Auburn mayor: Gideon, Mills administration dragging their feet on delivering COVID aid

Gov. Janet Mills

Published
June 9, 2020

Auburn mayor: Gideon, Mills administration dragging their feet on delivering COVID aid

Contrary to the Maine House speaker's recent column, Sen. Collins is working to provide more funding and more flexibility.
Published
June 8, 2020

Maine eases quarantine rule for visitors as virus testing expands

Vermont and New Hampshire residents will not have to quarantine, and other visitors can avoid the 14-day quarantine if they certify they have tested negative for COVID-19 within 72 hours before checking in to a Maine lodging.
Published
June 8, 2020

Our View: Mills shouldn’t keep lawmakers from doing their job

The governor's response to questions about unemployment benefits echoed her predecessor, and that's not good.
Published
June 7, 2020

Jim Fossel: Legislature’s input needed in state of emergency

Just like Congress, the Maine Legislature has ceded too much power to to the executive branch and needs to take it back.
Published
June 4, 2020

Group warns Trump protesters to avoid Guilford, gather in Bangor

Some are concerned about potential violence if protesters and Trump supporters gather outside Puritan Medical Products in Guilford, where the president plans to visit Friday.

Published
June 4, 2020

Lawmakers furious after Maine’s top labor official fails to attend briefing

Labor and Housing Committee members said it was inexcusable for Labor Commissioner Laura Fortman not to appear and answer questions Thursday, but Gov. Janet Mills said legislative leaders were told last week that Fortman was unlikely to attend.
Published
June 4, 2020

Commentary: Maine quarantine ruling shows everything old is new again

Science is at the heart of the federal decision, just as in the 1986 Supreme Court ruling that upheld Maine's out-of-state bait fish ban.
Published
June 2, 2020

Members of Maine’s congressional delegation criticize Trump’s response to protests

Rep. Pingree says the president abused his power, while Sen. King lists 'many things wrong' and Sen. Collins says Trump's use of force against D.C. protesters wasn't justified. Rep. Jared Golden cautioned the president about deploying U.S. troops on American soil.
Published
June 1, 2020

Mills raises security concerns about Trump’s plan to visit maker of test swabs in Maine

The governor raised issues during a conference call in which Trump berated governors, telling them to ‘dominate’ protests of racial injustice. Mills added more pointed criticism at a news conference in which she said the country needs leadership, ‘not more hatred and more division.’
Published
May 31, 2020

Jim Fossel: Gov. Mills has most to lose in COVID politics

Whether she opens the economy too fast or too slow, she will be held accountable in 2022.