Maine Mills seeks limit on emergency housing assistance Jan 21, 2025 (The Center Square) — Maine Gov. Janet Mills is proposing a three-month limit on emergency housing for homeless families as Republicans vow to push for welfare reforms in upcoming budget negotiations.
New York Hochul pledges to uphold climate pact after Trump pulls out Jan 21, 2025 (The Center Square) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is leading a group pledging to stick with a global climate pact following President Donald Tr…
North Carolina North Atlantic right whale rule proposal withdrawn by NOAA Jan 16, 2025 (The Center Square) – Withdrawal of an environmental rule by NOAA with an estimated economic impact of $46.2 million along the Eastern Seaboar…
Maine Maine business groups sue state over paid leave law Jan 15, 2025 (The Center Square) — Maine is facing a legal challenge over its new paid leave law from business owners who argue that th…
Maine Mills seeks hike on cigarette, pot taxes to offset budget gap Jan 13, 2025 (The Center Square) — Maine Gov. Janet Mills is proposing to hike taxes on cigarettes and pot while scaling back several p…
Illinois Thirteen states' attorneys general question Walmart's retreat from DEI Jan 10, 2025 (The Center Square) – Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is joining attorneys general from other states to meddle in th…
Maine Maine budget writers wrestle with Medicaid funding gap Jan 8, 2025 (The Center Square) — Maine Gov. Janet Mills is urging lawmakers to address a widening funding gap in the state’s Medicaid…
Maine Maine voter ID proponents clear hurdle to ballot Jan 7, 2025 (The Center Square) — Backers of a plan to require photo identification to vote in Maine elections collected more than 170,000 signatures to p…
Maine Maine lawmakers start new year with pay raises Jan 3, 2025 (The Center Square) — Maine lawmakers will begin the new year with fatter paychecks under a previously approved law that bumps up pay by more …
Maine Maine puts law limiting super PAC contributions on hold Dec 30, 2024 (The Center Square) — Maine has agreed to temporarily suspend a new voter-approved law limiting contributions to super PACs in response to a l…
Maine Maine panel calls for reprimand of Supreme Court justice Dec 27, 2024 (The Center Square) — Maine Supreme Judicial Court Justice Catherine Connors should be reprimanded for failing to recuse herself in two recent…
Maine Maine nonprofits criticize Golden over anti-terrorism bill Dec 26, 2024 (The Center Square) — Maine's nonprofit organizations are criticizing members of the state's congressional delegation for supporting a House b…
Maine Maine to study impact of AI on businesses Dec 23, 2024 (The Center Square) — Maine Gov. Janet Mills is wielding her executive powers to set up an artificial intelligence task force to examine the …
Maine Maine urged to provide relief for energy consumers Dec 12, 2024 (The Center Square) — Maine lawmakers are being urged to provide more financial relief for low-income energy consumers with the state's electr…
Maine Maine lawmakers push for immigrant protections Dec 10, 2024 (The Center Square) — Maine's leaders are asking the Biden administration to approve a permanent exemption of visas for foreign workers just w…
Maine Judicial oversight lifted for Maine's mental health system Dec 6, 2024 (The Center Square) — A more than three-decade-old court order keeping watch over Maine's mental health system has been lifted, but state lead…
Maine Maine gets low grades for state of roads, bridges Dec 4, 2024 (The Center Square) – Maine's roadways, bridges and dams received mediocre grades in a new report, which suggests the state has made some prog…