– MONDAY, MARCH 18TH – Labor and Housing Cross Building, Room 202, 9:00 am Public Hearing LD 425, HP 334 An Act To Strengthen Small Businesses in Rural Maine by Changing the Minimum Wage – White LD 612, HP 44 An Act To Promote Youth Employment – Bradstreet SUPPORT LD 670, HP 491 An Act To Increase the Minimum Wage… Read more >
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What’s Happening This Week in the Legislature? March 11-15, 2019
– Monday March 11 State and Local Government Cross Building, Room 214, 9:00 am Public Hearing – LD 144, HP 126 An Act To Opt Out of Federal Daylight Saving Time and To Ask the United States Secretary of Transportation To Place the State in the Atlantic Time Zone – Kessler OPPOSE This bill would change the State of Maine from… Read more >
What’s Happening This Week in the Legislature? March 4-8, 2019
Here’s what’s happening in the legislature this week that’s of interest to Maine farmers: MONDAY, MARCH 4TH (Hearings today may be impacted by the weather) State and Local Government Cross Building, Room 214, 9:00 am Public Hearing LD 687, HP 508 An Act To Restore the Former State of Maine Flag – Cooper OPPOSE… Read more >
What’s Happening This Week in the Legislature? February 18-12, 2019
Here’s what’s happening in the legislature this week that’s of interest to Maine farmers: – TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19TH Appropriations and Financial Affairs State House, Room 228, 1:00 pm – LD 295, HP 219 An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Increase Rural Maine’s Access to Broadband Internet Service – Berry – SUPPORT The funds provided… Read more >
What’s Happening This Week in the Legislature? February 11-15, 2019
Here’s what’s happening in the legislature this week that’s of interest to Maine farmers: – MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11TH – Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Cross Building, Room 206, 9:00 am – – LD 275, SP 87 An Act To Change the Bag Limits on Wild Turkey – Miramant – SUPPORT– LD 321, HP 246 An Act To Ensure the Continuation of… Read more >
What’s Happening This Week in the Legislature? February 4-8, 2019
Here’s what’s happening in the legislature this week that’s of interest to Maine farmers: Joint Standing Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Monday, February 4, 2019, 1:00 PM Cross Building, Room 206 • Public hearing on LD 175, An Act to Extend the Deer Hunting Season by Two Saturdays. • Public hearing on LD… Read more >
Agriculture & Rural Prosperity – USDA Report (2017)
The findings in this report pertain to Maine as much as any other state. Below is an excerpt from the introduction. Rural America includes 72% of the nation’s land and 46 million people. Rural areas encompass regions that focus on agricultural production as well as places where work is more often found in industries such… Read more >