AUGUSTA - Rep. Michele Meyer, D-Eliot, introduced a bill on Thursday before the Legislature's Health and Human Services Committee to bolster Maines Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.
AUGUSTA - The Legislature's Joint Select Committee on Housing unanimously voted Tuesday to advance a measure that combines proposals from Rep. Anne-Marie Mastraccio, D-Sanford, and Rep. Colleen Madigan, D-Waterville, to increase funding for homeless shelters in Maine.
AUGUSTA - Speaker of the House Rachel Talbot Ross, D-Portland, and Rep. Charles Skold, D-Portland, will join other members of the state legislative delegation and local Portland officials, including Mayor Mark Dion and Portland City Council members, for a community meeting hosted by the Peaks Island Council on Saturday, Feb. 3 at 3 p.m.
The meeting will convene leaders to discuss current and future recovery efforts from the back-to-back January storms that devastated many communities along Maine's coast.
AUGUSTA - The Legislature's Labor and Housing Committee voted Tuesday in unanimous support of a measure sponsored by Rep. Bill Pluecker, D-Warren, that would remove the age requirement for retirement for certain Department of Corrections (DOC) staff.
AUGUSTA - Rep. Valli Geiger, D-Rockland, presented a measure before the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee on Monday that would increase access to justice for survivors of sexual assault by establishing a statewide sexual assault forensic examination kit tracking system.
AUGUSTA - A majority of the Legislature's Health Coverage Insurance and Financial Services Committee (HCIFS) voted Tuesday to advance legislation sponsored by Rep. Jane Pringle, D-Windham, that would ease the administrative burden of prior authorization on healthcare providers. The vote was seven to five among committee members present.
AUGUSTA - The Legislature's Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services Committee voted Tuesday to advance legislation sponsored by Rep. Sam Zager, D-Portland, that would require health insurance coverage for biomarker testing.
Sen. Nicole Grohoski, D-Ellsworth, and Rep. Nina Milliken, D-Blue Hill, welcomed sixth and seventh grade students from The Bay School in Blue Hill to the State House on Tuesday
AUGUSTA - Rep. Deqa Dhalac, D-South Portland, presented legislation Tuesday before the Legislature's State and Local Government Committee that would establish the Office of New Americans (ONA) within Maine State Government.
AUGUSTA - Following tonight's State of the State address, during which Gov. Janet Mills outlined her priorities for gun safety legislation this session, Sen. Anne Carney, D-Cape Elizabeth, and Rep. Vicki Doudera, D-Camden, leaders of the Legislature's Gun Safety Caucus, released the following statement:
