AUGUSTA -- The Legislature Wednesday moved closer to enacting a bill that would end an 18-year blockade of alewives from running in most of the St. Croix River. The bill, L.D. 72, passed the Senate, 32-3, on Tuesday. On Wednesday the House voted 123-24, to enact the measure. The margins are sufficient to enact the emergency bill. If signed by Gov. Paul LePage, the bill would allow the spring runs ...
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