AUGUSTA - Today the House passed a bill, LD 332, in the second reading under the hammer to put DOT signs on I-95 and I-395 and in Brewer pointing out the Underground Railroad memorial at Chamberlain Freedom Park. It will next go to the Senate and come back to the House for enactment.

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AUGUSTA - Senator Troy Jackson (D-Aroostook) today presented LD 443, a concept draft bill that would roll back important, bipartisan reforms made to the workers' compensation insurance system in 1992 and 2012. House Republican Leader Ken Fredette (R-Newport) issued the following statement in respon...

AUGUSTA - The House of Representatives today voted on two bills regulating motorists' behavior. LD 66, "An Act To Require That Motorcyclists Wear Helmets," and LD 68, "An Act To Prohibit the Use of a Handheld Mobile Telephone while Operating a Motor Vehicle," came to the floor with divided, majorit...

AUGUSTA - On party lines, the Legislature's Labor, Commerce, Research, and Economic Development Committee today voted "ought not to pass" on LD 786, the so-called public right-to-work bill introduced by Rep. Lawrence Lockman (R-Amherst). Lockman had prepared an amendment which would have replaced t...

AUGUSTA - In a 10-3 vote, the Legislature's Judiciary Committee endorsed LD 345, a bill introduced by Rep. Corey Wilson (R-Augusta) to make private the personal identifying information of concealed handgun permit holders in Maine. The bill will now go to the House and Senate for floor votes.

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AUGUSTA - An investigation by the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability (OPEGA) has revealed that the State House is ground zero for an imminent zombie invasion that may turn Maine into a post-apocalyptic, supernatural war zone, potentially damaging Maine's tourism-based economy...