Even though they didn’t get a floor vote on gun-control measures, they declare a victory.
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House adjourns but some Democrats continue sit-in for gun control vote
Maine Rep. Chellie Pingree was among the group of lawmakers who started the protest, and she remained on the House floor at sunrise this morning as the protest entered its 20th hour.
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Bill to stop mandatory inspection of sea urchin harvest OK’d by committee
The House Committee on Natural Resources reported the legislation out on Wednesday.
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Smith takes slim lead over Holbrook in Republican congressional primary
With votes still being counted early Wednesday morning, Ande Smith led Mark Holbrook by 2 percentage points. The winner will challenge Democratic Rep. Chellie Pingree in November.
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Supermarkets reject imperfect produce that could be eaten. Crazy!
If standards were relaxed, we’d waste less food and pay less at the store.
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Pingree co-sponsors bill to simplify those ‘use by’ food labels
The bill aims to distinguish between labels that indicate peak quality from labels indicating a food might become unsafe to eat.
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Pingree says bill harms chicken farmers’ free speech
The House Appropriations Committee version would limit farmer’s ability to speak publicly about unfair practices.
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King and Pingree lend a hand to restore Nova Scotia ferry service
The lack of a vessel imperils the 2016 Portland-to-Nova Scotia ferry season, a situation city and state officials want to remedy.
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Poliquin still noncommittal on ‘fast-track’ trade deal as vote approaches
The Republican from the 2nd District is in an interesting spot on the key trade vote: His party backs the deal, but his Maine colleagues in Congress are opposed to it and New Balance says it could increase pressure to offshore 900 jobs here.
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Emily Cain filed to run early in 2016. But how early?
Much was made about the Democrat’s early declaration for the 2016 race in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, which was the earliest of any non-incumbent, primary-winning candidate for a U.S. House seat in Maine since at least 1998.