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Mills, all white in suffragette-style and wearing a pair of iconic “Bean Boots,” gave an aspirational inaugural address, front loaded with accomplishments and backfilled with a to-do list for her next four years in office.
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As Rachel Talbot Ross prepares to kick off the 2023 legislative session, the longtime social justice advocate said her focus will be on finding common ground to help all Mainers on issues ranging from housing and energy costs to access to health care and the opioid crisis.
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It took less than 10 hours for the smiles, back-slaps and warm-and-fuzzy feelings on the opening day of the session Wednesday to fade away and for partisan tensions to rear up in the Maine Legislature.
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Talbot Ross is the fourth woman to serve as speaker. And all three of her predecessors — Libby Mitchell, Hannah Pingree and Sara Gideon — were present for Wednesday's ceremony.
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Here are three hefty issues likely to come up early into the session.
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The 2022 election is over and most of the results are settled. It’s time to clear out the campaign notebook.
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Talbot Ross’s ascension to House Speaker comes 50 years after her father, Gerald Talbot, made history to become the first Black person ever elected to the Maine Legislature.
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Protect Maine Elections' proposal includes a provision that would join Maine in the multi-state effort to amend the U.S. Constitution and reverse the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision that has made such election spending by corporations and unions possible.
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According to her campaign, Mills raised $716,991 between Sept. 21 and Oct. 25. LePage, by comparison, reported raising $289,118 during the same reporting period, according to his campaign filing with the Maine Ethics Commission.
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In this week’s Pulse: 18 questions answered for the 18 days remaining until the Maine election.