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On December 30, the Maine Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Maine Department of Education (DOE) announced…
The Mills administration has announced no plans to provide at-home COVID-19 rapid tests for Maine residents, but at-home tests may…
On December 30 Gov. Janet Mills’ administration announced Maine’s Department of Marine Resources (DMR) has been granted intervenor status in…
The Commission to Increase Housing Opportunities in Maine by Studying Zoning and Land Use Restrictions recently submitted its final report…
The number of students enrolled in Maine public schools grew in the 2021-2022 school year from the 2020-2021 school year,…
Eight Maine hospitals will host federal ambulance teams, which will assist the state’s emergency medical services (EMS) workers with non-emergency…
The Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the Future (GOPIF) and the Governor’s Energy Office (GEO) on December 14 released the…
Federal appeals courts recently issued two decisions impacting federal COVID-19 vaccine requirements mandated by President Joe Biden earlier this year.…
According to a schedule released on December 17, the 130th Maine Legislature will hold only two in-person sessions when it…
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki has a theory about why Americans are paying higher prices these days at the…
For the month of November, Maine’s unemployment rate remained at 4.8%, a number that has largely been unchanged since February.…
On December 16, a Maine judge denied a preliminary injunction that would have stopped Question 1, the November ballot initiative…
When the 130th Maine Legislature reconvenes for its second session in January 2022, it will debate the state’s next supplemental…
In March 2021, Gov. Janet Mills signed a bill into law requiring the Legislative Council to study the best method…
Less than one week after announcing she was activating up to 75 members of the National Guard to serve in…
Gov. Janet Mills appeared at a December 8 press conference held by the Maine Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Carson v. Makin, a case involving religious freedom and what…
At the Appropriation and Financial Affairs (AFA) Committee meeting on December 7, Department of Administrative and Financial Services (DAFS) Commissioner…
On December 1, the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), in partnership with the Maine Department of Education,…
The Commission to Create a Plan to Incorporate the Probate Court into the Judicial Branch held its final meeting on…
Maine’s rate of COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes is currently the highest in the nation according to data provided by…
Following its November 23 meeting, the Maine Revenue Forecasting Committee (RFC) upgraded the state’s General Fund revenue forecast. The RFC…
A federal district court judge found that Secretary of State Shenna Bellows violated free association rights of the Libertarian Party…
It’s hard to know what’s real and what’s fake on the internet these days. So when I stumbled on a…
The governors of Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island withdrew their support from the Transportation Climate Initiative (TCI) last week, effectively…
Maine’s workforce conditions in October were little changed from September according to new data released by the Department of Labor…
On November 18, the Legislative Council met to consider appeals to legislative requests that were rejected at its October 25…
In a blow to Maine’s lobster fishermen, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit reinstated a seasonal closure…
A question asking voters whether they want the legislature to direct a commission to study developing legislation that would create…
A three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on November 12 permanently blocked implementation of…
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and Department of Education (DOE) are currently accepting 30-second videos from…
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) on November 10 released its final rule updating the immunization requirements…
The administration of Gov. Janet Mills announced on November 10 it will soon begin distributing “disaster relief payments” passed as…
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on November 6 granted an emergency stay of the Occupational Safety…
Maine’s requirement that healthcare workers at designated healthcare facilities be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 went into enforcement on October 29.…
Early returns on November 2 proved to be indicative of the results for Maine’s three ballot questions, which were all…
The U.S. Supreme Court denied an appeal for injunctive relief on October 29 in a lawsuit seeking to overturn Maine’s…
Recent enrollment numbers released by the Maine Department of Education (DOE) show that the number of students who are being…
On October 25 the Legislative Council met to consider bill requests for the 130th Maine Legislature’s upcoming second session. The…
Gov. Janet Mills held a press conference on October 25 to announce funding for four programs intended to address Maine’s…
Maine’s unemployment rate remained largely unchanged between August and September. The unemployment rate ticked down slightly, from 4.9% in August…
It is now less than a month before voters will go to the polls and cast their votes on ballot…
For years, my son has leased land from Christian Camps in Jackman to tap trees for maple syrup, so I’m…
The Portland City Council voted unanimously on October 18 to change the city fee structure for licenses of amusement devices.…
A commission directed by the Maine Legislature to create a plan to incorporate the state’s probate courts into the judicial…
On October 16, a U.S. District Court judge blocked the implementation of a seasonal ban on lobster fishing in Maine…
As of October 7, there have been just under 3,000 reported cases of COVID-19 in Maine schools within the last…
The Maine Legislature’s Republican leadership sent a letter to their Democratic counterparts on October 12 urging them to reconvene the…
As the date of enforcement for Gov. Janet Mills’ COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers approaches, hospitals and emergency medical…
The Legislative Council met on October 7 to discuss its legal response to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA)…
