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Maine extends key affordable housing tax credit for another decade
9+ hour, 40+ min ago (414+ words) Gov. Janet Mills has a signed a new law extending a tax credit that's helped subsidize the construction of affordable housing. The Maine Affordable Housing Tax Credit was supposed to expire in two years. Now the program will continue for…...
Portland rallygoers call for release of Maine teenager detained by ICE since November
13+ hour, 51+ min ago (209+ words) Several dozen people rallied in Portland on Saturday, calling for the release of a Maine teenager detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement since November. Nineteen year old Olivia Andre, originally of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is detained at…...
Judge orders Maine Secretary of State to review signatures on trans athlete referendum
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (118+ words) Maine Public Judge orders Maine Secretary of State to review signatures on trans athlete referendum A Maine Superior Court judge today ordered the secretary of state's office to review its certification of a referendum restricting transgender students' participation in school…...
Maine's Fish and Wildlife Commissioner will move on to be president of Maine Audubon
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (319+ words) Maine Public Maine's Fish and Wildlife Commissioner will move on to be president of Maine Audubon Maine's Fish and Wildlife Commissioner, Judy Camuso, will be the next president of Maine Audubon. Camuso said the coming end of Janet Mills term…...
Maine Supreme Court says proposed ranked-choice voting expansion is unconstitutional
2+ week, 5+ day ago (608+ words) Maine's Supreme Judicial Court said Monday that a proposed expansion of ranked-choice voting would violate the state constitution. A bill pending in the Legislature would expand ranked-choice voting to races for governor and legislative seats by counting only the final…...
Bill to calculate Maine's climate damage awaiting funding decision
2+ week, 4+ day ago (235+ words) Maine lawmakers have passed a bill to calculate the financial cost of decades-long climate change damage to the state, but the measure still needs funding to take effect. The bill, LD 1870, directs the state to tally the cost to Maine…...
Maine electric ratepayers could get refunds for 15 years of overpaying for power transmission
3+ week, 5+ day ago (248+ words) New England electric customers including Maine ratepayers could get more than $1 billion in refunds after federal energy regulators ruled this month that transmission utilities were paid inflated profits for years. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission draws to a close a…...
Maine lawmakers advance budget bill that includes $300 rebate checks, 'millionaires tax"
2+ week, 2+ day ago (228+ words) Democrats in the Maine House and Senate enacted a spending bill Thursday that imposes a new tax on millionaires and sends $300 rebate checks to hundreds of thousands of Mainers. The roughly half-a-billion-dollar budget bill increases property tax credits, provides a…...
Prospective buyer envisions condos for Bangor Mall
2+ week, 4+ day ago (258+ words) A group of investors that is under contract to purchase the declining Bangor Mall say they want to construct market-rate condos at the site. Local realtor Michael Cole, who is among the investors planning to purchase the property, said he…...
Appellate court says Maine's 3-day waiting period on guns is likely constitutional
3+ week, 1+ day ago (372+ words) A federal appeals court ruled Friday that Maine's 72-hour waiting period on gun purchases is likely constitutional, handing gun control advocates a significant victory in a high-profile Second Amendment case. But on Friday, a three-judge panel on the First Circuit…...