Transportation accounts for nearly half of the carbon emissions in Maine and expanding electric vehicle use would help the state achieve its target of reducing greenhouse gases by 45% in 5 years.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
In a first, New England governors push transmission boost to bring wind, hydropower through Maine
The region’s electric grid operator will oversee a more than $1 billion transmission upgrade along the Maine-New Hampshire line.
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Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Illegal grow houses have been entering Maine’s medical weed market for years, even after being busted by police
Four years ago, state officials first investigated a ‘prohibited collective’ of medical caregivers and illegal grow houses identical to the ones later raided by police. Now, 1 in 10 Maine caregivers exhibits the hallmarks of those same operations.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Trump administration finds Maine in violation of Title IX over transgender policy
The decision, dated Feb. 25, came just days after the administration announced its investigation and does not appear to be based on conversations with state officials.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
Mainers are howling about coyote hunting proposal
A legislative committee in Augusta got an earful from both sides about a bill that would limit coyote hunting.
Posted inMaine, News
Bills to find and destroy Maine’s toxic firefighting foam win over legislative committee
The Environment and Natural Resources Committee unanimously endorsed bills to catalog, collect and dispose of Maine’s stockpike of toxic firefighting foam.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel, News
Skowhegan murderer appeals sentence
Jason Servil is appealing his 45-year sentence to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court on the grounds that the judge who sentenced him made several mistakes during a tense hearing last year.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine makes first purchase of farm contaminated by forever chemicals
The state tapped its PFAS relief fund to spend $333,000 to buy a Palermo hay field where sewage sludge was once spread as fertilizer that tested 3 times above the state’s recommended level for safe dairy forage.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Maine Crime, News
Man sentenced for attacking woman with chair in Waterville
Justice Daniel Mitchell said prison time for Kevin W. Henderson could increase the chance he’ll commit new crimes, and agrees to suspend most of his three-year sentence.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel, News, Schools and Education
Oakland-area superintendent says his salary won’t hit taxpayers
Gartley attended Oakland’s budget and advisory meeting Tuesday night to present next year’s estimated school budget and answer questions from the town.