Livermore to hold hearing on Town Meeting warrant Thursday sunjournal.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sunjournal.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Maine’s independent senator said he supports a proposal to change federal mandatory drug sentencing policies to allow more flexibility. Sen. Angus King said the Smarter Sentencing Act would give federal judges authority to conduct individualized reviews to determine appropriate sentences for some nonviolent drug offenses. He said the country’s “one-size-fits-all” approach to sentencing has unfairly resulted in nonviolent offenders. Maine Jan 12, 2020
Maine’s U.S. senators say two organizations in the state have been awarded more than $2.3 million to expand skill-building programs for young people. The money is from the U.S. Department of Labor and is going to LearningWorks in Portland and Goodwill Industries of Northern New England in Gorham. Republican Sen. Susan Collins and independent Sen. Angus King say it’s.
While many consumers have adopted the older version known as the '1901 flag,' legislators appeared uninterested in swapping Maine's traditional flag emblazoned with the state seal.
Bellows touts Maine's pro-democracy laws before congressional hearing on HR1 mainebeacon.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mainebeacon.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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On February 16, U.S. District Court Judge John A. Woodcock, a Bush Jr. appointee, issued a 76-page order in We the People PAC v Bellows, 1:20cv-489. The order enjoins the Maine ban on out-of-state circulators for initiatives. It also enjoins the Maine law requiring initiative circulators to be registered voters.
The order is somewhat surprising, because the Maine State Supreme Court had twice upheld the same laws, in 1998 and again just last September. Also in 1999 a U.S. District Court in Maine had upheld the law. Furthermore, even Judge Woodcock himself had declined last month to issue a temporary restraining order against the restrictions.