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Legal Newsline: Maine patent troll bill headed for Senate vote

Posted: March 14, 2014

By Jessica Karmasek Read more here PORTLAND, Maine (Legal Newsline) — A bill that would make patent trolling more difficult in Maine is headed to...

Portland Press Herald: Maine officials in document-shredding case want testimony kept secret

Posted: March 13, 2014

By Steve Mistler Read more here It would be a first for the Government Oversight Committee. Lawyers for DHHS say state officials could be more open...

DEMS TO LEPAGE: RELEASE BONDS TODAY

Posted: March 13, 2014

Release Jobs Bonds, Stop Manufacturing Crisis Augusta, Me. -- Top Democratic leaders in the Maine Legislature are calling on Governor Paul LePage to...

Lewiston Sun Journal: CDC officials in document-shredding probe want questions behind closed doors

Posted: March 12, 2014

By Lindsay Tice Read more here Five Maine Center for Disease Control officials subpoenaed to appearFriday before a legislative committee in a...

SENATE APPROVES EXPANSION COMPROMISE BILL TO PROVIDE HEALTHCARE TO 70,000 MAINERS

Posted: March 12, 2014

Majority of Senate Republicans continue to deny healthcare to Maine people AUGUSTA—In a 22-13 vote, the Senate passed a Republican-sponsored...

SENATE REPUBLICANS SUSTAIN LEPAGE VETO OF RESPONSIBLE USE OF FIREWORKS BILL

Posted: March 12, 2014

AUGUSTA—The Senate fell short of the two-thirds or 24 votes needed to override a veto when all 15 Senate Republicans voted to sustain Governor...

SENATE REPUBLICAN FLIP-FLOPS, DENIES HEARING AIDS TO YOUNG ADULTS

Posted: March 12, 2014

Senate Republicans sustain LePage veto 23-12 AUGUSTA – After one Senate Republican flipped his vote, the Senate failed to secure the two-thirds, or...

LAWMAKERS TAKE UP BIPARTISAN HEALTH CARE PLAN

Posted: March 12, 2014

Maine Senate set to debate bipartisan plan AUGUSTA -- The Maine Senate will to take up a bipartisan plan for life-saving health care for 70,000...

BEHIND THE EXPANSION NUMBERS: CAIN TELLS THE PENOBSCOT COUNTY STORY

Posted: March 11, 2014

AUGUSTA—Democratic Senator Emily Cain of Orono shared a story of people living in her district who have been hurt by Maine’s failure to accept...

SENATOR JOHNSON RESPONDS TO GOVERNOR LEPAGE’S VETO OF RESPONSIBLE USE OF FIREWORKS BILL

Posted: March 11, 2014

AUGUSTA—Following Governor LePage’s veto of a bill to ensure responsible use of fireworks, Senator Chris Johnson of Somerville issued the...