By Lauren McCauley | Editor
“I’ve not seen anything like this in the United States.” - Public Utilities Commissioner Patrick Scully, on the collaboration among New England states to share costs and benefits of the northern Maine wind project.
The Record Hill wind farm in Roxbury, Maine. (Photo via U.S. Department of Energy)
ENERGY
By Kaitlyn Budion
The Maine Public Utilities Commission will finally move forward with plans for a new transmission line to northern Maine and an 800 megawatt wind project.
ENERGY
By Kaitlyn Budion
The Maine Data Center Advisory Council is holding two virtual listening sessions with the public in the coming weeks.
IMMIGRATION
By Tim Henderson, Stateline
As more states seek ways to limit immigration enforcement, a Stateline analysis shows one tactic has had an effect: making it more difficult for local law enforcement to hand over people they are holding in city or county jails to federal immigration authorities.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
As Maine and other states tighten oversight, private equity’s healthcare deals decline | Anna Claire Vollers, Stateline
New court filings reveal more details of undercover agents’ surveillance of anti-ICE protesters | Madison McVan, Minnesota Reformer
Why nuclear, why New Hampshire, why now? | Molly Rains, New Hampshire Bulletin
Pennsylvania reports nation’s first confirmed measles-related deaths in 2026 | Ian Karbal, Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Active court order still blocking Trump effort to restrict vote-by-mail | Shauneen Miranda, States Newsroom
Tennessee’s Dolly Parton dies at 80 after a life of music and giving | Sam Stockard, Tennessee Lookout
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