An analysis done for Progress for Maine pegs the economic impact at more than 2,000 jobs, $64.4 million in new household earnings and at least $45 million in annual tax revenue.
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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Maine judges hear landmark case for pot reimbursements under workers’ comp
A Supreme Judicial Court panel focuses on the conflict between ordering payment for a federally illegal drug and potentially leaving an injured worker to use prescription opioids.
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National marijuana consultants pitch their services to Maine
Maine’s call for information as its recreational marijuana industry emerges leads two big players on the U.S. scene to treat the request as a help-wanted ad.
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Draft bill would allow Maine dispensaries, caregivers to sell recreational marijuana
Medical marijuana caregivers also could join the for-profit adult-use market under the plan, but both are subject to change.
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Lobstermen test new bait as hedge against herring price spikes
With The Nature Conservancy, lobstermen are testing the viability of frozen alewives as an alternative to Atlantic herring.
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Court case presents challenge to medical pot in injury case
A disabled worker says he’s found an effective alternative to opioids, but a paper mill and its insurer won’t pay for what federal law deems illegal.
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Maine lobstermen tap into union network for retail sales
The union is now shipping live Maine lobster caught by its 400 members anywhere in the country.
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Mainers won’t be selling recreational pot by February deadline
The legislative wheels are turning, but too slowly to move marijuana out of the black market this winter.
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Lawmakers propose limits on size of marijuana home grow
The proposal limits to 12 the number of mature pot plants anyone can grow on their property for personal, recreational use.
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Lawmakers head to Denver for pot fact-finding mission
Four members of the committee charged with crafting Maine’s recreational marijuana laws will meet with officials in an attempt to avoid Colorado’s growing pains.