AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoStatehouse Transition: Gov. Janet Mills met with Gov.-elect Hannah Pingree in Augusta to discuss a smooth handoff after Pingree’s win and Democrats’ expanded legislative majorities. Troy Jackson’s defeat of Susan Collins also flips Maine’s Senate seat; Maine recorded more than 730,000 votes, a turnout record. Courts: Deven Young, 19, will face adult-court proceedings in the 2025 killing of Sunshine Stewart after waiving a hearing on whether his case should be transferred. Health Care: Rockland’s Breakwater Commons nursing home is expected to be sold to Utah-based Tide Group in early 2027, pending state and federal approvals. Household Costs: Heating oil topped $6 a gallon in Maine, even as gas and diesel prices eased. Voters in eight towns also approved caps or freezes on mobile-home lot rents. Black Bears: Maine men’s hockey blanked No. 19 UMass 2-0 in Orono, and the women beat Boston University 3-0.
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