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Junior Trooper Academy
Published Date: 04/25/2019
The Maine State Police will be hosting a three-day Junior Trooper Academy. This is a Career Orientation Program to be held from July 16 through July 18, 2019. The program is open to any High School Junior or Senior who has a strong interest in learning about a career with the Maine State Police.
…Maine DEP and IFW issue temporary ban on boats to facilitate fight against invasive milfoil on two waterbodies
Published Date: 04/25/2019
Surface use restrictions on small portions of Annabessacook Lake (Monmouth) and Great Pond including Great Meadow Stream (Belgrade and Rome) enable suppression of variable leaf milfoil and prevent its spread
…Use of Prescribed Fire on Wildlife Management Areas
Published Date: 04/24/2019
Increasingly MDIFW Regional Wildlife Biologists have been conducting prescribed burns on some of the wildlife management areas (WMAs) found throughout the state. Also known as ‘controlled burns’, this habitat management option is yet another tool available to MDIFW land managers.
…Air Quality Awareness Week April 29 – May 3, 2019
Published Date: 04/24/2019
Maine joins states across the nation in recognizing April 29 through May 3, 2019 as Air Quality Awareness Week. This year’s theme “Check the AQI and Get Outside” was selected to increase air quality awareness and encourage people to check the Air Quality Index (AQI) to find out the best time to be active outdoors.
Golden Asks NOAA Fisheries to Postpone New Right Whale Management Proposals, Challenges Data Behind Potential New Restrictions on Maine Lobstermen
Published Date: 04/23/2019
NOAA Fisheries task force responsible for new rules on lobstermen may rely on inaccurate data, fails to consider impacts of Canadian fisheries
Six New England colleges close in 3 years leaving students from Maine stuck
Published Date: 04/21/2019
Colleges in New England are facing a dire forecast: in the next ten years, 15 percent fewer students will go to a four-year college.
Testimony is divided as Maine lawmakers consider paid family and medical leave for most workers
Published Date: 04/20/2019
The measure, sponsored by House Speaker Sara Gideon, D-Freeport, would fund the program with a new tax on wages of about .75 percent.
…Maine GOP Statement on Paid Family Leave & Speaker Gideon’s Tax Increase
Published Date: 04/19/2019
Speaker wants to raise income tax despite evidence program can be created without raising taxes
…Panel endorses changing Maine blueberry commission as tensions rise
Published Date: 04/19/2019
It backs a bill to expand membership of the group that promotes one of the state’s signature industries as it weathers a severe downturn.
Community Guided Planning and Zoning
Published Date: 04/19/2019
Community Guided Planning and Zoning (CGPZ) provides an opportunity for those who live, work, own land, and have other interests in the unorganized or deorganized areas in Maine to evaluate…
Governor Mills Statement on 2018 Drug Overdose Death Report
Published Date: 04/18/2019
It is welcome news that the number of people losing their lives to drug overdoses has decreased, but the opioid epidemic still presents a serious public health threat to our state,” said Governor Mills. We will not rest in our determination to end this epidemic.
…Maine Quarantine on Emerald Ash Borer Announced
Published Date: 04/17/2019
The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry has announced a formal quarantine on emerald ash borer (EAB) and material that may harbor it. The quarantine area includes all of York County and the northeastern corner of Aroostook County.
…With blueberries in trouble, Maine eyes commission overhaul
Published Date: 04/16/2019
Maine lawmakers might try to pump some life into the state’s troubled wild blueberry industry by overhauling the commission that promotes the state’s most important fruit crop
Golden Leads Bipartisan Push for Better Data, New Approaches to Expand Reliable Broadband to Rural America
Published Date: 04/16/2019
Golden, Small Business Committee leaders encourage FCC to improve data collection, explore TV White Spaces
…In Portland, King Continues Fight to Bring Support, Tax Relief to Maine People
Published Date: 04/15/2019
King signs letter to Appropriations Committee at Pine Tree Legal requesting comprehensive funding for the Low Income Taxpayer Clinic program
…In Portland, King Continues Fight to Bring Support, Tax Relief to Maine People
Published Date: 04/15/2019
King signs letter to Appropriations Committee at Pine Tree Legal requesting comprehensive funding for the Low Income Taxpayer Clinic program.
…Republicans call for state income tax cut, warn against Democratic agenda
Published Date: 04/15/2019
A group of prominent Republicans gathered with supporters at the State House on Monday, the tax filing deadline in most states, to highlight Maine’s tax burden and call for spending restraint.
Gov. Janet Mills moved expeditiously on some of her core campaign pledges during her first 100 days and is credited with helping change the political tenor in Augusta. But with major issues looming, the question is: Will it last?
Published Date: 04/15/2019
Gov. Janet Mills moved expeditiously on some of her core campaign pledges during her first 100 days and is credited with helping change the political tenor in Augusta. But with major issues looming, the question is: Will it last?
Maine pursues plan to stock schools with anti-overdose medication
Published Date: 04/14/2019
All of the state’s public high schools and middle schools would have naloxone available in an effort being developed by the Mills administration.
King, Daines Launch Bipartisan Effort to Strengthen Medicare Advantage Benefits
Published Date: 04/12/2019
Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) and Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) renewed efforts to protect Medicare benefits by re-introducing the Medicare Advantage Quality Payment Relief Act. The bipartisan bill reverses an unintended policy of the Affordable Care Act that is currently denying millions of seniors and people with disabilities their Medicare Advantage benefits.