It’s Going Down This Thursday

It’s Going Down This Thursday

Dear Friend, Thursday, May 6 will be one of the busiest days we have seen in years. Seven bills on which we have been focusing will have public hearings before the Judiciary Committee and the Education and Cultural Affairs Committee; the members of those committees...
It’s Going Down This Thursday

April 29, 2021 Weekly Newsletter

And So It Begins Our policy director, Mike McClellan, has been telling us that the month of May was going to see some heavy legislative action. Well, on May 6th, things will definitely be heating up with public hearings on several bills we have been watching. How do...
It’s Going Down This Thursday

April 22, 2021 Weekly Newsletter

Great Response Thanks to all of you who responded to our request to let us know you are willing to be available to testify at upcoming public hearings. We will need testifiers who are willing to leverage their voice (in writing or on-line) for the sanctity of life,...
It’s Going Down This Thursday

April 15th, 2021 Weekly Newsletter

Testifiers Needed With our state leaders sequestered in Augusta and executing public hearings online, it is easier than ever for Maine’s citizens to leverage their voices in the legislative process. One would think with this ease of access that there would be a...
It’s Going Down This Thursday

April 8th, 2021 Weekly Newsletter

Justice Thomas’ Shot Across the Bow This week, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling that effectively dismissed a case that had been brought regarding President Trump’s practice of blocking followers. But it wasn’t the case’s outcome that made the biggest news –...
It’s Going Down This Thursday

April 1st, 2021 Weekly Newsletter

Is this democracy? The recent maneuver by Democrat leadership to shut the Republicans out of the budget process certainly does not bode well for those hoping for bipartisan efforts in Augusta this legislative session. While the budget is rarely part of the League’s...