AUGUSTA – Rep. Morgan Rielly, D-Westbrook, was named House Chair of Maine’s Citizen Trade Policy Commission (CTPC) last Thursday. His appointment by House Speaker Ryan Fecteau, D-Biddeford, was confirmed Tuesday by the Legislature.  

AUGUSTA – Rep. Morgan Rielly, D-Westbrook, introduced a bill before the Legislature’s Education and Cultural Affairs Committee Thursday that would establish a Working Waterfront Infrastructure Engineer Corps to help protect Maine’s coastline communities and habitat.  

AUGUSTA – On Thursday, the Legislative Council voted to advance an emergency bill from Rep.

AUGUSTA - Rep. Anne-Marie Mastraccio, D-Sanford, introduced a bill before the Legislature’s Transportation Committee on Thursday that would make learner’s permits more accessible for students between the ages of 15-and-a-half and 18 years of age. 

AUGUSTA – Rep. Anne-Marie Mastraccio, D-Sanford, sponsored LD 1150 to improve child safety in Maine.

AUGUSTA – Rep. Deqa Dhalac, D-South Portland, presented legislation before the Legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee last Thursday to improve perinatal care through expanding access to doulas for expecting mothers in Maine.

LD 1523 seeks to expand access to doula services by allowing MaineCare to pay for doula attendance during childbirth, as well as prenatal and postpartum visits. 

AUGUSTA – On Wednesday, Rep.

Rep. Allison Hepler, D-Woolwich, Rep. Sally Cluchey, D-Bowdoinham, and Gov. Janet Mills welcomed family and friends of the late Judy Kahrl of Arrowsic to the State House last week to honor her work.  

AUGUSTA – Rep. Nina Milliken, D-Blue Hill, will hold office hours at the Blue Hill Library in the Howard Room on Saturday, May 10, from 9 - 10:30 a.m. The library is located at 5 Parker Point Road. Appointments are not necessary. 

Office hours provide constituents with an opportunity to hear updates from Augusta, ask questions about policymaking and share opinions on state matters. They also serve as an opportunity for residents to get help navigating state agencies and voice concerns.  

AUGUSTA – On Tuesday, the Legislature’s Housing and Economic Development Committee voted 7-3 to support a bill sponsored

 by Rep. Holly Eaton, D-Deer Isle, to provide funding for the redevelopment of the former Island Nursing Home into affordable senior housing.