AUGUSTA, Maine — After three months in dormancy, the Maine State House is coming alive again as a special legislative session approaches.
Tuesday’s session was called to pass a congressional reapportionment plan. But the agenda has since become so full that it’s uncertain whether the House and Senate can finish all of their work in a single day.
Monday’s schedule includes nearly 50 confirmation hearings for gubernatorial nominations, among them Peter Mills for executive director of the Maine Turnpike Authority and Patricia Aho for commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection.
The hearings are in preparation for Senate confirmation votes Tuesday on 91 of Gov. Paul LePage’s nominees.
Lawmakers must also take up LePage’s bill to bolster bath salts penalties. Abuse of the drug known by that name has increased in Maine, worrying police.