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The bill is the latest manifestation of tax tensions between the town of Wiscasset and Maine Yankee nearly 30 years after the nuclear power plant was decommissioned.
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Under the proposal, a lithium mine could be regulated more like a gravel quarry as long as the developers can show that it wouldn't result in the type of toxic runoff that triggers Maine's more stringent metallic mining laws.
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Under the proposal, manufacturers would have two additional years to remove the "forever chemicals" from many products. But makers of cosmetics, cleaning products and other consumer goods would face an earlier deadline.
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The unanimous committee vote came one day after Maine's Board of Environmental Protection rejected a controversial proposal for Maine to adopt California's "clean cars" standards requiring automakers to sell more electric vehicles.
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The bill would protect health care professionals and others who assist transgender individuals who come to Maine from states where access to gender-affirming care is restricted or prohibited.
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The additional offices and staff come at a time when state officials acknowledge Maine is in the middle of a "constitutional crisis" because there are not enough attorneys available to represent low-income criminal defendants.
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Supporters want Maine to join other states that have adopted California's "clean cars" standards, which require carmakers in increase the percentage of electric vehicles sold in a state. But opponents questioned whether Maine is ready for a dramatic transition to EVs.
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Maine and other states that have legalized marijuana are now grappling with how to treat the many people who were previously convicted of marijuana-related crimes.
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The bill is one of multiple measures that lawmakers are considering following a spate of high-profile deaths among children whose families were part of Maine's child welfare programs.
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In dueling letters, Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey and his counterparts have each accused the other of attempting to intimidate policymakers in other states on laws dealing with gender-affirming care and abortion.