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A state legislative committee voted in favor of a bill to create a consumer-owned utility for all of Maine. It would prompt a buyout of Maine's two, foreign-owned utilities. Central Maine Power is owned by a Spanish company and Versant is owned by a Canadian company. Sign up for our Newsletters Proponents, like Committee Chairman Seth Berry, said a new consumer-owned nonprofit called Pine Tree Power company would lower bills for the state's...

Maine.gov In this week’s newsletter: The governor’s historic education funding proposal; the Maine State Chamber of Commerce organizes anti-public power group; pandemic-induced gas tax losses; the anti-vax side hustle; no more guests for a GOP state lawmaker; and the national media’s obsession with Jared Golden’s tattoos. Gov. Janet Mills sounded almost triumphant when she announced a change to the state’s next two-year budget that will pump an additional $187 million into local schools. "I think it's a mission accomplished for the state of Maine that we've finally reached that goal...