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Legislature returns to tackle veto of tribal rights bill

Por: Portland Press Herald Nation July 06, 2023

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The Maine Legislature will reconvene Thursday for what lawmakers hope will be one of the final times this session to consider a bipartisan supplemental state budget of more than $800 million and Gov. Janet Mills’ veto of a tribal rights bill. The action begins in the House, which will take up Mills’ veto of a bill from House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross, D-Portland, that would give the Wabanaki tribes of Maine full access to federal tribal... + full article



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