Maine Legislature

Type: Organization

Name: Maine Legislature

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 1 reports

Maine protects a woman’s right to choose

opher CousinsKate Brogan, vice president for public affairs at the Family Planning Association of Maine, voices her opposition to three abortion-rights bills introduced on Thursday, May 16, 2013, to the Legislature. Flanking Brogan are members of the ... [Published Bangor Daily News - 11 hours ago]

Entities: Abortion, Wrongful Death, Pro-Life

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

United States Postal Service

Zip code change not as simple as leaders thought

ARUNDEL ? What some thought would be an easy process to secure a new zip code for the town is not going to be so simple after all, members of the Board of Selectmen said at a May 13 meeting.The move toward the new zip code was proposed in an effort to ... [Published Seacoast Online - May 16 2013]

Entities: United States Postal Service, Post Office, Maine Legislature

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Maine Legislature Considers 911 Privacy Bill

A Maine newspaper’s recent request for 911 logging tapes related to a homicide has prompted the state legislature to consider amending the law to exempt such calls from the state’s open records law. A legislative committee heard testimony last week that ... [Published 911 Dispatch - May 16 2013]

Entities: Maine Legislature, Investigation, Testimony, Custody, Homicide

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Maine House of Representatives

Rep. McGowan holding health care forum in Ogunquit

OGUNQUIT, Maine ? State Rep. Paul McGowan, D-York, will hold a public forum from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 18, at the Dunaway Center on School Street.The forum will feature a review and discussion of the bills and happenings within the Maine Legislature, ... [Published Portsmouth Herald - May 16 2013]

Entities: Paul McGowan, Health Care, Maine House of Representatives, Maine Legislature

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 2 reports

L.L.Bean

Spring in Augusta

Obama ousts IRS chief over targeting of groups Posted: 6:45 PMUpdated: 12:47 AMMaine Democrats meld Medicaid expansion, hospital payback Posted: 5:02 PMUpdated: 12:18 AMBill to let teachers carry guns in school not supported in initial committee vote ... [Published Kennebec Journal - May 16 2013]

Entities: Maine Legislature, L.L.Bean, Ethanol

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Maine Voices: L.D. 718 is about making intelligent food decisions with clear labeling

We grocers and other food retailers thrive on these questions. They're why we got into the business in the first place.They remind us that all food has a story, a pedigree that helps establish its value. Food is based on sequence, on one thing following ... [Published Portland Press Herald - May 15 2013]

Entities: Grocer, Genetically Modified Organisms, Pest-resistant, Maine Legislature, Nutrition

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Maine Legislature

Legislature upholds LePage veto of superintendent residency bill

AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage’s veto of a bill that would prevent Maine cities and towns from requiring superintendents to live within their school districts was upheld Tuesday by the Maine Legislature.The bill, L.D. 6, passed the Legislature easily with ... [Published Waterville Morning Sentinel - May 14 2013]

Entities: Maine Legislature, Republican Party (US)

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Maine: Legislation Would Reverse Toll Road Secrecy

Maine Joint Transportation Committee votes to make all toll road documents and proposals public.The Maine state legislature's Joint Transportation Committee on Monday reported a bill that would lift the veil of secrecy from a major toll road project and ... [Published TheNewspaper.com - May 14 2013]

Entities: Transportation, Deponent, Corroboration, Maine Legislature

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Kittery Town Council hears proposed $12.2 million budget

KITTERY, Maine ? Acting Town Manager Maryann Place on Monday night unveiled a proposed $12.2 million fiscal year 2014 municipal budget, up 5.5 percent over the current budget.That was the first time the Kittery Town Council saw the budget, and councilors ... [Published Seacoast Online - May 14 2013]

Entities: Maine Legislature, Fiscal Year, Health Insurance

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Strimling & Harriman on playing nice in Augusta

(NEWS CENTER) -- Democrats in the Maine Legislature spent Monday trying to get the message out that THEY have the best plan to pay off Maine's hospitals.But Republicans say linking it to expanding Maine's Medicaid program isn't the way to do it. Now legislators ... [Published WCSH-TV - May 13 2013]

Entities: Ethan Strimling, Maine Legislature, Medicaid

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Tuesday, May 14, 2013: Gun owners, nanny state and teachers

Responsible gun ownersWhat possessed a Kentucky father to purchase a rifle for his 5-year-old son? He doesn’t know right from wrong, nor is he responsible enough to even have a gun. He probably thought it was a toy when he pointed it at his 2-year-old ... [Published Bangor Daily News - May 13 2013]

Entities: US Army Corps of Engineers, Mining, Teaching, Metallic Mineral

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Bill to limit food stamp purchases: Is it junk?

