MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, Sept. 13 -- Gov. Spencer J. Cox, R-Utah, issued the following news release: National Governors Association Chair Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu welcomed governors, national experts and students to New Hampshire for the first in a series of bipartisan events to help address toxic polarization in America - the aim of Gov. Cox's 2023-24 NGA Chair's Initiative: Disagree Better. The bipartisan event was also attended by Maine Gov. Janet Mills, M more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Sept. 13 -- The Maine House Democrats issued the following news release: Rep. Morgan Rielly, D-Westbrook, attended the Robert J. Thompson Eastern Leadership Academy (ELA) as a member of the class of 2023 late last month. Sponsored by the Council of State Governments' Eastern Regional Conference in partnership with the Fels Institute of Government, the ELA brings together 30 selected state officials for four days of intensive training with experts in communications, government a more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Sept. 13 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission issued the following order amending rule (No. 2023-00058) on Sept. 12, 2023: * * * MAINE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, Amendments to Chapter 880 of the Commission's Rules - Attachments to Joint Use Utility Poles; Determination and Allocation of Costs; Procedure ORDER AMENDING RULE AND STATEMENT OF FACTUAL AND POLICY BASIS BARTLETT, Chair; GILBERT and SCULLY, Commissioners I. SUMMARY By this Order, the Commission amends Chapte more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Sept. 13 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission issued the following order (No. 2021-00036) on Sept. 12, 2023: * * * CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY, Request for Approval of Annual Compliance Filing ORDER BARTLETT, Chair; SCULLY and GILBERT, Commissioners I. SUMMARY In this Order, the Commission approves a proposal of Central Maine Power Company (CMP) to rectify certain instances of over and under billing of customers. * * * II. BACKGROUND On July 31, 2023, CMP made a fili more PR

FARMINGTON, Maine, Sept. 13 (TNSres) -- The University of Maine Farmington campus issued the following news: University of Maine at Farmington biology professor Dr. Timothy Breton has received a highly competitive National Science Foundation research grant for $551,599. The three-year NSF research project will begin in fall 2023 and continue Breton's 2021 groundbreaking work on hormone receptors when he discovered a new gene with potential biomedical and commercial uses. Breton and his team w more PR