AUGUSTA - During a Joint Convention today, the Maine Legislature re-elected Aaron Frey as Attorney General, Shenna Bellows as Secretary of State and Henry Beck as State Treasurer.
Speaker of the House Rachel Talbot Ross released the following statement:
AUGUSTA - Following the House and Senate votes on Wednesday, House Majority Leader Mo Terry (D-Gorham) and Assistant Majority Leader Kristen Cloutier (D-Lewiston) released the following statements on the Emergency Winter Heating Relief Plan.
House Majority Leader Mo Terry issued the following statement:
AUGUSTA - Maine House Democrats on Thursday elected Rep. Mo Terry, D-Gorham, to serve as House Majority Leader and Rep. Kristen Cloutier, D-Lewiston, as Assistant Majority Leader.
Terry replaces termed-out Rep. Michelle Dunphy as House Majority Leader, while Cloutier replaces current Assistant Majority Leader Rep. Rachel Talbot Ross, who earned the House Democratic nomination to serve as Speaker of the House. A final vote on that position will be taken by the entire House of Representatives on Dec. 7 when the Legislature convenes for swearing-in day.
AUGUSTA - In response to news that over 857,000 Mainers will receive $850 direct relief checks after the supplemental budget was signed into law Wednesday by Gov. Janet Mills, Rep. Mo Terry, D-Gorham, released the following statement:
AUGUSTA - The Maine House of Representatives gave initial approval on Thursday to a bill sponsored by Rep. Mo Terry, D-Gorham, that would direct the Governor's Energy Office (GEO) to examine options for encouraging energy storage facility development in Maine.
AUGUSTA - Rep. Mo Terry, D-Gorham, presented LD 2030, a bill aimed at encouraging energy storage companies to conduct business in Maine, before the Legislature's Taxation Committee on Wednesday. LD 2030 would create an exemption from sales and use tax for energy storage systems and would make qualified energy storage systems eligible for the business equipment tax exemption.
AUGUSTA - In honor of St. Patrick's Day and in commemoration of the many rich contributions that Irish Americans have made to the state of Maine, members of the Maine State Legislatures Irish-American community have announced the formation of the Maine chapter of the American Irish State Legislators Caucus.
AUGUSTA - A bill to create a funding mechanism to support hunger relief efforts in Maine sponsored by Rep. Mo Terry, D-Gorham, received funding approval Thursday from the Legislature's Joint Standing Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs.
AUGUSTA - The Maine House of Representatives gave initial approval Wednesday to a bill that would establish a checkoff box on Mainers' tax returns to support hunger prevention.
LD 1046, sponsored by Rep. Mo Terry, D-Gorham, would create a checkoff provision on Maine income tax forms to give taxpayers the option of contributing to the emergency food assistance program administered by the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF).
AUGUSTA - Rep. Mo Terry, D-Gorham, introduced a bill to the Legislature's Judiciary Committee on Wednesday to extend the statute of limitations for filing a complaint to the Maine Human Rights Commission for unlawful discrimination if the complaint is based on a sexual act, sexual contact or sexual touching.
