Sean P. Murphy, Boston Globe – A group of former customers of a Worcester home heating fuel company have won a major legal victory after a judge ruled their lawsuit against the company can go forward as a class action. A handful of former customers first filed...
Governor Janet Mills announced today that she has appointed Ryan Fecteau of Biddeford, former Speaker of the Maine of House of Representatives, as Senior Advisor for Community Development and Strategic Initiatives in the Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the...
Governor Janet Mills unveiled her Administration’s budget proposal for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-2025 biennium. The proposal builds on her last budget by continuing her free community college initiative for another two years, expanding pre-K, building more housing,...
Many Maine residents will soon receive $450 checks to help cover rising heat and electricity bills this winter after state lawmaker approved an emergency spending bill on Wednesday. The centerpiece of the $473 million spending bill is the $450 checks that could begin...
Janet Mills, Maine’s first female governor began her second four-year term after taking the oath of office Wednesday only hours after signing an emergency $473 million heating and energy relief bill into law. Mills, 74, defeated former two-term Republican Gov. Paul...
December 2nd – Both chambers of Congress have passed a resolution to codify the terms of a September railway labor agreement. It now goes to President Biden for his signature. This binding measure was passed under authority provided to Congress by the Railway...
MAINEHOUSING ISSUES $11 MILLION IN EARLY HEATING ASSISTANCE HELP TRANSFER OF FUNDS HAS ALLOWED THE STATE’S HOUSING FINANCE AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE THE FUNDING TO ELIGIBLE HOMES NEARLY A MONTH EARLY AUGUSTA – MaineHousing Thursday announced it has released $11...
By Matt Curren PORTLAND (WGME) – The high price of energy is turning into a factor in this fall’s elections, with a new survey showing strong support in Maine to not follow California’s lead when it comes to accelerating efforts to “go green.”...
By Michael Shepherd AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine’s leading oil and gas industry group issued a pledge that united Gov. Janet Mills, former Gov. Paul LePage and dozens of other 2022 candidates across the political spectrum on “energy choice.” The wide agreement on a vague...
By Phil Hirschkorn FREEPORT, Maine — Aug. 31, 2022 — Inflated prices, low inventories, and potential supply disruptions are expected to affect Maine in the coming months, a state where 60% of homes rely on heating oil, the most heating oil dependent state in the...
PORTLAND (WGME) – While fuel prices drop, so do fuel supplies. Diesel and heating oil supplies in the Northeast are more than 50 percent below the recent average, according to the Department of Energy. Levels are down for multiple reasons, including the war in...