Maine lawmakers to vote again on budget to fund MaineCare amid partisan divide
The budget bill failed in the Senate Tuesday night by just two votes after the two sides appeared to have worked out a compromise.
Senate Republicans call for MaineCare reforms after blocking budget deal
Senate President Mattie Daughtry, a Democrat, accused Republicans of 'moving the goalpost' with their call for reforms and ...
Maine health care providers brace for payment disruptions as lawmakers negotiate supplemental budget
The plan seeks to stop a funding gap in the state's Medicaid program. Time is running out to shore up the bipartisan support ...
Various Maine education officials speak in front of lawmakers on the state of higher education
Tuesday morning in Augusta, representatives from various Maine college organizations spoke in front of a joint session of the ...
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Survivors testify to need for Maine law recognizing damage of emotional abuse
The testimony was for L.D. 670: An Act to Address Coercive Control in Domestic Abuse Cases, and was provided both in person ...
Negotiations sputter ahead of final Senate vote on supplemental budget bill
The plan, which cleared a two-thirds majority in the Maine House, faltered amid Republican opposition in the Senate.
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Two transgender girls, six federal agencies. How Trump is trying to pressure Maine into obedience
Maine said it wouldn’t break state law to follow President Donald Trump’s order barring transgender girls from playing girls’ ...
Bill seeks to give Maine legislators final approval over chief of cannabis office
A Maine lawmaker wants the Legislature to have the final say on who heads the office that regulates the state's lucrative cannabis industry. Sen. Craig Hickman, D-Winthrop, on Monday introduced a bill ...