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New law to level playing field for Baxter School takes effect Friday

New law to level playing field for Baxter School takes effect Friday

Posted: July 25, 2016

A new law that allows the Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (MECDHH) and the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf to raise...

Breen: No reason to politicize conservation, environmental stewardship

Breen: No reason to politicize conservation, environmental stewardship

Posted: June 03, 2016

AUGUSTA — Sen. Cathy Breen of Falmouth, the lead Senate Democrat on the Legislature’s Environment and Natural Resources Committee, released the...

Senate overrides LePage veto of bill to expand access to overdose antidote

Senate overrides LePage veto of bill to expand access to overdose antidote

Posted: April 29, 2016

  AUGUSTA — The Maine Senate on Friday overwhelmingly overturned Gov. Paul LePage’s veto of LD 1547, "An Act To Provide Access to...

Sen. Breen urges override of LePage's Naloxone veto

Sen. Breen urges override of LePage's Naloxone veto

Posted: April 21, 2016

Sen. Cathy Breen, D-Falmouth, is urging her colleagues in the Legislature to override Gov. LePage's veto of LD 1547, "An Act To Provide Access to...

Senate Democrats: Maine will never again allow anti-LGBT discrimination

Senate Democrats: Maine will never again allow anti-LGBT discrimination

Posted: April 07, 2016

  AUGUSTA — Maine will never again return to the days when discrimination against LGBT Mainers was permitted under the law, said the Maine...

Sen. Breen: Mental health cuts will devastate families like mine

Sen. Breen: Mental health cuts will devastate families like mine

Posted: April 01, 2016

Gov. LePage’s Department of Health and Human Services recently announced its plan to make dramatic cuts to services for people living with...

Sen. Breen’s bill to help deaf students becomes law

Sen. Breen’s bill to help deaf students becomes law

Posted: March 02, 2016

New law levels playing field by allowing one-of-a-kind school accept private donations AUGUSTA — A bill by Sen. Cathy Breen, D-Falmouth, that...

Breen stands with women fighting for reproductive rights at US Supreme Court

Breen stands with women fighting for reproductive rights at US Supreme Court

Posted: March 02, 2016

AUGUSTA — Sen. Cathy Breen, D-Falmouth, applauded the women’s rights and reproductive health activists standing -- literally -- for six hours in...

Bill to help Governor Baxter School for the Deaf gets green light from Education Committee

Bill to help Governor Baxter School for the Deaf gets green light from Education Committee

Posted: January 21, 2016

AUGUSTA — The Legislature’s Education Committee on Thursday gave unanimous approval to a bill by Sen. Cathy Breen, D-Falmouth, that will...

Senate enacts bill to revive $6.5 million in voter-approved LMF bonds

Posted: January 21, 2016

AUGUSTA — The Maine Senate on Thursday voted unanimously to give final approval to a bill that revives $6.5 million in voter-approved Land for...