Senator Rick Bennett wrote an op-ed for the Bangor Daily News on the Maine Department of Labor's puzzling, no bid contract with McKinsey and Company. https://bangordailynews.com/2021/02/18/opinion/contributors/maine-sues-consulting-firm-and-then-pays-the-same-company-millions/
Category: Columns
PPP Has Been Crucial to Lincoln’s Economy
By Senator Kim Rosen The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) is one of the relief programs implemented by the U.S. government to ease the negative economic effects of the COVID-19 outbreak. U.S. Senator Susan Collins helped draft the legislation that made it possible after seeking the advice and input of a number of Maine businesses. The … Continue reading PPP Has Been Crucial to Lincoln’s Economy
PPP Has Been Crucial to Brewer’s Economy
By Senator Kim Rosen The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) is one of the relief programs implemented by the U.S. government to ease the negative economic effects of the COVID-19 outbreak. U.S. Senator Susan Collins helped draft the legislation that made it possible after seeking the advice and input of a number of Maine businesses. The … Continue reading PPP Has Been Crucial to Brewer’s Economy
Sen. Cyrway’s Public Comments on the Kennebec River Plan Amendment
Note: The Department of Marine Resources is taking public comments on an amendment to its fish management plan, most notably Atlantic Salmon, until February 26, 2021. This is part of an official rulemaking process and you can submit your own comments to the Department at this email address: dmr.rulemaking@maine.gov. Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal – … Continue reading Sen. Cyrway’s Public Comments on the Kennebec River Plan Amendment
Sen. Farrin’s Public Comments on the Kennebec River Plan Amendment
Note: The Department of Marine Resources is taking public comments on an amendment to its fish management plan, most notably Atlantic Salmon, until February 26, 2021. This is part of an official rulemaking process and you can submit your own comments to the Department at this email address: dmr.rulemaking@maine.gov. Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - … Continue reading Sen. Farrin’s Public Comments on the Kennebec River Plan Amendment
Despite the Pandemic, Legislators Are Working for You in Augusta
By Senator Russell Black While the COVID-19 outbreak has made everything a little harder than it used to be, those of us who represent you in Augusta have not stopped working or forgotten your needs. The kind of work that goes on every day at the Statehouse may not make the evening news or the … Continue reading Despite the Pandemic, Legislators Are Working for You in Augusta
Working for Farmers and Sportsmen and Women is a Personal Effort
By Senator Russell Black Given my family’s heritage in both farming and hunting in Maine, I cannot remember a time when both of these things were not at the forefront of my activities, both professionally and for recreation. That is why I welcome the opportunity to serve as the Lead Republican on two of the … Continue reading Working for Farmers and Sportsmen and Women is a Personal Effort
Honoring Veterans
Bangor Daily News, 11/10/19 In 1918, on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, the armistice that brought an end to the fighting in the “War to End All Wars” finally took effect, but not soon enough to prevent the deaths of tens of millions of people, 550 of them Mainers. … Continue reading Honoring Veterans
Sen. Stacey Guerin’s Op-Ed on Women’s Prosperity in Maine
From the Bangor Daily News By Stacey Guerin, Opinion guest column. • November 14, 2019 10:11 am As a woman, a business owner, and a Republican, I know how blessed Mainers are to have benefited from the tremendous prosperity that we have all enjoyed over the last several years. Imagine my surprise, then, to find … Continue reading Sen. Stacey Guerin’s Op-Ed on Women’s Prosperity in Maine
No Citizen Too Small to Have Voice in Augusta
In our Republic, there is no citizen too small to have a voice and there is no idea too small to have merit. This year, one class of elementary school students taught us in Augusta the truth of this lesson. There are many bills, both big and small, before us in the Maine Legislature. I … Continue reading No Citizen Too Small to Have Voice in Augusta
