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3 min read 2022-04-06 01:06:14

Legislators rail against potential rollback of flexible DOD cyber powers

Plans to review and potentially scale back a Trump-era rule providing broad authorities to the Department of Defense to launch offensive and

4 min read 2022-03-09 01:56:28

A little more than a year removed from its role in advancing some of the most significant cybersecurity legislation ever enacted, the Cyberspace

2 min read 2022-03-02 19:37:39

The Senate passed legislation Tuesday evening requiring critical infrastructure owners to report to the feds when they suffer a major cyberattack or

4 min read 2022-02-21 21:15:00

With more than one-third of Americans now working in the gig economy, the concept that such side hustles – or in the case of 23% of gig workers,

3 min read 2022-02-02 02:36:45

People walk past a polling station in Charleston, S.C., on Feb. 29, 2020. A group of U.S. senators on Tuesday introduced draft legislation intended

6 min read 2022-01-26 18:00:00

The pitfalls of being the nominal majority party in an evenly divided Senate were reinforced last week, when Democrats failed to enact two voting

5 min read 2021-12-03 00:00:07

December is a jam-packed month for the Senate, with the legislative Advent calendar including such treats as must-pass government funding and defense

4 min read 2021-11-30 20:22:56

Rep. Chellie Pingree is among the nearly 100 House Democrats who are pushing the Senate to expand immigration protections in President Joe Biden’s

1 min read 2021-11-16 22:05:25

Editor’s note: States Newsroom reporters Ariana Figueroa and Jacob Fischler contributed to this story. President Joe Biden on Monday signed into

1 min read 2021-11-04 20:13:56

Beacon editor Lauren McCauley contributed to this story. “Today would be a great day to abolish the filibuster,” Rep. Chellie Pingree tweeted

1 min read 2021-10-30 02:08:01

An effort earlier this month by the Maine Democratic Party to spur support for Rep. Jared Golden’s reelection in 2022 received a chilly response,

1 min read 2021-10-29 00:22:38

This week on the Beacon podcast, Cate discusses the first meeting of Maine’s Commission To Develop a Paid Family and Medical Leave Benefits Program

1 min read 2021-09-19 13:21:13

On Aug. 2, 2021, Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina became the first fully vaccinated (for COVID-19) U.S. Senator to disclose he had tested

1 min read 2021-06-29 19:33:42

June 29, 2021 – In the wake of the FDA granting a controversial accelerated approval for Biogen’s aducanumab (Aduhelm) – and Biogen’s

2 min read 2021-04-27 19:57:45

President Joe Biden plans to sign an executive order Tuesday to raise the minimum wage for federal contract workers to $15 an hour, according to