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PublishedAugust 5, 2021
Infrastructure deal includes $1.9 billion for Maine transportation, broadband
The $1 trillion compromise Senate bill includes money for the state and potentially even more in competitive grants, according to a White House estimate.
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PublishedJuly 28, 2021
Sens. Collins, King laud progress on infrastructure bill
Collins was part of bipartisan group of senators that developed a plan for $550 billion in new spending that is part of the nearly $1 trillion package.
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PublishedJuly 28, 2021
Senate votes to start work on $1 trillion infrastructure bill
The 67-32 tally to begin formal consideration showed the high interest among senators in the package, but it’s unclear if enough Republicans will eventually join Democrats to support final passage.
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PublishedJuly 20, 2021
Maine delegation touts launch of logging industry relief program
A $200 million pandemic relief program is opening soon for U.S. logging and log-hauling businesses that have been seriously affected.
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PublishedJuly 14, 2021
Sens. Collins and King unveil earmark funding requests for over 150 Maine projects
The senators' requests total almost half a billion dollars; most of the earmarks submitted by Reps. Pingree and Golden advance.
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PublishedJune 27, 2021
New child tax credits offer lifeline for some Maine families
The monthly payments will go to some 230,000 Maine families, part of an expanded child tax credit approved by Congress under the American Rescue Plan Act.
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PublishedJune 24, 2021
Kennebec County Republican Committee votes to censure Collins
While the move is only procedural and unlikely to affect Sen. Susan Collins, experts say it is part of a populist shift in the Republican Party from the local to the national level.
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PublishedJune 23, 2021
Senators to brief Biden on infrastructure ‘framework’ after potential breakthrough in negotiations
'There's still details to be worked out,' Sen. Susan Collins says, but lawmakers and White House aides believe major progress was made Wednesday.
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PublishedJune 21, 2021
Rep. Jared Golden: Warship cut from Biden’s budget could mean shipyard layoffs
Golden said if Congress isn't able to restore the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer cut from the president's budget, the reduction may lead to about 500 layoffs to one of the nation's shipyards.
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PublishedJune 13, 2021
How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Julien Xavier Neals to serve as a U.S. district court judge for the New Jersey district.
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