Plan to provide heating assistance and relief checks fails in Maine Senate

Gov. Janet Mills

Published
December 7, 2022

Plan to provide heating assistance and relief checks fails in Maine Senate

Republicans in the Maine Senate rejected the bill, which fell short of getting a two-thirds majority needed to pass as emergency legislation and take effect immediately.
Published
December 6, 2022

Gov. Mills proposes $450 relief checks as part of heating assistance package

Gov. Janet Mills and legislative leaders have been trying to find agreement on a relief package that can get bipartisan approval on Wednesday, allowing the aid to be sent to struggling Mainers this winter.
Published
December 5, 2022

Negotiations continue over heating and energy aid for Mainers

While details were not released, another round of relief checks and additional rental assistance are being contemplated, along with direct heating and energy assistance.
Published
December 5, 2022

Judge denies legislators access to child protection files

Members of the Legislature's Government Oversight Committee do not have the right to see confidential files regarding four children who were killed last year, the ruling says.
Published
December 5, 2022

Gov. Mills announces changes in communications office

Press Secretary Lindsay Crete is stepping down, while Communications Director Scott Ogden will become deputy chief of staff.
Published
December 4, 2022

Big issues await legislators in new session, starting with heating Mainers’ homes

When it begins work this week, the 131st Legislature will dig into its first big test: a bipartisan deal on energy relief.
Published
December 2, 2022

Talks continue over home heating aid for Mainers

With fuel oil costs sharply higher than a year ago, the governor said she and legislative leaders will continue to negotiate an aid package over the weekend.
Published
December 1, 2022

Mills announces $5.4 million for climate change projects, green energy jobs

Gov. Janet Mills announced the $5.4 million in new state grants on the 2nd anniversary of Maine's Climate Action Plan.
Published
November 29, 2022

State expects another budget surplus despite economic uncertainty

Gov. Janet Mills said in a statement that an additional $283 million in projected revenue this year would help create an 'emergency winter energy relief program' to help struggling Mainers.
Published
November 13, 2022

Midterms reveal Republican decline across large swaths of Maine

Democrats gained strength across the lower third of the state, holding onto the Blaine House, the Legislature and both U.S. House seats. Republicans confront a party in crisis.