The recently passed FFY 2025 budget reconciliation bill (the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”) contains significant MaineCare policy changes, including a mandatory work requirement provision……

Grants will support post-harvest equipment purchases that increase capacity in aggregation, processing, manufacturing, storage, transport, wholesaling, and distribution for Maine-grown or -produced food and beverage products. Priority product categories include……

Maine CDC announced today that more than 97 percent of school-age children have received all required vaccines……

The bipartisan Northeast States Collaborative on Interregional Transmission is a first-of-its-kind coordination effort to address gaps in transmission planning and promote interregional transmission solutions that offer significant consumer benefits……

PFAS chemicals from the application of municipal sludge and other sources have impacted 90 Maine farms to varying degrees. Until the practice was banned in Maine in 2022, sludge, or biosolids from……

Public comment on the proposed rules for Maine’s new PFML Program can be submitted online or mail through July 7th 2024 or in-person on June 10, 2024 at 9 a.m. in the MDOL’s Frances Perkins Room.…

The MDOL’s Center for Workforce Research and Information has released a new report documenting how remote work has impacted job trends and the industry composition of jobs. The report compares the changes in the number of jobs to the changes in the number of recorded worksites in Maine.…

Governor Mills released the following statement today on the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)’s offer of a research lease to the State for a floating offshore wind research array in the Gulf of Maine……

The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA), argues that the “lack of virtually any federal regulation of this waste to date has caused untold harm to public health and the environment,”…

The MDOL has published proposed rules – https://www.maine.gov/labor/docs/2024/rulemaking/12_702PFMLDraftRule.pdf for Maine’s new Paid Family and Medical Leave Program…

Governor Janet Mills announced today that she will allow LD 1578, An Act to Adopt an Interstate Compact to Elect the President of the United States by National Popular Vote, to become law without her signature.…

Read the latest committee actions & public comments for LD 1578…

“The alleged conduct by Google is an outrageous market manipulation that allowed it to cash in by limiting users’ choices,” said Attorney General Frey. “Google, and other large corporations are not immune from consumer protection laws. My office and other attorneys general across the country are proud to bring Google to account for this violation of consumers’ trust.”…

“With funding from my Jobs Plan, Maine’s clean energy businesses and entrepreneurs will receive support to help them grow, innovate, and thrive,”said Governor Janet Mills. “These investments will expand Maine’s clean energy economy and……

The Maine PUC accepted bids today for the remaining half of the electricity supply requirement for 2024 Standard Offer service for residential and small non-residential customers of……

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We will continue to hold utilities accountable. We want to hear from you in the process.…

“The Maine Lobstermen’s Association (MLA) appreciates that BOEM’s draft Wind Energy Area (WEA) avoids much of Lobster Management Area 1, but we remain strongly concerned that two large swaths of critical fishing grounds within LMA1 are still under consideration for offshore wind development…”…

The Governor’s Energy Office (GEO) is seeking proposals to conduct research related to offshore wind in the Gulf of Maine, based on priorities identified by the Maine Offshore Wind Research Consortium……

Converting waste from salmon, eel and other marine species into consumer and biomedical products has opened a new and lucrative path for Maine’s seafood industry.…