Rep. Jan Dodge is serving her fourth term in the Maine House of Representatives. She proudly sits on the Education and Cultural Affairs Committee.
A Belfast Area High School graduate, Dodge earned a Bachelor of Music Education degree from the University of Michigan and returned home to Maine to begin her career. After teaching music in public schools for 30 years, Dodge is now retired but remains an active advocate for Maine’s students and teachers.
AUGUSTA - Legislation to increase the availability of intranasal naloxone in community and corrections settings, sponsored by Rep. Jan Dodge, D-Belfast, will go into effect Monday, August 8.
On Monday, Gov. Janet Mills signed into law a measure by Rep. Jan Dodge, D-Belfast, that will increase the availability of intranasal naloxone in community and corrections settings. The bill will go into effect on August 8, 2022.
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Pictured from left to right: Rep. Jan Dodge of Belfast, Gov. Janet Mills and Gordon Smith, Director of Opioid Response.
AUGUSTA - Following strong bipartisan votes in the Legislature, Gov. Janet Mills signed a supplemental budget into law Wednesday that includes funding to improve public employees' retirement benefits. Efforts to increase public employees' pensions in the 130th Legislature were spearheaded by Sen. Joseph Rafferty, D-York, the sponsor of LD 1413, and Rep. Jan Dodge, D-Belfast, the sponsor of LD 1227.
AUGUSTA - The Maine House voted Thursday to give initial approval to a measure sponsored by Rep. Jan Dodge, D-Belfast, that would increase the availability of intranasal naloxone in community and corrections settings.
AUGUSTA - In response to the fire that devastated the Penobscot McCrum processing plant in Belfast early in the morning on Thursday, lawmakers representing Waldo County communities in the Maine Legislature, Sen. Chip Curry, D-Belfast, Rep. Scott Cuddy, D-Winterport, Rep. Jan Dodge, D-Belfast, Rep. Sherman Hutchins, R-Penobscot, Rep. MaryAnne Kinney, R-Knox, and Rep. Paige Zeigler, D-Montville, have released the following joint statement:
AUGUSTA - A bipartisan group of 50 Maine lawmakers today sent Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker a letter urging him to respect the vote of Maine people and do everything in his power to terminate the New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC) project and seek an alternative project from other bids that were received. On November 2, an overwhelming majority of Maine voters approved a referendum that bans construction of a transmission line such as the NECEC in the Upper Kennebec Region in Maine.
Rep. Jan Dodge, D-Belfast, joins State Treasurer Henry Beck and Hazel Young, assistant branch manager, at the Bangor Savings Bank Belfast branch to highlight and promote the availability of ABLE accounts, a tax-advantaged account for individuals with disabilities and their families.
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AUGUSTA - Reps. Jan Dodge, D-Belfast, Scott Cuddy, D-Winterport and Paige Zeigler, D-Montville, each received a 100% rating on votes to support state workers, according to a recent scorecard released by the Maine State Employees Association, Local 1989 of the Service Employees International Union (MSEA-SEIU).
AUGUSTA - A measure by Rep. Jan Dodge, D-Belfast, to require telephone utilities to provide details of services designed to reduce the volume of calls received from automated telephone calling devices, also known as spam calls or robocalls, was signed into law last week by Gov. Janet Mills.
