, 2021

Fire departments, water districts, community colleges and nonprofits are among candidates for member-requested congressional funds.

Local & State, Nation & World, News, Politics

House Democrats, including Pingree, kick off probe of Jan. 6 attack on Capitol by pro-Trump mob

by Colin Woodard April 7, 2021April 7, 2021

The inquiry follows House Republicans’ rejection of the independent 9/11-style commission sought by Maine’s Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King and Rep. Jared Golden.

Local & State, Times Record

Navy secretary, Maine delegates visit BIW, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard

by Kathleen O'Brien April 6, 2021April 6, 2021

Sens. Susan Collins, Angus King, and Rep. Chellie Pingree toured BIW after participating in a keel laying ceremony for the future USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr., an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer.

Local & State, Nation & World, Politics

Earmarks returning to Congress, where Maine’s delegation has outsize influence in the right places

by Colin Woodard April 5, 2021April 5, 2021

The member-driven spending initiatives, with guardrails in place, could fund critical projects in Maine.

Local & State, Times Record

Maine lawmakers ask defense department for bigger shipbuilding budget

by Kathleen O'Brien March 15, 2021March 15, 2021

Lawmakers advocated for increasing production of Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, the primary type of ship Bath Iron Works builds, to help counter China’s growing fleet.