Pres. Jackson welcomes $150 million investment in LP Houlton
AUGUSTA – Earlier today, Louisiana-Pacific (LP) announced a $150 million investment to convert Houlton’s Oriented Strand Boardline (OSB) to manufacture SmartSide. LP is a Tennessee-based manufacturer of engineered wood building products. This investment is expected to greatly benefit local and sustainably sourced fiber, increasing consumption by 30 percent. In response to this announcement, Senate President […]
Pres. Jackson testifies in support of County residents nominated to serve on the Loring Development Authority
Appointees include Timothy Crowley, President of Northern Maine Community College; Kris Doody, CEO of Cary Medical Center; Suzie Paradis, Fort Kent Town Manager and Benjamin Shaw, COO of the Thompson Financial Group
Pres. Jackson, Senate Dem Leadership endorse compromise tax conformity measure
Our job isn’t to rubber-stamp everything that Washington, D.C., sends our way. It’s about passing policies and reforms that work for Maine. This proposal is about supporting 99 percent of Maine small businesses across the state, not bailing out major corporate law firms on the backs of Maine people.
Jackson lauds “Buy American” Executive Order, calls for states to follow suit
AUGUSTA – Senate President Troy Jackson of Allagash released the following statement after President Joe Biden signed a new Executive Order strengthening “Buy American” policies across the federal government: “Throughout this pandemic, American workers and manufacturers have stepped up to serve our state and our country. We owe it to them to have their […]
Jackson, Rafferty commemorate anniversary of minimum wage law
AUGUSTA – On Jan. 1, an estimated 52,900 hardworking Mainers received a wage increase thanks to the 2016 voter-approved minimum wage law, which increased the minimum wage from $12 per hour to $12.15 per hour in 2021. According to the Maine Center for Economic Policy, one out of every five Mainers will benefit from this increase, with an additional 67,100 […]
Pres. Jackson testifies against proposed solar racking rule
This proposal to redefine a ‘photovoltaic racking system’ completely ignores Maine laws in an effort to find an unsafe workaround with the sole goal of cutting costs for companies.
Pres. Jackson’s statement on Pixelle Specialty’s Jay Mill decision
AUGUSTA – Late Wednesday afternoon, Pixelle Specialty Solutions announced that it will permanently idle the third paper machine and will not rebuild the digester at the paper mill in Jay following the explosion earlier this year. Senate President Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, released the following statement in the wake of this afternoon’s news: “As a logger […]
Jackson sworn in as Senate President for 2nd Term
Serving in the Maine Legislature is about serving the people of this state. When you take away the State House with the marble floors and towering ceilings, and you take away the grand chambers, the purpose of the Legislature doesn’t change.
Pres. Jackson files complaint against U.S. Department of Labor for failing to enforce H2A laws
AUGUSTA – On Monday, Senate President Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) for repeatedly failing to enforce H2A immigration law with regard to the practice of cabotage by Canadian H2A workers in Maine’s logging and trucking industry. “When Mainers are on a level playing field, they can compete […]
President Jackson releases 2020 legislative update
AUGUSTA – A Legislative update from Senate President Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, hit mailboxes through Senate District 1 – northern Aroostook County – earlier this week. These annual updates from lawmakers provide constituents with a sense of what happened during the second regular legislative session. This year, President Jackson championed legislation to shake up our health […]