The voter-approved restrictions on political action committees were to take effect on Dec. 25, but the state agreed to a 5-month delay as a legal challenge works its way through the court system.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Gov. Mills establishes task force to study potential impact of AI on Maine
The 21-member group will look at how to prepare the state’s economy and workforce for opportunities and risks related to the technology.
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Posted inMaine, News
Top Maine Republicans renew calls to overhaul child protective services
Republicans leaders in the House and Senate seized on Thursday’s letter of no confidence in the Office of Child and Family Services director to criticize the Mills administration.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Westbrook student accused of making threats taken into protective custody
Police are investigating after several high school students were named in ‘threatening messages written by another student.’
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Man accused of killing Westbrook couple waives right to jury
Marcel LaGrange has entered an insanity plea in the slayings of Brittney Cockrell and Michael Hayter and has asked to be tried by a judge instead of a jury of his peers.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine
Central Maine woman charged with murder of teen
Police say the body of a 14-year-old was discovered outside a Sidney home, after a woman reported in Androscoggin County that an incident had taken place at her home.
Posted inBusiness, News
Maine Republicans take aim at public advocate nominee
GOP lawmakers say they will use Heather Sanborn’s confirmation hearing to promote their agenda to limit offshore wind and incentives for solar developers.
Posted inMaine
U.S. Senate approves Collins’ bill to fund urban parks, trails
The funding, contained in a bill co-sponsored by the senior senator, will help create and expand outdoor recreational opportunities in underserved urban communities.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
All 4 members of Maine’s congressional delegation back government funding bill
Maine’s House members noted that the final deal dropped a controversial suspension of the national debt ceiling, which had been backed by President-elect Donald Trump.
Posted inHealth, Maine
Closure of Maine’s rural birthing centers is part of national ‘crisis’
Women living in rural Maine communities are driving long distances to deliver their babies and struggling to access other care, mirroring a trend that’s expected to get worse.