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Speakers at the "Girl First" rally want the state to prohibit transgender athletes from competing in girls' and women's sports — an issue that has landed Maine in the national spotlight during the past month.

Many people still showed up amid freezing temperatures despite the local Democratic committee trying to cancel the rally over fear that "bad actors" would infiltrate the event to cause problems.

The House and Senate will likely take up the additional initiatives on Friday as lawmakers gather for potentially one final time to vote on several vetoes from Gov. Janet Mills.

The Maine Department of Health and Human Services says the agency has made substantial progress addressing staff recruitment and retention. But critics say the department, and lawmakers, need to do more.

Maine's Democratic governor has now vetoed seven bills from the recent legislative session.

In this week's Pulse: the debate on paid family leave, Mills to address the state next week, Penobscots ‘open for business’ as Biden emphasizes American-made, and aballot battle update.

A coalition of groups is calling on Maine to enact a family and medical leave policy guaranteeing workers paid time off to care for loved ones or themselves.

Democrat Mana Abdi is one of two Somali-American statehouse candidates in Maine this cycle.

Water from a burst pipe on Monday flooded the first floor of the building and cascaded into the tunnel that connects the State House and Burton Cross Office Building.

Maine Public TV Air Times:Thur., June 13 at 10:00 pmSat., June 15 at 11:00 amIn 2016 a major restoration was done on the New Hampshire State House dome.…