On April 7, the Maine Legislature’s Labor and Housing Committee voted 8 to 4 to adopt a new sponsor’s amendment…
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The Maine Senate on April 7 voted to indefinitely postpone a bill that would have doubled the state’s vehicle inspection…
The House of Representatives on April 5 failed to pass a bill that would have created a ballot question asking…
The 130th Maine Legislature is currently scheduled to adjourn its second session on April 20, giving legislators a little more…
A bill to keep veterans’ homes in Machias and Caribou open was passed by the Senate and signed into law…
For the last two school years, Maine has received a waiver from the federal government exempting it from federal reporting…
Both the House of Representatives and the Senate met on March 29 for the ninth legislative day of the 130th…
During a joint session of the Maine Legislature on March 24, the Senate finally passed 15 pieces of legislation. The…
Maine’s unemployment rate was 4 percent in February, a small change from January’s rate of 4.1 percent. The number of…
A disagreement between the presiding officers of the Maine Legislature––House Speaker Ryan Fecteau (D-Biddeford) and Senate President Troy Jackson (D-Aroostook)––resulted…
Both chambers of the Maine Legislature convened on March 22 for the first of two scheduled sessions this week. The…
On March 18, the Maine Legislature’s Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology held a work session on Gov. Janet Mills’…
During a work session on a bill proposing to return surplus money to taxpayers, Democrats on the Maine Legislature’s Committee…
Gov. Janet Mills unveiled her change package to the supplemental budget on March 18, which spends all but $20 million…
The Maine Legislature’s Committee on Labor and Housing (LBHS) on March 16 voted to advance an amended version of Speaker of…
Maine’s unemployment rate was unchanged from December 2021 to January 2022. The unemployment rate remained at 4.1% in January. The…
The Maine Legislature’s Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (IFW) voted against a bill Monday that would have allowed Mainers…
For the sixth time during the 130th Maine Legislature’s second session, the House of Representatives and Senate met on March…
Approximately five months after being forced to vacate the position of state auditor, Matt Dunlap has received internal auditor credentials.…
With the retail price of gasoline in Maine over $4 per gallon and matching the national average, Republican legislators seek…
The Maine Legislature’s Committee on Labor and Housing held a public hearing March 7 on a bill that would make…
The Maine Legislature’s Committee on Health and Human Services (HHS) voted to advance two pieces of legislation which would replace…
Maine’s Legislative Council voted unanimously on March 3 to change its requirement that legislators and staff wear masks inside the…
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and Maine Department of Education (DOE) will drop its statewide recommendation…
Maine’s General Fund revenue forecast will increase by approximately $411.6 million following a March 1 meeting of the Revenue Forecasting…
On February 28, Gov. Janet Mills signed a proclamation expressing solidarity with the people of Ukraine and called on the…
The Maine Legislature’s Committee on Innovation, Development, Economic Advancement and Business convened on February 22 to hold a public hearing…
The Maine Legislature convened on February 23 to debate several pieces of legislation, including a bill that would ban the…
The Maine Legislature’s Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee held a public hearing February 22 on LD 1959, a bill presented…
Emil Westerlund recently left the University of Maine’s (UMaine) men’s ice hockey team because he did not want to receive…
At least nine Maine hospitals are not complying with a federal price transparency rule, according to the findings of a…
The Maine Legislature’s Committee on Labor and Housing held a public hearing on February 14 concerning LD 1673, a bill…
On February 15, Gov. Janet Mills released her supplemental budget proposal, which includes $850 million in proposed spending and provides…
During her annual State of the State address, Gov. Janet Mills announced her intention to return $411 million of the…
The Maine Legislature’s Committee on Health and Human Services (HHS) convened on February 9 to hold public hearings on two…
The Maine Legislature’s Committee on Marine Resources (MAR) met on February 8 to discuss two bills intended to help the…
The Portland City Council voted unanimously on February 7 to ban the sale of flavored tobacco products in the city.…
On February 7, Gov. Janet Mills unveiled an $8 million proposal intended to strengthen Maine’s child welfare system that will…
In late January, Gov. Janet Mills announced her administration has partnered with The Rockefeller Foundation to launch a pilot program…
The Maine Legislature will vote on a bill this session intended to protect the rights of student-athletes to profit from…
On February 2, Gov. Janet Mills unveiled draft legislation intended to reform oversight of Maine’s private utility companies. Included in…
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is updating the processes it uses to track and respond to…
The Legislative Council met on January 27 and considered after-deadline bill requests to be introduced during the Maine Legislature’s ongoing…
Maine’s truancy rate tripled between the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 school years, increasing from just under 5% to just under 15%.…
Members of the Maine Legislature’s House of Representatives failed to override Gov. Janet Mills’ veto on Wednesday of a bill…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills will deliver the State of the State address on February 10. She will not release her…
Maine’s unemployment rate decreased slightly to 4.7% in December 2021, according to a release issued Tuesday by the Maine Department…
A preliminary estimate of drug-related deaths indicates 636 people died in Maine as a result of drug overdoses in 2021,…
The Maine Legislature’s Committee on Labor and Housing voted not to move LD 555, a bill that would have given…
On January 13, the Supreme Court blocked enforcement of the Occupational Health and Safety Administration’s (OSHA) Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS)…
On January 12, the Maine Department of Education (DOE) and the Maine Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced…
St. Mary’s Hospital in Lewiston has implemented a policy allowing employees who test positive for COVID-19 to come to work…
The Maine Legislature’s Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee held a public hearing Wednesday on LD 327, a Republican-sponsored bill intended…
The January 11 special election for House District 27, which includes parts of Scarborough and Gorham, ended in victory for…
On January 10, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) and U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced a joint temporary action…
On January 7, Gov. Janet Mills vetoed LD 151, a bill that would have allowed farmworkers to collectively bargain in…
On January 1, Maine’s minimum wage increased to $12.75 per hour. The increase is the result of a law passed…
The second session of the 130th Maine Legislature began on January 5, with both the Senate and House of Representatives…
The Portland City Council voted to repeal the city’s declaration of emergency and implement an indoor mask mandate at its…
On December 30, the Maine Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Maine Department of Education (DOE) announced…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…