Post by Logan on May 1, 2016 12:56:32 GMT -6
AUGUSTA — Maine lawmakers were licking their wounds and notching their belts, taking stock of what they did and didn't get done for their constituents while finishing up the second half of the 127th legislative session Friday.
The state's next two-year lawmaking session won't start in earnest until next January, following elections in November.
For Sen. Tom Saviello, R-Wilton, news Friday that his local hospital, Franklin Memorial in Farmington, had announced staff layoffs was a consequence of his biggest disappointment of 2016, he said.
Saviello, one of a few in the GOP in Augusta who have supported expanding Medicaid in Maine, under provisions of the federal Affordable Care Act, said his efforts to expand the program this year fell victim to entrenched political ideologies in Augusta.
Read more: www.sunjournal.com/news/maine/0001/11/30/sessions-end-come-gains-and-losses-maine-lawmakers/1915702
The state's next two-year lawmaking session won't start in earnest until next January, following elections in November.
For Sen. Tom Saviello, R-Wilton, news Friday that his local hospital, Franklin Memorial in Farmington, had announced staff layoffs was a consequence of his biggest disappointment of 2016, he said.
Saviello, one of a few in the GOP in Augusta who have supported expanding Medicaid in Maine, under provisions of the federal Affordable Care Act, said his efforts to expand the program this year fell victim to entrenched political ideologies in Augusta.
Read more: www.sunjournal.com/news/maine/0001/11/30/sessions-end-come-gains-and-losses-maine-lawmakers/1915702