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Top Senate Democrat sets infrastructure vote, pressures lawmakers
Senators have struggled to reach final agreement on a $1 trillion package of highway, water systems and other public works projects.
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Breyer says he hasn’t decided when to retire from Supreme Court
The court’s oldest justice said his health would be the primary consideration in his eventual decision, with “the court” being a second factor.
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Sens. Collins and King unveil earmark funding requests for over 150 Maine projects
The senators’ requests total almost half a billion dollars; most of the earmarks submitted by Reps. Pingree and Golden advance.
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Biden pitches huge budget, says Democrats will ‘get a lot done’
Top Democrats reached agreement on a mammoth $3.5 trillion infrastructure package focusing on climate change, education, a Medicare expansion and more.
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Lawmakers commission probe of Maine’s child protective services
The deaths of several Maine children are a ‘call to action,’ said the state’s director of the Office of Child and Family Services.
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Senate Democrats reach $3.5 trillion budget agreement
Democrats’ goal is to push a budget resolution reflecting Tuesday’s agreement through the House and Senate before the August recess.
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Bipartisan infrastructure deal stalls as bigger plan gains ground
The bipartisan deal is running into opposition from business leaders, outside activists and Republican senators potentially denying it the support that’s needed for passage.
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Mills vetoes bill calling for forced buyout of CMP and Versant Power
The governor calls the performance of Maine’s electric utilities ‘abysmal’ but says the bill to form a consumer-owned utility was ‘hastily drafted’ could create more problems than it solves.
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Texas Democrats leave state to try to stop Republican voting bill
When Democrats last fled the state 2 decades ago – in an ultimately failed attempt to stop new Republican-drawn voting maps – state troopers were deployed to try bringing them back.