Our health and economic well-being are bound together, and we can all become weaker when some people are left behind.
Gov. Janet Mills
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Mills vetoes bill calling for forced buyout of CMP and Versant Power
The governor calls the performance of Maine’s electric utilities ‘abysmal’ but says the bill to form a consumer-owned utility was ‘hastily drafted’ could create more problems than it solves.
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Posted inElection 2022, Op-eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Bipartisan Maine budget deal won’t help LePage
Republicans in the Legislature showed that they could work with Democratic lawmakers and the Mills administration to govern through compromise.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Maine needs to better prepare for changing climate – and we can’t do it alone
Our congressional delegation should press for approval of federal funding that will protect Mainers who live and make their livelihood by the rising seas.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Gov. Mills should sign child care bill
A successful program in Somerset County should be given a chance to work in other communities.
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New Maine law prohibits offshore wind farms in state waters
But the compromise still encourages the development of offshore wind technology in federal waters off Maine.
Posted inElections, Local & State, Politics
LePage officially announces bid for governor in 2022
The conservative and controversial Republican served eight years in the Blaine House before being term-limited in 2019, and his entrance into the race all but guarantees a feisty campaign against Gov. Janet Mills.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: People of Maine ready to take next step toward public power
Gov. Mills should sign L.D. 1708 and give Mainers a say in how and where they get their electricity.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: This July Fourth, Maine has earned its fun
Throughout the past year, Mainers put others before themselves.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Maine lawmakers approve landmark recycling reform bill
If signed by Gov. Janet Mills, the bill would make private companies partly responsible for the cost of disposing of packaging waste and improving the state’s recycling system.