Local & State
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PublishedApril 26, 2024
Mills vetoes bill requiring developers of clean energy projects to work with unions
The bill would have required companies leasing state land for clean energy projects to enter into contract with labor unions.
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PublishedApril 26, 2024
Mills hopes money for Maine ‘co-working’ businesses will help bring, keep remote workers
Eleven communal office companies – including 6 in southern Maine – were awarded a total of $500,000 as part of the Maine Jobs and Recovery Plan.
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PublishedApril 26, 2024
Augusta may allow adult use marijuana businesses, but ban potentially dangerous extraction process
Officials in Augusta want to consider prohibiting or regulating a cannabis extraction process that uses flammable materials.
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PublishedApril 26, 2024
Portland restaurant Esaan closing permanently
The restaurant, displaced by a fire in 2021, had faced operational difficulties this winter because of the chef's ongoing medical crisis.
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PublishedApril 26, 2024
Portland coffee company becomes first in Maine to ratify contract with labor union
Coffee By Design and baristas who are a part of Local 327 of the Laborers' International Union of North America have reached an agreement that includes 2 pay increases within a year.
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PublishedApril 26, 2024
Mills vetoes bill restructuring income tax brackets
The bill aimed to reduce the tax burden for middle-income residents while also raising taxes on the wealthy, but Gov. Janet Mills said it would not provide meaningful relief and could create challenges for state budgeting.
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PublishedApril 26, 2024
Judge considering Woodford Street defendant’s request for new murder trial
In a last-minute deal and after a jury already had reached a verdict, Damion Butterfield pleaded guilty last year to murder in Derald Coffin's fatal shooting.
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PublishedApril 26, 2024
Gorham lawmaker warns Nebraska not to monkey with its electoral votes
State House Majority Leader Maureen Terry says if Nebraska tries to help Donald Trump, Maine may act to boost Joe Biden.
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PublishedApril 26, 2024
Mills signs bill to expand background checks for gun purchases, update ‘yellow flag’ law
The newly signed law, which the governor proposed in the wake of the Lewiston mass shooting, expands requirements for background checks to include private, advertised sales and also updates the existing yellow flag law.
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PublishedApril 26, 2024
Maine State Police investigate fatal crash on Maine Turnpike in Wells
A 53-year-old woman from Albion was killed in the 4-vehicle pileup that brought southbound traffic to a standstill Friday morning.
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