WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collins, Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Angus King announced that six Maine police departments have been awarded a total of $2,075,000 through the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grant programs. The various programs overseen by the COPS office support numerous initiatives for local police department  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) today announced grants totaling more than $600,000 from the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) to support recreation in the towns of Littleton and Mexico. The funding will be used to renovate existinginfrastructure and add new features to the Littleton Playground and Mexico Recreation Park."Spending time outside is good for the body and good for the soul," Golden said. "T  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: Senators Angus King (I-ME) and Steve Daines (R-MT), chairman and ranking member of the Subcommittee on National Parks respectively, and John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee, have introduced bipartisan legislation to help combat the housing shortage that the National Park Service (NPS), U.S. Forest Service and other land management agency employees are f  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: Senators Angus King (I-ME) and Kevin Cramer (R-ND), co-chairs of the American-Canadian Economy and Security (ACES) Caucus, are introducing legislation to address a dog importation rule from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that has made traveling worldwide more difficult for military and diplomatic families, and those with service animals, living abroad to bring their dog back to the   more