AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine is requesting another extension to the Real ID requirement because the latest waiver is due to expire in little more than a month. The state’s current waiver expires on Oct. 10 for complying with Real ID requirements for driver’s licenses to be used to board commercial airplanes. Secretary of State […]
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — More than $20 million in surplus tax revenues are flowing into Maine’s coffers. Maine Finance Commissioner Alec Porteous said the state’s revenues in July exceeded estimates by $20.8 million. Porteous said that’s thanks to growth in individual income tax, corporate income tax and sales and use tax. The monthly surplus was […]
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A new report finds that conditions at a Maine psychiatric hospital have improved for both patients and workers. The Kennebec Journal reports a report filed in Kennebec County Superior Court last week finds fewer mandatory overtime shifts at Riverview Psychiatric Center. Daniel Wathen filed the report as part of his role […]
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A group of organizations is getting more than $2 million in grants to use engineering to try to reduce bycatch in fisheries. Bycatch is the term for when fish and other animals are accidentally caught with gear that was seeking a different species. Bycatch poses problems for rare species of dolphins, […]
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Lawyers representing a Maine man accused of killing a county sheriff’s deputy have requested that the court suppress statements their client made to arresting officers. Twenty-nine-year-old John Williams appeared in a Portland court Tuesday. Williams has pleaded not guilty to a murder charge in the April 25 death of Somerset County […]
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine lawmakers have approved reforms to the state child welfare system in a rare session late in the summer. Lawmakers Thursday night gave final approval to a series of proposals, the biggest of which will provide $21 million to the Maine child welfare system. Lawmakers also rejected a proposal to make […]
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Democratic Attorney General Janet Mills is threatening to sue Republican Gov. Paul LePage for refusing to sign routine financial orders that have held up nearly $5 million owed to her office. Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Bolton told LePage’s finance commissioner Alec Porteous in a letter this month that Mills could pursue […]
