A bill now before the Legislature could double the units built every year in Maine.
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Maine Compass: Maine conservatives should support land conservation
The bipartisan Land for Maine’s Future program is endangered by the toxic politics seeping into our political culture.
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Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News, Politics
National group advises Maine to invest in community services to reduce juvenile incarcerations
Preliminary findings by the Center for Children’s Law and Policy show that 53% of detained youths were held because the state lacked alternative places to house them safely.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Times Record
Democrats renew push for broadband expansion with $15 million proposal
Lawmakers rejected a borrowing plan for broadband investment last year, but a new bill would tap into the state’s General Fund to support a plan developed by the ConnectME Authority.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine’s opioid epidemic is far from over
We’re doing most of the right things to save lives. We just need to do more.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Maine Compass: Legislature must fund critical investment in housing
L.D. 1645, a proposed tax incentive, will benefit low-income families and seniors around the state.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Times Record
Bill pending in Maine to make producers pay for disposal of packaging
Maine is drafting a first-in-the-nation law to shift the cost of disposing of packaging materials from consumers to private companies.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Lawmakers sideline proposed cellphone ban in parking lots
A bill that would have prohibited use of hand-held phones in parking lots now attempts only to clarify fines and other mistakes in the existing law.
Posted inElections, Maine, News, Politics
House upholds veto of bill to let candidates put their nicknames on ballot
Rep. ‘Billy Bob’ Faulkingham, the bill’s sponsor, says many voters in his district wouldn’t recognize his given name.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics, Times Record
Bill aims to avert large fines in Maine’s hands-free cellphone law
In addition to clarifying that the fine for a first offense is $50, not $170, the bill would make it illegal to use a handheld cellphone while driving through a parking lot.