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Legislation would create Maine police code of conduct and expand public disclosure
A bill that won support from a legislative committee would create statewide police misconduct standards and empower the Maine Criminal Justice Academy’s board to enforce them.
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Bills to constrain governor’s executive powers rejected on party-line votes
The proposals to require more legislative oversight of civil state of emergency declarations were voted down by majority Democrats on the State and Local Government Committee.
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Maine’s population grew 2.6% from last census, far below national rate of 7.4%
The Census Bureau released state population counts Monday, but more detailed demographic data will not be released until the summer.
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Republican Sunbelt gains congressional seats as census shows population shift
For the first time in 170 years of statehood, California is losing a congressional seat.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, Politics
Waterville residents advocate for emergency insulin program
A 14-year-old boy, his mother and a woman who lost her son to Type 1 diabetes and the high cost of insulin testified before a legislative panel last week at a public hearing in support of LD 673, “An Act to Create the Insulin Safety Net Program.”
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Municipalities push to retain remote meeting capabilities adopted for pandemic
Maine was one of only seven states before the COVID-19 pandemic that did not allow municipalities to hold remote meetings. But attitudes have shifted in the past year.
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Caitlyn Jenner says she will run for governor of California
Republican Caitlyn Jenner says she will run for governor of California
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House approves D.C. statehood as Senate fight looms
Republicans oppose the idea given that the new state would be overwhelmingly Democratic.
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Maine redistricting thrown into confusion by census delay, constitutional Catch-22
The state’s process insulates against gerrymandering, unless one party has supermajority control of the Legislature.