Peter-Paul elected to third term as Aroostook Band of Micmacs chief
The Aroostook Band of Micmacs have reelected current chief Edward Peter-Paul to another four-year term as tribal chief.
The Aroostook Band of Micmacs have reelected current chief Edward Peter-Paul to another four-year term as tribal chief.
Clarissa Sabattis was re-elected to serve another four-year term as chief of the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, after a campaign facing off against former Maliseet Chief Brenda Commander.
Members of the Houlton Band of Maliseets will head to the ballot box in order to determine who will be elected as their new tribal chief.
Plaintiffs in a civil lawsuit alleging the city of Caribou violated its charter are opposing the city’s motion to dismiss along with the city’s claims that the lawsuit is legally defective.
Rep. Joseph Underwood, R-Presque Isle has been appointed to serve on the Legislature’s Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Committee.
Representative Dustin White, R-Mars Hill has been re-appointed to serve on the Legislature’s Transportation Committee.
Rep. Nicole Grohoski, D-Ellsworth and Rep. David McCrea, D-Fort Fairfield have been appointed to serve on the New England and Eastern Canada Legislative Commission, along with Sen. Mark Lawrence, D-Eliot and Sen. Marianne Moore, R-Washington.
Sen. Harold “Trey” Stewart III, R-Aroostook, has been appointed to serve as the lead Senate Republican on the Legislature’s Joint Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology as well as the Joint Standing Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services.
Senate President Troy Jackson of Allagash and House Speaker Ryan Fecteau of Biddeford will hold a tele-town hall to discuss the COVID-19 Patient Bill of Rights at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 27.
Rep. Sue Bernard, R-Caribou, has been appointed to the 130th Maine Legislature’s Joint Standing Committee on Innovation, Development, Economic Advancement and Business Committee, where she will serve as the ranking member