WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: * * * Crapo Co-Leads Effort to Better Realize Long-Term Savings from Preventive Health Care * Washington, D.C. U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) today joined his colleague Senator Angus King (I-Maine), as well as Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland) and Kevin Cramer (R-North Dakota), in reintroducing S. 3204, the Preventive Health Savings Act. This bipartisan legislation would enable the Congressional Budge  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * King Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Track Benefits of Preventive Health Care Legislation * WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Senator Angus King with a number of his bipartisan colleagues has introduced bipartisan legislation to better measure the cost savings that come with improved investments in preventive health care for Maine people. The Preventive Health Savings Act would instruct the Congressional Budge  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 [Category: Political] -- The Independent Women's Forum posted issued the following news release: * * * Maine Girl Dads Mobilize State-Wide Ballot Initiative to Defend Women-Only Sports and Spaces * AUGUSTA, ME - For nearly five years, the Maine Human Rights Act has included "gender identity" as a protected class, allowing men who identify as women legal protection to enter female spaces and sports. This policy puts Maine in conflict with the Trump administration's " Keepi  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Bipartisan Colleagues: Air Ambulance Providers at Risk Without Federal Action * Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley today led U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Angus King (I-ME), Steve Daines (R-MT), and John Hickenlooper (D-CO) to call on U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to address issues plaguing air a  more

ORONO, Maine, Nov. 21 -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: * * * Robot simplifies lab work for UMaine students * Emma Perry, a lab manager at the University of Maine, spent countless hours of her career dying tissue samples by dipping them into 20-30 jars of liquid one careful step at a time and always wondered if there could be a better way. As she watched the head of a 3D printer work in an up-down-side-to-side motion, a lightbulb went off. Nine months, a 3D prin  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Collins Visits Central Aroostook Ambulance Service * Click HERE, HERE, and HERE for individual photos. Blaine, ME - Today, U.S. Senator Susan Collins visited the Central Aroostook Ambulance Service (CAAS) in Blaine to meet with the crew, board members, and local town managers, and to see the new ambulance CAAS purchased with the support of $454,000 that Senator Collins secured through Fi  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Collins, Cortez Masto, Capito, Warner Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Expand Access to Alzheimer's Screening * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collinsthe founder and co-chair of the Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer's DiseaseCatherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), and Mark Warner (D-VA) introduced the bipartisan Alzheimer's Screening an  more

ORONO, Maine, Nov. 21 -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: * * * Study describes how K-12 teachers used UMaine-developed virtual environment to explore mathematical concepts * When Old Town High School Math Teacher Kristen Thompson uses TriO a virtual reality environment developed by researchers at the University of Maine she envisions a scenario that every teacher dreams about for their students: constant collaboration. "It builds up to having to work with others,  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Van Hollen Joins King, Colleagues in Introducing Bipartisan Bill to Track Benefits of Preventive Health Care Legislation * U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Angus King (I-Maine) and thier colleagues in introducing bipartisan legislation to better measure the cost savings that come with improved investments in preventive health care for Maine people. The Preventive Health Savi  more