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In reversal, transgender sports referendum won’t be on Maine’s fall ballot
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (200+ words) Secretary of State Shenna Bellows announced Tuesday that a citizen initiative proposing limits on the rights of transgender students did not qualify for the November ballot because organizers did not gather enough valid signatures. The decision marks a reversal for…...
Lack of public defense in Maine is deplorable | Letter
4+ mon, 1+ day ago (310+ words) Many of my colleagues in Maine practice the kind of law that I once did and they now continue to do. It concerns people with limited income. We experience an annual question when Law Day rolls around... You are able…...
Maine ethics commission to seek legal opinion on campaign tactic by Democratic governor hopefuls
4+ mon, 6+ day ago (563+ words) AUGUSTA — Maine’s campaign finance watchdog voted Wednesday to seek a legal opinion on a controversial campaign tactic that three Democratic candidates for governor have used on their websites. The Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics & Election Practices voted 4-0 to ask the…...
Judge gives Maine 30 days to gather new evidence on validity of trans referendum signatures
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Maine Audubon names next president, first woman to take role
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (361+ words) Maine Audubon announced Monday that Judy Camuso will serve as its next president. Bringing over 25 years of wildlife conservation experience to the role, she will be the first woman to lead the statewide environmental organization, which dates back to 1843. “We…...
Head of Maine department of fisheries and wildlife stepping down
5+ mon, 5+ day ago (233+ words) The head of Maine’s Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife will step down at the end of the month, the Mills administration announced Tuesday. Judy Camuso is the first woman to lead the department, which is in charge of conservation…...
Maine makes a high-stakes bet to protect its waterways
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (1063+ words) DAMARISCOTTA — On a brisk April afternoon at Salt Bay Farm, Jared Gregory gripped a thumb-thick length of dormant willow and drove it into thawing marshland with three quick strikes of a mallet. “Huzzah!” Gregory, a district forester with the Maine…...
Maine Senate votes to keep controversial data privacy bill alive
5+ mon, 6+ day ago (260+ words) AUGUSTA — The Maine Senate voted Monday in favor of a long-debated proposal for stricter data privacy protections, keeping the measure alive despite its defeat last week in the House of Representatives. The Senate voted 18-14 in favor of LD 1822, sending it…...
Maine Climate Council grapples with affordability
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (621+ words) As residents struggle with inflation and soaring energy bills, state climate leaders are trying to convince a skeptical public that green initiatives are among the most effective tools to lower living costs. The challenge is especially acute for Maine’s seniors,…...
Maine Senate unanimously confirms nominee to state’s highest court
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (265+ words) Lawmakers on Tuesday unanimously confirmed Christopher Taub, Maine’s chief deputy attorney general, to serve on the state’s highest court. Taub will succeed Justice Andrew Horton, who retired last year, on the seven-member Maine Supreme Judicial Court. “I am honored by…...