Health care workers who say Maine Gov. Janet Mills’ COVID-19 vaccine mandate violated their First Amendment rights scored a victory…
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High energy costs are making Maine increasingly unaffordable for people of average means. Misguided state energy policies are contributing to…
Earlier this month, the Treasury Department approved a plan to invest $110 million “to strengthen or expand broadband infrastructure across the state.”…
In April of 2020, the Press Herald republished a Washington Post article which covered President Trump’s distribution of $1,200 relief checks to…
Maine’s laws regulating metallic mineral mining mean a Newry couple cannot extract an estimated $1.5 billion worth of lithium from…
The $850 checks passed as part of the most recent supplemental budget deal will begin arriving in the mailboxes of…
When the legislature returned to Augusta for veto day on May 9, lawmakers failed to override a single one of…
Gov. Janet Mills has so far vetoed two bills passed during the 130th Legislature’s second session, and more vetoes could…
Though the 130th Maine Legislature will return to Augusta for a veto day on May 9, there are a number…
Lawmakers in both the House of Representatives and Senate met on April 20 and extended the second legislative session, statutorily…
Last week, LD 2003, a bill sponsored by Speaker Ryan Fecteau to reform local and state-level housing policy, passed engrossment votes in…
Mandatory motor vehicle inspections already cost Mainers $14 million and countless hours of wasted time every single year, but just…
On March 18, the Maine Legislature’s Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology held a work session on Gov. Janet Mills’…
Gov. Janet Mills unveiled her change package to the supplemental budget on March 18, which spends all but $20 million…
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and Maine Department of Education (DOE) will drop its statewide recommendation…
Maine’s General Fund revenue forecast will increase by approximately $411.6 million following a March 1 meeting of the Revenue Forecasting…
On February 28, Gov. Janet Mills signed a proclamation expressing solidarity with the people of Ukraine and called on the…
On February 15, Gov. Janet Mills released her supplemental budget proposal, which includes $850 million in proposed spending and provides…
During her annual State of the State address, Gov. Janet Mills announced her intention to return $411 million of the…
The following is Maine Gov. Janet Mills’ State of the State Address as prepared for delivery on February 10, 2022:…
On February 7, Gov. Janet Mills unveiled an $8 million proposal intended to strengthen Maine’s child welfare system that will…
Members of the Maine Legislature’s House of Representatives failed to override Gov. Janet Mills’ veto on Wednesday of a bill…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills will deliver the State of the State address on February 10. She will not release her…
Less than one week after announcing she was activating up to 75 members of the National Guard to serve in…
Gov. Janet Mills appeared at a December 8 press conference held by the Maine Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
Following its November 23 meeting, the Maine Revenue Forecasting Committee (RFC) upgraded the state’s General Fund revenue forecast. The RFC…
Gov. Janet Mills held a press conference on October 25 to announce funding for four programs intended to address Maine’s…
As the date of enforcement for Gov. Janet Mills’ COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers approaches, hospitals and emergency medical…
That darn First Amendment. This week, The Maine Wire learned that the Maine Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…
There are a growing number of legal challenges to Gov. Janet Mills’ requirement that healthcare workers receive the COVID-19 vaccine.…
Gov. Janet Mills’ administration recently announced it is awarding Maine hospitals and long-term care facilities $146 million to support workforce…
On August 12, Maine Governor Janet Mills issued an emergency rule change through the state Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)…
The future of the Shawmut Dam remains in question. Following a draft ruling that announced the Maine Department of Environmental…
Though the legislature failed to override Gov. Janet Mills’ veto of a bill that would have created a consumer-owned utility…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills announced a new vaccine requirement for healthcare workers on August 12, and it didn’t take long…
On August 12, Gov. Janet Mills announced that all Maine healthcare workers will be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19…
The Maine Department of Labor’s (DOL) Back-to-Work grant program will close applications on Friday, August 6. The program allows employers…
It is far past time to reopen the border between the United States and Canada. Even Gov. Janet Mills agrees…
On July 28, Gov. Janet Mills announced updates to Maine’s recommendations for wearing face coverings in indoor settings. The state…
The unemployment rate in Maine remained stuck at 4.8% for the fifth straight month, according to recent report from the…
Don’t let Gov. Janet Mills play you for a fool. In a recent press release, Mills took credit for Maine’s…
Gov. Janet Mills fortunately stopped a sloppy, misguided attempt to put a loaded ballot question to voters in November, but…
On July 19, the Maine Legislature voted to approve a plan for spending the $1.1 billion the state received from…
Though the bill is dead, voters may still see the question LD 1708 would have posed on the ballot next November.
In recent months, we’ve heard a lot about child care in the news and from pundits. Whether it’s the so-called…
Saying “no emergency is going to be perfect,” Facteau outlined his hesitancy to limit the powers the governor has during a time of need in the interview.
Gov. Janet Mills held a press conference on Tuesday to announce her veto of LD 1708, which would have created…
On July 12, Gov. Janet Mills vetoed LD 1711, which would have allowed whistleblowers to bring a private enforcement action…
Gov. Janet Mills just missed the mark on two controversial and misguided pieces of legislation this week: an extended producer…
Though the ban is a win for now, Mills’ next moves towards offshore wind must be vigilantly watched as future development plans take form just off of Maine’s shores.
LD 1117 would have accomplished nothing in terms of lowering prescription drug costs for Mainers, and Mills was right to veto it.
