Scott Bolduc, President and CEO of Bolduc Technology, shows Maine’s Governor Baldacci how the new remote controlled ‘drive-by-wire’ technology will operate in a Humvee. Photo by Ramona du Houx

It happens— all too often. But that could change with new technology that may be deployed with troops. A technology created here in Maine at Bolduc Technology Group, in Augusta.

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“Last year, I introduced a bill called the Safe and Efficient Transportation Act (SETA), which would allow Maine and other states to increase the weight of trucks allowed on their interstate systems in order to make them consistent with surrounding states.

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Last week Maine State Police troopers issued dozens of warnings while stepping up enforcement of the state’s “move over” law.

The “move over” law requires drivers to move into the passing lane, if possible, or slow down when traveling by police cars, firetrucks, ambulances, tow trucks and other vehicles with flashing lights in the breakdown lane.

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The U.S. Senate cloture vote extends Medicaid funding and will provide additional education support for States still struggling to recover from the recession.

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IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

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The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) announced that the Town of Madawaska will receive a $2 million investment for wastewater treatment system improvements. According to the EDA, this investment will lead to the construction of critical improvements to Madawaska’s wastewater treatment system to repair damage caused by the May 2008 flooding of the St. John River.

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Maine’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has recommended a ban on the use of the chemical Bisphenol-A (BPA) in baby bottles, sippy cups, water bottles, and other reusable food and beverage containers.

“When it comes to toxic chemicals, it doesn’t get much worse than Bisphenol-A. This chemical is not only dangerous, it is everywhere. From baby bottles to pizza boxes, from canned food to credit card receipts, BPA is getting into our systems and causing serious health effects,” said Michael Belliveau, Executive Director of the Environmental Health Strategy Center.

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Governor John E. Baldacci today praised Gerard P. Conley Sr. and his leadership of the Maine Turnpike Authority (MTA) during the dedication of the new MTA Administration and Public Safety building. The building was named in Conley’s honor.

The Portland building consolidated operations that had been conducted at four separate facilities into one building. The new building houses the administrative staff of the Maine Turnpike Authority, the E-ZPass Customer Service Center and State Police Troop G.

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Attorney General Janet T. Mills and Health and Human Services Commissioner Brenda Harvey announced June 16, 2010, that Maine is one of the first states to receive a competitive grant from the Food and Drug Administration to increase the enforcement of state and federal tobacco laws. Grant funds will help the state reverse the recent upward trend in teenage smoking rates. The rate of smoking amongst Maine high school students reached a low of 14% in 2007, but increased to 18% in 2009.

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Governor John Baldacci and the Executive Director of Maine Workers’ Compensation Board, Paul R. Dionne, announced that the Workers’ Compensation Board recently approved the largest reduction in the assessment to employers since 1993.

The action reduced the assessment which funds the Agency from $10.8 million to $7.35 million for a total reduction of $3.45 million.

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