AUGUSTA - At a public hearing Wednesday, conservation advocates and wildlife scientists urged the Legislature's Environment and Natural Resources Committee to advance a measure from Rep. Lori K. Gramlich, D-Old Orchard Beach, that would protect endangered and threatened species from habitat loss.
AUGUSTA - The Legislature's State and Local Government Committee voted Tuesday to advance a measure from Rep. Lori K. Gramlich, D-Old Orchard Beach, that would name the Pink-edged Sulphur the state butterfly. The vote was unanimous among those present.
Gramlich introduced the bill after she was contacted by students Oscar Stanton and Tate Graham last fall. The two fifth-graders at Loranger Middle School wrote to suggest the Legislature name a state butterfly.
AUGUSTA - The Legislature's Environment and Natural Resources Committee voted Wednesday to advance a measure by Rep. Lori K. Gramlich, D-Old Orchard Beach, that will strengthen efforts to restore sand dunes on Maine beaches. The vote was unanimous among those present.
With the Legislature in full swing, my colleagues and I are busy submitting legislation, offering testimony at public hearings and learning about various policy initiatives before the committees we are all assigned to serve on. I serve as House chair of the Environment and Natural Resources Committee, and while issues relating to protecting our environment and precious shoreline remain one of my top priorities, my lifelong advocacy on behalf of children and mental health care also remains critically important to my work on your behalf in Augusta.
AUGUSTA - On Wednesday, the Legislature's Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee heard from Casella Waste Systems and the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) regarding the disposal of PFAS-contaminated biosolids, or "sludge," in Maine. Committee co-chairs Sen. Stacy Brenner, D-Scarborough, and Rep. Lori Gramlich, D-Old Orchard Beach, scheduled the briefing and called Casella and DEP to present to ENR, to get all parties around the table and find a path forward.
AUGUSTA - Rep. Lori K. Gramlich, D-Old Orchard Beach, and state officials from the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife joined Loranger Middle School students on Friday to discuss Gramlich's bill to name a state butterfly.
Fifth-grade students made their cases on which butterfly deserves the title to Gramlich and Commissioner Judy Camuso, wildlife biologist Phillip deMaynadier, Ph.D., and Education and Outreach Supervisor Laura Craver-Rogers.
AUGUSTA - On Tuesday, Cumberland County Superior Court Justice Thomas McKeon ruled that a 2021 law removing the statute of limitations for civil claims of child sex abuse is constitutional.
Rep. Lori K. Gramlich, D-Old Orchard Beach, who sponsored the bill that created the law, released the following statement:
The start of a new year is often seen as a time of new beginnings, with many of us resolving to make positive changes and explore opportunities for a fresh start. Our work in the first session of the 131st Legislature is no different.
Since the discovery of PFAS contamination on Stoneridge Farm in Arundel back in 2016, Maine has been a national leader on combating PFAS contamination. The Maine Legislature and Governor Janet Mills have taken several important steps to both reduce the sources of these so-called "forever chemicals," per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS, and to provide resources to those impacted by PFAS contamination.
Rep. Lori K. Gramlich is serving her fourth term in the Maine House of Representatives. She is the Assistant House Majority Leader, providing support to members of the House Democratic Caucus.
