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PublishedApril 26, 2021
Bills to constrain governor’s executive powers rejected on party-line votes
The proposals to require more legislative oversight of civil state of emergency declarations were voted down by majority Democrats on the State and Local Government Committee.
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PublishedApril 26, 2021
Maine’s population grew 2.6% from last census, far below national rate of 7.4%
The Census Bureau released state population counts Monday, but more detailed demographic data will not be released until the summer.
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PublishedApril 26, 2021
Republican Sunbelt gains congressional seats as census shows population shift
For the first time in 170 years of statehood, California is losing a congressional seat.
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PublishedApril 24, 2021
Waterville residents advocate for emergency insulin program
A 14-year-old boy, his mother and a woman who lost her son to Type 1 diabetes and the high cost of insulin testified before a legislative panel last week at a public hearing in support of LD 673, "An Act to Create the Insulin Safety Net Program."
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PublishedApril 23, 2021
Municipalities push to retain remote meeting capabilities adopted for pandemic
Maine was one of only seven states before the COVID-19 pandemic that did not allow municipalities to hold remote meetings. But attitudes have shifted in the past year.
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PublishedApril 23, 2021
Caitlyn Jenner says she will run for governor of California
Republican Caitlyn Jenner says she will run for governor of California
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PublishedApril 22, 2021
House approves D.C. statehood as Senate fight looms
Republicans oppose the idea given that the new state would be overwhelmingly Democratic.
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PublishedApril 18, 2021
Maine redistricting thrown into confusion by census delay, constitutional Catch-22
The state’s process insulates against gerrymandering, unless one party has supermajority control of the Legislature.
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PublishedApril 17, 2021
Mills has a chance to fill key energy post as LePage appointee’s PUC term ends
The 6-year term of Bruce Williamson, an economist who was nominated to the Maine Public Utilities Commission by then-Gov. Paul LePage in 2015, ended in March.
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PublishedApril 15, 2021
Gallows or guillotine? The chilling debate on TheDonald.win before the Capitol siege
The conversations that flowed freely and visibly on TheDonald.win for weeks underscore the openly violent intent of some of the thousands of Trump enthusiasts who thronged the Capitol on Jan. 6, as well as the intelligence failures of the authorities.
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