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PublishedJanuary 15, 2019
Some lawmakers pushing for Cabinet-level position to address opioid crisis
The Legislature will debate multiple proposals to create a specific position, and Gov. Janet Mills has said she plans to appoint an opioid czar as well.
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PublishedJanuary 14, 2019
Mills to announce her final Cabinet pick this week
Lawmakers will hold hearings and vote on the 14 Cabinet-level nominees once the governor announces her selection to lead the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry.
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PublishedJanuary 13, 2019
Democrats looking to finally tackle climate impacts to Gulf of Maine
Lawmakers are optimistic bills to implement bipartisan commission's 2014 recommendations will advance after years of delay.
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PublishedJanuary 10, 2019
Mills moving ahead with plans to change sign that greets visitors on turnpike
The 'Open for Business' sign former Gov. Paul LePage put up on the highway in Kittery should be changed to 'Welcome Home' in roughly three weeks.
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PublishedJanuary 10, 2019
Advocates push for law to vacate convictions of human-trafficking victims
At a State House rally attended by Gov. Janet Mills, trafficking survivors and their supporters seek to raise awareness of how Mainers are victimized by sexual trafficking and forced labor.
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PublishedJanuary 10, 2019
Gov. Mills says more than 6,000 Mainers have filed for Medicaid since July
Her administration is working to provide coverage to applicants under the newly expanded program, with DHHS processing claims and fielding 2,000 calls daily.
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PublishedJanuary 9, 2019
Mills to authorize sale of long-stalled senior housing bonds
Approved by 69 percent of voters three years ago, the $15 million in bonds to help finance construction of affordable senior housing units had been held up by Gov. Paul LePage.
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PublishedJanuary 8, 2019
Debate brewing over gun control bills pending in Maine Legislature
But the state's newly elected Democratic governor says she won't support a universal background-check measure that voters have already rejected at the ballot box.
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PublishedJanuary 8, 2019
Mills says labor mural that LePage removed from labor department will stay put
A spokesman for the new Democratic governor says she will keep the mural on display at the Maine State Museum.
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PublishedJanuary 7, 2019
Maine DHHS starts rulemaking process on public assistance for asylum seekers
Gov. Janet Mills does not plan to change rules proposed by the LePage administration after a court decision forcing the state to restore benefits it had been denying.
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