Maine congressional delegates ask for more Bath-built ships

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Published
February 22, 2022

Maine congressional delegates ask for more Bath-built ships

Maine and Mississippi lawmakers asked for funding for three Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, the type of ship BIW builds, in the president's budget for next year.
Published
February 16, 2022

Maine lawmakers urge Navy to name Bath-built ship after fallen Mainer

Maine lawmakers and Gov. Janet Mills have asked the Navy to name a destroyer after Master Sgt. Gary Gordon of Lincoln.
Published
February 7, 2022

Rep. Pingree’s bill aims to help Maine hemp growers

Maine's struggling hemp industry would benefit from relaxed rules on potency limits.
Published
August 30, 2021

Republican announces 1st District campaign against Rep. Pingree

Ed Thelander, a retired Navy SEAL from Bristol, announced he will challenge incumbent Democrat Chellie Pingree, who is serving her seventh term, in 2022.
Published
June 29, 2021

House defense budget reverses plan to cut Bath-built ships

The bill includes funding for two Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, going against the president’s shipbuilding cut from earlier this year.
Published
June 21, 2021

Rep. Jared Golden: Warship cut from Biden’s budget could mean shipyard layoffs

Golden said if Congress isn't able to restore the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer cut from the president's budget, the reduction may lead to about 500 layoffs to one of the nation's shipyards.
Published
June 13, 2021

How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week

The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Julien Xavier Neals to serve as a U.S. district court judge for the New Jersey district.
Published
February 24, 2021

Marble bust of powerful 19th century Mainer damaged by mob at U.S. Capitol last month

A curator is taking steps to repair the marble bust of former U.S. House Speaker Thomas Reed of Maine.
Published
January 11, 2021

Rep. Golden joins Pingree in support of Trump’s impeachment

The House is expected to take up the measure Wednesday. Sens. King and Collins haven't said whether they will support impeachment.
Published
January 6, 2021

Maine’s members of Congress respond: ‘This doesn’t happen. It’s America.’

The state's senators and representatives condemn the Trump supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol, halting the certification of the results of the November election.