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Maine lawmakers are considering two pieces of legislation which supporters said are needed to ensure "responsible" development of offshore wind projects. Legislative Document 1895 builds on the work of the state's Offshore Wind Roadmap, a multiyear process, and establishes a market for wind projects in Maine along with environmental and labor protections. Francis Eanes, executive director of the Maine Labor Climate Council, said the bill ensures the state can better protect its lobstering and fishing communities by having a say in where offshore wind turbines are located. ...

This spring, after living under the costly failures of Obamacare-like health care legislation for two decades, the Maine Legislature enacted a set of patient-centered, market-based health care reforms. The Maine experience is both a warning of Obamacare’s likely effects and a practical demonstration to other states of how to enact sound free-market health care reforms in spite of Obamacare. Maine has also shown how much more it and other states could accomplish if not hamstrung by Obamacare and how Congress could chart a better course toward more innovative and effective health care reform.

The recent shifting of majorities in the Maine Legislature from the GOP to the Democrats has encouraged Democrat ...

Wilton Code Enforcement Officer Gary Judkins appeared before the Select Board on Tuesday, May 2, to discuss potential ordinance changes for the size of dwellings and apartments, as well the distance they can be from bodies of water.

Wilton Code Enforcement Officer Gary Judkins appeared before the Select Board on Tuesday, May 2, to discuss potential ordinance changes for the size of dwellings and apartments, as well the distance they can be from bodies of water.