WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Blunt Rochester Shines a Light on the Consequences the Republicans' Plan to Gut Medicaid Would Have on Delawareans In case you missed it, as Senate Republicans begin consideration of their harmful budget bill, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) highlighted the impact that Republicans' proposed cuts to Medicaid would have on Delawareans. She recently delivered remarks on the Senate flo more PR

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley Recognizes C-SPAN's Decades of Senate Coverage, Discusses Need for Public Access Across All Platforms * WASHINGTON - In a speech on the Senate floor, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) celebrated the 39th anniversary of C-SPAN 2's first Senate broadcast on June 2, 1986. Earlier today, Grassley and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) introduced a bipartisan resolution to celebrate C-SPAN's historic co more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * King, Colleagues Fight to Help Home Renters Continue Receiving Emergency Assistance * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME), with a bicameral group of his House and Senate colleagues, is calling on Congressional Appropriations leadership to include enough funding for the Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) program as part of Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 funding legislation. Tens of thousands of  more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, June 4 -- The Maine Senate Democrats issued the following news on behalf of Maine State Sen. Donna Bailey, D-Saco: * * * Maine Senate gives initial support to Sen. Bailey bill to protect residents of mobile home parks On Monday, June 2, the Maine Senate gave its initial support to a bill from Sen. Donna Bailey, D-Saco. LD 1768, "An Act to Protect Residents of Mobile Home Parks by Amending the Real Estate Transfer Tax," seeks to amend the real estate transfer tax and protect re more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, June 4 -- The Maine Senate Democrats issued the following news on behalf of Maine State Sen. Craig Hickman, D-Winthrop: * * * Maine Senate gives unanimous initial approval to Sen. Hickman bill to protect the right to harvest wildlife in Maine AUGUSTA -- On Monday, June 2, the Maine Senate voted unanimously in support of LD 1343, "An Act to Protect the Right to Harvest Wildlife." This bipartisan bill, from Senator Craig Hickman, D-Winthrop, would protect Maine people's right to more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following news release: * * * New Data on Detailed Languages Spoken at Home and the Ability to Speak English * More than 1 in 5 people (22%) age 5 and older in the United States spoke a language other than English at home during the five-year period from 2017 to 2021, according to new data released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. The newly released table package -- Detailed Languages Spoken at Home and Ability to Speak English for th more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, June 4 -- The Maine Senate Democrats issued the following news on behalf of Maine State Sen. Anne Carney, D-Cape Elizabeth: * * * Sen. Carney bill to prevent financial exploitation of older Mainers heads to Governor's desk AUGUSTA -- On Monday, June 2, the Maine Senate unanimously voted to send LD 1445, "An Act to Prevent Financial Exploitation of Vulnerable Adults," to the Governor's desk. This bill, sponsored by Sen. Anne Carney, D-Cape Elizabeth, would enable financial inst more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, June 4 -- The Maine Senate Democrats issued the following news on behalf of Maine State Sen. Anne Carney, D-Cape Elizabeth: * * * Senate gives initial approval to Sen. Carney bill to provide continuous health care coverage for children under six years of age This bill ensures access to health care through Medicaid or CHIP for kids from age 0 to 6. AUGUSTA -- On Monday, June 2, a bipartisan majority of the Maine Senate voted in support of LD 896, "An Act To Provide Young Child more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, June 4 -- The Maine Senate Democrats issued the following news on behalf of Maine State Sen. Cameron Reny, D-Bristol: * * * Senate gives unanimous initial approval to Sen. Reny bill to increase child care availability through State contracts with providers AUGUSTA -- On Monday, June 2, the Maine Senate voted unanimously in support of LD 1736, "An Act to Increase the Supply of Child Care Services Through the Use of Contracts." This bill, sponsored by Sen. Cameron Reny, D-Bristo more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Collins Announces Release of TRIO Upward Bound Grants for Maine * Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that the Department of Education has released the TRIO Upward Bound grants--which fund programs preparing high school students from disadvantaged backgrounds for college--to current grant recipients in Maine. This act more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on June 3, 2025: * * * Senator Collins Presses Secretary of Education on Elimination of TRIO, Pell Grant Expansion Washington, D.C. - At a hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2026 budget request for the U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Appropriations Committee, questioned Secretary of Education Linda McMahon on the propo more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Collins' Statement on President's Rescissions Package Request Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued a statement on the President's rescissions package request. "The Congress has received from the Administration a $9.4 billion package of proposed rescissions of funding that had be more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, June 4 -- The Maine Judicial Branch issued the following news on June 3, 2025: * * * SJC invites comments on proposed amendments to the Maine Bar Rules regarding the Board Clerk and the scope of "attorney regulation." Comments due by June 17, 2025 The Maine Supreme Judicial Court invites comments on proposed amendments to the Maine Bar Rules that would (1) clarify the scope of "attorney regulation" under the rules; (2) permit non-lawyers to serve as Board Clerk; and (3) clarif more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- The U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey issued the following news release: * * * New Data on Detailed Languages Spoken at Home and the Ability to Speak English JUNE 3, 2025 -- More than 1 in 5 people (22%) age 5 and older in the United States spoke a language other than English at home during the five-year period from 2017 to 2021, according to new data released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. The newly released table package -- Detailed Languages Spoken at  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission has approved a stipulation allowing Versant Power, Bangor, Maine, to recover $24,290,841 in incremental costs incurred from the significant December 2023 and January 2024 storms. The "Order Approving Stipulation", issued on June 3, 2025, signifies a resolution between Versant Power and the Office of Public Advocate (OPA) regarding the deferral of these substantial storm-related expenses. Versant Power had initially filed a petition on  more PR