The House narrowly approved the bill Thursday, but the significant margin by which the Senate voted it down makes its passage very unlikely.
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Republicans seek deeper cuts in budget, despite deal with White House
The emerging dynamic raises the potential for another round of economy-rattling brinkmanship in Washington.
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House backs bill to protect gender-affirming care for MaineCare patients
The measure, which is supported by Democrats and opposed by Republicans, now goes to the Senate.
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Maine Senate rejects House-backed bill to ban bump stocks, other gun modifications
The House voted 76-66 to pass the bill Thursday, but Friday’s vote in the Senate likely means it’s dead.
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Activists on both sides of abortion debate fill the halls in Maine’s State House
A proposal backed by Gov. Janet Mills to expand abortion access later in pregnancy is headed for votes next week in the House and Senate.
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Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked Pentagon Papers exposing Vietnam War secrets, dies at 92
Ellsberg embodied the individual of conscience – who answered only to his sense of right and wrong, even if the price was his own freedom.
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Mills signs highway budget, averting partial shutdown
The highway budget includes a new, more sustainable revenue source to support road and bridge maintenance.
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Maine Senate rejects 72-hour waiting period for gun purchases
The Senate’s decisive vote Thursday comes 2 days after the House narrowly voted against the bill.
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Lawmakers reach deal on highway budget to avoid partial shutdown
Unanimous votes in the Senate and House would create a new revenue stream for highway projects to make it less reliant on fuel taxes and borrowing, a move that decreases the potential for a partial shutdown of state government.
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Scathing report finds Boris Johnson deliberately misled U.K. Parliament over ‘partygate’
A committee of lawmakers found the former prime minister’s actions were such a flagrant violation of the rules that they warranted a 90-day suspension from Parliament. He, instead, resigned Friday.