Draft rules are unlikely to contain an exemption to state law barring smoking in public places, so pot would have to be consumed through edibles or tincture.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Federal court should throw out punitive Maine abortion restriction
Allowing only doctors to perform the procedure effectively bars rural Mainers from getting care.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Crony capitalism harms all
Writing laws to enrich the few remains detrimental to all ideologies.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: More than a few Maine seniors need housing help
Gov. LePage focuses on one elderly couple’s plight but fails to take steps that could benefit many others like them.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Foot-dragging won’t ease opioids’ impact in Maine
Recent data show that the death toll is still high – and the lackluster policy response is no help.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Later school start times have fiscal upside, too
The boon would come from higher grades leading to better jobs and greater earnings.
Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-eds, Opinion
Greg Kesich: It’s his story, and Gov. LePage will always tell it how he likes it
The governor prefers short morality plays with clear villains and heroes, which is part of why he struggles.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Ethics panel to consider $16,500 fine for Maine Sen. Andre Cushing
The commission will meet Aug. 30 to vote on its staff recommendation to fine the assistant majority leader for failing to file campaign finance reports in a timely manner.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: In the end, Mainers will reject regulators’ anti-clean-energy rule
The PUC tax on energy produced and used in the home will take effect as an election approaches.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News, Politics
In Legislature, solar bill met a more powerful foe: Doubt
Blindsided by a late question of constitutionality, backers see an effort to preserve incentives undone by seeds of confusion.