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PublishedFebruary 25, 2023
Top job, low pay: No governor makes less than Maine’s
There's a new bipartisan push to raise the $70,000 salary for the state's chief executive. But plenty of previous attempts have failed.
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PublishedFebruary 25, 2023
Maine’s new ‘roadmap’ for offshore wind power follows a complex route
The state has built ambitious goals for generating electricity from ocean winds. A new report describes the infrastructure and workforce that need to be built first.
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PublishedFebruary 25, 2023
Our View: Abortion pill case validates coordinated response
The new national coalition of governors represents 170 million people. Good, and good on Gov. Mills for including Mainers in that number.
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PublishedFebruary 21, 2023
Gov. Mills joins coalition of governors supporting abortion rights
Gov. Janet Mills is one of 20 Democratic governors to join the Reproductive Freedom Alliance.
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PublishedFebruary 17, 2023
Brewer lawmaker revives effort to ban child marriages in Maine
The legislation by Rep. Kevin O'Connell is part of a broader push to eliminate child marriage in the United States, and elsewhere, to prevent the exploitation of minors, especially girls.
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PublishedFebruary 17, 2023
Recovery community welcomes Mills’ focus on opioid crisis but fears it’s not enough
The governor announced several new initiatives to combat the deadly opioid crisis during her annual speech to the Legislature on Tuesday.
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PublishedFebruary 15, 2023
Rising power costs help fuel Gov. Mills’ plan to speed transition to renewable electricity
During an address on Tuesday, Gov. Janet Mills announced plans to submit a bill requiring 100% of the electricity consumed in Maine to come from renewable energy sources by 2040 – a decade sooner than previously planned.
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PublishedFebruary 14, 2023
Mills unveils steps to expand opioid treatment, protect children
The governor announced the initiatives during a speech in which she also urged lawmakers to support her proposed two-year state budget.
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PublishedFebruary 13, 2023
Gov. Mills pushes the power of poems – and writes them, too
As governor, Janet Mills served on a committee that selected the state’s current poet laureate, Julia Bouwsma, and she restored poetry to inaugurations.
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PublishedFebruary 13, 2023
Read a few poems Gov. Mills wrote over the years
Maine’s Democratic Gov. Janet Mills says poems 'elevate our soul.'
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