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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…...
Maine Supreme Court rules expansion to ranked choice voting would be unconstitutional
5+ mon, 6+ day ago (325+ words) PORTLAND, Maine (WABI) - Maine’s highest court has ruled that a bill aiming to expand ranked choice voting to state-level races would be in violation of the Maine constitution. Lawmakers have been considering amendments to current law that would open up…...
Maine Supreme Court says proposed ranked-choice voting expansion is unconstitutional
5+ mon, 6+ 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
5+ mon, 5+ 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 takes half-step toward climate superfund
5+ mon, 3+ day ago (225+ words) By Adam Aton | 04/09/2026 06:24 AM EDT The statehouse is expected to pass legislation that would assess how much climate impacts are costing Maine. It comes as Vermont and New York defend their own climate superfund laws in court. Nathan Sennett and…...
How a warming Gulf of Maine is reshaping York: New series dives in
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (341+ words) YORK — York Public Library, in partnership with York Ready for Climate Action and York Land Trust, will host a nine‑part climate series this winter and spring examining how climate change is reshaping Maine’s coast and coastal waters. “Tides of…...
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 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 budget passes, delivering $300 relief checks and a new tax on the wealthy
5+ mon, 3+ day ago (232+ words) AUGUSTA (WGME) -- A new budget has passed in Augusta which includes those $300 relief checks for hundreds of thousands of Mainers and a new tax on the wealthiest Mainers. The more than $500 million budget narrowly passed in the House Wednesday night…...
Maine Legislative Republicans calling for change following 2025 audit findings
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (123+ words) AUGUSTA, Maine (WABI) - Maine Legislative Republicans spoke Tuesday morning in Augusta in response to the 2025 state audit that was released last week. They called many of the findings a failure of Maine’s government. They pointed to issues including payments going…...