Many Maine jobs are at stake as a proposal to reduce the credits for power fed to the grid from home rooftops is debated at a hearing.
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Without change in state law, Maine IDs won’t get Mainers aboard airplanes in 2018
The Department of Homeland Security tells state officials that it won’t extend its deadlines for Maine to comply with the federal REAL ID law.
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Proposal would prevent PACs from paying Maine lawmakers
The state’s ethics commission will propose such a ban for any legislator with a ‘principal role’ in a political action committee.
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‘Time to move on’? Gov. LePage sends mixed signals on his future
He raises the possibility of not completing his second term, then backs away later while planning to meet with the Democratic legislator he threatened.
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Down-ticket candidates in Maine quiet on race for president
Many running for state office worry that widespread dislike for Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton could adversely affect their chances.
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LePage attorney urges court to dismiss Eves’ appeal of lawsuit
The filing is the latest turn in a dispute between over the governor’s involvement in Good Will-Hinckley’s decision to rescind a job offer to House Speaker Mark Eves.
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Ethics panel fines state Rep. Diane Russell over campaign finance report omission
Another complaint against the Portland Democrat is dismissed by the Maine commission.
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Opiate abuse crisis touches 6 out of 10 Mainers, poll results reveal
A newspaper poll suggests 780,000 residents know someone who has used heroin or abused painkillers, and shows disagreement over the primary causes: Dealers, disease, moral failing or something else?
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Plan for Maine’s largest solar energy farm moves ahead as Sanford approves lease
Yarmouth-based Ranger Solar plans to build an array at the municipal airport that could generate enough electricity to power more than 8,000 homes.
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Marijuana legalization officially in Maine voters’ hands
Lawmakers remove the final procedural hurdle to placing the issue on the November ballot.