The governor's bill, LD 2266, now goes to her office for signing. It allows Maine DOT to proceed with plans to develop the island for a wind port terminal and
But the full Legislature never took up a proposal for a red flag law that would give families, in addition to law enforcement, the ability to restrict a person's access to weapons without a mental health evaluation.
The bill from Rep. Rebecca Millett, D-Cape Elizabeth, was introduced last spring but took on added significance after the October 2023 mass shooting in Lewiston.
AUGUSTA —Nearly all local legislators have supported a bill to send a proposed Constitutional amendment to voters that would declare that every person has "a right to personal reproductive autonomy."