The Maine State Police have decided to support the latest effort to require car and truck drivers to remove snow and ice from their vehicles after a storm, saying the inclusion of a 48-hour grace period makes the legislation reasonable and enforceable. In past...
Governor Janet Mills announced on Wednesday, $1.6 million in Maine Jobs & Recovery Plan grant funding to support innovative transportation initiatives by four Maine employers to help them grow and retain their workforce. The grants, administered by the Maine...
The Department of Public Safety estimates that about 30 crashes since November were the result of snow or ice falling off one vehicle and landing on another, according to a spokesperson. Past proposals to outlaw driving with snow- or ice-covered vehicles have failed...
On Thursday, the Governor’s Energy Office released the Maine Offshore Wind Roadmap, a stakeholder-driven comprehensive plan that offers strategies for Maine to gather possible economic, energy, and climate benefits from offshore wind, in conjunction with communities,...
On Tuesday, Governor Janet Mills signed the supplemental budget into law. The Legislature approved the measure last week by a vote of 113-21 in the House and 24-5 in the Senate. It earned the unanimous support of the Legislature’s Appropriations and Financial Affairs...
The Maine Legislature’s Appropriations and Financial Affairs committee reached a unanimous agreement on a supplemental budget that funds operations through the end of June, the next big item for the committee to tackle will be the governor’s proposed $10.3...
There’s a political debate looming at the State House about whether Maine workers should have guaranteed access to paid time off to care for an ailing family member or themselves after an illness or injury. And looming above state lawmakers’ heads is the prospect – or...
In her State of the Budget Address on Tuesday, Governor Janet Mills declared that Maine’s fiscal health is strong and touted her Administration’s budget proposal as tackling many of Maine’s most pressing issues, from the workforce shortage to the housing crunch. The...
Maine would become the 12th state to approve a paid family and medical leave benefit for workers statewide if a proposal passes the state House and Senate and is signed into law by Gov. Janet Mills. State Democratic lawmakers have stepped up lobbying efforts on the...
Governor Janet Mills announced that she has nominated a veteran of the Maine state court system, Superior Court Justice Wayne R. Douglas, to serve as an Associate Justice on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. Justice Douglas has served on the Maine Superior Court and...
Governor Janet Mills announced Tuesday that she will deliver the State of the Budget Address to a Joint Convention of the Legislature in the House Chamber on Tuesday, February 14, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. The Governor was invited to deliver her Address by the Legislature’s...
Janet Mills announced Tuesday that she has nominated Meg Garratt-Reed, Director of the Office of the Health Insurance Marketplace at the Maine Department of Health and Human Services, as Executive Director of the new Office of Affordable Health Care. The Office of...
