PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Thanks to a proposal for $258 million in incentives, Democratic Gov. Janet Mills announced Thursday she’s giving her support to a 145-mile transmission line that would supply hydropower from Canada to electricity consumers in Massachusetts. The $1 billion New England Clean Energy Connect will reduce the region’s reliance on fossil fuels […]
BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A lease letter obligates the state to pay $11.3 million over 30 years for a psychiatric residence that was supposed to cost $2 million to $3 million to build. It also bars the state from terminating the lease to operate a similar facility elsewhere. The Bangor Daily News reports that documents […]
ORONO, Maine (AP) — Police say a standout football player at the University of Maine has been arrested and charged with domestic violence assault. Police say Ramon Jefferson was arrested at his home by Old Town police Wednesday night. They say police responded to a Bangor residence after receiving a call, and a woman who […]
ORLAND, Maine (AP) — Investigators say a Maine man died when he returned to a burning house to get his dog. Maine Public Safety Department spokesman Steve McCausland said the man escaped the fire with the rest of his family before going back inside Monday evening in the town of Orland. Firefighters found his body […]
BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Records show that Maine Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins had the best fundraising quarter of her career after she delivered a pivotal vote that helped seat Brett Kavanaugh on the U.S. Supreme Court. The Bangor Daily News reports that after announcing her decision to vote in favor of Kavanaugh’s nomination during […]
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine’s new governor says she’ll soon deliver her address on the state’s budget to lawmakers. Democratic Gov. Janet Mills said Thursday that she will deliver the State of the Budget address to the Maine House and Senate on Feb. 11, two days after her budget proposal is due. Mills says she’ll […]
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Freshman Democratic Congressman Jared Golden has introduced a bipartisan bill that would withhold pay from members of Congress and the president during government shutdowns. Golden introduced the legislation Tuesday alongside other newly-elected lawmakers: Texas Republican Rep. Dan Crenshaw and New York Democratic Rep. Max Rose. Golden says the Solidarity in Salary […]
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A lawmaker is proposing to launch a consumer-owned Maine power utility. Democratic Rep. Seth Berry said in a Monday press conference that consumers would own the Maine Power Delivery Authority, which would operate outside of state government. Berry says the authority would then purchase Maine’s two utilities and then reduce rates […]
BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A trial is set for the last of three people charged in a home invasion that left a Maine man dead. Prosecutors say Tony Locklear, Alexis Locklear and her boyfriend, 39-year-old Christopher Murray, shot Wayne Lapierre and his wife at their home in Millinocket in December 2017. Wayne Lapierre later died […]
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine House Republicans are opposing a push to prevent legislators from photographing or videotaping each other during floor debate. The Maine House could take up the issue as early as Thursday. The House Committee on House Rules voted 3-2 on Jan. 16 to send the proposed change to the House. House […]
