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| 📷 House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross, D-Portland, is pictured at her rostrum in the House chamber on Dec. 7, 2022. (BDN photo by Troy R. Bennett) |
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⚖️ Another top Democrat promises to review relationship policies in the attorney general's office.
◉ A spokesperson for Talbot Ross issued a Thursday statement promising "a thorough and transparent review" of policies in Attorney General Aaron Frey's office after the top lawyer disclosed a relationship with a subordinate this week, roughly nine months after it began.
◉ That follows a similar statement from the office of Senate President Troy Jackson, D-Allagash. Casale said while Talbot Ross has talked to Frey in the past week, he did not disclose the relationship to her before his Tuesday statement, which followed a BDN investigation of tips on the matter.
◉ Democrats have not laid out a formal path for a review of the attorney general's policies, which do not address relationships in the same way as a policy applying to supervisors and subordinates in the administration of Gov. Janet Mills.
◉ "The Office of the Attorney General must hold itself to the same high standards expected of all branches of state government," Ross spokesperson Mary Erin Casale said.
🪙 Cryptocurrency watchers are all over this pioneering Maine bill.
◉ The first cryptocurrency bill ever considered in the Maine Legislature is getting considerable buzz from the online community around digital assets such as Bitcoin and Ethereum.
◉ The proposal, from Sen. Eric Brakey, R-Auburn, would follow in Wyoming in allowing existing uninsured banks to hold virtual currency or other assets. The website Bitcoinist called it a sign of the "significant increase in the adoption of the crypto sector despite the tumultuous condition of the market."
◉ It is supported by a group of legislative Republicans, but the Maine Bankers Association opposed it at a hearing this week, saying the bill would threaten the trust between traditional banks and their customers. |
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