AUGUSTA - The Legislature gave initial approval Tuesday to a bill sponsored by Rep. Valli Geiger, D-Rockland, which would direct the Maine Department of Education to identify the critical components of the Educare model for publicly funded early child care and education programs and identify necessary resources and best practices for statewide implementation.
AUGUSTA - The Legislature's Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Committee voted Wednesday to advance a measure by Rep. Scott Landry, D-Farmington, to balance Maine's renewable energy development goals with efforts to conserve the state's valuable farmland, soils, and fish and wildlife habitat. The vote was 10-2 with one committee member absent.
AUGUSTA - Sen. Mattie Daughtry, D-Brunswick, and Rep. Kristen Cloutier, D-Lewiston, will hold a press conference on Thursday, May 25 to unveil legislation that would implement a statewide paid family and medical leave benefits program in Maine. The press conference will begin at 12 p.m. in the courtyard between the State House and the Cross Building.
AUGUSTA - Sen. Mattie Daughtry, D-Brunswick, and Rep. Kristen Cloutier, D-Lewiston, will hold a press conference on Thursday, May 25 to unveil legislation that would implement a statewide paid family and medical leave benefits program in Maine. The press conference will begin at 12 p.m. in the courtyard between the State House and the Cross Building.
AUGUSTA - Rep. Art Bell, D-Yarmouth, introduced legislation last week at a public hearing before the Legislature's Transportation Committee that would authorize recreational use of the Berlin Subdivision Rail Corridor that runs from Portland to Auburn.
AUGUSTA - The Maine House voted Tuesday to advance legislation sponsored by Rep. Rebecca Jauch, D-Topsham, that would create a stakeholder group to identify ways to improve child care availability in Maine.
AUGUSTA - The Maine House voted Tuesday to advance legislation sponsored by Rep. Gerry Runte, D-York, that would direct Efficiency Maine to study the feasibility of a vehicle-to-grid electric school bus pilot project at the Wells-Ogunquit Community School District.
Rep. Daniel J. Hobbs, D-Wells, welcomed the Wells Atlantic Harmonies Select Choir to the State House on Tuesday. The choir performed the national anthem in the chamber of the House of Representatives at the start of the day's session.
Contact:
Brian Lee [Hobbs] c. 305-965-2744
AUGUSTA - The Legislature's Labor and Housing Committee unanimously voted Wednesday to advance a measure from Rep. Sue Salisbury, D-Westbrook, to support Maine veterans of the Lebanese Civil War and the U.S. military operations in Grenada during the 1980s.
AUGUSTA - Rep. Maggie O'Neil, D-Saco, introduced proposals on Monday that would protect Mainers privacy by restricting the ways that personal health data and other information is shared and accessed.
The first, LD 1902, would prohibit tech companies from selling users' sensitive health data, require them to obtain consent to collect health data and take steps to keep collected data secure, among other safeguards.
