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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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PublishedFebruary 9, 2023
Maine officials believed relief checks were tax exempt – but never asked the IRS
Lawmakers who negotiated the payments say they believed the pandemic-era aid would be tax-free, but a Maine Revenue Service official says no such assurance was made.
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PublishedFebruary 8, 2023
Tax season thrown into chaos as IRS weighs taxing Maine relief checks
Even though some taxpayers already have filed, the state is one of nearly two dozen where federal officials have yet to determine whether the payments are taxable.
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PublishedFebruary 6, 2023
Maine could become 12th state to enact paid family leave
Advocates will descend on the State House on Tuesday to lobby for the benefit as the Legislature takes up the proposal.
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PublishedFebruary 1, 2023
Gov. Mills nominates York County judge for seat on state’s top court
Superior Court Justice Wayne R. Douglas of Old Orchard Beach previously served as former Gov. Angus King's chief legal adviser before becoming a judge in 2002.
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2023
Gov. Mills to deliver State of the Budget address Feb. 14
The governor will speak to a joint session of the Legislature about her $10.3 billion two-year budget proposal.
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PublishedJanuary 30, 2023
Gov. Mills nominates director of new health care agency
Meg Garratt-Reed has been nominated to be executive director of the Office of Affordable Health Care.
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