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Maine eliminates solar subsidy program

In 2025 alone, ratepayers were on the hook for $234 million to cover the program, according to Maine's public advocate.

What Elon Musk can learn from Maine’s flirtations with 3rd-party politics

Mainers have long been friendly to third party candidates, electing two independent governors and the country's first Green state lawmaker.

Janet Mills delays decisions on bills to ban ‘ghost guns’ and expand online gambling

Gov. Janet Mills won't take any action on roughly 60 bills that passed the Legislature last month until lawmakers reconvene.

States scramble to shield hospitals from GOP Medicaid cuts

The tax and spending bill cuts more than $1 trillion from Medicaid, the public health insurance program for people with low incomes.

Supreme Court clears the way for Trump’s plans to downsize the federal workforce

Federal heating assistance providers, the Maine State Library and the federally funded Job Corps, among other organizations, have lost funding due to Trump's cuts.

 

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