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Maine Gov. Janet Mills critiques prospective red flag referendum during budget address
Mills authored the state's novel "yellow flag" law with a prominent gun rights group. She says a red flag proposal that would ...
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Maine regulators shield ratepayers from utilities’ spending on lobbying, advertising
Legislation in 2023 requires greater transparency by utilities, following a multimillion-dollar campaign on both sides of a ...
Gov. Mills uses budget address to call for compromise by lawmakers in both parties
The governor also came out against a citizen referendum for a red flag law and challenged a commission that oversees legal ...
In budget address, Gov. Mills takes swipe at gun safety citizen initiative
During the State of the Budget address in Augusta on Tuesday night, Gov. Janet Mills took the opportunity to defend Maine’s ...
Gov. Mills highlights difficult budgeting process in State of the Budget address
AUGUSTA (WGME) -- Governor Janet Mills delivered her State of the Budget address Tuesday, outlining her vision for Maine's ...
Acknowledging ‘pain and frustration,’ Mills defends proposed cuts and tax hikes in budget
Facing criticism from Democrats over program cuts and Republicans over tax increases, Gov. Janet Mills defended her budget ...
Gov. Mills says Maine will get fewer crisis receiving centers than planned due to budget
PORTLAND (WGME) – Maine will not get as many crisis receiving centers as Governor Janet Mills set out to create. A crisis ...
‘It’s about time:' Public health advocates applaud Gov. Mills' proposed cigarette tax increase
On Tuesday, Gov. Janet Mills outlined her biennial budget to the legislature. The $11.6 billion budget includes a proposal to ...
Mills defends tax hikes; criticizes 'red flag' proposal
Maine Gov. Janet Mills defended her proposed budget cuts and criticized a proposed 'red flag' law referendum Tuesday night in ...
Gov. Mills doubles down on urging Maine's public defense agency to relax rules
Gov. Janet Mills made history in 2022 when she signed a bill authorizing the state to hire its first set of public defenders. Mills said in a speech Tuesday that she has helped quadruple the state's ...
Lobster regulators repeal minimum size increase after years of backlash in Maine
The vote doesn't take the gauge limits off the table altogether, but it will relieve the pressure of an impending deadline to ...
'Maine's economic growth is outpacing the national average,' Gov. Mills says
Gov. Janet Mills addressed the state of Maine's economy during her State of the Budget address Tuesday evening.