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Published
April 1, 2024

Maine lawmakers add more environmental hurdles to a possible lithium mine

The new conditions, which would require legislative approval, would double the number of test borings required to prove the area is safe for open-air mining and cut the maximum size of the pit in half.
Published
March 21, 2024

Lawmakers want to rewrite timeline for Maine’s PFAS product sales ban

The Environment and Natural Resources Committee votes 6-5 to push back the state's ban on the sale of most products that contain forever chemicals to 2032, 2 years later than the current deadline.
Published
March 13, 2024

Activists say Maine public workers’ retirement system is failing to divest from fossil fuels

But the officials who decide how to invest the retirement funds of Maine's government employees said fully divesting from fossil fuel companies would violate their constitutional duty.
Published
March 3, 2024

Nikki Haley urges Maine voters to choose ‘a new-generation leader’ over ‘two 80-year-old candidates’

The former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador made a campaign stop in Portland on Sunday night ahead of the Super Tuesday primaries.
Published
February 29, 2024

Proposed lithium mine in western Maine clears key hurdle

New rules recommended by the Board of Environmental Protection would allow the testing needed to build an open-pit mine over a large lithium-rich deposit at Plumbago Mountain in Newry.

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Published
February 28, 2024

Maine House approves food waste recycling mandate

The bill would require some large producers of food waste to find beneficial uses rather than put it into the waste stream.
Published
January 25, 2024

Collins, King optimistic Senate will pass border deal over Trump opposition

Sen. Susan Collins believes the pressure to reach an agreement is going to be greater than the former president's effort to derail a deal so he can campaign on immigration.
Published
January 17, 2024

Opinion: It’s time to fix Washington

We need wholesale change in Congress and constitutional reforms to really create a government representative of and responsive to its citizenry.
Published
October 22, 2023

Jim Fossel: Legislature must restore integrity of second session

For years, the second session has been abused by politicians in Augusta. Enough.
Published
October 8, 2023

A new biography of the late Judge Frank M. Coffin does a remarkable man justice

'A Man for All Branches' relates Coffin's impressive career and captures his equally notable devotion to his family.