The red-white-and-blue chalk message found outside her home Saturday night urged Collins to vote in favor of the Women’s Health Protection Act on Wednesday to protect a woman’s right to abortion.
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Economy tops Maine voters’ list of concerns
Economic concerns have overtaken COVID-19 as the most important issue facing Maine for first time since the outbreak.
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Maine Republicans adopt platform to ban sexually based material, transgender identity in schools
The Maine Republican Party kicked off its two-day convention in Augusta by also rejecting an effort to remove the party’s one woman-one man definition of marriage.
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Maine lawmakers approve $1.2 billion state budget
The Legislature easily passed a budget proposal on Tuesday, including funds to send $850 checks to more than 850,000 Mainers.
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Senate approves bill to give the Passamaquoddy Tribe authority over water on its own lands
But the bill granting the tribe the right to regulate its own drinking water supplies would have to pick up at least one more vote to override a possible veto from Gov. Janet Mills.
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Lawmakers quietly shelve bill to double motor vehicle inspection fee
The House killed the bill without discussion Monday after Gov. Janet Mills threatened to veto it and the Senate voted to table it indefinitely.
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Maine lawmakers approve ban on pesticides containing PFAS by 2030
The legislation, which has divided the state’s farming community, was passed by the Senate on Monday after gaining approval in the House last week.
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Bill to ban sludge recycling and spreading divides farmers
While some farmers support a ban on sludge spreading to protect Maine farms from forever chemicals, a group that includes farmers and wastewater treatment operators want a ‘science based approach’ to monitoring PFAS levels to avoid increased fertilizer and sewer costs.
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Senate approves bill to limit ‘dark store’ tax challenges
The bill would give municipalities a way to fight off big-box retailers’ efforts to reduce their municipal tax burden.
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Senate approves college debt relief for first-time homebuyers
Many could have up to $40,000 in student loan debt forgiven through a Maine State Housing Authority program.