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| đź“· Rep. David Boyer, R-Poland, is pictured in the House chamber at the Maine State House on Dec. 7, 2022. (BDN photo by Troy R. Bennett) |
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🌿 Maine is loosening marijuana laws on different fronts.
â—‰ Rep. David Boyer, R-Poland, is working with Democrats to move through several bills loosening Maine's relatively liberal marijuana laws in different policy areas, from growing at home to criminal justice reform.
â—‰ One of the bills would raise the number of plants that Mainers are allowed to grow at home from three to six, matching the legalization referendum that Boyer led in 2016 but was later reined in by lawmakers and former Gov. Paul LePage. Mills allowed that measure to pass into law without her signature.
â—‰ Two others working their way through the Legislature would break with federal law by allowing Mainers to consume cannabis and own or use a firearm and loosening.probation and parole rules to allow for casual marijuana use. Both have initially cleared the Legislature.
🎤 A Republican unsuccessfully pushed the House speaker for an end date.
â—‰ Wednesday remains the last day on the Legislature's formal calendar, but things look guaranteed to stretch through this week with Democrats and Republicans nowhere close to inking a budget deal.
â—‰ Lawmakers are getting restless. When business was ending after 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Rep. Stephen Wood, R-Greene, pushed Talbot Ross to give members an idea of how long they will be in so they can go "make a living."
â—‰ "Can you tell us when we might get out of here?" Wood asked. "This Friday, next Friday, July sometime?"
â—‰ "The chair appreciates the member's attempt," Talbot Ross responded. "And the chair would say that it is still to be determined." |
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What we're reading
đź”— After an April shooting, Maine lawmakers are cracking down on straw purchases.
đź’‰ The Maine Senate rejected "safe injection sites" that the governor opposed.
♨ A grassroots effort led to heat pump incentives in this small Maine town.
âš« This Maine woman got six years in prison for abandoning her infant in 1985.
🗺️ These 1881 maps show how Down East Maine has changed. Here's your soundtrack. |
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