HUNTINGTON Year-to-date excess tax revenue in West Virginia is likely to exceed the $1.7 billion revenue surplus estimate set for the end of the current fis
HUNTINGTON Year-to-date excess tax revenue in West Virginia is likely to exceed the $1.7 billion revenue surplus estimate set for the end of the current fiscal year by the end of May, one month early. Members of the Joint Standing Committee on Finance received a briefing Monday morning from Dave Hardy, secretary of the […]
Committee endorses bill to require racial impact statements in all state legislation
The measure, sponsored by Assistant House Majority Leader Rachel Talbot Ross of Portland, would require bills be analyzed for how they might impact racial minorities and disadvantaged ethnic groups.
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A bill that would require all Maine legislation be evaluated for impacts on historically disadvantaged racial or ethnic groups made headway Wednesday.
Members of the Joint Standing Committee on State and Local Government voted 7-5 to pass L.D. 2, introduced by Assistant House Majority Leader Rep. Rachel Talbot Ross, D-Portland.
L.D. 2 “An Act to Require the Inclusion of Racial Impact Statements in the Legislative Process” will now be brought to the full House for a vote though it’s not clear when that might happen. The measure would require that racial impact statements be included with all bills before the Legislature.