Generous welfare benefits and the Governor’s call for 75,000 “new Mainers” have fueled the crisis This is Representative Jennifer Poirier of Skowhegan with the Weekly Republican Address. In 2019, before Governor Mills’ pandemic lockdown, housing was affordable and home ownership was within reach of the average working family. A young couple with decent jobs could
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Bangor Daily News by Opinion Contributor Jennifer Poirier of Skowhegan represents District 70 in the Maine House of Representatives. In a May 9 column titled, “Harmful misinformation can’t distract from tribal progress in Maine,” Penobscot Nation Chief Kirk Francis and Ambassador Maulian Bryant said that my floor speech for LD 2007, An Act to Advance Self-determination for Wabanaki Nations,
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Seeks to ensure that the state does not take control away from parents STATE HOUSE– Rep. Jennifer Poirier (R-Skowhegan) has introduced a bill to ensure that parents have control over the upbringing and education of their children. LD 1953 – RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Establish a Parental Bill of
Members of the Legislature’s Judiciary Committee vote unanimously to increase the funding proposed in the Governor’s supplemental budget from $1 million to $6 million STATEHOUSE – In a 14-0 unanimous vote, the Legislature’s Judiciary Committee endorsed a proposal by legislative Republicans on Thursday to increase the funding for the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services
