She meets with border officials and visits a short-term holding center for migrant minors.
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Posted inNation & World, Politics
House backs Pentagon spending bill that includes raises
The legislation also includes money for 12 Navy ships, two submarines and three littoral combat ships.
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Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Maine watchdog calls for more transparency of welfare spending
The state’s human services agency didn’t provide any written documentation about its decision-making process, says the director of the legislative watchdog office.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Mark Dion eyeing attorney general post, which he says should be an elected position
The position is one of three statewide currently chosen by the Legislature.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Lawmakers vote to subpoena DHHS chief after agency no-shows in child death probe
‘How dumb are we to take him at his word?’ a frustrated senator says of Gov. LePage after his assurances of cooperation with the Legislature’s Government Oversight Committee.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Citizens group sues LePage to try to force release of Clean Election funding
The lawsuit urges a court to require the governor to sign an order freeing up campaign money that has already been set aside and promised to candidates.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News, Politics
Legislature maps the landscape for legal marijuana growers, sellers in Maine
The measures governing adult recreational use and medical marijuana, if they become law, also would change how people manufacture and consume all forms of cannabis.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Conservative groups plan ‘seven-figure’ high court ad buys
They will target vulnerable Democrat incumbents up for election in November.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics, Schools and Education
Legislators vote to ease Maine’s proficiency-based education mandate, allow more ‘local control’
Rather than repeal the 6-year-old reform law altogether, the bill would let school districts choose between continuing proficiency-based standards or reverting to a traditional grading system.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Commission decides Clean Election candidates will get only partial payments
Lawsuits may be next, after the panel that oversees the program is forced to limit disbursements because political wrangling has left the account short of money.