In his veto letter, the governor raises concerns about marijuana impairment and oversight of the medical marijuana program.
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LePage vetoes extended funding for child abuse prevention program
The governor said the program duplicates others. Lawmakers had passed the extension nearly unanimously.
Pharmacy board urged to make overdose antidote available to Mainers younger than 21
Treatment advocates reject an age requirement backed by the LePage administration on the same day the U.S. surgeon general calls for increasing Americans’ access to naloxone.
Biomass owners say director of logging trade group is bad-mouthing business
Stored Solar expects to hear Wednesday whether it will get a continued subsidy for two wood-energy plants, but says false rumors hurt the company’s plans.
Lawyers for Eves, LePage make their cases in federal court
Both sides present oral arguments to the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals about the governor’s right to withhold funding to a charter school because of a hiring dispute involving Eves.
Maine escapes first wave of Chinese tariffs
A visiting diplomat emphasized that the Chinese appetite for Maine lobster continues to grow.
Record number of women expected to run for office
They’re embracing their roles as mothers and hope to draw attention to everyday issues like equal pay and early childhood development.
F. Lee Bailey was a lawyer for O.J. Simpson and Patty Hearst. He says he’d ‘never take on a client’ like Trump.
Now a Yarmouth resident, Bailey says clients who don’t adhere to their lawyers’ advice aren’t worth the trouble.
Maine regulators will investigate shocking increase in some CMP customers’ bills
The Public Utilities Commission wants to take a deeper look at factors that could reveal why more than 1,000 customers of Central Maine Power Co. received inexplicably high bills this winter.
Prospects improve for CMP’s $950 million power line plan
New Hampshire regulators’ delay in making a final decision will likely doom the rival to CMP’s New England Clean Energy Connect.