LePage says no, don't let recipients buy candy and soda, but the plan falters, and the public seems split.Staff WriterFelicia Hoeflick doesn't drink coffee. The 22-year-old Portland mother relies on Pepsi to give her the energy to keep up with her toddler, ... [Published Waterville Morning Sentinel - May 13 2013]

Entities: Stamp, Nutrition, PHOTOGRAPHER, Waiver, Craig Hickman

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"There's not an exact formula," she said. "It's an exercise of the court's discretion using the information from the case and trying to assess where that might fall on the continuum" of comparable cases

High court murder appeal probes sentencing law [Published Individual.com - May 17 2013]

"When I heard my baby had fingers and toes and a beating heart, I knew I couldn't kill her," she said. "It's amazing that Paije Ann Marie's fingers and toes saved her life."

Maine abortion measures bring out passions [Published Individual.com - May 17 2013]

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Maine protects a woman’s right to choose [Published Bangor Daily News - 11 hours ago]
High court murder appeal probes sentencing law [Published Individual.com - May 17 2013]
Maine abortion measures bring out passions [Published Individual.com - May 17 2013]
Maine abortion measures bring out passions [Published Waterville Morning Sentinel - May 17 2013]
Maine abortion bills likely to divide pro-choic... [Published Kennebec Journal - May 16 2013]
Zip code change not as simple as leaders thought [Published Seacoast Online - May 16 2013]
Maine Legislature Considers 911 Privacy Bill [Published 911 Dispatch - May 16 2013]
Rep. McGowan holding health care forum in Ogunquit [Published Portsmouth Herald - May 16 2013]
MAINE COMPASS: Dental hygiene therapy degree wo... [Published Kennebec Journal - May 16 2013]
Spring in Augusta [Published Kennebec Journal - May 16 2013]
Franklin Health open house May 22 [Published Waterville Morning Sentinel - May 16 2013]
Research & Commentary: Maine Tax Reform [Published Heartland Institute - May 15 2013]
Maine Voices: L.D. 718 is about making intellig... [Published Portland Press Herald - May 15 2013]
Legislature upholds LePage veto of superintende... [Published Waterville Morning Sentinel - May 14 2013]
Maine: Legislation Would Reverse Toll Road Secrecy [Published TheNewspaper.com - May 14 2013]
Kittery Town Council hears proposed $12.2 milli... [Published Seacoast Online - May 14 2013]
Strimling & Harriman on playing nice in Augusta [Published WCSH-TV - May 13 2013]
Tuesday, May 14, 2013: Gun owners, nanny state ... [Published Bangor Daily News - May 13 2013]
Franco-American Day accentuates history and cul... [Published Portland Press Herald - May 13 2013]
Bill to limit food stamp purchases: Is it junk? [Published Waterville Morning Sentinel - May 13 2013]
Franco-American Day celebrates Acadian culture,... [Published Waterville Morning Sentinel - May 12 2013]
BPA is really just one of 50 devilish chemicals [Published Kennebec Journal - May 12 2013]
Veazie sewer trustees call emergency meeting to... [Published Individual.com - May 11 2013]
Another View: Labeling GMO products helps shopp... [Published Portland Press Herald - May 11 2013]
Maine will not spend public money on toll road ... [Published Land Line Magazine - May 10 2013]
A rare chance for pro-growth tax reform in Maine [Published Times Record - May 10 2013]
Maine Bills Would Strip Rights From Teens and G... [Published RHRealityCheck - May 10 2013]
Lyme disease: A big problem caused by a tiny tick [Published Individual.com - May 09 2013]
Fire assistance sparks political heat in Augusta [Published WCSH-TV - May 09 2013]
Dorothea Dix Award Presented To Former Medical ... [Published Maine.gov - May 08 2013]

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Maine legislature votes to overturn Citizens Un... [Published Daily Kos - May 06 2013] Maine became the 13th state in the nation to call for a constitutional amendment to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission . Twenty-five House Republicans (in the state House) and five Senate Republicans ...
Leaked Video Of Captain Pepper-Spraying Restrai... [Published Think Progress - Mar 21 2013] Over the weekend the Portland Press Herald reported on and released a video of Capt. Shawn Welch at the Maine Correction Center pepper-spraying a restrained inmate in the face and leaving him in distress for more than twenty minutes while he repeatedly ...
Fish Stories [Published Lawyers, Guns & Money - Mar 13 2013] The Center for Investigative Reporting has an outstanding animation up about fish politics and who controls the fisheries. Essentially, the catch shares system for regulating fisheries has turned into creating state-sponsored monopolies over the fishing ...