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Feds pick New England’s offshore wind development area, drawing cheers and questions alike

Mar. 15, 2024 14:08 PM EDT

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The federal government on Friday designated a large area off the New England coast for offshore wind production development, setting the stage for a possible lease sale within the Gulf of Maine. The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said in a statement...

Save Our Signal! Politicians close in on votes needed to keep AM radio in every car

Mar. 11, 2024 14:00 PM EDT

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The signal might be fading, but it can't be lost. That's the message from politicians who are closing in on the required number of votes needed to pass federal legislation that requires AM radios in every new car. The prevalence of AM broadcast...

Biden signs a package of spending bills passed by Congress just hours before a shutdown deadline

Mar. 09, 2024 13:06 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Saturday signed a $460 billion package of spending bills approved by the Senate in time to avoid a shutdown of many key federal agencies. The legislation's success gets lawmakers about halfway home in wrapping up their appropriations work for the 2024...

Congress passes first package of spending bills just hours before shutdown deadline for key agencies

Mar. 08, 2024 23:27 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Friday approved a $460 billion package of spending bills in time to meet a midnight deadline for avoiding a shutdown of many key federal agencies, a vote that gets lawmakers about halfway home in wrapping up their appropriations work for the 2024 budget year. ...

Sen. Susan Collins' mother, a civic-minded matriarch, dies at age 96

Mar. 05, 2024 19:32 PM EST

CARIBOU, Maine (AP) — Patricia “Pat” Collins, a civic-minded matriarch who raised six children, including Republican Sen. Susan Collins, and led a life of public service, died Tuesday at age 96, the senator announced. Pat Collins was raised in Port Jervis, New York, after...

Haley says she raised a strong $12M in February, but can't point to long-term plan to beat Trump

Mar. 01, 2024 23:13 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said Friday that she raised $12 million in February, a haul that will likely allow her to remain in the Republican primary against former President Donald Trump past next week's Super Tuesday — even though she can't point to an...

Home energy aid reaches new high as Congress mulls funding

Jan. 23, 2024 13:02 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Utility customers racked up record debt even as the federal home energy assistance program served more than 7 million families, an all-time high, in the last fiscal year, underscoring the need for more funding, the National Energy Assistance Directors Association said Tuesday. ...