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.
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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.
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Lawmakers support sweeping changes to Maine’s medical marijuana rules
The proposed changes include increasing the number of dispensary licenses and loosening requirements under which medical marijuana can be used.
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Trump nominates former southern Maine police chief to be U.S. Marshal
Theodor G. Short, a former Maine State Police commander, is the retired chief of Kittery and Eliot.
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Owners of hybrids, all-electric vehicles fume over proposal to assess annual fee
Opponents at a public hearing drive home their point that the state plan, aimed at shoring up the highway maintenance fund, is unfair and would punish ‘socially conscious’ consumers.
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Maine legislators split over bill to trim minimum wage increase
But the close 7-6 margin in committee signals the Legislature will do battle over the business-pleasing bill, which also would establish a below-minimum youth or training wage.
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Lawmakers face competing bills to criminalize female genital mutilation
One of the bills, backed by Gov. Paul LePage and sponsored by Scarborough Rep. Heather Sirocki, is being promoted by ACT for America, a national anti-Muslim group.
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LePage taps George Gervais to lead Maine State Housing Authority
Gervais has been with the Department of Economic and Community Development since 2008.
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Maine lawmakers won’t extend moratorium on pot sales, but it’s still not for sale
Absent the state infrastructure to license retail pot, the move will have little impact on towns, a committee co-chair says.
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Tax protesters at Collins’ office won’t face trespass charges
In a deal with the prosecutor, the 9 religious leaders instead make contributions to a victims’ compensation fund.