Maine is located in the Northeast region of the USA with Augusta as its capital. Janet Mills (D)  is Governor.

The Maine legislature has 50 Senate members and 100 House members.

Current Position: Governor since 2015
Affiliation: Democrat
Candidate: 2022 Governor
Former Positions: Attorney General from 2013 – 2019; US Representative from 2004 – 2009; State Delegate from 2002 – 2004

Mills was Maine’s first female criminal prosecutor and was an assistant attorney general from 1976 to 1980, prosecuting homicides and other major crimes. In 1980, she was elected district attorney for Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties.

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This budget is an historic investment in the people of Maine, in our future, and in our economic recovery. The dawn of a new, brighter day is here. As we turn the corner on the pandemic, the State of Maine has finally delivered on its promises to the people of our great state…. The balanced budget meets the State’s obligation to pay 55 percent of the cost of K-12 education for the first time in the state’s history, fully restores revenue sharing, provides a $300 hazard payment to Maine workers, and replenishes the Land for Maine’s Future Program…. July 1, 2021

 Governor Janet Mills Briefing May 13, 2021

The Maine Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maine. It is a bicameral body composed of the lower house Maine House of Representatives and the upper house Maine Senate. The Legislature convenes at the State House in Augusta, where it has met since 1832.

The House of Representatives consists of 151 members, each chosen from single-member constituencies. The House is uniquely the only state legislative body in the U.S. to set aside special seats for Native Americans, where there are three non-voting Representatives from the Penobscot Nation, the Passamaquoddy Tribe, and the Houlton Band of Maliseets. The Senate includes a varying number of members, which may under the Maine Constitution be 31, 33, or 35; the present number is 35.

Current Position: US Senator since 1997
Affiliation: Republican
Other Positions:  Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies

Collins worked as a legislative assistant to U.S. Representative and later U.S. Senator William Cohen from 1975 to 1987.[ She was also staff director of the Oversight of Government Management Subcommittee on the United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs from 1981 to 1987. In December 1994, Collins became the founding executive director of the Richard E. Dyke Center for Family Business at Husson College.

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Cyber attacks & intrusions give our adversaries the opportunity to gather intelligence, steal intellectual property, & harm critical infrastructure. I joined @MarkWarner & @SenRubioPress in introducing a bill to help reduce cyber threats.

Republican Sen. Collins on why she voted to convict | Second Trump impeachment trial

Current Position: US Senator since 2013
Affiliation: Other
Former Position: Governor from 1995 – 2003
Other Positions:  Chair, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
Chair, Subcommittee on National Parks

In 1972, he served as chief counsel to the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Alcoholism and Narcotics. In 1989, King founded Northeast Energy Management, Inc., a company that developed and operated electrical energy conservation projects.

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U.S. water systems are fundamental to everyday American life – but like our pipelines and our food supply, they are vulnerable to dangerous cyberattacks. We must bolster the cybersecurity of all our critical infrastructure.

Full Angus King: In Many States, Being An Independent Is ‘Unthinkable’ | MTP Daily | MSNBC

Maine is a state in the New England region of the United States, bordered by New Hampshire to the west; the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast; and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and northwest, respectively. Maine is the 12th-smallest by area, the 9th-least populous, and the 13th-least densely populated of the 50 U.S. states. It is also the northeasternmost among the contiguous United States, the northernmost state east of the Great Lakes, the only state whose name consists of a single syllable, and the only state to border only one other state. Maine is known for its jagged, rocky coastline; low, rolling mountains; heavily forested interior; picturesque waterways; and its seafood cuisine, especially lobster and clams. There is a humid continental climate throughout most of the state, including coastal areas. Its most populous city is Portland, and its capital is Augusta.

Government Website    Wikipedia page

The US onAir Network will be working with volunteers from Maine universities, colleges, and nonprofit organizations to oversee the curation and moderation of posts, aircasts (online discussions), and in person events for the Maine onAir Hub …  related to federal, state, and local elections and government.

Our first outreach will be to University of Maine partly because of its proximity to the state capital. We have identified many of University of Maine’s civic engagement, academic, internship and research programs related to making democracy and civic responsibility a focus of higher learning on their campus … for students, faculty, staff, and local community. This post, over time, will have similar information on other collaborating organizations in the state.

Contact ben.murphy@onair.cc for more information on how to involve your organization.