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 […]
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine’s Democratic governor has told federal regulators that the state won’t move forward on her predecessor’s plan to require certain Medicaid recipients to work or volunteer. Gov. Janet Mills wrote Tuesday to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that she’s instead directing Maine’s health and labor agencies to help prepare […]
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine has the lowest gas prices in northern New England, though Vermont saw the biggest drop in prices over the last week. The latest surveys from GasBuddy show prices in Maine fell less than one cent per gallon to an average of $2.23 per gallon. In New Hampshire, the prices dropped […]
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Democrats with newfound control over Maine’s Legislature have proposed bills to expand access to health care, eliminate restrictions on solar projects, forgive student debt and promote firearms safety. Meanwhile, other bills — proposed by Democrats, Republicans and independents — would tackle the opioid crisis, the roll-out marijuana sales and the future […]
BAR HARBOR, Maine (AP) — Maine’s congressional delegation is making a new attempt to address problems with the boundaries of Acadia National Park that complicate the harvest of clams and worms. The four members of the delegation say they’ve introduced legislation in the Senate and House of Representatives to protect the rights of clammers and […]
