AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine’s Republican governor is behind a bill to promote forest products and wood manufacturing jobs through incentives. Democratic Sen. James Dill is sponsoring Gov. Paul LePage’s bill, which is set for a Monday hearing. An energy project such as biomass energy from manufacturing residue that provides three jobs per installed megawatt capacity […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — A Republican lawmaker wants to make accommodations for Maine children prescribed medical marijuana. Rep. Deborah Sanderson’s bill would allow kids prescribed medical marijuana to receive it from certain medical providers on school grounds. The bill is scheduled for a Wednesday hearing. Current law allows the child’s primary caregiver to possess and administer […]

SCARBOROUGH (AP) — Fishing regulators are holding public hearings about potential changes to lobster and crab fishing rules in states up and down the East Coast. The interstate Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission says the proposed rules are designed to improve harvest reporting and data collection about lobsters and Jonah crabs. They would include using […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine’s secretary of state is accusing the U.S. Justice Department of “contempt for the rule of law” for declining to give him documents from the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, on which he served. Matthew Dunlap sued in November, contending the commission violated the Federal Advisory Committee Act by denying him […]

SKOWHEGAN (AP) — A Skowhegan man has died in a fire inside his mobile home. Officials say the body of 53- year-old William Lashon was found inside the home Saturday afternoon by Skowhegan police. Officials believe he died sometime on Friday. A relative and a neighbor had called police to check on Lashon who had […]

(AP) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded nearly $340,000 to the state of Maine to support the state’s efforts to reduce diesel pollution. U.S. Sens. Susan Collins, a Republican, and Angus King, an independent, say the money awarded through the EPA’s State Clean Diesel Program will be supplemented by more than $225,000 in state […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Legislative leaders are inviting Republican Gov. Paul LePage to deliver a final State of the State address to a joint session of the Maine Legislature. Democratic House Speaker Sara Gideon and Republican Senate President Mike Thibodeau on Tuesday invited LePage to give his address on Feb. 13. LePage gave his address in […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Former Maine Senate president and Portland mayor Gerard Conley Sr. has died. A spokeswoman for the Conroy- Tully Walker Funeral Home confirms Conley died Thursday at age 88. The Portland Press Herald reports Conley began in the Maine House of Representatives in 1964. He would later be elected to the state Senate, […]

UNITY (AP) — A college in Maine is hosting the largest environmental career fair in New England in the hopes of connecting job seekers with green careers. Unity College is hosting the Environmental Career Fair on its campus on March 6. College president Melik Peter Khoury says the event will bring together employers who are […]