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Maine joins growing list of states protecting healthcare providers from bans
Maine Morning Star via Yahoo News· 1 month agoMaine will have a “shield law” that protects the state’s health professionals who provide...
Lois Galgay Reckitt, women's rights activist and South Portland lawmaker, dies at 78
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 7 months agoOct. 31—Lois Galgay Reckitt, a state representative from South Portland and a longtime activist for women's rights, died Monday. She was 78. "I am so saddened by Lois' passing," said Speaker ...
Maine came out to celebrate one of its own, and Mackenzie Holmes put on a show.
IndyStar | The Indianapolis Star via Yahoo Sports· 6 months agoPORTLAND, Maine — Mackenzie Holmes signed every autograph, posed for every photo. Only her postgame...
Equal Rights Amendment champion comes up short in final effort as lawmaker
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA feminist lawmaker who has been pressing for the Equal Rights Amendment for five decades came up...
Government Funding Bill Includes 11th-Hour Carve-Out For Lobster Industry
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMaine's congressional delegation pushed for a measure that would help the lobster industry. Despite...
Maine signs trans and abortion sanctuary bill into law, despite violent threats
The Advocate via Yahoo News· 1 month agoDespite a series of bomb threats against legislators in the state, Maine's Gov. Janet Mills has...
Rooks: Tribes have waited too long for Maine governors’ respect
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFor the first time, Congress is considering a measure, introduced by 2nd District Rep. Jared Golden,...
Advocates lobby Maine lawmakers for paid family leave
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFeb. 7—AUGUSTA — Lydia Jopp is taking three months of unpaid family leave to care for her 2-month-old son Robbie. She's lucky that she can afford the time off, she said, but many others who ...
Maine could become 12th state to enact paid family leave
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFeb. 6—Maine would become the 12th state to approve a paid family and medical leave benefit for workers statewide if a proposal clears the state House and Senate and is signed into law by Gov ...
After latest mass shooting, Bill Belichick sends "thoughts and prayers" to Maine
ProFootball Talk on NBC Sports via Yahoo Sports· 7 months agoOn Wednesday night, the latest mass murder by assault rifle happened in Maine. Patriots coach Bill...
