AUGUSTA, Maine ... to a historic page of the lawmaker. Jerri Whitman, the artist, began making them in 2023, was inspired by the lack of representation of women in the State House.

The interior of the building is covered in 70-year-old fresco murals that encourage some in the state’s art community to describe it as “Maine’s Sistine Chapel.” The murals were painted by artists in ...

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