Gov. Janet Mills

Published
August 17, 2023

Mills seeks $9 million in federal aid for June rainstorm damage

Gov. Janet Mills asked President Biden to declare separate June rainstorms in Oxford and Franklin counties major disasters so the state can receive federal funding to repair roads, bridges and culverts.
Published
August 15, 2023

Commentary: With Maine governor’s veto, farmworkers were again denied their basic economic rights

We’re concerned that the stakeholders group Mills has set up won’t give farmworkers the state minimum wage and protection from excess overtime they deserve.
Published
August 14, 2023

Maine lawmakers denounce latest neo-Nazi demonstration, call for action

Members of both parties say the rise in white nationalist sentiment, including an event Saturday in Augusta by members of a neo-Nazi group, need to be forcefully condemned.
Published
August 13, 2023

Environmentalists criticize public feedback process for deciding future site of port for offshore wind industry

Maine officials are accused of long favoring Sears Island, the largest undeveloped island in Penobscot Bay, as the future site of the port.
Published
August 2, 2023

Mills signs executive order to begin creation of a state Office for New Americans

It's the first step by her administration to create a centralized place to assist the growing number of immigrants coming to Maine.

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Published
July 30, 2023

Maine Legislature makes history despite tensions between, and within, parties

Major new laws were passed, bringing Mainers paid family and medical leave and expanded access to abortion.
Published
July 29, 2023

Bath Iron Works christens latest destroyer, named after Medal of Honor recipient

Harvey C. Barnum Jr. told a crowd at Bath Iron Works he was humbled and grateful the ship was named after him.
Published
July 28, 2023

Health care workers at refugee camp inspired career of Maine’s new CDC director

Dr. Puthiery Va's family fled Cambodia and she was born in a refugee camp in Thailand before coming to the United States.
Published
July 27, 2023

Biden to visit Auburn manufacturing plant during Maine visit Friday

The president is expected to sign an executive order to boost the incentive to manufacture new inventions in the U.S. while at Auburn Manufacturing.
Published
July 27, 2023

Maine plans to use offshore wind for half its energy needs by 2040

Unlike other projects in the region, the Gulf of Maine wind turbines would showcase floating platform technology because the water is too deep for turbines to be anchored to the ocean floor.