AUGUSTA - A bill sponsored by Rep. Dan Ankeles, D-Brunswick, that will help protect fishermen's access to Maine's working waterfront goes into effect today.
Rep. Dan Ankeles, D-Brunswick, welcomed Maine state chess champions Molly Tefft and Gabe Eaton of Brunswick to the State House on Friday and presented them with a legislative sentiment.
Tefft won the Maine State Girls K-12 Chess Tournament, and Eaton won the 2024 Maine Scholastic Individual Chess Championship.
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Brian Lee [Ankeles], c. 305-965-2744
Left to right: Rep. Dan Ankeles, Molly Tefft, Gabe Eaton and Sean Eaton.
AUGUSTA - The Maine Legislature unanimously voted Wednesday to enact legislation sponsored by Rep. Dan Ankeles, D-Brunswick, that would help protect fishermen's access to Maine's working waterfront.
AUGUSTA - Today, Reps. Dan Ankeles and Poppy Arford, D-Brunswick, Rep. Cheryl Golek, D-Harpswell, and Sen. Mattie Daughtry, D-Brunswick, welcomed the Brunswick High School Girls' Basketball Team to the State House. The team was presented with a legislative sentiment for winning the 2024 Class A Girls' High School Basketball State Championship.
"We are all so proud of this team making history," said Ankeles. "The focus and dedication they showed makes them all role models for kids across Brunswick and throughout Maine."
AUGUSTA - The Legislature's Joint Standing Committee on Taxation voted unanimously of those present Wednesday to advance a bill sponsored by Rep. Dan Ankeles, D-Brunswick, that would help protect fishermen's access to Maine's working waterfront.
AUGUSTA - Rep. Dan Ankeles, D-Brunswick, presented a bill to the Legislature's Taxation Committee that would help protect access to Maine's working waterfront and provide additional property tax relief for residents of mobile homes through the Homestead Exemption.
AUGUSTA - Brunswick legislators Rep. Poppy Arford, Rep. Dan Ankeles, Rep. Cheryl Golek and Sen. Mattie Daughtry welcomed students and teachers from the Brunswick High School Off Campus Learning Program to the Maine State House last Thursday, Feb.1. In addition to touring the Capitol and visiting the House Gallery, the students met with Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows.
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Brian Lee [Ankeles, Arford, Golek], c. 305-965-2744
Emily Cook [Bellows], c. 207-441-0405
AUGUSTA - Rep. Dan Ankeles, D-Brunswick, will serve as a member of the Legislature's Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee in the Second Regular Session of the 131st Legislature. He was appointed to the committee by Speaker of the House Rachel Talbot Ross, D-Portland.
The committee oversees the state budget process and bond proposals.
AUGUSTA - Legislative leaders voted to advance a proposal by Rep. Dan Ankeles, D-Brunswick, to address looming property tax reassessments across Maine that could accelerate gentrification and make it more difficult for families to afford to remain in their homes and communities.
AUGUSTA - Rep. Dan Ankeles, D-Brunswick, and Rep. Poppy Arford, D-Brunswick, were present for 100% of roll call votes for the legislative session that wrapped up in July, making them two of only a few legislators with perfect attendance during the first year of the two-year term.
