With a strong economy, affordable gas and a decent weather forecast, the Maine Turnpike Authority predicts that traffic volume will top last year’s record-breaking 1 million tolls paid.
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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Medical marijuana caregivers: New rules not as bad as expected
The changes may help the industry legitimize certain practices and protect them better, they say.
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Maine lobster boosters face a startling foe: The industry itself
As the marketing collaborative tries to renew the license surcharge that provides its funding, fishermen ask what they’re getting for the money.
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State tightens rules governing medical marijuana caregivers
New measures that take effect Feb. 1, including surprise inspections and a tracking system, raise concerns among the roughly 3,200 caregivers serving 50,000 patients.
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Republicans say they’ll block marijuana bill again if it isn’t overhauled
Without concessions, they promise to continue to thwart a committee’s attempt to legalize recreational marijuana businesses.
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LePage just says no to bill that would launch Maine’s marijuana market
In his veto letter Friday, the governor said the bill conflicts with federal law, among other concerns.
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Clock ticks down on Gov. LePage’s window to veto marijuana bill
Supporters are trying to rally lawmakers for an override.
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What you need to know about Maine’s delayed pot law
Some say the bill crafted by lawmakers avoids a ‘wild, wild West,’ while others say what voters approved is best.
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Bill to regulate recreational marijuana is in the hands of cannabis critic LePage
But he has said he might support recreational sales if approved by voters, leaving the fate of the market unclear.
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Maine House and Senate pass bill to regulate pot sales, but it’s not veto-proof
Lawmakers say the rules for the marijuana market will help implement the will of Maine voters, but the governor, an opponent of marijuana, may not go along.