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PublishedJuly 16, 2021
PAC spending on CMP power line referendum hits $15.2 million in 2021
A ballot question in November will ask voters if they want to prohibit the project. Proponents and opponents of the power line have spent more than $42 million since 2019 to influence the vote.
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PublishedJuly 15, 2021
Maine expanding opioid treatment during wave of overdose deaths
Gov. Janet Mills says at Maine's third Opioid Response Summit that isolation caused by the pandemic and resulting mental health challenges contributed to more substance use.
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PublishedJuly 14, 2021
CMP customers to see double-digit rate increase next month
The new rates approved by regulators Wednesday will hike Central Maine Power customers' bills by 11.5% starting Aug. 1.
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PublishedJuly 13, 2021
Mills vetoes bill calling for forced buyout of CMP and Versant Power
The governor calls the performance of Maine's electric utilities 'abysmal' but says the bill to form a consumer-owned utility was 'hastily drafted' could create more problems than it solves.
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PublishedJuly 5, 2021
LePage officially announces bid for governor in 2022
The conservative and controversial Republican served eight years in the Blaine House before being term-limited in 2019, and his entrance into the race all but guarantees a feisty campaign against Gov. Janet Mills.
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PublishedJuly 2, 2021
Maine lawmakers approve landmark recycling reform bill
If signed by Gov. Janet Mills, the bill would make private companies partly responsible for the cost of disposing of packaging waste and improving the state's recycling system.
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PublishedJuly 1, 2021
Supporters of tribal gaming bill fail to override Mills veto
The House voted 80-53 to override the governor's opposition to a bill restoring gaming rights lost in a 1980 legal settlement with the state, short of the two-thirds margin needed.
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PublishedJuly 1, 2021
Former Gov. LePage files as candidate, sets stage for 2022 run against Mills
The two-term Republican governor has launched a website with a countdown clock that indicates a formal announcement may be made Monday.
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PublishedJune 30, 2021
Gov. Mills vetoes bill to provide gaming rights to Maine tribes
Leaders of the 4 tribes reacted harshly to the veto, which was issued just hours before the measure would have become law without the governor's signature.
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PublishedJune 30, 2021
Legislature passes $900 million state budget update
There was broad bipartisan support for the bill, which includes $300 direct payments to Mainers who worked through the pandemic.
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