At midnight on October 1, the position of state auditor will become vacant. Maine statute requires that the state auditor…
The Maine Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced the state’s minimum wage will increase by 60 cents on January 1,…
The Maine Legislature convened on September 29 and approved new maps for federal congressional districts, state House of Representatives and…
Arcadia National Bar, an arcade-themed bar in Portland, has been closed since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The bar’s…
Hours ahead of its September 27 deadline, the Apportionment Commission met for the final time and approved new district maps…
Maine’s Apportionment Commission voted to approve new district maps for Maine’s House of Representatives and congressional districts during its September…
Maine’s Legislative Council voted to reinstate its COVID-19 Prevention Policy, which requires face masks to be worn in the State…
According to the Maine Department of Labor’s (DOL) Center for Workforce Research and Information, the number of nonfarm payroll jobs…
Occupational licensing has already been called out for hobbling opportunity, impeding mobility, protecting established practitioners from competition, and for raising…
The Apportionment Commission held a public hearing on September 20 to hear public input on some of the district maps…
In May, the Treasury Department released the Biden administration’s revenue proposals for fiscal year 2022. One aspect of this document…
On September 14, the Maine Legislature’s Committee on Marine Resources met and discussed the impact new rules recently released by…
Approximately 25 percent of jobs in the United States require some kind of occupational license. A condition on which many…
The Apportionment Commission, which is responsible for using the 2020 census data to redraw Maine’s political districts, hopes to hold…
There are a growing number of legal challenges to Gov. Janet Mills’ requirement that healthcare workers receive the COVID-19 vaccine.…
The number of state legislators who have signed a letter calling for President Biden to reverse a recent decision that…
According to Department of Health and Human Service (DHHS) Commissioner Jeanne Lambrew, Maine healthcare workers will not be able to…
Maine’s lobstermen and women are under attack by the Biden Administration after a recent set of rule changes restricting seasonal lobster fishing in 950 square miles of…
New federal regulations created to protect the endangered right whale will close off a nearly 1,000 square mile strip in…
The future of the Shawmut Dam remains in question. Following a draft ruling that announced the Maine Department of Environmental…
Jennifer Bridges knew what was coming when her director at Houston Methodist hospital called her up in June to inquire…
Maine’s Apportionment Commission, which is responsible for using the 2020 census data to reapportion the state’s legislative and federal congressional…
Despite some improvements to Maine’s economy, the leisure and hospitality industries remain among the slowest to recover from the pandemic.…
Though the legislature failed to override Gov. Janet Mills’ veto of a bill that would have created a consumer-owned utility…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills announced a new vaccine requirement for healthcare workers on August 12, and it didn’t take long…
During its August 11 meeting, the Government Oversight Committee (GOC) voted unanimously to endorse a report on the citizen initiative…
The Maine Department of Labor (DOL) announced on August 11 it is extending the deadline for its Back to Work…
According to estimates from the White House, Maine will receive just over $1.9 billion in funding from the Infrastructure Investment…
On August 6, the Maine Department of Labor (DOL) announced that approximately 7,400 unemployment claimants receiving federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance…
On August 4, a citizens’ petition that would put a question about the Transportation Climate Initiative (TCI) on the Massachusetts…
The Maine Department of Labor’s (DOL) Back-to-Work grant program will close applications on Friday, August 6. The program allows employers…
When former Secretary of State Matt Dunlap was sworn in as the state auditor on January 4, he did not…
On August 4, just days after allowing the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) eviction moratorium to expire…
On July 27, the U.S. Senate voted to bring President Joe Biden’s appointee to head the Bureau of Land Management…
Don’t let Gov. Janet Mills play you for a fool. In a recent press release, Mills took credit for Maine’s…
Last week’s economic reports revealed that President Biden has apparently found a DeLorean time machine, equipped with a Chinese-made flux…
On July 19, the Maine Legislature voted to approve a plan for spending the $1.1 billion the state received from…
Though the bill is dead, voters may still see the question LD 1708 would have posed on the ballot next November.
One of the great things about America’s 50-state federal system is that people can vote with their feet in response…
Gov. Janet Mills held a press conference on Tuesday to announce her veto of LD 1708, which would have created…
On July 12, Gov. Janet Mills vetoed LD 1711, which would have allowed whistleblowers to bring a private enforcement action…
Gov. Janet Mills just missed the mark on two controversial and misguided pieces of legislation this week: an extended producer…
A bill that would strengthen protections against civil asset forfeiture, sponsored by Rep. Billy Bob Faulkingham (R-Winter Harbor), became law…
A recent CNBC article highlights a common economic fallacy surrounding the concept of inflation. The author claims that inflation can…
Though Maine’s state of emergency expired on June 30, some changes to rules and regulations instituted through executive order will remain in effect until the end of 2021.
According to data provided by the Maine Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as of July 6, 44.5% of…
If all 300 workers received the $1,500 benefit, the grant program has already paid out $45,000, or 4.5%, of the $10 million available.
The bill passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 123-23 and the Senate by a vote of 32-3. It received bipartisan support in both chambers.
In its July 5 piece, the editorial board of the Bangor Daily News opines that while Governor Mills’ 15-months-plus-long State…