• Read more about Doudera welcomes state champions to State House

AUGUSTA - Rep. Vicki Doudera, D-Camden, says that one of the most enjoyable parts of her job is recognizing constituents for worthy achievements. In that spirit, she invited the Camden Hills Regional High School girls' swim team, the Class A state champions, and Victor Clayton, a Camden-Rockport Middle School student and winner of the Maine Scholastic Individual K-5 Chess Championship, to the Maine State House in recognition of their achievements.

• Read more about House advances bill to restrict utility ownership by foreign governments

AUGUSTA - In a bipartisan vote, the Maine House advanced a bill on Thursday sponsored by Rep. Seth Berry, D-Bowdoinham, that would restrict future utility ownership by foreign governments.

LD 697 as amended would require the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to deny any future purchase of a Maine utility by a foreign entity if it risks losses to reliability, customer privacy and safety, regulatory capacity or the state economy.

• Read more about Cumberland legislative scholarship winner honored by lawmakers

State legislators welcome Terra Gallo of Cumberland and her parents to the State House Thursday. Gallo was awarded the 2022 Legislative Memorial Scholarship for Cumberland County. From left to right, stands Rep. Steve Moriarty, D-Cumberland, Susan Gallo, Terra Gallo, David Gallo, House Speaker Ryan Fecteau, D-Biddeford, and Rep. Morgan Rielly, D-Westbrook, with Rep. Kathy Javner, R-Chester, at the rostrum.

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Jackie Merrill [Moriarty, Rielly], c. 812-1111
John Bott [Javner], o. 287-1440

• Read more about State champion Hall-Dale basketball team visits State House

Rep. Thom Harnett, D-Gardiner, and Rep. Allison Hepler, D-Woolwich, welcome the Hall-Dale High School girls' basketball team to the State House Thursday.

The team was recognized by the entire House of Representatives for winning the 2022 Class C State Championship.

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Jackie Merrill [Harnett, Hepler], c. 812-1111

• Read more about National championship team visits State House

Rep. Lois Galgay Reckitt, D-South Portland, welcomes the Southern Maine Community College men's basketball team to the State House Thursday.

The team was recognized by the entire House of Representatives for winning the 2022 U.S. Collegiate Athletic Association Division II championship.

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Jackie Merrill [Reckitt], c. 812-1111

• Read more about Talbot Ross releases statement on vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson

AUGUSTA - Ahead of the U.S. Senate's historic vote today to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court, Assistant House Majority Leader Rachel Talbot Ross, D-Portland, has released the following statement:

• Read more about Hepler advocates for organ donation

AUGUSTA - Rep. Allison Hepler, D-Woolwich, spoke at an event Wednesday to advocate for organ donation and to share her own story as a donor spouse. In 1997, Hepler lost her husband after a work place fall, but because of his decision to be an organ donor, he saved multiple lives.

"Organ donation when your loved one is dying is not a decision to make. It's just what you do," said Hepler. "I think of it as a final act of love."

• Read more about Speaker Fecteau marks the passage of a milestone childcare workforce bill with Governor Mills, CTE students, child care workers

AUGUSTA - Today, Speaker Ryan Fecteau and Governor Janet Mills joined child care workers to celebrate a bill to recruit and retain Maine's child care workforce. The bill,

• Read more about Governor signs pair of bills to facilitate investment in Maine businesses

AUGUSTA - Gov. Janet Mills recently signed into law two bills sponsored by Rep. Tiffany Roberts, D-South Berwick, aimed at facilitating economic investments in businesses throughout Maine.

• Read more about House advances bill to bolster Maine's efforts to prevent child abuse and neglect

AUGUSTA - The Maine House gave initial approval Tuesday to a bill sponsored by Rep. Michele Meyer, D-Eliot, that seeks to restore Maine's once successful child welfare system. The House advanced the measure "under the hammer," or by unanimous consent.

The proposal comes in response to the worst year on record for children's deaths involving abuse, neglect or in households with prior involvement with child protective services in 2021.