NEW YORK, Aug. 22 -- The Associated Press issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2024: The Associated Press today announced three new content sharing agreements with U.S. nonprofit news newsrooms: Deep South Today, The Maine Monitor and The Nevada Independent. The agreements are part of an effort to expand the reach of local news ahead of the 2024 U.S. presidential election and increase access to AP's fact-based, nonpartisan journalism. The new content collaborations follow arrangement  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Aug. 21 (TNSres) -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, and Attorney General Aaron Frey issued the following statements on Aug. 20, 2024: * * * Governor Janet Mills and Attorney General Aaron Frey issued the following statements today in response to the release of the final report of the Independent Commission to Investigate the Facts of the Tragedy in Lewiston: "Our ability to heal -- as a people and as a state -- is predicated on the ability to know and understand, to the greatest ex  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Aug. 22 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission issued the following order approving issuance of securities (No. 2024-00187) on Aug. 21, 2024: * * * EASTERN MAINE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. Request for Approval of Issue of Securities Pertaining to Eastern Maine Electric Co-Op, Inc. ORDER APPROVING ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES BARTLETT, Chair, SCULLY and GILBERT, Commissioners I. SUMMARY On July 23, 2024, Eastern Maine Electric Cooperative, Inc. (EMEC or the Cooperative) filed wi  more