Four Maine legislators are pursuing bills to clear some convictions for marijuana possession that today would be legal.
Penelope Overton
Staff Writer
Penny Overton is excited to be the Portland Press Herald’s first climate reporter. Since joining the paper in 2016, she has written about Maine’s lobster and cannabis industries, covered state politics and spent a fellowship year exploring the impact of climate change on the lobster fishery with the Boston Globe’s Spotlight team. Before moving to Maine, she has covered politics, environment, casino gambling and tribal issues in Florida, Connecticut, and Arizona. Her favorite assignments allow her to introduce readers to unusual people, cultures, or subjects. When off the clock, Penny is usually getting lost in a new book at a local coffeehouse, watching foreign crime shows or planning her family’s next adventure.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Maine Cannabis Report, Politics
Marijuana dispensaries’ big donations to Mills inaugural have caregivers crying foul
Three dispensaries, combined, had donated nearly 20 percent of the money collected to usher in the new governor as of Dec. 22.
advertisement
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Politics
Gov. Mills wants fisheries commissioner, 2 other LePage Cabinet members to stay on job
Support for Patrick Keliher, current head of the Department of Marine Resources, came from many sectors of the state’s commercial fishing industry.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News, Politics
Fishing industry lobbies for Maine commissioner to retain his post
Citing regulatory complexities and Patrick Keliher’s capable leadership, several marine trade groups are asking that the commissioner of the Department of Marine Resources stay in Mills’ Cabinet.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Lack of mandated testing could expose cannabis users to toxins
The state is hammering out testing requirements for marijuana products, but until it does, it’s buyer beware.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
New marketing plan will pitch Maine’s soft-shell lobster to fishmongers
The Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative will redirect most of its $2.2 million yearly budget to win over the middlemen.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
New law opens new possibilities for Maine medical marijuana providers
Dispensaries and caregivers can collaborate, rather than compete, under the state’s new rules allowing business-to-business medical cannabis sales.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Lobster exporters looking around the world for new markets to stem losses
Sales to China and Europe are down, so Maine dealers are hustling for new customers and finding them in Southeast Asia.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Fuel up on gas and grass at Maine’s first medical marijuana convenience store
The Atlantic Farms business on Warren Avenue in Portland opens Thursday as new regulations take effect across the state, but bring your medical card and government-issued ID.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Maine taps Los Angeles consulting firm to help write recreational-marijuana rules
BOTEC, which advised Washington state on launching its adult-use market, submitted the lowest bid – $199,000 – of the five applicants.