Ryan Fecteau, Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives, discussed the recent legislative session focused on budget negotiations. Despite a 31-2 Senate vote and a 2/3 House vote, the supplemental budget failed to pass due to Senate inaction. A baseline budget was passed, avoiding a July 1 government shutdown, but a people’s veto remains a concern. Future budget work will address cuts, new initiatives like free community college, and funding for the free school meals program. The state auditor’s report on 2024 finances is pending review. The legislature is also addressing the federal government’s compliance deadline on transgender athlete policies, with over 2000 bills in session, including those related to Title IX.
Looking back, gubernatorial candidate Dean Roy says his political ambitions started in the eighth grade. And by that he means, last year.
After working as a legislative page at the Vermont Statehouse, the 14-year-old freshman at Stowe High School now has his sights set on the corner office.
After a two-month absence sparked by her 84-year-old mother's apparent abduction, Savannah Guthrie will return to NBC's "Today" show next month, saying in an interview that aired Friday "joy will be my protest."
A woman in Indiana who put off dental surgery because she doesn't know if she can afford the copay. A Florida couple with young children who are depleting their savings. A grandmother in Idaho who plans to sell her car to pay the rent. They are among the tens of thousands Transportation Security Administration officers set to receive another $0 paycheck this week.
Two people were killed and several others badly hurt when an Air Canada regional jet struck a fire truck on a runway while landing at New York's LaGuardia Airport, officials said.
