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State lawmakers are launching a new effort to overhaul Maine's recreational pot law in January, hoping to find a political compromise to avoid another gubernatorial veto. The committee charged with launching the state's commercial adult-use market already has reintroduced the bill that Gov...

Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) on Friday vetoed a bill that would legalize the sale of recreational marijuana, nearly a year after residents voted to set up a system to sell and regulate the drug. In a letter, LePage said the law would set up a bifurcated system of recreational and medical sales...

Maine Gov. Paul LePage on Friday vetoed a bill to regulate sales of marijuana, citing concerns including how the Trump administration is going to treat the federal-state conflict in law. His veto sets up a showdown Monday when Maine lawmakers meet next week. "Until I clearly understand how the...

Gov. Paul LePage has 10 days to decide whether to sign a marijuana bill adopted by state legislators in special session Monday. The two-term Republican has sent mixed messages on the measure that passed in both houses but fell shy of the two-thirds majority required to override a...

Gov. Paul LePage issued an executive order Monday that directed the state's liquor agency to take charge of rulemaking and oversight of Maine's new marijuana legalization law. On the first day of legalized marijuana in Maine, LePage followed through on a pledge and ordered the Maine Bureau of...

Ausgusta — Gov. Paul LePage reversed course Friday and signed a bill to delay retail marijuana sales in Maine and close a loophole that could have allowed people under age 21 to legally possess the drug. On Thursday night, LePage stated that he had no plans to sign the high-profile bill until...

Augusta, Maine – A bill that establishes a moratorium on marijuana sales until Feb. 2018 overwhelmingly passed the house and senate on Thursday and is now on Gov. Paul LePage's desk. Maine Attorney General Janet Mills says the current law technically allows minors to possess and consume...

Augusta – Efforts to rush through changes to Maine's marijuana law before the drug becomes legal next week faltered Thursday amid political wrangling between the Legislature and Gov. Paul LePage. House and Senate lawmakers unanimously approved a bill Thursday delaying retail sales of...

Recreational marijuana use will be legal in Maine this month after a referendum passed by voters in November cleared its last hurdle, a signature from Gov. Paul LePage (R). The office of Maine's secretary of state said on Twitter Tuesday that they had received a signed proclamation for ballot...

Augusta – Gov. Paul LePage has signed a proclamation verifying the results of a November ballot question that saw voters, by a narrow margin, approve the legalization of recreational marijuana in Maine. LePage confirmed the proclamation Tuesday on a talk show on WVOM radio in Bangor. But he...

Augusta – Among the first items of business when legislators return next month will be a couple of quick fixes to the recreational marijuana measure approved by voters in November. House Speaker Sara Gideon said Wednesday that two changes are "front and center" to correct problems some have...