Did You Know?
Heart disease and stroke are among the leading causes of death. High blood pressure and high cholesterol put individuals at high risk for these health conditions. You can’t tell who has high blood pressure or high cholesterol just by looking at them, but about one of three U.S. adults have high blood pressure!

The loss of just one small business will leave an empty storefront on Main Street and cause a ripple effect that reverberates far beyond downtown. However, Maine faces an oncoming tsunami of federal regulations targeting our lobster industry that threaten to wipe out nearly 5,000 independently-owned, small businesses from Kittery to Eastport and in every rural fishing village in between – leaving a wake of economic destruction behind that will reach far beyond our coastline.

The Maine Department of Education and Educate Maine have partnered to launch a Guest School Staff Member campaign with a challenge to businesses, leaders, and citizens to help fill the needs in our schools. Guest School Staff Members can serve a variety of roles in schools, filling in for or supporting bus drivers, playground monitors, food service workers, teachers, and support staff.

Wireless connectivity is as central to the daily lives of Mainers as it is to the strength and vitality of building local economies. At no point has this been more apparent than throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, when wireless devices, mobile hotspots and smartphone apps connected Americans to work, remote learning, telehealth, e-commerce, entertainment, loved ones…the list goes on.

Last week, the Energy, Utilities, and Technology (EUT) committee held a public hearing on LD 1894, An Act to Support Municipal Broadband Infrastructure through Incentives and Competition. This legislation was introduced by Sen. Eloise Vitelli (D-Sagadahoc) and had several co-sponsors, both House and Senate members of the Democratic Caucus. This was new legislation to the Second Session of the 130th Maine Legislature, making it through Legislative Council in December 2021. We should also note that several days before the public hearing, an amendment was released to the bill.