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Maine lawmakers convene for historic meeting during pandemic

by David Sharp
| December 2, 2020 9:27 AM

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — With Gov. Janet Mills in quarantine Wednesday, Maine lawmakers were sworn into office by the state’s chief justice to open a historic session at the Augusta Civic Center that featured the state’s first openly gay House speaker, the first woman to serve as secretary of state, and the first Black woman in a party leadership position.

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