One of the worst bills so far this session, says Rep. Lawrence Lockman, is a proposal from Rep. Drew Gattine to provide welfare benefits to non-citizens.
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Larry Lockman’s proposal seeks to stop teachers from taking sides on political issues
The Republican’s measure draws criticism from educators and the ACLU.
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Lawmaker Larry Lockman behind provocative anti-immigration flyer
A political mailer stoking anti-immigration fears in the House District 55 race is the work of a political action committee run by conservative Republican Rep. Larry Lockman. The glossy, oversized flyer accuses incumbent Rep. Seth Berry, D-Bowdoinham, of voting “to allow the killings to continue in Portland,” referring to two homicides in which immigrants were […]
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Welcome hard-working people
Rep. Larry Lockman is something. Where others see light and opportunity, he sees only darkness and conspiracy. Exhibit A: his guest column in the Sun Journal (Feb. 18) in which he accuses me (and U.S. Sen. Susan Collins) of waging a “war on whites” by “pushing race-based identity politics in Maine.” He further suggests that […]
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Larry Lockman’s immigration bill fails in Maine House
AUGUSTA — An anti-immigrant bill proposed by Rep. Larry Lockman, R-Amherst, that drew a torrent of criticism from Mainers who are sympathetic to newcomers fleeing war and oppression overseas failed to pass muster in the House on Wednesday. The Republican lawmaker pushed a trio of related bills taking aim at cities that offer sanctuary to […]
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Bill aims to ban discrimination against 'climate change policy preferences'
Bill would bar discrimination toward climate change doubters AUGUSTA — Maine laws protect people from discrimination based on factors such as race, disabilities and sexual orientation, and a Republican lawmaker wants to add a person’s beliefs about climate change to that list. Rep. Larry Lockman has introduced a bill that would limit the attorney general’s […]
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Maine ethics commission fines group for campaign flier
SKOWHEGAN, Maine (AP) — A nonprofit group led by a Republican state legislator is being penalized $672 for failing to disclose spending on a campaign flier targeting Democratic Rep. Jeff McCabe. The Maine Ethics Commission contacted Republican Rep. Larry Lockman of Amherst after the Morning Sentinel reported on the fliers, which claimed that McCabe supported […]
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Have Washington politics come to Maine?
Who could have imagined, in the days and weeks after last November’s decisive statewide election, that just eight months later the Legislature would enact a state budget that increases spending by a whopping $300 million, jacks up taxes on tens of thousands of middle-class Maine households, and makes it easier for able-bodied people to stay […]
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Rep. Larry Lockman: Democrats take wrong approach on health care
Here’s a New Year’s prediction you can take to the bank: The very same liberal ideologues whose policy prescriptions wrecked Maine’s health insurance market over the past several decades will work overtime this year to promote Obamacare as Mainers’ last best hope for affordable health insurance. And the professional left’s feel-good media campaign will be […]