Former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, who is running for governor next year, said he would support a special session that makes use of the state’s rainy day fund. Three advocacy organizations — the anti-hunger Full Plates, Full Potential and the liberal Maine Equal Justice and Maine Center for Economic Policy — used a joint news release to say the “all-hands-on-deck moment” requires a special session.
Janet Mills faces calls to convene lawmakers to tackle the shutdown’s fallout
