AUGUSTA — A legislative committee has given unanimous support to a bill that would provide up to $1 million in state funds to help launch a project that would build up to 21 cabins for homeless veterans. The bill, LD 1062, sponsored by state Rep. Jared Golden, D-Lewiston, is meant to jump-start the Cabin in […]
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Funding for Lewiston-Auburn passenger train study gets House OK
AUGUSTA — A bill that funds a $500,000 study and plan for bringing passenger rail service to Lewiston-Auburn passed the House of Representatives with little fanfare late last week. The bill, LD 323, sponsored by Rep. Jared Golden, D-Lewiston, has enjoyed strong bipartisan support at the State House as well as the backing of Lewiston’s […]
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Bill for commission to review Maine’s veteran services moves forward
AUGUSTA — Legislation that creates a new state commission to review the services Maine provides for its veterans vaulted a key hurdle Wednesday when lawmakers on the Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee unanimously approved the measure. The measure, LD 721, sponsored by state Rep. Jared Golden, D-Lewiston, next faces votes before the full Legislature. […]
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Legislative panel ponders bills to build Maine task force for veterans
AUGUSTA — A Lewiston lawmaker and Marine Corps veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan wants Maine to take a hard look at how the state helps veterans who return home after their service. State Rep. Jared Golden, D-Lewiston, said Wednesday that the state’s Bureau of Veterans Services does many good things and offers many […]
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Passenger rail bill for Lewiston-Auburn chugs forward at State House
AUGUSTA — A pair of bills aimed at expanding passenger rail service in Maine, including one that would extend service to Lewiston-Auburn, are chugging forward at the state Legislature. The Legislature’s Transportation Committee on Tuesday unanimously voted to approve one bill, offered by state Rep. Jared Golden, D-Lewiston, that directs the Maine Department of Transportation […]
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Bill that funds passenger train study for Lewiston-Auburn line gets broad support
Read also: Maine DOT proposes investing $125 million in passenger and freight rail AUGUSTA — Lawmakers on the Legislature’s Transportation Committee heard Tuesday from a diverse lineup of speakers touting a bill that would complete a study examining the economic impacts of a passenger rail link between Portland and Lewiston-Auburn. The study would also develop a […]
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Bill would put passenger rail on track for Lewiston and Auburn
AUGUSTA — Expanding passenger rail service from Portland to Lewiston-Auburn has been a decades-long struggle for local business and rail advocates, and a bill before the state Legislature could finally help advance that effort. State Rep. Jared Golden, D-Lewiston, is hoping his bill will provide the push needed to link the Twin Cities to Amtrak’s […]
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From Afghanistan to Augusta, Jared Golden says desire to serve drives him
LEWISTON — When state Rep. Jared Golden thinks about Maine veterans, he does it from a personal perspective. Serving his first term in the Maine House, Golden, 32, is a Marine Corps veteran of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. It’s why he wanted to be on the Legislature’s Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee. It’s […]
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Consistent revenue, programs top Lewiston’s wish list for state legislators
LEWISTON — City officials may not be expecting anything special under the tree on Christmas, but they did unleash a big list of wishes for state legislators for the coming year. City Administrator Ed Barrett, city councilors and Lewiston school officials asked for everything from more municipal revenue to more authority to deal with truant […]
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Candidate’s two homes prompts question over residence in Lewiston House race
LEWISTON — A city councilor who is also running for the Legislature says she’s always lived at 588 Main St. and concerns that she really lives at 686 College St., which is outside her ward, are unfounded. The Main Street address is in Ward 1, the ward Leslie Dubois represents on the City Council. It’s […]