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	Podcast:		Maine Things Considered
	Episode:		AG Mills Faces Backlash From Maine Tribes and Progressive Groups Over Lawsuit
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		0
	Publish Date:		2018-03-15 05:38:23
	Description:		An array of progressive groups and two of Maine's Native American tribes are criticizing Democratic Attorney General Janet Mills for joining a Washington State lawsuit over tribal water rights. The lawsuit is scheduled to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court next month, and its outcome could affect a long standing legal battle in maine over water quality standards in the Penobscot River. This new criticism coming from progressive activists comes just as Mills is attempting to convince Democrats to support her run for governor. The letter criticizing Mills is signed by the leaders of the Penobscot and Passamaquoddy tribes and more than 20 progressive groups. It accuses her of attacking "tribal fishing rights at home and well beyond Maine,” a reference to the Washington State lawsuit and her office's ongoing legal challenge against federal rules affecting water quality standards in the Penobscot River. The arguments in the lawsuits are complicated and technical. But for Mills, the lawsuits
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