AUGUSTA, Maine, Nov. 21 -- The Maine House Democrats issued the following news release on Nov. 20, 2025: * * * Ankeles' bill to protect private wells from toxic chemicals to be considered by Legislature A new bill from Rep. Dan Ankeles, D-Brunswick, could provide private well owners with greater support during and after environmental emergencies like chemical spills. Ankeles is introducing the measure for the upcoming legislative session as a follow up to his other bills passed in response   more

PORTLAND, Maine, Nov. 21 -- The University of Maine School of Law issued the following news: * * * Protecting Indigenous Intellectual Property: Maine Law Hosts the 5th Annual Indian Law & History Lecture More than a century ago, Passamaquoddy singers gathered around a wax cylinder recorder--an unfamiliar new machine brought onto their homeland by visitors from Harvard University. They sang war songs, dance songs, and family songs meant to travel only within their own community. Those fragile   more