In a late-night budget session, lawmakers cut funding for the Dairy Stabilization Program from about $8.9 million to $4.5 million.
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Operatives must pay up to $1.25 million for robocall scheme to suppress Black votes in New York
Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman are conservative operatives who have a history of concocting conspiracy theories to try to smear Democrats.
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Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Lawmakers pass paramilitary ban, sending bill to Gov. Mills
Gov. Janet Mills has 10 days to decide whether to sign, veto or allow the bill to become law without her signature.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Proposed constitutional right to abortion fails in Maine Legislature
The proposal failed to get the necessary two-thirds support in a decisive vote late Tuesday, effectively ending the effort to amend the Maine Constitution.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News, Politics
Maine House, protecting sand dunes, rejects plan to build offshore wind terminal on Sears Island
It is unclear how severely the decision will delay the buildout of a wind port in Maine, which would create hundreds of high-paying jobs and advance the state’s climate goals.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Politics
Maine House narrowly supports minimum wage for farmworkers
The proposal would make farmworkers eligible for the same minimum wage and cost-of-living increases as other types of workers in the state.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Democrats may reconsider budget changes criticized by Gov. Mills, Republicans
Republican House Minority Leader Billy Bob Faulkingham called for the removal of the Democratic House chair, Melanie Sachs, for creating a ‘toxic and hostile’ environment by dismissing Republican concerns.
Posted inNation / World, News, Politics
Biden promotes ‘life-changing’ student loan relief in Wisconsin as he tries to rally young voters
The plan is smaller and more targeted than Biden’s original plan, which was killed by the Supreme Court last year.
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Gov. Mills has ‘significant concerns’ with Democrats’ budget changes
Democrats used their majority to advance a state budget proposal – one that unravels a bipartisan effort to stabilize highway projects by moving away from fuel taxes and tapping a revenue stream from electric vehicles.
Posted inHealth, Nation / World, Politics
Trump says abortion should be left to states, declines to endorse national ban
The former president also says he’s ‘proudly the person responsible for the ending’ of the constitutional right to an abortion and thanks the conservative justices who overturned it.