Opponents of new vaccine law will get their shot at overturning it at the polls

Maine's secretary of state has certified the voter signatures on a petition that calls for voters to decide on the law ending religious and philosophical exemptions for childhood vaccines.

Seniors find high-dose flu vaccines hard to come by

Health officials say the shortage is only temporary and supplies of the high-dose shots often used by seniors will be available soon.

Chiropractors give a big boost to people’s veto campaign against new vaccine law

Of the $161,841 raised so far by Mainers for Health and Parental Rights, at least $51,225 has come from chiropractors, according to a Press Herald analysis.

Some Mainers say opponents of vaccine law misled them in petition effort

Other voters are writing Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap, asking him to remove their signatures.

Opponents of a dozen new laws aim to erase them with ‘people’s veto’ campaigns

With a short time to collect 63,067 signatures, special interest groups and individuals file more than a dozen requests to challenge newly signed laws.

‘People’s veto’ campaigns target new Maine abortion and vaccination laws

The groups behind the campaigns want voters to decide on laws that require insurers to cover abortion and that eliminate broad exemptions for childhood vaccinations.

Health care has dominated legislative session

Democrats control the House and Senate and have a governor who's on their side. Their priority has been health care, both in policy changes and spending priorities

Senate vote sends bill to end vaccine exemptions to governor’s desk

A recent measles case in Maine was cited by both supporters and opponents of the measure to end all non-medical exemptions to school-required vaccinations.

There’s no vaccine to prevent an epidemic of legislative stupidity

Vaccine bill again splits Maine House and Senate over religious exemption

The House votes to restore a ban on religious exemptions for vaccinations required for school-age children, bouncing the measure back to the Senate.