AUGUSTA (AP) — The University of Maine at Augusta has signed a five-year contract to heat campus with natural gas, a deal expected to save the school up to $1 million. The deal with Brunswick-based Maine Natural Gas, a subsidiary of Iberdrola USA, was announced Tuesday. The campus will begin receiving natural gas on Oct. […]
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Maine lawmakers to consider bonds this fall
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine lawmakers plan to return to the Capitol this fall to consider bond proposals. The Democratic-led Legislature is set to adjourn this month. But the Democratic leadership said on Tuesday that they will return this fall to take up bond proposals, instead of waiting until January. The date of their return is […]
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State grants nearly 1,200 waivers to two-year methadone cap
AUGUSTA — A law that took effect Jan. 1, designed to save the state money by cutting MaineCare patients’ methadone treatments after two years, has so far resulted in 20 people losing coverage, according to early figures from the Maine Department of Health and Human Services. So far, another 1,197 have received waivers to stay […]