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Bill to boost teach training, base salary clears committee

Posted: February 17, 2016

AUGUSTA — The Education Committee on Tuesday endorsed a bill to improve in-classroom teacher training and increase the base salary for Maine’s...

Miramant's Maine State Ferry Service improvements win bipartisan support

Miramant's Maine State Ferry Service improvements win bipartisan support

Posted: February 16, 2016

AUGUSTA — A bill to improve the state’s ferry service for the hundreds of island residents who rely on it won the unanimous, bipartisan support...

Bill to fight voter intimidation easily clears committee hurdle

Bill to fight voter intimidation easily clears committee hurdle

Posted: February 12, 2016

AUGUSTA — On Friday, a bill to fight voter intimidation by imposing reasonable limits on people video recording at polling places won the unanimous...

Millett: LePage skirts Constitution with Department of Education scheme

Posted: February 11, 2016

  On Thursday, Gov. Paul LePage told reporters he would install himself as Commissioner of the Department of Education in name only, and make...

Senate positions for continued negotiation on tax conformity

Posted: February 11, 2016

AUGUSTA — Senate Democratic Leader Justin Alfond of Portland released the following statement following the tabling of the tax conformity bill in...

The Maine Senate Democrats are on Instagram!

The Maine Senate Democrats are on Instagram!

Posted: February 10, 2016

The Maine Senate Democrats have joined Instagram! Give us a follow for photos and updates from the State House and beyond....

Gerzofsky’s jobs bill earns unanimous, bipartisan Labor Committee support

Posted: February 09, 2016

A measure aimed at attracting large-business investments to Maine received unanimous bipartisan support today in the state’s Labor, Commerce,...

Alfond: Gov. LePage should stop campaigning and start leading

Alfond: Gov. LePage should stop campaigning and start leading

Posted: February 08, 2016

AUGUSTA — On Monday, Gov. Paul LePage reversed decades of tradition by delivering his State of the State address in writing, rather than in a...

$12 million in unclaimed cash owed to Mainers this year

$12 million in unclaimed cash owed to Mainers this year

Posted: February 08, 2016

The Office of the State Treasurer has received more than $12 million in the form of unclaimed property in the past year, and we are urging all...

Haskell: Prison is no place for innocent, sick Riverview patients

Haskell: Prison is no place for innocent, sick Riverview patients

Posted: February 05, 2016

The state-run psychiatric hospital in Augusta has many, many problems, and Governor Paul LePage’s plan to fix it is to put sick, innocent...