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75 MPH bill cruises out of committee

AUGUSTA — A legislative committee Tuesday unanimously backed a bill that would let the state’s transportation commissioner raise the speed limit to 75 mph on Maine’s interstate highways. The measure next heads to t... 6

Matthew Stone, Bangor Daily News • Maine • Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at 3:50 pm

Bill banning minors from tanning beds passes state House

AUGUSTA — The Maine House voted mostly along party lines Tuesday in favor of a bill that would bar anyone younger than 18 from using commercial tanning beds. Democrats cast the bill, 

Matthew Stone, Bangor Daily News • Maine • Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at 1:05 pm

Bill eliminates 'opt-out' fee for smart meters in Maine

$12 a month, Maine ponders opt out fee
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Mar 27, 2013
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AUGUSTA – The $12 fee that Central Maine Power Co. charges customers who decide they don't want their power metered with a wireless device was the subject of more than six hours of testimony Tuesday. Lawmakers on the Legislature's Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee heard a ra... 11

Scott Thistle, State Politics Editor • Maine • Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Legislation would allow Maine hospitals to determine patients' ability to pay

AUGUSTA –   Saying state rules and federal law would soon be in conflict, Maine hospitals are supporting a resolve in the Legislature that could allow hospitals to do an income means test before providing a patient with free or so-called "charity" care. 1

Scott Thistle, State Politics Editor • Maine • Monday, March 25, 2013 at 5:00 pm

Oil sands through Maine? The battle is on despite no plan

LEWISTON — Somewhere in western Maine, in a steel pipe below the earth, crude oil is making its way north from Portland to refineries in Montreal. More than 5 billion barrels of oil (210 billion gallons) have moved through the pipeline — the only one of its kind connecting interior Canada to a port in the eastern U.S. — since it opened in 1941. 14

Scott Thistle, State Politics Editor • Maine • Sunday, March 24, 2013

Senate bill would provide disaster relief for fishing industry

BOSTON  — U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren has filed an amendment that would provide disaster relief funds for the Northeast fishing industry. Sen. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, has signed on as a co-sponsor. It's the first amendment the Massachusetts Democrat has filed since taking ...

The Associated Press • Business • Friday, March 22, 2013 at 4:10 pm

Bill would release more east-west highway records

AUGUSTA — A bill stemming from the proposed $2 billion east-west highway project across northern Maine, which has stirred a high level of interest in that region, is being reviewed by the Legislature's Transportation Committee. Lawmakers on Friday are holding a hearing on a bill spon...

Glenn Adams, Associated Press • Maine • Friday, March 22, 2013 at 3:35 pm

Congress cuts $30M more out of national parks budget

ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — On the heels of a 5 percent funding cut thanks to sequestration, Congress has reduced the operations budget of the National Park Service by another $30 million. The additional cut was passed as part of a...

Mario Moretto, Bangor Daily News • Maine • Friday, March 22, 2013 at 1:00 pm

LePage opens education summit as critics speak up

AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage’s Putting Students First education summit kicked off Friday morning with strong cases made for student choice, which were appreciated by some in the audience but attacked by some of the state’s education associations. 6

Christopher Cousins, Bangor Daily News • Maine • Friday, March 22, 2013 at 11:50 am

State committee tables bill on Maine handgun permit data

AUGUSTA – In a 6-5 vote Thursday lawmakers on the Legislature's Judiciary Committee tabled a bill that makes confidential the information on permits for concealed handguns in Maine. Much to the disappointment of the bill's sponsor Rep. Corey Wilson, R-Augusta, several lawmakers on th... 2

Scott Thistle, State Politics Editor • Maine • Thursday, March 21, 2013 at 4:45 pm

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