by Mary-Erin Casale | Dec 6, 2018 | Health Care, Maine Legislature
PORTLAND – Judge Michaela Murphy of the Maine Superior Court has denied a stay request by the LePage Administration regarding implementation of voter-approved Medicaid expansion, but set a new February 1st deadline to being enrolling eligible Mainers. Speaker of the...
by Mary-Erin Casale | Dec 5, 2018 | Maine Legislature
129th Legislative Session – Election as Speaker of the House REMARKS AS PREPARED Representatives, family, friends. Welcome to the People’s House. When this chamber is full of people, you can start to sense the enormity of the work we do here, the meaning of...
by Mary-Erin Casale | Dec 5, 2018 | Maine Legislature
AUGUSTA – Democrats in the Maine Legislature selected Rep. Aaron Frey (D-Bangor) to be their nominee for Attorney General. Frey will stand for election by the full House and Senate Wednesday, December 5. There are no declared Republican candidates. Speaker Sara...
by Mary-Erin Casale | Dec 4, 2018 | Economy, Health Care, Maine Legislature
First joint decision of Presiding Officers signals commitment to addressing increasing health care costs and Maine’s workforce shortage AUGUSTA – Speaker of the House Sara Gideon and Senate President-Elect Troy Jackson announced new changes to the Joint Standing...
by Mary-Erin Casale | Nov 21, 2018 | Health Care, Maine Legislature
PORTLAND – The Maine Superior Court ruled today that Governor LePage cannot refuse to implement the Medicaid expansion law approved by voters more than one year ago. Justice Michela Murphy of the Kennebec Superior Court found that there was nothing preventing the...
by Mary-Erin Casale | Nov 10, 2018 | Maine Legislature
House Democrats Ready to Get to Work, Deliver Results This week, hundreds of thousands of Mainers turned out to help shape the future of our state by exercising their right to vote. Now, with the election behind us, we can truly get to work improving the lives of...
