Janet Mills

Maine Governor Will Form Panel To Investigate Lewiston Shootings And Police Response

A group of legal, investigative and mental health experts will look into the massacre, the months preceding it and the police response to it.
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Democrat Janet Mills Wins Maine's Race For Governor

The Democratic incumbent held off a comeback bid from former Gov. Paul LePage, who is known for his inflammatory comments about the LGBTQ community, immigrants and race.
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Governor Feared Trump Was Having Breakdown When Raging Over Black Lives Matter: Book

Trump went apoplectic over protesters in the wake of the police murder of George Floyd, governors recounted in a new book.
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Maine Poised To Be First State To Use Ranked Choice Voting In A Presidential Election

The process, which allows voters to rank multiple candidates, will be in effect for the 2020 general election, but not the primary.
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Maine Governor Signs Bill Legalizing Physician-Assisted Death

The option applies to patients with a prognosis of no more than six months.
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Maine Bans Conversion Therapy For LGBTQ Youth

Gov. Janet Mills said the "harmful, widely discredited practice" has "no place" in her state while signing the bill into law.
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Maine To Become First State To Ban Native American Mascots In Public Schools

Using the symbols has been “a source of pain and anguish" for American Indian tribes, said Gov. Janet Mills (D).
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Maine Becomes First State In America To Ban Single-Use Styrofoam Containers

The measure was hailed by environmental groups, which called the products "unnecessary" and harmful to the planet.
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Maine Drops Columbus Day For 'Indigenous Peoples Day'

"There is power in a name and in who we choose to honor,” Maine Gov. Janet Mills said Friday.
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New Governor Janet Mills Makes Fighting Opioid Deaths A Priority In Maine — Finally

In her first days in office, the state's first female governor expanded Medicaid and announced plans for an opioid czar.
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