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Category: State and Local Government

Sen. Sanborn Bill to Clarify Local Referendum Ballots Receives Committee Approval

Posted: February 12, 2019

AUGUSTA — A bill introduced by Sen. Heather Sanborn, D-Portland, to reduce the confusion between state and local referendum questions on election...

Sen. Heather Sanborn bill provides easy solution to ballot confusion

Posted: February 10, 2019

AUGUSTA — Sen. Heather Sanborn, D-Portland, has submitted a bill that would make ballots of local referendum questions more easy for voters to...

Sen. Deschambault to chair the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee for the 129th Maine Legislature

Posted: December 31, 2018

AUGUSTA — Sen. Susan Deschambault, D-Biddeford, has been appointed by Senate President Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, to chair the Joint Standing...

Sen. Claxton to chair the Committee for State and Local Government for the 129th Maine Legislature

Posted: December 31, 2018

AUGUSTA — Sen. Ned Claxton, D-Auburn, has been appointed by Senate President Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, to chair the Joint Standing Committee on...

Workers, businesses rally behind ‘Buy America, Build Maine Act’

Posted: March 27, 2017

Jackson’s bill would support American manufacturing, reinvest taxpayer dollars in Maine AUGUSTA — A bill by Sen. Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, would...

Sen. Deschambault to serve on State and Local Government Committee

Posted: December 27, 2016

AUGUSTA — Sen. Susan Deschambault, D-Biddeford, has been appointed by the Senate President to the Legislature’s Joint Standing Committee on State...

Senate Republicans gut ‘Buy America, Buy Maine’ bill

Posted: April 08, 2016

AUGUSTA — Republicans in the Senate voted to gut a bill originally designed to support Maine and American companies. Senate Democrats backed the...

Johnson’s cemetery law rewrite moves forward

Posted: March 27, 2014

http://www.boothbayregister.com/article/johnson-s-cemetery-law-rewrite-moves-forward/30667 By SUE MELLO, Staff Reporter In 2013, the Maine state...

Anti-nepotism bill gets public hearing

Posted: May 03, 2011

Rep. Dill proposes bill to ban hiring of close family members to state jobs AUGUSTA — Rep. Cynthia Dill, D-Cape Elizabeth, presented a bill...