The governor, who has been vaccinated and boosted, said she will monitor her symptoms and isolate for at least five days.
Gov. Janet Mills
Posted inMaine, News
Gov. Mills’ opposition halts tribal sovereignty bill
The Legislature adjourns without funding the legislation, though it’s possible leadership could call another session before lawmakers reconvene May 9 to take up vetoes.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Gov. Mills, lawmakers find common ground
Last minute compromises on utility regulation and the Good Samaritan law make Maine better able to meet its challenges.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Good Samaritan compromise got in the way of good policy
The original version of L.D. 1862 could have saved Mainers’ lives without making government any bigger. What was wrong with that?
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Maine launches website to explain relief check rules
The site answers questions about the $850 checks that will be sent to many Mainers beginning in June.
Posted inMaine, Uncategorized
Maine lawmakers approve $1.2 billion state budget
The Legislature easily passed a budget proposal on Tuesday, including funds to send $850 checks to more than 850,000 Mainers.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Give Passamaquoddy Tribe control over its drinking water
Gov. Mills, who does not support the tribe’s effort in its entirety, should put her concerns aside and sign L.D. 906 into law.
Posted inMaine, News, Uncategorized
Orrington church suing the governor for pandemic restrictions says its case still matters
Calvary Chapel Bangor is still suing the governor for pandemic restrictions on religious gatherings that haven’t been in effect for more than a year.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Mills’ watered-down version of Good Samaritan expansion doesn’t cut it
The legislation as originally introduced would save lives; the bill as amended only hopes we will think it does.
Posted inMaine, Nation & World
Congress hears Rep. Golden’s bill to allow Maine tribes to benefit from future federal Indian laws
Several members of the House indigenous affairs subcommittee were perplexed by the limits the 1980 Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act imposed on the tribes.