Governor Janet Mills is delaying action on 61 bills, including measures to ban untraceable firearms and allow Wabanaki nations to offer online gambling. She has until January to act, potentially vetoing or allowing the bills to become law. Mills’ office testified against the online gambling bill, indicating a clear stance. Meanwhile, the IRS has filed a court case suggesting that clergy and houses of worship should be allowed to make political endorsements without losing their tax-exempt status, arguing it aligns with the First Amendment’s protection of free speech and religion. The IRS’s stance challenges a 71-year-old tax policy that prohibited such endorsements.