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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Legislators turn backs on kids by falling short on tobacco control
Maine lawmakers failed to support a life-saving tax increase and a flavored-tobacco ban, and they slashed control funding by over a third.
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Maine Observer: Imagining my brilliant farewell
Maine’s failed ‘Viking funeral’ bill prompts reflection on what it would be like to go out in a blaze of glory.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Mills earns praise, criticism for pandemic response as re-election campaign looms
In an exclusive Blaine House interview, the governor talks about her decisions on COVID-19, vetoes she’s issued and other topics as Maine gears up for 2022 gubernatorial race.
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Maine Voices: Progress stirs long-elusive hope of addressing affordable-housing crisis
Now that leaders in Augusta and Washington have responded, we must design programs that help the people who need it the most.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Legislative session delivers big victories for Maine’s environment
Bipartisan policymaking resulted in laws to conserve land, promote clean energy, address climate change, protect clean water and reduce pollution.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
State offers $10 million in case Portland Harbor dredging grant denied
Portland is again looking for $24 million to remove silt from harbor wharves, and Maine lawmakers will back part of the project if federal money doesn’t come through.
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New law will provide tax relief to thousands of Maine seniors
Under the program designed to help seniors age in place, the state will pay property taxes for those 65 and older who qualify and agree to give the state a lien on their property for eventual repayment.
Posted inLocal & State
Maine eyes commission to study paid family leave in state
The proposal would create a commission that would collect feedback from workers, caregivers, employers and others.
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State government savings reach historic level under Mills administration
Facing criticism from Republicans that she would drain the state’s ‘rainy day fund’ and bankrupt state government, Gov. Janet Mills has grown the state’s budget stabilization fund to nearly $500 million.