The state Office of Marijuana Policy hopes to have the final version of the proposal to the Legislature before it adjourns for summer break.
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Measure urges tax breaks for Maine employee-owned businesses
The Legislature’s Taxation Committee has yet to act on the bill.
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Impact of new Chinese tariffs still being tallied for Maine
The president of the Maine International Trade Center called the next few weeks critical as negotiators work to avoid having new Chinese tariffs take effect June 1.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, News, Politics
Maine police say bill that would prohibit profiling goes too far
Law enforcement officials say profiling is unacceptable but object to the costs of a measure to mandate training and require police to collect data and investigate complaints.
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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.
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Coalition pushes for rollback of LePage-era tax cuts
But Gov. Janet Mills and leaders of both parties have vowed not to increase state income taxes in the next 2-year budget.
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House sustains Gov. Mills’ first veto
Gov. Mills vetoed a bill that would have banned the sale of gasoline that contains 15 percent ethanol or more in it and an attempt to override the veto fell four votes short in the House of Representatives.
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Legislators consider putting school security videos off-limits to public
Lawmakers try to figure out what footage of schoolchildren should be accessible to people outside the school.
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Legislators may make preventive treatments for newborns mandatory
Health experts say rising numbers of parents refuse needed vitamin K shots that keep some babies from dangerous bleeding.
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As popularity of e-bikes soars, Maine asks if they’re motor vehicles
Battery-assisted bicycles fall into a regulatory gray zone that lawmakers aim to clarify in a bid to boost their use.