SOUTH PORTLAND (AP) — Maine drivers will see lower fines on their speeding tickets starting Monday. WLBZ-TV reports fines for lower end speeding violations have decreased by about 15 percent. Drivers pulled over going 1 to 9 mph over the speed limit will see their ticket go from $134 to $114. Those who are pulled […]
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Maine will no longer suspend driver's licenses over unpaid fines
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine will no longer suspend driver’s licenses over unpaid fines once a new law goes into effect. The law says until October 2021, Maine will no longer automatically suspend driver’s licenses for failure to pay fines unrelated to driving. The American Civil Liberties Union of Maine said suspending driver’s licenses make it […]
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OSHA fines jump 78 percent
Being unsafe just got more expensive. In the first increase in 26 years, Occupational Safety and Health Administration fines just went up 78 percent. Last year, OSHA levied $2.5 million in initial fines in Maine. The increase was prompted by Congress, which told agencies such as OSHA to increase fine amounts annually for inflation going […]
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Group rallies around ballot question to reform Maine campaign laws
AUGUSTA – A group hoping to reform Maine’s campaign finance laws with a statewide ballot question this November rallied at the State House on Tuesday with about 200 supporters in tow. The ballot question requires more disclosures for political advertising and steep increases in the fines for campaigns and candidates that violate Maine election laws. […]
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Lewiston city staff braces for tough audit of storm sewer system
LEWISTON — The city staff is bracing for a tough audit in April that will judge how well they’ve done keeping storm runoff and city sewer overflows out of the city’s streams and the Androscoggin River. Public Works Director David Jones warned councilors Tuesday that the Maine Department of Environmental Protection and the Federal Environmental […]
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Maine committee approves bill on fireworks litter
AUGUSTA — Failing to clean up the debris after a private fireworks show could more easily result in a littering fine if a bill approved by the Legislature’s Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee is passed. The measure specifically adds fireworks debris to the state’s littering laws, but the committee rejected a handful of other […]
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Lewiston council reduces curbside trash fines
LEWISTON — Councilors on Tuesday eased fines against landlords when tenants leave curbside trash illegally. “This is just trying to make it a little bit easier for landlords who, for the most part, are spending their time and effort downtown,” Planning and Code Enforcement Director Gil Arsenault said. “And for the most part, the violations […]