The administration begins soliciting proposals to install panels that are expected to generate half the electricity used at the governor’s mansion in Augusta.
Janet Mills
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Commentary: Legislature must act on bill that protects right of patients, doctors to set course of treatment
Many insurance companies use ‘step therapy,’ which requires policyholders to fail on an insurer-approved medicine before they can access their favored treatment.
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Mills backs bill to have state guarantee loans to unpaid federal employees
The emergency bill aims to ease financial pressures on 1,100 Mainers who are working during the government shutdown but haven’t been paid.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Mills picks longtime lobbyist for doctors to lead Maine’s response to opioid crisis
Gordon Smith, executive vice president of the Maine Medical Association since 1993, will coordinate state efforts to combat an epidemic that persists in communities across the state.
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Mills set to name ‘opioid czar’ for Maine this week
Maine’s Democratic governor will announce on Thursday her choice for a new state position, director of opioid response.
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Mills appoints senior adviser for tribal affairs as state tries to improve relations
Donna Loring, a former police chief and Penobscot Nation representative to the Legislature, will serve as a liaison between the Mills administration and tribal governments.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Maine Gov. Mills rejects work requirements LePage sought for Medicaid
The Trump administration approved the requirements just days before Paul LePage left office, but Gov. Janet Mills says that change would leave more Mainers uninsured.
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Mills says state must be ‘backstop’ against federal efforts to restrict abortion
She declares Tuesday that those who would reduce access to legal abortions ‘are going to have to get through me first.’
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Mills launches official social media accounts
Gov. Janet Mills created new official accounts on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.