AUGUSTA, Maine, Feb. 9 -- The Maine House Democrats issued the following news release: Rep. Dan Ankeles, D-Brunswick, presented a bill (https://legislature.maine.gov/backend/App/services/getDocument.aspx?documentId=104535) to the Legislature's Taxation Committee that would help protect access to Maine's working waterfront and provide additional property tax relief for residents of mobile homes through the Homestead Exemption. The measure, put forward in a public hearing Wednesday, aims to help more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Feb. 9 -- The Maine House Democrats issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2024: The Legislature's Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee unanimously voted Wednesday to advance a measure sponsored by Rep. Kathy Shaw, D-Auburn, that would make it easier for more Mainers to grow their own food. "My bill would more easily provide the means for Auburn residents, and Mainers around the state, to grow their own food," said Shaw. "LD 2053 would expand the ability of people more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Feb. 9 -- The Maine House Democrats issued the following news release on Feb. 8, 2024: The Maine House gave initial approval Tuesday to legislation sponsored by Rep. Kristen Cloutier, D-Lewiston, to expand affordable housing via group equity cooperatives. The bill, LD 1505, would amend the Maine Cooperative Affordable Housing Ownership Act to include group equity cooperatives, which is resident-controlled housing owned by a corporation in which residents own a share of stock.  more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Feb. 9 -- The Maine House Democrats issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2024: Rep. Colleen Madigan, D-Waterville, introduced a bill last Thursday before the Legislature's Health and Human Services Committee that would make it easier for more MaineCare members to have a loved one accompany them to a medical appointment. Currently, MaineCare members have limited ability to have a family member ride with them to appointments if the transportation is paid for by MaineCare, more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Feb. 9 -- The Maine House Democrats issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2024: Rep. Ron Russell, D-Verona Island, introduced a bill before the Legislature's Taxation Committee on Wednesday that would provide property tax relief to more Mainers by expanding the existing Property Tax Fairness Credit (PTFC). LD 2144 would provide additional property tax relief to Mainers aged 65 and older with low and moderate incomes. Under current law, homeowners are eligible for the PTF more PR

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Feb. 8 -- The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency issued the following news release: The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) requests public comment on a rule that will shape nation-leading restrictions on the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Currently, only Maine shares such protective measures. Minnesota's PFAS prohibitions take full effect on Jan. 1, 2032. "Minnesota's PFAS use prohibitions were written to protect public health and the environmen more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Feb. 9 -- The North Carolina Department of Commerce posted the following news release: Charlotte, N.C. - The North Carolina Taskforce for Offshore Wind Economic Resource Strategies (NC TOWERS) held its quarterly meeting in Charlotte February 1 to discuss the statewide opportunities that offshore wind and its supply chain offer North Carolinians. The taskforce meeting followed a third North Carolina and UK working group meeting scheduled earlier in the week, since the si more PR

ORONO, Maine, Feb. 9 -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: Kate McCarty, a food systems professional with University of Maine Cooperative Extension, has been recognized as part of an award-winning cookbook team. McCarty contributed to the cookbook "A Taste of Two Worlds: Stories + Recipes from Greenland and Maine" which achieved global recognition in the culinary world at the Gourmand Awards in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in November. For her contribution to the cookbook, M more PR