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Dozens of bills left in limbo now have chance to be enacted this session

Maine lawmakers recommend funding for rape kit tracking system

A 'Rubik's cube': Lawmakers reconvene as more than 200 bills await legislative action

The Maine Legislature will return to wrap up session this week, but the governor and legislative leadership are not on the same page about what actions should be taken. Gov. Janet Mills has said the Legislature should only cast votes to overturn or sustain her vetoed legislation, a typical action permitted after statutory adjournment each […] The post A ‘Rubik’s cube’: Lawmakers reconvene as more than 200 bills await legislative action appeared first on Maine Morning Star.

Maine Legislature to return May 10 to address unresolved bills, vetoes

The Maine Legislature is scheduled to reconvene on May 10 to consider the roughly 200 pieces of legislation that remain in limbo between passage and funding, as well as consider overriding legislation vetoed by Gov. Janet Mills. House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross (D-Portland) and Senate President Troy Jackson (D-Allagash) announced Wednesday that legislators would return […] The post Maine Legislature to return May 10 to address unresolved bills, vetoes appeared first on Maine Morning Star.

Collaboration yields more positive results for tribal-state relationship

“The careful and ultimately productive negotiations around LD 2007 show that continued progress in this relationship is both possible and necessary.”