Gov. Janet Mills announced on Thursday that she is the 22nd governor to join a national coalition that has agreed to abide by an international agreement to reduce carbon emissions that the U.S. withdrew from in 2017.
Maine’s response to climate change will be the issue of the day in Augusta as Gov. Janet Mills addresses energy leaders to flesh out plans to fight it and Republicans will rally against a Democratic proposal to enshrine a carbon tax.
Gov. Janet Mills committed on Wednesday to opening a psychiatric facility in Bangor that was the source of conflict between former Gov. Paul LePage and Democratic lawmakers during the final years of his tenure, but with a different scope than LePage’s plan.
Good morning from Augusta. There’s an air of inevitability surrounding legislative Democrats’ push to require paid sick leave, which could be a signature achievement from Maine progressives whose lawmaking hopes have mostly been bottled up for the last eight years.
Good morning from Augusta. Gov. Janet Mills is facing her first not-so-partisan wedge issue after coming out in favor of Central Maine Power’s proposed $1 billion corridor that would deliver Quebec hydropower to Massachusetts through western Maine.
Gov. Janet Mills’ two days of inaugural festivities at the Augusta Civic Center aren’t yet paid for and her inaugural committee is likely going to go past a deadline set out in Maine law to raise more money to cover higher-than-expected costs.
Before getting to work on Gov. Janet Mills’ controversial $8 billion, two-year budget proposal, the Legislature has to clear a small spending proposal from the governor that nevertheless contains a few important policy shifts.
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont is running for president again next year, but things have changed drastically for the 2016 runner-up for the Democratic nomination and winner of the Maine caucuses since four years ago.
Good morning from Augusta. The new Maine Legislature still hasn’t sent any bills to Gov. Janet Mills, but that may change this week as lawmakers also begin their work in earnest to whittle down more than $1.5 billion in borrowing proposals.
Good morning from Augusta, where people are digging out from a storm. So we will shift our attention to Washington, D.C.
