Category Archives: Maine Legislature

Maps, Part 2

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Emily Shaw

WELL. Certainly some additions to make to the veto post below! However, I am not going to do that currently. Instead, I am exploring the use of Google’s Map Builder Lite to look at geographic distributions of legislators by party … Continue reading →

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“We will have to work and communicate with each other and with the chief executive”

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Emily Shaw

Governor LePage’s unexpected entry into today’s emergency meeting of the Appropriations and Fiscal Affairs Committee provides yet another cliff-hanger in the dramatic series of interactions between legislators and the governor. (In other news, why yes, we will all be tuning … Continue reading →

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Envisioning legislative vote changing and the LePage veto in the 126th Maine State Legislature

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Emily Shaw

The Portland Press Herald is exploring the shift in vote among Republican state representatives on LD 6, the bill that would allow municipalities to decide whether or not they want to require their superintendent to live within the school district. … Continue reading →

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