AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Democratic Gov. Janet Mills on Friday signed into law a suite of gun safety legislation approved by lawmakers after the deadliest mass shooting in state history
Democratic Gov. Janet Mills on Friday signed into law a suite of gun safety legislation approved by lawmakers after the deadliest mass shooting in state history, expanding background checks for private sales of weapons, bolstering the state's "yellow flag" law, criminalizing the transfer of guns to prohibited people and expanding mental health crisis care. The governor told lawmakers during her State of the State address that doing nothing was not an option after an Army reservist with an...
By DAVID SHARP and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Democratic Gov. Janet Mills on Friday signed off on a suite of gun safety legislation approved by lawmakers after the deadliest mass shooting in state history, expanding background checks for private sales of weapons, bolstering the state’s “yellow flag” law, criminalizing the transfer
AUGUSTA, Maine — Railroads in Maine face new requirements for reporting the transport of hazardous materials in the state after Gov. Janet Mills signed an emergency bill into law on Friday, the Portland Press Herald reports. LD1937 was introduced last year following a Rockwood, Maine, derailment and fire that saw three crew members injured [see []Read More
Measures including background checks on private sales and waiting periods
Maine will become the latest state to join an interstate effort to elect the nation’s president by a popular vote, Gov. Janet Mills (D) announced Monday. Mills said she will allow the legislation to become law without her signature, paving the way for Maine to join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, a proposal aimed at guaranteeing
A top Maine Democrat says her party will take action if Nebraska Republicans move to change their electoral college rules to help Donald Trump.House majority leader Maureen Terry said Friday that if Nebraska’s Republican governor signs legislation that allows for a winner-take-all election in the state in 2024, the Democratic-controlled Legislature would “be compelled to act in order to restore fairness," Politico reported.Maine and Nebraska awards some of their electoral votes according to...
A Michigan dad was charged with violating the state's safe gun storage law after his son allegedly got a hold of his firearm and shot himself, investigators said.
Tifany Adams, 54, Tad Cullum, 43, were arrested alongside Cole Twombly, 50, and Cora Twombly, 44, in the killings of Veronica Butler, 27, and Jilian Kelley, 39. Adams, the grandmother of Butler's children, had previously hatched a scheme with boyfriend Cullum to kill Butler using an anvil. Search records showed she looked at taser pain levels and purchased burner phones and stun guns while Cullum secured the land to bury the bodies
BY AYANNA ALEXANDER Associated Press FREEPORT, N.Y. (AP) — A new voting rights law in New York is already having a dramatic effect, with lawsuits in several local communities seeking to reverse decades of minority voter disenfranchisement. The lawsuits help dispel a longstanding narrative that racial voting discrimination happens only in the South or in
Lawsuits under New York's new voting rights law reveal racial disenfranchisement even in blue states
BY AYANNA ALEXANDER Associated Press FREEPORT, N.Y. (AP) — A new voting rights law in New York is already having a dramatic effect, with lawsuits in several local communities seeking to reverse decades of minority voter disenfranchisement. The lawsuits help dispel a longstanding narrative that racial voting discrimination happens only in the South or in