Ink-stained journalist @PressHerald in Maine. Now: environment and climate. Then: lobster, cannabis, politics.
Portland, ME
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Penelope Overton retweeted
Gov. Janet Mills' office is seeking more than $1,400 in fees from the CBS13 I-Team after we requested public documents related to her out-of-state travel over the past year.
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Two leading #Maine anti-abortion groups, @CCLMaine and Speak Up For Life, will not use people's veto to try to block @GovJanetMills law expanding access to post-viability #abortion. pressherald.com/2023/08/09/o…
The Maine House fails to override @GovJanetMills veto of the tribal rights bill on Thursday. – at Augusta, ME
Power surge? Sign from the heavens? The lights go dark, then the digital tally board goes wild as #Maine @RTalbotRoss calls for a quorum on the day of the tribal bill veto override. #wabanaki #mepolitics
“We were doing good until the contamination got us. I thought we’d beat it, but it got us good,” said Egide Dostie Jr., a 4th gen dairy farmer. His is one of at least 49 #Maine farms contaminated by #PFAS left behind by #sludge fertilizer. pressherald.com/2023/06/11/a… – at Orlando, FL
Helping #Maine farmers survive the fallout from the state’s sludge-spreading program could cost $81M, 34% more than budgeted #PFAS pressherald.com/2023/05/15/c…
“We ate like kings, except we were getting poisoned." #Maine farmers and those living nearby are left wondering what long-term exposure to #PFAS from long-ago ag sludge spreading is doing to their bodies. Story by @joelawlorph pressherald.com/2023/05/14/p…
Does #Maine need to suspend its ban on out-of-state trash to solve its sludge disposal crisis? Or is a delay just a cash grab by its for-profit landfill manager? #PFAS pressherald.com/2023/05/08/l…
This journo is waving a white flag on the public hearing for @GovJanetMills bill. 14 hrs of #abortion testimony, and they’re still going! Goodnight #Maine. – at Augusta, ME
Midnight approaches at the #Maine State House and at least 400 people remain to testify against the #abortion bill from @GovJanetMills, all now limited to 1 minute. pressherald.com/2023/05/01/a…
At the #Maine State House, about 10pm, and Dems just told the 500~ opponents of @GovJanetMills #abortion bill who have yet to speak at public hearing they will only get 1 min each. The 65~ or so supporters went 1st; they had 2 minutes each. Usually speakers get 3 min.
Hundreds flood the Maine State Capitol Monday to testify on bills to expand #abortion access in #Maine pressherald.com/2023/05/01/a…
A new study says increased ocean acidification could pose a threat to the sea scalloping industry in the Gulf of #Maine and off East Coast. @DennisHoey with the story. pressherald.com/2023/03/22/n…
Penelope Overton retweeted
Some say a proposed mandate for 30-minute lunch periods would be better for students' nutrition, while others argue that it would create more opportunity for trouble.
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Penelope Overton retweeted
Republicans on the budget committee seem to be going along with the Democrat's plan to fast-track a continuing services budget.
But lawmakers must still wrangle over hundreds of millions is additional revenue in the coming weeks.
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While #Maine has outlawed #sludge as a fertilizer, preferring to bury it to stop #PFAS contamination, #California does the opposite, diverting #sludge from landfills to farm fields to lower greenhouse gas emissions. Most states fall somewhere in between. pressherald.com/2023/03/19/f…
Follow along on the historic State of the Tribes address at @PressHerald and catch up on vital details to put it all in context with a timely story by @randybillings pressherald.com/2023/03/16/t…
The briefing on the #sludge disposal crisis in #Maine is about to begin. Full house. #PFAS #MEPolitics
