A bill has passed initial votes in both the Maine State House and Senate that would prevent landlords in public housing from banning tenants from having guns.
State Senator Roger Katz of Augusta had sponsored the bill LS 1270, that would allow physician-assisted suicide in Maine but only with conditions that include the patient has to take lethal drugs by his or her own hand after significant counseling from health care professionals.
Maine has moved closer to becoming a state that will permit its residents to carry a concealed handgun without a permit. Thursday, the Maine house approved an amendment that would allow anyone older than 21, who isn't prohibited from owning a firearm, to carry a hidden handgun. Members of the military would be afforded the same right as long as they are older than 18 years old.
The Maine State House will be discussing a bill today that will allow schools to extend the school day by an hour in order to make up for all of the snow days that have occurred this winter.
There has been a bill introduced to the Missouri State Legislature, House Bill 1624. It’s a bill to have the ‘high five’ as the official greeting of the state of Missouri. House Representative Courtney Allen Curtis introduced the bill as a way to get children involved in the political process.