Jul 27, 2011 | Business Impact, Business News, Governor LePage, Industry News
By Nick Sambides Jr., BDN Staff EAST MILLINOCKET, Maine — The Toronto-based corporation that owns the two Katahdin region paper mills is giving Gov. Paul LePage more time to close a deal with a potential buyer of the mills, he said Tuesday. “We are cautiously...
Jul 12, 2011 | Business Impact, Environmental, Governor LePage, Maine Legislation
AUGUSTA – A proposal to abolish Maine’s Land Use Regulation Commission has been bypassed in favor of a study into the future of the commission, which oversees development in the state’s nearly 10 million acres of unorganized territory. Gov. Paul...
May 16, 2011 | Business Impact, Business News, Governor LePage, Maine House, Maine Legislation, Maine Senate
May 16, 2011 AUGUSTA – The Maine Senate passed landmark legislation today to revamp Maine’s health insurance market. The measure, LD 1333, is designed to generate more competition and more choices and bring rates closer to national norms. It also sets up a...
Apr 13, 2011 | Business Impact, Business News, Governor LePage, Industry News, LePage Administration, Maine Regulations
By Nick Sambides Jr., BDN Staff Anybody interested in revitalizing the Katahdin region’s two paper mills had better move fast, the mills’ manager said Wednesday. East Millinocket Selectman Mark Scally says Gov. Paul LePage pledged to press the mills’ owner, Brookfield...
Mar 15, 2011 | Biomass, Business Impact, Business News, Governor LePage, Industry News, LePage Administration
AUGUSTA, Maine — A consultant, former pulp and paper executive, and state lawmaker has been tapped to lead the Maine Office of Energy Independence and Security. Gov. Paul LePage announced Monday that Kenneth Fletcher will lead the office, which aims to increase the...
Feb 17, 2011 | Business Impact, Business News, Governor LePage, LePage Administration
AUGUSTA — Cheryl Russell, Gov. Paul LePage’s nominee to lead the state Department of Labor, has withdrawn her name from consideration for the post, the Governor’s Office said in a statement. Just last week, LePage announced that Russell was his pick to...