Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who has been keeping his head down, meets with his colleagues on Thursday.
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Lawmakers consider sealing, erasing records of past cannabis convictions
Four Maine legislators are pursuing bills to clear some convictions for marijuana possession that today would be legal.
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Mills to authorize sale of long-stalled senior housing bonds
Approved by 69 percent of voters three years ago, the $15 million in bonds to help finance construction of affordable senior housing units had been held up by Gov. Paul LePage.
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Portland councilor becomes first to say he’ll run to challenge Strimling for mayor
Spencer Thibodeau, a real estate attorney who is starting his second term on the City Council, enters the race that will be decided in November.
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Shutdown is felt in Maine, from small business loans to housing vouchers
The Washington stalemate has left multiple federal government agencies unfunded, and the effects are far-reaching.
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Government shutdown a stinging blow to Maine’s craft breweries
The federal bureau that approves company expansions and beer labels for out-of-state sales has been closed since Dec. 22, preventing breweries from introducing new releases outside Maine.
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Partial government shutdown leaves some small businesses in tax limbo
Ambiguities in the revised federal code mean self-employed Mainers in the real estate and insurance industries may have to file for an extension or submit best-guess numbers.
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Debate brewing over gun control bills pending in Maine Legislature
But the state’s newly elected Democratic governor says she won’t support a universal background-check measure that voters have already rejected at the ballot box.
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Mills says labor mural that LePage removed from labor department will stay put
A spokesman for the new Democratic governor says she will keep the mural on display at the Maine State Museum.
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Maine DHHS starts rulemaking process on public assistance for asylum seekers
Gov. Janet Mills does not plan to change rules proposed by the LePage administration after a court decision forcing the state to restore benefits it had been denying.