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Gov. Mills again vetoes bill protecting farmworkers’ right to discuss work conditions

4 days ago | mainemorningstar.com | AnnMarie Hilton

Farmworkers in Maine may have gained the right to state minimum wage this legislative session, but they still won’t be protected from retaliation for talking about work conditions. Late last week, Gov. Janet Mills vetoed LD 588, which would have offered agricultural workers in the state that right. In her veto letter, Mills noted that the bill is similar to a measure she rejected last year and her thinking has not changed on the issue.
He thought a decade-old misdemeanor was behind him. Then he took a vacation in Europe.

5 days ago | mainemorningstar.com | Philip Eil

5:23 News Story Immigration Fabian Schmidt is readjusting to life back home in Nashua, N.H., after being detained by ICE for two months at the Wyatt Detention Center — despite having a green card. Fabian Schmidt had no control over the light. It stayed on overhead from 6:30 in the morning until 11:30 at night.
Honoring slain Minnesota leader, Maine leaders plead against normalizing political violence

1 week ago | mainemorningstar.com | Lauren McCauley

On the last scheduled day of the legislative session, amid contentious debate on the state budget, House Speaker Ryan Fecteau (D-Biddeford) stepped down from the rostrum to introduce a resolution expressing condolences to the members of the Minnesota Legislature for the deaths of Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman. The Hortmans were shot early Saturday morning in an apparent political assassination. Another Minnesota lawmaker, Democratic Sen.
Senate rejects sports ban, sounding death knell for anti-trans bills this session

1 week ago | mainemorningstar.com | Eesha Pendharkar

by Eesha Pendharkar, Maine Morning Star June 17, 2025 All legislation seeking to roll back rights for transgender people in Maine has now failed after the majority of the Senate on Monday rejected a bill that would have banned transgender girls from participating in girls sports.
Though majority of anti-trans bills rejected, Maine House narrowly advances trans girls sports ban

1 week ago | mainemorningstar.com | Eesha Pendharkar

After hours of debate, both chambers of the Maine Legislature took initial votes to reject most attempts to restrict the rights of transgender students to use bathrooms, locker rooms, names and pronouns aligning with their gender identity. But one bill that prohibits trans girls from playing on girls teams narrowly passed the House of Representatives on Friday.
Maine House and Senate cast votes on slew of gun bills

1 week ago | mainemorningstar.com | AnnMarie Hilton

Maine lawmakers took up more than a dozen bills related to firearms late last week, covering a variety of issues including concealed carry laws, safe storage and the definition of a machine gun. While many have already been killed, some proposals are still waiting for further action to determine if they will make it to Gov. Janet Mills’ desk. Here’s a closer look at what happened with the legislation.
Cassandra Stephenson

2 weeks ago | mainemorningstar.com | Cassandra Stephenson

The wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia — a Salvadoran native who was wrongfully deported to an El Salvador prison as part of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown — shared a message from him with a crowd gathered at a downtown Nashville church ahead of his arraignment Friday morning: “Continue fighting, and I will be victorious […]
Maine Senate rejects effort to ban trans girls from sports

2 weeks ago | mainemorningstar.com | Eesha Pendharkar |Lauren McCauley

Despite pressure from the Trump administration to repeal protections for transgender student athletes, lawmakers in the Maine Senate late Thursday rejected legislation that would restrict transgender students’ access to school sports and bathrooms. The majority of the chamber also shot down an effort to roll back state law that establishes a process for someone at least 16 years old to access gender-affirming health care.
Farmworkers now ‘belong fully’ in Maine minimum wage laws

2 weeks ago | mainemorningstar.com | AnnMarie Hilton

After multiple attempts in recent years, farmworkers will now have the right to state minimum wage like most other employees in Maine. Gov. Janet Mills signed the right into law on Tuesday after the Legislature passed LD 589 earlier this month. The bill’s sponsor, Sen. Rachel Talbot Ross (D-Cumberland), described it as an act of history.
Efforts to bolster Wabanaki, African American studies pass chambers, await funding

2 weeks ago | mainemorningstar.com | Eesha Pendharkar |Emma Davis

Initiatives to ensure the already required teaching of Wabanaki and African American studies in Maine schools passed both chambers of the Legislature this week, in an effort to bolster learning that proponents say would benefit all students in the state. But nothing is certain to become law until the end-of-session scuffles, the downfall of a similar effort last year, play out.