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For bassist David Yearwood, Portland's DIY punk scene is "more vibrant and satisfying than in the Big Apple" where he previously lived.

The Portland Press Herald and the Associated Press reported seven legislators tried to enter the State House without COVID face coverings, defying house rules.

Updated at 7:58 AM increase font size Lawmakers lose committee assignments after breaking State House mask rule Seven conservative legislators, arguing that Gov. Mills has lifted the mask mandate, entered the building without wearing the face coverings required by the Legislative Council in a ruling last week. Share Seven lawmakers – six Republicans and one Libertarian – were stripped of their committee assignments after they entered the State House in Augusta on Monday without the face co...

Lawmakers vote to study security at State House complex The State and Local Government Committee endorses the bill on a party-line vote after one lawmaker testifies about run-ins with a man now charged in the Jan. 6 insurrection at U.S. Capitol. Share A legislative committee voted Monday to study ways to tighten security at the State House complex after a lawmaker testified about run-ins she had with a man who has been charged with participating in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. ...

Bill would allow online voter registration in Maine by 2023 Presently, Maine voters can request an application to register online but cant fully register electronically, unlike in 38 other states. Share Maine would join 38 other states in allowing voters to register online if a bill before a key committee of the state Legislature is passed into law this year. The measure, offered by Rep. Teresa Pierce, D-Falmouth, would require Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows to establish a system that...

Maine Bill Would Allow Online Voter Registration by 2023 The bill would establish a system that allows voters to submit their voter registration materials online, enable electronic approval of applications and let residents digitally update their voter registration information. Scott Thistle, Portland Press Herald   |   April 5, 2021   |  News (TNS) — Maine would join 38 other states in allowing voters to register online if a bill before ...

Top lawmakers are urging their colleagues to stop ‘trying to skirt basic health and safety rules’ with face shields that the state's health agency says don't protect adequately against coronavirus transmission.

Lawmakers violate Legislature’s COVID-19 prevention policies A group of Republican legislators without masks is shown on a recent Facebook Live video in clear violation of the State House policy for face coverings. Some Republican state lawmakers have violated a policy on mask wearing in the State House that was approved by legislative leaders from both parties to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. Rep. Shelley Rudnicki, R-Fairfield, posted a Facebook Live video on Jan. 5 that features sho...

Talked about the e-mail. john bott john bolton who has a story to tell on ukraine. republicans are using the strategy to hold the articles of impeachment in the house. theyre trying to use that against the democrats saying theyre just holding the articles to keep trump from being acquitted. it has emboldened the right to pivot from key witnesses and point to pelosi and say, look, shes playing politics with an issue that is of incredible importance to this country, impeachment. you have democrats...