Live Breaking News & Updates on Maine Forest Service Director Patty Cormier

Stay updated with breaking news from Maine forest service director patty cormier. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.

A bill would include a Penobscot tribal member on the Baxter State Park Authority. It's getting pushback.

A bill sponsored by Maine Democrat Ben Collings of Portland would expand the authority from three members to four by adding a tribal member chosen by the tribes. The authority is against the bill but is open to other suggestions on how to include Wabanaki voices in the park's management. ....

United States , Baxter State Park , University Of Maine , Ben Collings , Deb Haaland , Percival Baxter , Barry Dana , Patty Cormier , Ellen Baum , Aaron Frey , Craig Hickman , University Of Maine System , Baxter State Park Authority , Maine Forest Service , Wildlife Advisory Council , Maine Criminal Justice Academy , Democrat Ben Collings , Attorney General , Maine Forest Service Director Patty Cormier , Inland Fisheries , Maine System , State Park , Penobscot Nation Chief Barry , General Aaron Frey ,

Lawmakers dispute over bill to include a Penobscot tribal member on the Baxter State Park Authority

Maine tribal members couldn't vote when the Baxter State Park Authority was created in 1931. Now lawmakers are considering whether a tribal member should have a say in how the park is run. ....

United States , Baxter State Park , University Of Maine , Ben Collings , Deb Haaland , Percival Baxter , Barry Dana , Patty Cormier , Ellen Baum , Aaron Frey , Craig Hickman , University Of Maine System , Baxter State Park Authority , Maine Forest Service , Wildlife Advisory Council , Maine Criminal Justice Academy , Democrat Ben Collings , Attorney General , Maine Forest Service Director Patty Cormier , Inland Fisheries , Maine System , State Park , Penobscot Nation Chief Barry , General Aaron Frey ,

Baxter State Park is struggling to find its next leader - Piscataquis Observer

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff

When Eben Sypitkowski stepped down in February as the director of Baxter State Park, the state immediately began a national search for his successor.

Nearly 10 months later, the position remains vacant. ....

United States , Baxter State Park , Eben Sypitkowski , Judy Camuso , Dan Renard , Percival Baxter , Aislinn Sarnacki , Patty Cormier , Pete Warner , Aaron Frey , Department Of Inland Fisheries , Baxter State Park Authority , Maine Forest Service , State Park , Bangor Daily News Staff , Bangor Daily News , Maine Forest Service Director Patty Cormier , Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey , Inland Fisheries , Wildlife Commissioner Judy Camuso , Business Administrator , Scientific Forest Management Area Manager ,

Eye on Augusta: Legislature Passes Tax Breaks for 28,000 Businesses and 160,000 Unemployed Workers

Eye on Augusta: Legislature Passes Tax Breaks for 28,000 Businesses and 160,000 Unemployed Workers
by Andy OâBrien
(Photo: Dan Kirchoff)
Andy O’Brien is communications director at Maine AFL-CIO. He is a former managing editor of The Free Press and a former state legislator. His Eye on Augusta column appears every other week in The Free Press.
Last Thursday, the Maine Legislature passed a supplemental budget package that will provide a full state tax exemption to federal Paycheck Protection (PPP) grants for 28,000 profitable businesses as well as tax breaks on the first $10,200 of federal unemployment benefits for 160,000 unemployed workers.
Republicans initially blocked the two-thirds votes necessary to pass the spending package in order to demand another $32 million in additional business tax cuts, including foreign-derived intangible income, to mirror the federal tax code. However, during floor debate, Republican le ....

United States , New Hampshire , Waldo County , Oxford County , Plueckeru Warren , Thom Harnettd Gardiner , Frank Dalessandro , Hallie Arno , Chloe Maxmin , Stanley Paige Zeiglerd Montville , Valli Geigerd Rockland , Amy Linscott , Patty Cormier , John Kosinski , Frances Perkins , Sarah Austin , Jeffrey Hanleyr Pittston , Michael Allen , Laura Boyett , Ben Gilman , Troy Jackson , Vicki Douderad Camden , Richard Bennett , Scott Cuddyd Winterport , Frances Perkin , Jeff Evangelos ,