Though Maine’s state of emergency expired on June 30, some changes to rules and regulations instituted through executive order will remain in effect until the end of 2021.
If all 300 workers received the $1,500 benefit, the grant program has already paid out $45,000, or 4.5%, of the $10 million available.
The vetoes, among some of her other recent ones, are a welcome check on ever-expanding state power and restrictions of free markets.
A new report in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) quotes an analysis from economists who found that states that have…
Gov. Janet Mills made the right choice in vetoing LD 920, sponsored by Rep. Christopher Kessler (D-South Portland), a bill…
Should Mainers have to pay more in taxes for buying a new piece of real estate? The Legislature says yes,…
A new bipartisan budget agreement might prove that lawmakers learned a valuable fiscal lesson from the fallout of the pandemic,…
Imagine if California passed a law telling Maine lobstermen how much to charge for their lobsters – in Maine. The…
The governor’s office recently posted veto messages for seven bills rejected by Gov. Janet Mills, the first batch of vetoes…
Governor Mills recently signed into law several bills that affect campaigns and elections in the state of Maine. L.D. 1363:…
Bills passed by the Maine Legislature during its recently convened special session have begun making their way to Gov. Janet…
The Maine Legislature recently passed LD 1117, a bill that would prohibit excessive rises in generic and off-patent prescription drugs…
Even if the allegations in Loder’s lawsuit are not true, the fact that we can’t easily know is reason enough to close the doors of this poisonous arm of government overreach.
On June 16, Gov. Mills announced the creation of a sweepstakes for Mainers who have received at least one dose…
L.D. 231 aims to increase voter turnout and bipartisanship in an increasingly partisan era. In a stark and polarized time, it is refreshing to see lawmakers come together to pass meaningful election reform that transcends party lines.
This study on the nationwide impacts of the historically high UI has simply confirmed what many have been sounding the alarm on for weeks: if you pay people to stay home, they will.
On June 17, the Maine Legislature is expected to adjourn a special session without voting on the supplemental budget or…
On June 11, Maine Gov. Janet Mills announced she was renewing the state of civil emergency, which was set to…
On June 9, the Maine Department of Education (DOE) updated its PreK-12 and Adult Education Public Guidance. Though Gov. Janet…
A prominent refrain in the pandemic recession-recovery story has been the persistent labor shortage seen across the United States. Coupled…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills is on pace to exercise her executive authority almost twice as frequently as any of her…
Seven Maine lawmakers were stripped of their committee assignments on Monday by House Speaker Ryan Fecteau following a spat at…
Maine’s Department of Labor currently has no plans to end enhanced employment benefits.
Governor Janet Mills unveiled a new supplemental budget last week that would grow state spending in Maine to record levels,…
On Tuesday, Maine Governor Janet Mills joined President Joe Biden and a small group of US governors for a virtual…
Janet Mills is notorious for her abuses of power and seeming disregard for the best interests of Mainers in favor…
On Tuesday, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont announced that he will lift all business restrictions, except for mandating masks indoors (including…
On Wednesday afternoon, Maine’s Health and Human Services Committee will hold a public hearing on LD 1344, a department bill…
Maine lawmakers convened at the Augusta Civic Center on Tuesday to tackle the state’s next two-year spending plan. The budget…
As many Mainers question the appropriateness of a year-long state of emergency, in which a sole political official holds the…
Maine lawmakers will convene in-person in Augusta this week for the first time since December 2, when legislators met at…
Governor Janet Mills updated Maine’s statewide vaccination plan Wednesday to make teachers and childcare providers, regardless of age, eligible for…
A new citizens initiative was approved for circulation in Maine on January 25, yet the Secretary of State’s office has…
Maine Governor Janet Mills issued a press release Tuesday outlining a proposed path forward on the PPP issue that took…
The Paycheck Protection Program, part of the federal CARES Act passed last year, was crafted by Congress to provide loans…
Governor Janet Mills wants to balance her bloated budget on the backs of struggling small business owners, forcing them to…
As I dig deeper into the recent supplemental and biennial budget proposals from Governor Janet Mills, the truth about her…
Maine Governor Janet Mills released the details of her second proposed biennial budget last Friday following a closed-door media briefing and multiple press…
After nearly a year with one person unilaterally dictating public policy in Maine, some members of the state legislature are…
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey used his bully pulpit this week to remind the people of Maine that they are…
A number of iconic Maine businesses have closed this year due to the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic…
Gov. Janet Mills announced on Thursday new, last-minute restrictions on businesses to limit the spread of COVID-19 in Maine. Starting…
Last week, Governor Janet Mills joined Maine Public to shed crocodile tears for frontline workers who have been put in…
Governor Janet Mills’ latest batch of doomsday rhetoric is an admission that her coronavirus narrative is falling apart. In describing…
When Gov. Janet Mills updated her mask mandate last week to require Mainers to wear face coverings in public no…
Science, science science. It’s all about the science. Is it really, though? From the start of the pandemic to where…
Last Friday, Lindsey Crete, spokesperson for Governor Janet Mills, hinted to the Maine media that more economic restrictions would be…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills joined Maine CDC director Dr. Nirav Shah on Wednesday to provide an update on the state…
Better late than never, I suppose. Maine finally began disbursing grants to struggling small businesses and nonprofits with CARES Act…