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PublishedApril 18, 2024
Lawmakers pass supplemental budget that includes $60 million in storm relief
Gov. Janet Mills said early Thursday that she plans to sign the $430 million budget into law.
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PublishedApril 18, 2024
Judge dismisses 2 jurors from Trump hush money trial as prosecutors seek to hold him in contempt
The case centers on a payment made to porn actor Stormy Daniels to prevent her claims of a sexual encounter with the former president from becoming public shortly before the 2016 election.
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PublishedApril 17, 2024
House, Senate debate over supplemental budget proposal stretches into early hours
Both chambers of the Maine Legislature voted to add $60 million in storm relief into the budget proposal, but the Senate also added $7 million in additional spending on other items.
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PublishedApril 17, 2024
Maine House backs environmental exemption to allow wind terminal on Sears Island
A dozen House members reversed themselves from an April 9 vote that rejected changes in environmental rules, in order to allow an offshore wind terminal to be built.
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PublishedApril 17, 2024
As legislative session reached final hours, lawmakers did not vote on red flag law
The proposal would give family members a path toward restricting access to weapons for a person in crisis without a mental health evaluation.
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PublishedApril 17, 2024
Republicans scrutinize voting rolls and prepare for mass challenges ahead of election
The effort is nationwide, and in February, a federal appeals court ruled that Maine had to release its voter rolls to the Public Interest Legal Foundation.
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PublishedApril 17, 2024
Maine lawmakers kill 2 bills meant to protect privacy of residents’ online data
The state's business leaders fiercely opposed the restrictions they said would have limited their ability to target ads to potential customers.
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PublishedApril 17, 2024
Biden backs House’s Ukraine, Israel package as Speaker Johnson fights to keep his job
The Republican speaker is expected to start a dayslong push to vote on 3 funding packages for Ukraine, Israel and allies in the Indo-Pacific, as well as a several other foreign policy proposals in a 4th bill.
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PublishedApril 17, 2024
Sen. Angus King joins bipartisan push to develop oversight of potentially dangerous AI use
Four U.S. senators offer framework to guard against 'bad actors looking to cause harm.'
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PublishedApril 17, 2024
Gov. Mills urges lawmakers to pass supplemental budget, reject amended storm bill
The governor sent a letter to lawmakers outlining a path forward on two of the most significant items still before the Legislature, which is scheduled to adjourn Wednesday.
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