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December 5, 2024 Article

Swearing-In Day Leadership and Constitution Officers Elections

November 13, 2024 Article

Democratic House Leadership Update

November 8, 2024 Article

Leadership and Recount Update

November 6, 2024 Article

Election Results Update

May 16, 2024 Article

Veto Day and Final Day of the 131st Legislature

May 6, 2024 Article

Last days of 131st legislature

April 24, 2024 Article

131st Legislature Second Regular Session Update

November 8, 2023 Article

November 7, 2023 Election Results

August 16, 2023 Article

131st Maine Legislature End of Session Update

December 28, 2022 Article

Committee Assignments

December 22, 2022

Pre-Session Legislative Update

December 12, 2022 Article

Swearing-In Day Summary

December 2, 2022

Pre-Session Leadership Update

November 11, 2022 Article

Portland Referenda and Legislative Leadership Update

November 9, 2022 Article

November 2022 Election Update

June 17, 2022

Primary Round-Up

May 16, 2022

End of Session Update

February 4, 2022 Article

Maine Legislative Update: Second Session of the 130th Legislature

December 29, 2021 Article

Legislative Alert: Convening of the 2nd Regular Session of the 130th Legislature

December 17, 2021

Legislative Alert: Legislative Racial Impact Statements Coming Soon

October 26, 2021

Legislative Alert: Redistricting Analysis

October 5, 2021 Article

Legislative Alert: Special Session, Redistricting, and Cloture

July 21, 2021

Legislative Alert: Maine Legislature Adjourns!

December 11, 2020

Legislative Alert: Maine Legislators receive their upcoming committee assignments

December 4, 2020

Legislative Alert: First Week of the Legislative Session Update

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Firm Highlights

Election Results Update

While results are still trickling in, the outcome in the Maine Legislative races is basically settled. Both the Maine Senate and Maine House will almost definitely remain in control of the Democrats, but with...

36 Preti Flaherty Attorneys, including 4 “Ones to Watch” Recognized by National Directory

Thirty-six Preti Flaherty attorneys, including four “Ones to Watch,” have been named to Best Lawyers in America 2025, a highly regarded directory of attorneys and law firms in the United States. The individual attorneys...

Swearing-In Day Leadership and Constitution Officers Elections

Swearing-in Day for the newly elected 132nd Maine State Legislature took place on Wednesday, December 4th. This is the day that the House and Senate convene the legislative session and each votes for their...

Veto Day and Final Day of the 131st Legislature

The Legislature convened on Friday, May 10 th for Veto Day to take action on the six bills objected to by the Governor. As expected, all six vetoes were sustained by lawmakers allowing Governor...

Leadership and Recount Update

Leadership Decisions so Far Last night and today, most Legislative leadership decisions were made. The Senate Democrats met yesterday evening and chose Mattie Daughtry, Brunswick, as Senate President over Anne Carney, Cape Elizabeth; Teresa...

131st Legislature Second Regular Session Update

Adjournment and Veto Day After a marathon last day of session, members of the Preti Legislative Practice Group were at the State House on April 18 th to witness the Maine State Legislature head...

Democratic House Leadership Update

The House Democratic Caucus met today, Wednesday, November 13, to choose their leadership team for the 132nd Legislature. The meeting was administered by outgoing Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross. The House Democrats first heard from...

Last days of 131st legislature

The Legislature will reconvene on Friday, May 10 th to take action on the six vetoes issued by the Governor since the Legislature adjourned on April 14 th . The vetoes and related messages...