State helps towns and tribes qualify for COVID-19 disaster relief

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Published
June 23, 2020

State helps towns and tribes qualify for COVID-19 disaster relief

Maine will use $35 million of its $1.25 billion in coronavirus relief funds as local match needed for federal disaster relief.
Published
June 18, 2020

Petition seeks ropeless lobster fishing in Gulf of Maine to protect whales

The Pew Charitable Trusts wants to adopt seasonal lobster closures in the Gulf of Maine to protect the endangered right whale.
Published
June 5, 2020

Trump opens marine monument to fishermen, promises trade relief

Reopening this southern New England territory to commercial fishing has political appeal in Maine, but little practical impact.
Published
June 1, 2020

State decision to open adult-use marijuana market to non-residents sparks lawsuit

Maine Cannabis Coalition says the state's decision to violate its own marijuana law will put residents at a competitive disadvantage.
Published
May 13, 2020

Supreme Court justices fear ‘chaos’ if states can’t bind presidential electors’ votes

So-called faithless electors have not been critical to the outcome of a presidential election, but that could change in a contest with a razor-thin margin.
Published
May 10, 2020

The View From Here: The message of the mask

Showing that you care for the wellbeing of others has been twisted into a cause for pointless rebellion.
Published
May 7, 2020

Maine nets $20 million in federal bailout of U.S. fishing industry

Maine's cut of the $300 million in funding under the CARES Act is nation's fifth-highest.
Published
April 8, 2020

Sanders ends bid for presidency, leaving Biden as likely nominee

President Trump sought to foment the tension among Democrats by tweeting Wednesday that the party stacked the race against the Vermont senator.
Published
March 12, 2020

Industry wins some, loses some in changes to medical marijuana reform bill

A legislative committee strips out a ban on small extraction labs, federal background checks, plant size limits and fines from a department-backed bill, but adds a testing requirement.
Published
March 9, 2020

Lawmakers strip secrecy and extraction rules out of marijuana bill

The controversial provisions would have driven up the cost of alcohol-based extractions and allowed marijuana companies to shield certain state license data from the public.