Democrats are expected to pass a current services budget this week and postpone any discussion about Republican demands for income tax breaks until later in the session.
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Lawmakers urged to provide MaineCare coverage to noncitizens
The bill sponsored by House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross, D-Portland, would extend health coverage to newly arrived asylum seekers and other noncitizens. Republicans oppose the proposal, citing what they say is its $7 million price tag.
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Maine attorney general joins push to urge Congress to pass right-to-repair legislation
Attorney General Aaron Frey and 27 other state attorneys general sent a letter asking congressional leaders to adopt a national right-to-repair law.
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Manhattan grand jury investigating Trump hush money is back at work
The Manhattan grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump over hush money payments is back in court and hearing evidence related to the case.
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Pingree pushes for climate-friendly addition to 2023 Farm Bill
The Maine Democrat is proposing legislation that would help farms and food systems reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040.
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Democrats advance majority budget after talks with Republicans break down
Republicans had sought $200 million in income tax cuts for low- and middle-income Mainers, a goal one lawmaker said Democrats ‘flatly rejected.’
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Trump, facing potential indictment, holds defiant Waco rally
A defiant and incendiary Donald Trump, facing a potential indictment, held the first rally of his 2024 presidential campaign Saturday in Waco, Texas, a city made famous by deadly resistance against law enforcement.
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Social workers on front lines ask lawmakers for support, reinforcements
A bill presented Friday would expand a program to cover student loan debt for eligible social workers in hopes of attracting, and keeping, more professionals to help children and adults who are waiting for support.
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House Republicans pass parents’ rights bill in clash over schools
It would require schools to publish course studies and a list of books kept in libraries, as well as affirm parents’ ability to meet with educators, speak at school board meetings and examine school budgets.
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Trump lawyer in court after being forced before grand jury
In addition to the Mar-a-Lago documents investigation, the ex-president faces probes in New York over hush money and in Atlanta over efforts to reverse his election loss in Georgia.