2022
Pembroke voters approve ordinance to ban mining
By nearly a 3-1 margin, Pembroke residents, during a special town meeting the evening of May 4, passed a local ordinance to prohibit metallic mining in the town.
Politics & Government
2022
Legislature to consider plan for tribal racino in county
A legislative hearing on a bill to allow a racino and a high-stakes beano facility in Washington County will be held on Monday, April 25. The Legal and Veterans Affairs Committee will consider legislation sponsored by Fred Moore III...
2022
Tribes now garner strong support in state; Water legislation signed into law
Governor Janet Mills may have been sharpening her veto pencil for the Passamaquoddy Tribe's drinking water bill when legislators removed the bill from her office on April 19 and amended it, in order to address the governor's concerns.
2022
Tribes now garner strong support in state; Sovereignty bill’s fate unclear
Wabanaki leaders and citizens, legislators and allies rallied in Augusta on April 20 to celebrate what they believe is a historic sea change in tribal state relations, as three bills affecting the tribes have received strong support in the legislature.
2022
Report reveals state's effort to exterminate tribes
As the Maine state government is considering a sweeping tribal sovereignty measure, a recently released report reveals how early Maine governments sought to generate wealth from stolen resources of Wabanaki tribal lands and how state law has long sought to deny tribal sovereignty and to have...
2022
Legislative panel splits over tribe’s drinking water bill
A legislative committee was evenly divided on recommending a bill that would allow the Passamaquoddy Tribe to tap into a groundwater aquifer in Perry to provide drinking water to Sipayik and Eastport.
2022
Debate continues over proposal by tribe to tap into Perry aquifer
Debate over a bill that would allow the Passamaquoddy Tribe to tap into a groundwater aquifer in Perry to provide drinking water to Sipayik is continuing in the legislature, with tribal representatives claiming that the town's ordinance on water extraction is unconstitutional...