But Gov. Janet Mills and leaders of both parties have vowed not to increase state income taxes in the next 2-year budget.
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Vaccine bill again splits Maine House and Senate over religious exemption
The House votes to restore a ban on religious exemptions for vaccinations required for school-age children, bouncing the measure back to the Senate.
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Lawmakers endorse bill calling for constitutional change to outlaw gender discrimination
Though Maine passed the Equal Rights Amendment in 1974, it never became U.S. law. Supporters now want to make sure its protections are enshrined in the Maine Constitution.
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Maine treatment plants scramble to meet state’s new sludge-testing edict
Environmental regulators ordered wastewater treatment plants to test sludge for chemicals known as PFAS, but the plants face a tight timeline and uncertainty over what to do with sludge that’s been used as fertilizer for decades.
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Augusta: A tale of two retail tax breaks
Faced with the aftermath of a deep recession and an area of town that city leaders really wanted to see developed, Augusta offered tax breaks 25 years ago to the developer behind the Marketplace at Augusta off turnpike Exit 112. Later, in a retail development known as Augusta Crossing three miles south at Exit 109 […]
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As Janet Mills mulls Cabinet appointments, speculation swirls
AUGUSTA — Gov.-elect Janet Mills is considering elevating the governor’s energy office to a Cabinet-level position, re-establishing the State Planning Office and appointing an opioid epidemic “point person” as she moves to fill her Cabinet and key positions on her executive team. She also has promised to take a new approach to problems the state […]
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As Mills mulls Cabinet appointments, speculation swirls
AUGUSTA — Gov.-elect Janet Mills is considering elevating the governor’s energy office to a Cabinet-level position, re-establishing the State Planning Office and appointing an opioid epidemic “point person” as she moves to fill her Cabinet and key positions on her executive team. She also has promised to take a new approach to problems the state […]
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Bomb squad checks suspicious package at Augusta post office
AUGUSTA — Law enforcement Monday morning were descending at the federal building in Augusta, where a suspicious package was reported. The U.S. Post Service branch in the Edmund S. Muskie Federal Building, at Sewall Street and Western Avenue, had been closed by 11 a.m. and Sewall Street was closed. Rob Sperling, director of communications for […]
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Art museum to give curator’s tour BRUNSWICK — The Bowdoin College Museum of Art will hold a curator’s tour of the exhibit, “1968-Spring of Discontent,” featuring the photography of Michael Ruetz, from 4 to 5:15 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 4, at the museum’s pavilion, 255 Maine St. Students of “German Literature and Culture since 1945” and […]
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All aboard: Model trains at Maine State Museum
People watch the trains in the larger of the two model railroad layouts Friday at the Maine State Museum in Augusta. The Maine 3 Railers club had two Christmas-themed displays. The event features model trains in a variety of displays complete with accessories and seasonal scenery. It continues from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. […]