Pursuant to Maine law (Maine statute 26 MRS 664), effective January 1, 2022, the state minimum wage will increase from $12.15 to $12.75 per hour, based on data recently made available by the U.S. Department of Labors Bureau of Labor Statistics. Maine law requires...
The Mills Administration unveiled a fiscal recovery program to distribute $119.2 million in Federal funding from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) to local governments across Maine. The Local Fiscal Recovery Program is a State pathway to infuse Federal funds...
Governor Janet Mills and Secretary of State Shenna Bellows signed a proclamation announcing a special election for the Maine House District 86 seat will be held Tuesday, November 2, 2021. This House seat was previously held by Representative Justin Fecteau, R-Augusta,...
Opponents of a proposal to replace the state’s privately owned electric companies with a consumer-owned utility have crafted a referendum that could create a new hurdle. Opponents of the proposal to buy out Maine’s two privately held electric utilities are...
Governor Janet Mills has joined her counterparts from nine other states to urge congressional leaders to prioritize climate-change projects in the big spending bills under consideration on Capitol Hill. Mills and other Democratic governors from California to...
The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) is soliciting proposals from qualified law firms to assist the State of Maine with potential legal claims involving polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Maine. PCBs and PFAS are...
A federal judge will decide whether Maine’s mandate that health care workers be vaccinated or lose their jobs violates the U.S Constitution because it does not include a religious exemption. U.S. District Court Judge Jon Levy heard oral arguments on a motion for a...
Maine’s state government had a budget surplus of more than $40 million for the month of August, officials with the governor’s office said. The office of Democratic Gov. Janet Mills said the $42.4 million surplus for the month beat expectations by nearly 12 percent....
Democrats and Republicans struck their first major redistricting deal on Tuesday, when a bipartisan panel released an agreement to redraw the state’s 151 House districts. It is the first set of consensus legislative maps released by the commission. Lawmakers released...
The Mills Administration announced that it will require health care workers in Maine to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect the health and lives of Maine people, safeguard Maine’s health care capacity, and limit the spread of the virus. The Maine Department of...
Governor Janet Mills and members of her administration released the following statements in response to the Sixth Assessment Report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC): “The message of this report could not be clearer: For the sake of our future,...
The Mills Administration announced that it is awarding $25 million in Coronavirus Relief Funds to 14 hospitals and 96 long-term care facilities to help health care organizations recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The awards, which are being allocated by the Maine...
