AUGUSTA - The Maine Association of Community Service Providers (MACSP) has awarded Rep. Jessica Fay, D-Raymond, with the Legislative Champion Award for 2021.

AUGUSTA - Sen. David Miramant, D-Camden, Rep. Valli Geiger, D-Rockland, and Rep. Jeffrey Evangelos, I-Friendship, welcomed the Oceanside High School government class to the State House Thursday.

"It was a pleasure to meet with the class," said Miramant. "The questions were very insightful and the visit allowed time for a great conversation about the legislative process and the issues facing Maine people. It was a wonderful start to my day and I wish each day began like this."

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.

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.

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

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

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

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:

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."

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,