Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey’s office has received complaints about high-priced tickets for Portland Hearts of Pine soccer matches and other issues on resale sites on the heels of a consumer protection law the Legislature passed this year.

The reported concerns, including those surrounding competitive tickets for the state’s only professional soccer club that has seen sold-out crowds in its inaugural season , get at the broader arguments that proponents made in supporting the law from Senate President Mattie Daughtry, D-Brunswick, that Gov. Janet Mills signed in June .

The number of complaints also illustrates the challenges Maine faces in seeing immediate results with its new law that makes the small state stand out. Daughtry’s measure has been hailed as a first-in-the-natio

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