The move is intended to shore up political support for implementing recreational marijuana rules, but advocates say it ignores the will of Maine voters.
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.
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Lawmakers propose new panel to integrate Maine’s medical, recreational marijuana programs
An advisory commission would address one concern listed by Gov. Paul LePage when he vetoed a recreational pot regulation bill last fall, Republicans say.
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Lobstermen speak out against proposal to have Maine’s entire fleet report data
They say the fishery is so large in the state that the current 10 percent requirement gives regulators relevant data.
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Maine lawmakers trying to rein in large medical marijuana growers
At a hearing in Augusta, lawmakers hear several ideas for containing big caregiver operations while leaving small operators alone.
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Groups on opposite sides of cannabis issue craft plan to save legalization bill
After being at odds for years, the groups offer a proposal that would favor medical marijuana providers, prohibit social clubs for 3 years and tax pot at 17.5 percent.
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Lobstermen alarmed at prospect of sharing their secrets with regulators
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission says it needs Maine data to reliably assess stocks.
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Sessions’ move to enforce federal pot laws could kill buzz around Maine’s emerging industry
He reverses Obama’s hands-off policy on enforcement, raising questions for states that have legalized adult-use marijuana.
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Medical providers push back against Maine rules on pot visits
A policy that clouds the validity of telemedicine for medical marijuana patients prompts a petition drive by a traveling physician from Hollis.
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Maine potato farm fined for failing to seek U.S. workers for packing jobs
The U.S. Department of Labor says Green Thumb Farms of Fryeburg also gave them housing and transportation benefits it hadn’t given U.S. workers.
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Portland elver trafficker caught in sting gets jail, another Mainer pleads guilty
A Portland seafood dealer is sentenced to 6 months in jail and a Maine fisherman pleads guilty to trafficking more than $250,000 worth of illegally harvested elvers