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Aroostook County lawmakers want hearing on foreign labor logging issue

Posted: February 08, 2011

... “It will be rescheduled,” Dorrer said. “It has to be scheduled because that is the law.” But Rep. John Martin of Eagle Lake and Sen....

Radio Address - Sen. Goodall: Environment Not Separate From Economy

Posted: February 04, 2011

Weekly Radio Address - Senator Seth Goodall - February 4th, 2011 Thank you for tuning in this morning to hear the democratic weekly address. I’m...

Offers pour in for Korean War veteran

Posted: February 04, 2011

... “I was so moved by Mr. Lyon's story,” Craven said in a prepared statement. “It is shameful that a veteran without family or financial...

Private attitude generates public mistrust for MTA

Posted: February 02, 2011

... A months-long investigation by OPEGA, instigated by Sen. Dawn Hill, D-York, last year when she was a representative serving on the oversight...

Legislative Committee Endorses Mayhew to Head Maine DHHS

Posted: February 02, 2011

... Democratic Sen. Margaret Craven says she had heard a lot of discussion about Mayhew's plans for reforming the upper echelons of DHHS from the...

MTA paid for extra services, report says

Posted: January 29, 2011

... At the request of Sen. Dawn Hill, D-York, the state's watchdog office studied many parts of the authority, including its relationship to the...

Senator Hill Introduces Legislation to Address Maine’s Gateway Bridges

Posted: January 26, 2011

Proposes the use of GARVEE funds to rehabilitate the Memorial and I-95 Bridges that span over the Piscataqua River AUGUSTA – Senator Dawn Hill has...

Regulatory Reform

Posted: January 24, 2011

In recent weeks, Governor Paul LePage unveiled his plan to roll-back environmental protections under the guise of making Maine more business...

Voting Rights Under Attack

Posted: January 24, 2011

LD 199: An Act to Strengthen Maine's Election Laws by Requiring Photograph Identification for the Purpose of Voting, sponsored by Cebra (came out of...

Fixing Maine’s Sex Offender Registry

Posted: January 20, 2011

... The sex offender registry is a useful tool for making people aware of the offenders that live in their community. It is a seriously flawed...