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.
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Biden fires holdover head of Social Security Administration
The White House says President Biden fired Commissioner Andrew Saul after Saul refused to resign.
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Lawmaker cites ‘appalling’ death of 3-year-old in call for probe of Maine’s child welfare system
The Legislature’s Government Oversight Committee will meet Wednesday with state officials in child protective services.
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While some states restrict voting, Maine lawmakers pass bills to expand access
The Democratic-controlled Legislature passed the measures in a year when voting rights and access became political footballs in many states.
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Activists call on Sen. Collins to support voting rights act
About 40 people gathered on the Portland City Hall plaza Wednesday night to voice support the For The People Act, which Collins voted against earlier this year.
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LePage officially announces bid for governor in 2022
The conservative and controversial Republican served eight years in the Blaine House before being term-limited in 2019, and his entrance into the race all but guarantees a feisty campaign against Gov. Janet Mills.
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In Maine, Jill Biden celebrates a day of independence from COVID-19
The first lady visits Portland Head Light to mark the July Fourth holiday, celebrated this year with less fear of the novel coronavirus.