AUGUSTA, Maine, April 18 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following statement in response to the President's Guidelines for Opening Up America Again: "We all want life to return to normal as soon as it is safe to do so. Our hearts break to see closed storefronts and people struggling to make ends meet because of this crisis. At the same time, we all know that reopening too soon and too aggressively will likely cause a secondary surge in COVID 19 cases, jeopardizing the lives of Maine pe  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: All eight members of the Maine and New Hampshire Congressional Delegations wrote to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, urging him to provide price stabilizing assistance to assist New England dairy farmers who are struggling with plummeting prices for milk products and increased costs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The letter was signed by U.S. Senators Susan Collins, Jeanne Shaheen, An  more