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What we're reading
— Sen. Susan Collins became the first Republican to back Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden's nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court. She broke the news to The New York Times after a second meeting with Jackson on Tuesday in which Collins said the nominee allayed concerns raised by Republicans during her confirmation hearing last week.
— Maine lawmakers are poised to double vehicle inspection fees after a bill to do so cleared the House in a bipartisan Tuesday vote. The proposed increase came out of a study that called for an electronic inspection program that would make it easier for garages to log information. It would pay for the costs of going to that method if the Maine State Police need to contract services out.
— The founder of the Wreaths Across America nonprofit announced plans on Tuesday to build a $1 billion veterans historical park with the world's biggest flagpole. It would include nine miles of remembrance walls, museums, a hotel, restaurants, shops and an event venue. (“I think the popularity of this is going to be contagious, just like the COVID virus but better,” Morrill Worcester said at a news conference.) |
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10:30 a.m. The veterans committee will continue work on a measure aimed at tightening policies against sexual assault and harassment in the Maine National Guard. Watch here.
11 a.m. The judiciary panel will hold confirmation hearings for four Maine judges who have been renominated for their positions. Watch here.
3 p.m. The budget committee will keep working on Mills' spending proposal. Watch here.
5 p.m. Mills will take part in a 30-minute discussion on Maine's economy at the Roux Institute at Northeastern University in Portland. Register here. |
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| 📷 Lead photo: Solar panels stretch across 38 acres at the BNRG/Dirigo solar farm in Oxford on Jan. 24, 2021. (AP Photo by Robert F. Bukaty) |
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