AUGUSTA, Maine, Sept. 25 -- The Maine Senate Democrats issued the following news on behalf of Maine State Sen. Henry Ingwersen, D-Arundel: * * * First-in-the-nation PFAS response program now permanent thanks to new law from Sen. Ingwersen On Wednesday, Sept. 24, a new law from Sen. Henry Ingwersen, D-Arundel, took effect. LD 130, "An Act to Establish the PFAS Response Program and to Modify the Fund to Address PFAS Contamination," formalizes the PFAS Response Program at the Maine Department of more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Golden urges regulators to drop unnecessary new ropeless lobster gear proposal * WASHINGTON -- Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) is urging the New England Fisheries Management Council (NEFMC) to abandon a proposed regulatory framework that would push Maine lobstermen toward using costly, unproven ropeless or on-demand gear. The framework, independent of ongoing work authorized by Congress to study t more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Sept. 25 -- The Maine Senate Democrats issued the following news on behalf of Maine State Sen. Tim Nangle, D-Windham: * * * New law to protect Mainers from subscription and gym membership traps takes effect for 2026 subscriptions Today, a new law introduced by Sen. Tim Nangle, D-Windham, that would make it easier for Mainers to cancel subscription services and gym memberships that they no longer want went into effect after being passed by the Legislature earlier this year. The more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Sept. 25 -- The Maine Senate Democrats issued the following news on behalf of Maine State Sen. Chip Curry, D-Belfast: * * * Law to strengthen support for volunteer first responders takes effect New law from Sen. Curry builds on years of bipartisan work to make first responder benefits more reliable * Today, a new law introduced by Sen. Chip Curry, D-Belfast, went into effect after being passed by the Legislature earlier this year. LD 786, "An Act to Promote Public Safety and more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy, Blumenthal Support Bipartisan Legislation To Repeal Trump's Illegal, Union-Busting Executive Orders * U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) co-sponsored the Protect America's Workforce Act - bipartisan legislation to repeal two of President Trump's union-busting executive orders and restore collective bargaining rights and workplace protections for  more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Sept. 25 -- The Maine Senate Democrats issued the following news on behalf of Maine State Sen. Donna Bailey, D-Saco: * * * New Sen. Bailey law protects consumers from the negative impacts of medical debt On Wednesday, September 24, a new consumer protection law from Sen. Donna Bailey, D-Saco, took effect. LD 558, "An Act to Strengthen Consumer Protections by Prohibiting the Report of Medical Debt on Consumer Reports," prohibits a consumer reporting agency from listing medical  more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Sept. 25 -- The Maine Senate Democrats issued the following news on behalf of Maine State Sen. Jill Duson, D-Portland: * * * New Sen. Duson law to return withheld benefits to Maine retirees with disabilities takes effect Today, a new law introduced by Senate Assistant Majority Leader Jill Duson, D-Portland, went into effect after being passed unanimously by the Legislature earlier this year. LD 1638, "An Act Regarding Disability Retirement Benefits Under the Maine Public Emplo more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Sen. Ashley Brooke Moody, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Moody Applauds E3 Snapback Sanctions on Iran, Urges European Leaders to Sustain Pressure to Achieve Permanent Dismantlement of Iran's Nuclear Program U.S. Senator Ashley Moody, along with 49 senate colleagues, is applauding Jean-Noel Barrot, the French Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs, Johann Wadephul, German Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Yvette Cooper, British Secret more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Sept. 25 -- The Maine Senate Democrats issued the following news on behalf of Maine State Sen. Mike Tipping, D-Orono: * * * New Sen. Tipping law protects Maine workers from losing work and pay Today, a new worker protections law from Sen. Mike Tipping, D-Orono, took effect. LD 598, "An Act to Require Minimum Pay for Reporting to Work," establishes a new protection for workers by guaranteeing that a worker who reports for a scheduled shift will still receive some pay when an em more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Leads Nine Colleagues in Raising Alarm on USDA's Plans to Reorganize the Food and Nutrition Service * Letter comes after USDA Secretary Rollins announced a proposal to relocate Dept. employees throughout the country WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, led nine of his Senate collea more PR