Governor Mills Unveils Legislation to Modernize & Strengthen Maine's Business Incentive Program Governor Janet Mills announced legislation to modernize and strengthen the state's business incentive program. The bill, An Act to Modernize Maine's Business Incentive...

Maine’s public advocate warned the Maine Legislature on Thursday the costs of community solar programs for electricity customers are likely to explode in the coming years. Community solar projects, which are funded by passing costs on to nonsubscribers through their...

Governor Janet Mills announced Wednesday that her Administration will use a recently approved $24 million Federal grant to strengthen the State’s early childhood system for Maine children and families. The grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’...

The biggest debate between lawmakers was this week in Augusta. Republicans indicated early in the week that they were negotiating in good faith on a plan to pass a "baseline" budget this week in return for assurances that Democrats would agree to cut income taxes by...

Maine has seen a surge in proposed community solar farms, but they are encountering a serious obstacle: an aging grid that requires expensive upgrades to connect more sources of power to New England homes and businesses, putting the state’s clean energy transition at...

The Transportation Committee has derailed a proposal to require all car and truck drivers to clear their vehicles of snow and ice within 48 hours of a storm, angering some people who have been in serious accidents from the falling debris. The Transportation Committee...

Joined by members of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court and others at the State House, Governor Janet Mills swore in Wayne R. Douglas as Associate Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. Justice Douglas joins the Supreme Judicial Court after more than two decades...

Paid family leave could be coming to Maine Maine could soon join 13 other states and Washington, D.C. that already have paid family leave with a bill that is being worked on by the Legislature. On Tuesday, a committee that studied paid family leave for the last two...

Consumer-owned utility advocates want to nix takeover unless it saves Mainers money Backers of a quasi-state takeover of Maine’s two biggest utilities were in front of lawmakers Thursday making what seemed like a counterintuitive case. The group wants to put a hurdle...