AUGUSTA, Maine, May 20 -- The Maine State House Speaker issued the following news: * * * Bill to Expand Access to Career and Technical Education Earns Unanimous Committee Support LD 1764 would ensure schools across Maine can offer CTE programming AUGUSTA - In a unanimous vote, the Legislature's Education and Cultural Affairs Committee Friday advanced LD 1764, sponsored by Speaker Ryan D. Fecteau (D-Biddeford), to the full Legislature. The bill would adjust instructor-to-student ratios to mak  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * King Cosponsors Bipartisan Legislation to Avoid Drug Shortages, Improve Health Emergency Response WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME) is joining bipartisan legislation to ensure the United States is well positioned to mitigate potential prescription drug shortages and respond to future health emergencies. More specifically, the Mapping America's Pharmaceutical Supply (MAPS) Act  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, May 20 -- The Maine Secretary of State issued the following news release on May 19, 2025: * * * Secretary of State issues final wording on referendum question AUGUSTA, MAINE - Secretary of State Shenna Bellows announced the final wording of a referendum question on Friday. The wording of the citizens' initiative question"An Act to Protect Maine Communities by Enacting the Extreme Risk Protection Order Act" will be: "Do you want to allow courts to temporarily prohibit a pers  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, May 20 -- The Maine House Democrats issued the following news release: * * * Mastraccio bill to improve child safety is signed into law AUGUSTA - A bill from Rep. Anne-Marie Mastraccio, D-Sanford, to improve child safety was signed into law by Governor Janet Mills on May 9 after being enacted by the Maine House and Senate "under the hammer," or by unanimous consent. The new law requires that a person who knowingly shelters a missing or runaway child for more than 24 hours wi  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Collins, Shaheen Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Improve Diabetes Patients' Access to Therapeutic Shoes Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), the co-chairs of the Senate Diabetes Caucus, introduced the Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act. This bipartisan legislation would improve care for patients with diabetes by allowing nurse practitioners (NPs) and ph  more

ORONO, Maine, May 20 -- The University of Maine System issued the following news release on May 19, 2025: * * * University of Maine System Trustees pass FY26 budget among unprecedented financial uncertainty The budget for Maine's largest driver of educational attainment and economic development is dependent upon State appropriation proposed by Governor Mills being provided by the Legislature, a modest tuition increase and employee attrition PRESQUE ISLE, Maine -- Amid unprecedented uncertai  more