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Some constituents in House District 90 said they want Libby to run for higher office while others want her to resign.
Some constituents in House District 90 said they want Libby to run for higher office while others want her to resign.
LIBBY — Jeff Robertson and Tracie Barnes are the kind of men who know how to fix things, handy as a pocket on a shirt. They have spent their lives working: driving trucks, operating machinery ...
Maine state representative Laurel Libby is allowed to vote for her constituents after three months of being censured, thanks to a 7-2 Supreme Court decision Tuesday. After the state's Democrat ...
The Biden appointee wrote that whether Libby’s punishment violated her rights or those of her constituents “raises many difficult questions” but added that emergency relief is inappropriate ...
Libby refuses to apologize, which means that her constituents effectively do not have representation in the state House, at least with respect to bills that receive a vote on the floor.
Libby has argued that the punishment violates free-speech rights. She said the court’s decision restores a voice in the Legislature for the thousands of constituents she represents.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted a request from Republican Maine state lawmaker Laurel Libby to restore her ... rights had been violated and that her constituents were being disenfranchised ...