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AUGUSTA, Maine — The Maine State House was evacuated Wednesday afternoon on the heels of bomb threats that targeted several other state capitols.
Legislatures in at least seven other states also evacuated their buildings Wednesday after a bomb threat that CNN reported was sent to government offices in 23 states. No evidence of explosives had been found in any of them.
Several legislative committees paused their meetings around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday after members were asked to leave the rooms. A legislative staffer said police were sweeping the State House after lawmakers gathered for their first day of business in 2024.
It was not immediately clear whether the Maine State House was targeted by the same threat. Capitol Police Chief Matthew Clancy and Shannon Moss, a spokesperson for the Maine Department of Public Safety, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
