The new rates approved by regulators Wednesday will hike Central Maine Power customers’ bills by 11.5% starting Aug. 1.
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Mills vetoes bill calling for forced buyout of CMP and Versant Power
The governor calls the performance of Maine’s electric utilities ‘abysmal’ but says the bill to form a consumer-owned utility was ‘hastily drafted’ could create more problems than it solves.
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Posted inElections, Local & State, Politics
LePage officially announces bid for governor in 2022
The conservative and controversial Republican served eight years in the Blaine House before being term-limited in 2019, and his entrance into the race all but guarantees a feisty campaign against Gov. Janet Mills.
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Maine lawmakers approve landmark recycling reform bill
If signed by Gov. Janet Mills, the bill would make private companies partly responsible for the cost of disposing of packaging waste and improving the state’s recycling system.
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Supporters of tribal gaming bill fail to override Mills veto
The House voted 80-53 to override the governor’s opposition to a bill restoring gaming rights lost in a 1980 legal settlement with the state, short of the two-thirds margin needed.
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Former Gov. LePage files as candidate, sets stage for 2022 run against Mills
The two-term Republican governor has launched a website with a countdown clock that indicates a formal announcement may be made Monday.
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Gov. Mills vetoes bill to provide gaming rights to Maine tribes
Leaders of the 4 tribes reacted harshly to the veto, which was issued just hours before the measure would have become law without the governor’s signature.
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Legislature passes $900 million state budget update
There was broad bipartisan support for the bill, which includes $300 direct payments to Mainers who worked through the pandemic.
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Janet Mills says no to making Maine first in nation to decriminalize prostitution for its victims
The governor this week vetoed a bill that sought to increase penalties for buying sex and drop them for selling sex.
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Bill banning flavored tobacco loses funding in state budget compromise
The legislation, which would bar the sale of menthol cigarettes, could be in jeopardy as a bipartisan budget deal fails to backfill sales tax revenue that would be lost.