AUGUSTA – Rep. Gary Friedmann, D-Bar Harbor, has announced his resignation as Vice Chair of the Bar Harbor Town Council after serving on the it for 10 years. While serving simultaneously on the town council and in the Legislature is permitted under state law, Friedmann is choosing to focus solely on his state legislative work. 

AUGUSTA – On Thursday, Department of Marine Resources (DMR) Commissioner Patrick Keliher announced the decision to pull a proposed rule change that would have increased the minimum lobster gauge size starting July 2025. 

AUGUSTA – House Majority Leader Matt Moonen, D-Portland, and Assistant Majority Leader Lori K. Gramlich, D-Old Orchard Beach, released the following statements in response to the biennial budget proposal unveiled by Gov. Janet Mills today:  

House Majority Leader Matt Moonen:  

AUGUSTA – Rep. Michele Meyer, D-Eliot, will continue to serve as House chair of the Legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee. She has served on the committee for the past six years, the past four as chair.  

AUGUSTA – Rep.

AUGUSTA – Local Reps. Amy Roeder and Laura Supica, D-Bangor, will serve as House chairs of two legislative policy committees.  

Roeder will chair the Maine Legislature’s Labor Committee, which was previously the Labor and Housing Committee. Supica will chair the Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee. Both members previously served as chairs of their respective committees during the 131st Legislature.  

AUGUSTA – Rep. Kristen Cloutier, D-Lewiston, has been appointed to serve as House chair of the Legislature’s Taxation Committee. She will also serve as a member of the Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee. 

AUGUSTA – Rep. Anne-Marie Mastraccio, D-Sanford, will serve as House chair of the Legislature’s Government Oversight Committee. She previously served as the House chair of the committee from 2016 to 2020. She was appointed by House Speaker Ryan Fecteau.

AUGUSTA – Rep. Melanie Sachs, D-Freeport, has been appointed to serve as House chair of the Legislature’s Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee.