AUGUSTA, Maine, May 7 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news release on May 6: Governor Janet Mills announced that she is convening an Economic Recovery Committee charged with developing recommendations to mitigate the damage to Maine's economy caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and to jumpstart a long-term economic recovery for Maine people, businesses, and organizations. The thirty-seven member Committee, co-chaired by Laurie Lachance, former Maine State Economist and P  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release on May 7: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden announced that Maine lobstermen, fishermen, and other Mainers working in the seafood supply chain will receive a total of $20,166,476. The funding represents the fifth-highest amount being awarded among 31 recipients. Senator Collins and Representative Pingree worked with bipartisan groups of their colleagu  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on May 7: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden announced that Maine lobstermen, fishermen, and other Mainers working in the seafood supply chain will receive a total of $20,166,476. The funding represents the fifth-highest amount being awarded among 31 recipients. Senator Collins and Representative Pingree worked with bipartisan groups of their colle  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on May 7: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden announced that Maine lobstermen, fishermen, and other Mainers working in the seafood supply chain will receive a total of $20,166,476. The funding represents the fifth-highest amount being awarded among 31 recipients. Senator Collins and Representative Pingree worked with bipartisan groups of their col  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) - a lead negotiator of the bipartisan Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and the lead Democrat on the Senate subcommittee that funds the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - announced that New Hampshire is set to receive $2.7 million to help the state's fishermen and seafood industry survive the economic impact from the COVI  more