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Republican Maine lawmaker sues over censure following viral post about transgender student athlete

A Republican Maine state representative has filed a lawsuit alleging the state’s House speaker and other Democrats violated her First Amendment rights and disenfranchised her constituents by censuring her last month and barring from speaking or voting on the House floor.

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Maine GOP lawmaker sues Democrats over censure

A Maine GOP lawmaker who was censured by Democrats over her comments about a transgender student has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the move that has blocked her from voting on bills or speaking on legislative matters.

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Republican Maine lawmaker sues House speaker over censure for post on transgender athlete

A Republican lawmaker in Maine has sued the state's Democratic House speaker over her censure that followed a social media post about a transgender athlete participating in high school sports. Rep. Laurel Libby's posted about a high school athlete who won a girls' track competition.

Maine Senate, budget deal

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Emergency budget bill fails again amid partisan deadlock in Maine Senate

The bill aims to fill a nearly $120 million funding shortfall in MaineCare — the state's Medicaid program — and to provide $2 million to help address a looming spruce budworm infestation in the commercial forests of northern Maine.

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Republicans in Maine Senate balk at budget compromise

Republicans in the Maine Senate rejected a supplemental budget deal Tuesday night, leaving a proposal that included critical funding for MaineCare providers in limbo and lawmakers trying to figure out what might come next for the deal.

WCSH-TV Portland, ME on MSN · 19h

Supplemental budget deal dies in Maine Senate

The plan, which cleared a two-thirds majority in the Maine House, faltered amid Republican opposition in the Senate.

Trump v. Maine. How the president is trying to pressure the state into submission.

After an exchange between Maine’s governor and President Donald Trump over transgender girls competing in girls’ sports, ...

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Maine judges’ mass recusal in trans sports case raises unanswered questions, legal expert says

A statement was released Wednesday evening explaining why every federal judge in Maine has recused themselves from state Rep. Laurel Libby's case challenging her censure in the state legislature ...

Maine’s federal delegation could play role in Republican effort to avoid a shutdown

If Congress doesn't pass a stopgap spending bill by midnight Friday, the federal government will shut down nonessential ...

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One Democrat Sides With Republicans to Push Trump-Backed Funding Bill

Democratic Representative Jared Golden of Maine voted alongside Republicans for the continuing resolution (CR) bill floated by GOP lawmakers and backed by President Donald Trump. Newsweek reached out ...