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PUC nominee keen to make Maine energy regulator more transparent, help clean-power transition
Updated: May 27, 2021Patrick Scully, the former CEO of Portland-based law firm Bernstein Shur, has been nominated to serve a six-year term on the Maine Public Utilities Commission.
Updated: May 27, 2021
14 Maine airports awarded $14.5M for latest round of improvements
May 21, 2021System plan updates, runway and taxiway reconstructions, lights and marking, pavement surfacing and mitigation of wildlife hazards are all on tap.
May 21, 2021
Bill seeking $100M for energy-efficient affordable housing moves forward
Updated: May 19, 2021LD 1656 calls for energy-efficient affordable multifamily housing, and has other provisions that will create jobs, support local economies and help mitigate climate change.
Updated: May 19, 2021
UMaine prof looks to boost local production of environmentally friendly disinfectant
Updated: May 18, 2021An experimental disinfectant — made with only salt, water and electricity — could someday be an environmentally friendly Maine product that fights COVID-19.
Updated: May 18, 2021
Maine Technology Institute seeks energy innovators for $500K competition
Updated: May 18, 2021The competitive grant program, previewed by Gov. Mills last month, has released details about the application and award process.
Updated: May 18, 2021
Mills looks to fill 'critical' funding need in Maine career and tech ed centers
Updated: May 17, 2021Gov. Janet Mills has proposed spending $20 million on program, equipment and facility upgrades for the state’s 27 career and technical education centers as part of the Maine Jobs & Recovery Plan.
Updated: May 17, 2021
Mills lifts limits on gathering sizes, but rules remain for indoor venues
May 14, 2021Restrictions based on the size of a venue were due to ease later this month, but on Thursday Gov. Janet Mills said they will be eliminated entirely. Requirements for face masks and social distancing in restaurants will continue, however.
May 14, 2021
UMaine composites center chief promotes new technology before US Senate
May 14, 2021Weighing transportation resiliency against climate change, senators learned of UMaine’s “bridge in a backpack,” composite girders, modular breakwaters and bio-based 3D printing. “The summary is, please invest in R&D,” said the center’s director.
May 14, 2021-
State, county, local governments to get $1.5B in aid; Mills revises education budget
May 13, 2021To ease financial burdens caused by the pandemic, Maine state, county and local governments will soon receive nearly $1.5 billion in aid through the federal American Rescue Plan.
May 13, 2021 
Century-old Bar Harbor breakwater gets OK for federal overhaul
May 12, 2021Construction stopped in 1917. A portion wasn’t built to its designed height, but the structure was deemed effective. Today’s sea level rise thwarts that notion, however, and so the project will increase the height of the breakwater.
May 12, 2021
$105M in new federal emergency relief will go to Maine colleges, students in need
May 12, 2021Half of the total amount awarded to more than 25 Maine colleges and universities from the American Rescue Plan will go directly to students who are facing hunger, homelessness and other hardship.
May 12, 2021
Belfast may get an injection of much-needed affordable housing
Updated: May 11, 2021If approved, a proposed affordable housing development would be the third housing project currently in the works for Belfast. MaineHousing tax credits are critical to the new project. There simply are no apartments, said one city councilor.
Updated: May 11, 2021
Maine chief justice nominee would be second woman in role
Updated: May 11, 2021Gov. Janet Mills on Monday nominated Maine Superior Court Judge Valerie Stanfill as chief justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, praising the judge's "sharp intellect, vast legal experience and expertise."
Updated: May 11, 2021Maine agribusinesses can get free equipment to handle SNAP sales
May 10, 2021The state’s Farm Food Access Program provides reimbursement for the equipment, helping agribusinesses easily sell to the roughly one in eight Mainers who receive federal SNAP benefits.
May 10, 2021Maine bankruptcy filings creep up, but are still under last year's pace
May 6, 2021The number of filings for bankruptcy protection has ticked upward since last fall, but are still far short of the peak at the start of pandemic.
May 6, 2021
State bill would tackle development pressures along Maine coast
May 6, 2021A proposed salmon farm in Frenchman Bay is part of the reason for the bill, especially given an escalation of demands on the water’s use, said supporters. But opponents said the bill is about gated communities and gentrification.
May 6, 2021
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