Stories Related to Maine’s Lawmakers Will Focus On Health Care And Broadband In 2020. Things Already Look Testy.

AUGUSTA, Maine — Health care and broadband expansion are shaping up to be some of the more prominent issues facing the Maine Legislature in an election-year session in 2020 that will be tense if the mood at a Friday meeting of leaders is any indication. The Legislative Council met Friday to consider appeals for 77 bills ranging from changing teacher certification standards to new marijuana labeling requirements, but a majority of the 10-person panel showed little interest in adding to roughly 500 bills waiting for them in January.