– MONDAY, MARCH 25TH – Labor and Housing Cross Building, Room 202, 9:00 am Public Hearing LD 1211, HP 875 An Act To Protect Farm Workers by Allowing Them To organize for the Purpose of Collective Bargaining – Harnett – This bill is an insult to Maine’s farmers. There has been no request to the bill’s sponsor,… Read more >

– 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 >

– 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 >

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 >

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 >

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 >

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 >