WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Representative Jared Golden announced that Searsport has been awarded a grant of $1,150,000 and a loan of $1,190,000, totaling $2,340,000, to upgrade the town's wastewater treatment facility. The funding comes from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Development program and will help Searsport address concerns of toxic chemicals polluting the Pe  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Representative Jared Golden announced that Searsport has been awarded a grant of $1,150,000 and a loan of $1,190,000, totaling $2,340,000, to upgrade the town's wastewater treatment facility. The funding comes from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Development program and will help Searsport address concerns of toxic chemicals polluting the Pen  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), the Vice Chairman of the Appropriations Committee and a member of the Congressional Adoption Caucus, and Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) urged the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to provide more housing security to youth who are aging out of foster care. The senators emphasized that transition-aged foster youth often face difficulties and delays   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins met with Special Olympics Athlete Selina Turgeon of Hampden in her Washington, D.C., office. Selina was joined by her mother, Andrea, and her brother, Drew, who were visiting our nation's capital as part of Special Olympics International Capitol Hill Day. Selina plays on Hampden High School's Unified basketball team. "Selina came to Washington to advocate on behalf of Special Ol  more