U.S. Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Angus King, I-Maine, and U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-District 1, have asked President Donald Trump to declare a “major disaster” for York County as a result of an early March storm.
Advocates at a public hearing on Thursday voiced strong support for a proposal by Gov. Paul LePage and Rep. Martin Grohman, I-Biddeford, to create a $50 million general obligation bond to offer no-interest student loans as well as loan refinancing.
Gov. Paul LePage joined Republican officials from 19 other states in filing a lawsuit on Monday asking a federal court in Texas to declare the Affordable Care Act as unconstitutional.
Gov. Paul R. LePage has nominated George Gervais to be director of the Maine State Housing Authority and former MaineHousing Director John Gallagher to serve on the MSHA board of directors.
The Conservation Law Foundation filed a lawsuit in Maine's Superior Court Tuesday seeking to block Gov. Paul LePage's recent executive order imposing a moratorium on new wind project permits and creating a special commission to make recommendations on wind power development.
Gov. Paul R. LePage issued an executive order Wednesday putting the brakes on the state's permitting of new onshore wind projects. In doing so, he's renewed the longstanding debate over whether there's greater value in Maine's scenic mountains for tourism than for wind energy.