AUGUSTA – The Legislature’s Housing and Economic Development Committee voted unanimously Thursday to advance legislation sponsored by Rep. Ambureen Rana, D-Bangor, that would establish a permanent Eviction Prevention Program (EPP).
AUGUSTA – On May 1, the Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the Future announced that Durham and Topsham have been selected as recipients of a Community Action Grant award from the Community Resilience Partnership.
AUGUSTA – The Legislature’s Judiciary Committee voted last Wednesday to advance a bill sponsored by Rep. Melanie Sachs, D-Freeport, that would prohibit the act of doxing a minor.
AUGUSTA – On Tuesday, Rep.
AUGUSTA – The Legislature’s Housing and Economic Development Committee voted Thursday to advance legislation sponsored by Rep. Tiffany Roberts, D-South Berwick, that would protect Maine consumers by establishing a licensing requirement for general contractors.
AUGUSTA – Rep. Vicki Doudera, D-Camden, introduced legislation before the Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Committee on Tuesday that would increase penalties for use violations of herbicides and pesticides.
Doudera was compelled to pursue the legislation after learning of the poisoning of a Camden resident’s trees by a neighbor in 2022. The incident made national news and revealed weaknesses in the way the state assesses penalties for those who knowingly abuse pesticides.
AUGUSTA – Rep. Morgan Rielly, D-Westbrook, joined 47 Maine House and Senate members in sending a letter urging Maine’s Congressional Delegation to work to reinstate funding for AmeriCorps programming across the country that was recently cut by the Trump Administration.
Last Friday, the AmeriCorps agency immediately terminated close to $400 million in grant program funding, leaving all of Maine’s AmeriCorps grants, totaling over $4 million, at risk.
AUGUSTA – Rep. Morgan Rielly, D-Westbrook, joined 47 Maine House and Senate members in sending a letter urging Maine’s Congressional Delegation to work to reinstate funding for AmeriCorps programming across the country that was recently cut by the Trump Administration.
Last Friday, the AmeriCorps agency immediately terminated close to $400 million in grant program funding, leaving all of Maine’s AmeriCorps grants, totaling over $4 million, at risk.
AUGUSTA – On Tuesday, the Maine House and Senate voted to advance a bill sponsored by Rep. Melanie Sachs, D-Freeport, that would provide funding for the Low Income Assistance Program (LIAP) to help Mainers pay their electric bills. The bill passed the House 120-26 and was approved unanimously in the Senate. The House gave final approval on Wednesday.
By Rep. Parnell Terry