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Maine legislature

Published
November 16, 2018

Lawmakers from Portland and Biddeford join leadership in Maine House

All 3 of the top Democrats in the House are from southern Maine.
Published
November 11, 2018

What Maine’s new government will mean to you

In 2019, Democratic control in Augusta will prompt a shift in how the state addresses its challenges. Here's how.
Published
November 9, 2018

Maine Senate Democrats and Republicans choose new leaders

Troy Jackson of Allagash will serve as Senate president, while Dana Dow of Waldoboro will be the minority leader.
Published
November 9, 2018

Voters elect women in record numbers, across Maine and the nation

Mirroring a national trend, a record number of women – some of them political first-timers – win election to the state’s highest political offices.
Published
November 7, 2018

Voters put Democrats in charge at State House with majorities in House and Senate

The party captures clear majorities in both chambers, and with Janet Mills in the Blaine House, Maine will return to one-party rule by Democrats for the first time since 2008.

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Published
November 1, 2018

Supporters of ‘assisted dying’ work to get referendum before Maine voters in 2019

Lawmakers have wrestled with the question in the last two sessions of the Legislature, but the decision could be made on statewide ballots.
Published
October 29, 2018

Senate District 31: Chenette faces challenge from Mendros

The incumbent state senator hopes to fend off the Republican to keep his seat.
Published
October 29, 2018

House speaker says if legislator broke gun law, he should resign ‘immediately’

State fish and game records show Rep. Jeffrey Pierce has tagged deer, moose and turkey using firearms, while he is prohibited from possessing guns because of a felony drug conviction.
Published
October 28, 2018

York County state Senate candidate brings history of controversy

Stavros Mendros has been synonymous with Lewiston politics and statewide petition drives for nearly two decades. Now he's waging a longshot bid to win return to the Legislature for the first time in 16 years.
Published
October 26, 2018

Records show state lawmaker with felony conviction has hunted game with guns

Rep. Jeff Pierce, R-Dresden, is prohibited from possessing firearms because of his 1983 conviction, but he currently holds a firearms hunting permit for deer, state records show.