Although the bill received initial approval, it will need more lawmakers on final passage to impact the regulatory review of CMP’s controversial transmission line proposal.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Gov. Mills’ first veto reveals much
Will the legislative Democrats buck the new governor or fall in line?
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Posted inLocal & State, News
Ogunquit selectmen targeted in recall keep their seats
Residents narrowly vote to keep Chairman Charles Waite and board members Madeline Mooney and Robert Winn Jr. in the town’s first recall election.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine should have a presidential primary
Bringing more people into an important process is well worth the projected cost.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Maine ethics commission rejects Waterville council candidate’s complaint
Former Ward 1 City Council candidate Cathy Weeks and supporters on Wednesday made their case before the ethics commission to investigate an anonymously distributed flyer she says cost her the race.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Prior court rulings would complicate any challenge to Maine’s ranked-choice voting system
Courts have upheld the voting method on several occasions elsewhere in the United States.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Sen. King says Congress should act to ensure integrity of Mueller probe
Maine’s newly re-elected senator says that special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation should not be blocked, and that the Senate Intelligence Committee will continue its own investigation regardless.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Farmington residents greet Mills in her hometown
The governor-elect arrived to find more than 100 people waiting to celebrate her Tuesday election victory.
Posted inLocal & State, Nation & World, Politics
Collins, King, Pingree slam Trump’s proposal to end birthright citizenship
Rep. Bruce Poliquin initially declined comment on the president’s plan, saying he ‘didn’t see that,’ but later issued a statement saying ‘any executive order or law must pass Constitutional muster.’
Posted inHealth, Local & State, Politics
Former state official says Maine fails its poor
The governor’s office responded by saying poverty in Maine has declined over the last eight years and Kevin Concannon’s remarks ‘played on stereotypes of reform.’