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Our View: Higher pay part of building a better Legislature
Lawmakers do a good job overall, but pay raise may bring different voices to the table.
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Commentary: ‘Surprise billing’ measures will jeopardize rural Maine hospitals
Federal rate setting will add to the serious challenges already faced by full-service health centers.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics, Uncategorized
Ann Peoples, a longtime lawmaker and Westbrook public servant, dies at 72
Peoples was serving her fifth term in the Maine House of Representatives and had served with a host of Westbrook-area city councils, boards and civic groups over the years.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: State of Maine is an unfit guardian for intellectually disabled adults
DHHS’ fiscal obligations cannot be squared with its obligation to act in its wards’ best interests.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
To meet renewable energy goals, Maine must take charge on big battery incentives
A 14-member study group is examining the economic, environmental and energy benefits of storage.
Posted inLocal & State, Uncategorized
Vacancy on state ethics panel poses election-year risks
Republicans and Democrats in the Legislature have been unable to settle on an independent nominee for the Maine Ethics Commission, which has been functioning with just four members for 19 months.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Maine Compass: It’s time to out Big Tobacco’s targeting of the LGBTQ community
Tobacco use remains the leading preventable cause of death in the nation, and LGBT Mainers are among the hardest hit.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Maine Democrats try to keep banning binge going
Bills that would ban plastic straws and vaping could get a spot on the second session agenda alongside strict gun control legislation.
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Legislative leaders reject latest round of Maine gun-control measures
The Maine chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America faults top lawmakers for not allowing consideration of any of the 7 bills in the session that begins in January.