On Tuesday, I wrote about an effort in Maine to abolish separate branches of the state Legislature -- the House and Senate -- and instead move to a unicameral legislature, the way Nebraska does it.
Well, it ain't happening.
Keith Shortall, the public affairs director at the Maine Public Broadcasting Network, reports that the Maine state Senate has killed the bill:
Senators on Wednesday stuck by their earlier vote against the bill. That kills it for the session, even though the House had endorsed the plan. The proposed constitutional amendment would reduce the Legislature to one, 151-member body. The present Legislature has a 151-member House of Representatives and 35-member Senate. The change would have been subject to voter approval.
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