Former House Minority Leader Joe Bruno of Raymond will lead the advisory committee that will establish Maine’s Health Insurance Exchange, Gov. Paul LePage announced last week. Most of the other nine members are lobbyists or executives with health insurance companies.

Michelle Obama is scheduled to visit Maine in late September to attend two fundraising events.

AUGUSTA — Maine’s Department of Environmental Protection has moved forward to implement rules of the recently passed ban on certain products containing the chemical bisphenol-A, according to the group that had criticized the DEP for a lack of progress.

AUGUSTA — The Maine Heritage Policy Center, a Portland-based conservative think tank, announced Tuesday that Lance Dutson of Portland will take over as the group’s chief executive officer.

Lance Dutson, a former spokesman for the Maine Republican Party and Republican House Speaker, to be the new executive director of the Maine Heritage Policy Center.

The Maine People’s Alliance and its partners have a decision to make this week about their effort to preserve people’s ability to register to vote on Election Day. They will decide whether they have gathered enough signatures to put a question on the November ballot or keep collecting signatures and put the question on the ballot in June.

AUGUSTA — At the Portland Fish Exchange, there’s a hint of politics in the air, from a recent visit by the state’s new top marine official to a political letter taped to the customer service window.