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Gov. Janet Mills

Published
August 13, 2023

Environmentalists criticize public feedback process for deciding future site of port for offshore wind industry

Maine officials are accused of long favoring Sears Island, the largest undeveloped island in Penobscot Bay, as the future site of the port.
Published
August 2, 2023

Mills signs executive order to begin creation of a state Office for New Americans

It's the first step by her administration to create a centralized place to assist the growing number of immigrants coming to Maine.
Published
July 30, 2023

Maine Legislature makes history despite tensions between, and within, parties

Major new laws were passed, bringing Mainers paid family and medical leave and expanded access to abortion.
Published
July 28, 2023

Health care workers at refugee camp inspired career of Maine’s new CDC director

Dr. Puthiery Va's family fled Cambodia and she was born in a refugee camp in Thailand before coming to the United States.
Published
July 27, 2023

Biden to visit Auburn manufacturing plant during Maine visit Friday

The president is expected to sign an executive order to boost the incentive to manufacture new inventions in the U.S. while at Auburn Manufacturing.

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Published
July 27, 2023

Maine plans to use offshore wind for half its energy needs by 2040

Unlike other projects in the region, the Gulf of Maine wind turbines would showcase floating platform technology because the water is too deep for turbines to be anchored to the ocean floor.
Published
July 27, 2023

Mills administration names new director of Maine CDC

Dr. Puthiery Va, currently leading public health for the Navajo Nation in Arizona, will take over as Maine's top public health official on Aug. 28.
Published
July 26, 2023

Maine state flag referendum will wait until next year

A spokesperson for Gov. Janet Mills said she will allow a bill calling for a referendum on the state flag to take effect without her signature, effectively delaying the statewide vote until November 2024.
Published
July 25, 2023

Bath Iron Works to christen latest destroyer

The USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr. is named after a Medal of Honor recipient.
Published
July 25, 2023

Legislature sustains Mills’ veto of farmworker minimum wage bill

After her veto was upheld, Gov. Janet Mills signed an executive order establishing a formal stakeholder group to pursue a state minimum wage for farmworkers.