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Maine affordable housing panel to begin its work this week
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Video: Maine House delays floor session after Rep John Andrews of Paris refuses to mask up
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Maine House delays floor session after lawmaker refuses to mask up
Rep. John Andrews, a Libertarian from Paris, was protesting a rule endorsed by the Legislature s governing body that requires masks in public spaces inside the State House.
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AUGUSTA, ME - JUNE 2: Rep. John Andrews, a Paris Libertarian, left, sits with Clerk of the House Robert Hunt during a House Ethics Committee meeting Wednesday at the Maine State House in Augusta. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
The Maine House of Representatives delayed a floor session Wednesday after a lawmaker from Paris refused to follow the Legislature’s COVID-19 prevention policy requiring that masks be worn in public spaces at the State House.
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Maine lawmakers take up new effort to expand adult dental care under Medicaid
Democrats have been trying to expand coverage since 2019, but the effort was derailed when the Legislature adjourned abruptly in 2020 in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.
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For the third year in a row, the Maine Legislature will take up a proposal to expand dental benefits to adult Medicaid recipients, which would provide dental coverage to about 70,000 residents.
Despite Democrats holding the House and Senate, and with a Democratic administration under Gov. Janet Mills since 2019, the effort has failed to cross the finish line. The last attempt was shelved after the pandemic stalled out all but the most urgent legislative priorities in March 2020.
Maine lawmakers take up new effort to expand adult dental care under Medicaid
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