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Press Herald - The Maine House of Representatives on Tuesday advanced a measure that would limit the amount of digital data that businesses and other groups can collect and use to target consumers with advertisements. Proponents say the bill is needed to protect people from artificial intelligence and government surveillance, but opponents say it will put small businesses at a competitive disadvantage.
Maine’s formula for distributing state funding to local school districts could soon get an update. The Legislature’s Education and Cultural Affairs Committee voted Wednesday to introduce a bill incorporating major changes to the funding formula recommended by the nonpartisan Maine Educational Policy Research Institute. Lawmakers previously commissioned a comprehensive review in 2013 but did not adopt its recommendations.
New England’s largest standalone battery facility is now operating in Maine, bringing the state a key step closer to the Mills administration’s electrification and clean energy goals. The Cross Town Energy Storage facility boasts a capacity of 175 megawatts, bringing the state’s total energy storage capacity to about 240 megawatts — more than halfway to its capacity goal for the end of 2030.