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The vetoed bill would have barred a felony conviction if the third conviction was for property worth less than $500. But Mills said the proposal could make an uptick in retail thefts worse.
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The measure now heads to the desk of Gov. Janet Mills, who has yet to publicly take a position on the issue.
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The measure is response to the Lewiston shootings and would allow family members to petition courts to seize a dangerous person's guns without involvement of police or a mental health evaluation.
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While Gov. Janet Mills had proposed increasing the dairy stabilization program payments by 25%, Democrats on the budget-writing committee recommending limiting that increase to 10%.
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Physicians, psychiatrists urge Maine lawmakers to pass 'red flag law' as gun rights groups oppose itMental health advocates say Maine's current 'yellow flag' law doesn't cover everyone who might be dangerous, while gun rights advocates say it affords due process and should have been used to prevent the Lewiston shootings.
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The bill is the latest manifestation of tax tensions between the town of Wiscasset and Maine Yankee nearly 30 years after the nuclear power plant was decommissioned.
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Under the proposal, a lithium mine could be regulated more like a gravel quarry as long as the developers can show that it wouldn't result in the type of toxic runoff that triggers Maine's more stringent metallic mining laws.
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Under the proposal, manufacturers would have two additional years to remove the "forever chemicals" from many products. But makers of cosmetics, cleaning products and other consumer goods would face an earlier deadline.
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The unanimous committee vote came one day after Maine's Board of Environmental Protection rejected a controversial proposal for Maine to adopt California's "clean cars" standards requiring automakers to sell more electric vehicles.
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The bill would protect health care professionals and others who assist transgender individuals who come to Maine from states where access to gender-affirming care is restricted or prohibited.