The proposed cuts, aimed at reducing tax burden on residents, come with legal uncertainty and other potential costs.
Maine
Local and state news from the Sun Journal.
Posted inMaine, News
Mills agrees to $2,000 checks for state workers, new pay study
The agreement is expected to cost an estimated $23 million and stems from a labor complaint filed in February by the largest union representing state employees.
advertisement
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Bullet shatters car window on Pierce Street in Lewiston
Police are investigating the shooting that occurred Tuesday evening.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine utilities will be banned from spending ratepayer money on lobbying, advertising
Years after utilities paid millions of dollars to influence voters about a power line through western Maine, regulators are drafting rules about the kind of ‘educational’ or lobbying activities they can charge to ratepayers.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine cracks down on multiple businesses for contaminating the environment
A Windham car wash is facing thousands of dollars in fines for dumping contaminated wastewater, and the state is considering consent agreements with other businesses, including a garage that caused an oil spill that closed Willard Beach for 4 days.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Rockland invites more cruise ships amid uncertainty
Many in this small seaside city look to Bar Harbor, where thousands of cruise ship passengers crowd the streets and sidewalks from spring through fall.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Schools & Education
Auburn’s new student handbook bans food deliveries to schools
Other changes outline protocols for Narcan storage and administration, as well as updated safety response actions.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, Oxford Hills
Dixfield man remains jailed after infant overdose in Mexico
Timothy Child was arrested Monday afternoon after police and rescue crews went to the home and found the 9-month-old unconscious and having difficulty breathing, her skin bluish in color.
Posted inFranklin, Maine, News, The Franklin Journal
Apartment burglarized, ransacked on School Street in Rangeley
Rangeley Police Richard Caton IV is asking that anyone who may know something about the case to call Franklin County dispatch at 207-778-6140.
