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The owner of a Maine bookstore says she wants people to bring children to a so-called “Drag Queen Story Hour”…
At a House Homeland Security Committee hearing Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) asked FBI Director Christopher Wray point blank…
Trinity College in Hartford, CT, ordered the removal of a student’s American flag and attempted to confiscate the flag, according…
A Hermon third grade teacher who also heads the Hermon Teachers Association has a message for parents who are upset…
Maine, and the rest of New England, may face energy blackouts this winter due to sky prices for liquified natural…
Gray-New Gloucester Middle School Teacher Ann Cook’s politically charged conversation with an 8th grader, first reported on by The Maine…
More than 120 Republican candidates for the Maine State House and Senate vowed Monday to oust Attorney General Aaron Frey…
A New York Times / Siena College poll released Monday suggests Republican candidates have gained ground with independent voters after…
Maine’s congressional delegation will take action to limit funding to the Monterey Bay Aquarium after the California-based aquarium’s Seafood Watch…
The Maine Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) are no longer supporting a referendum question they worked to place on Portland’s…
Portland city officials cleared trash and a homeless encampment from Deering Oaks Park in Portland ahead of a planned event…
The estimated amount of pandemic unemployment compensation paid out to fraudulent claims has risen to $45.6 billion, according to recent…
Maine’s unemployment rate increased in August, rising to 3.1 percent from July’s rate of 2.8 percent. The labor force participation…
The Maine Legislature’s Government Oversight Committee (GOC) will subpoena confidential case files related to the recent deaths of four children…
New rules for Maine’s adult-use cannabis program went into effect on September 8. Included in the rules are new requirements…
While the number of jobs available in Maine has recovered to near pre-pandemic levels, the state’s labor force participation rate…
From early March 2020 through the summer, when discussions about whether to close and reopen schools because of COVID-19 were…
The Maine Department of Education (DOE) worked with several interest groups in the state to coordinate COVID-19 messaging and guidelines…
As the summer of 2020 progressed, the Maine Department of Education (DOE) continued communications with interest groups in the state,…
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Tuesday ruled against a ballot initiative that shut down construction of the New England…
On August 18, the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), part of the Department of the Interior (DOI), announced…
An election to remove the Maine State Nurses Association (MSNA) from Maine Medical Center (MMC) ended in victory for the…
Maine’s unemployment rate was 2.8 percent in July, down from 3 percent in June, and averaged 3 percent in the…
On August 17 and 18, nurses at Maine Medical Center (MMC) will vote on whether to decertify the union they…
At its August 8 meeting, the Bangor City Council voted 6 to 1 to ban the sale of flavored tobacco…
A new property tax stabilization program aimed at helping keep senior citizens in their homes went into effect on August…
A regional school unit violated the First Amendment when it banned Shawn McBreairty from attending school functions and stepping foot…
Maine’s laws regulating metallic mineral mining mean a Newry couple cannot extract an estimated $1.5 billion worth of lithium from…
According to the Maine Department of Labor (DOL), Maine’s employment rate decreased slightly to 3 percent in June 2022, the…
In a July 20 meeting, the Government Oversight Committee (GOC) met and further discussed its ongoing investigation into the Office…
A joint ballot initiative effort between the Maine People’s Alliance and the Maine Women’s Lobby seeks to put the question…
A law intended to stabilize property taxes for full-time Maine residents aged 65 or older who have owned a homestead…
Lobster fishing gear is once more banned from a roughly 1,000 square mile area of federal water off the coast…
Portland’s Charter Commission submitted its final report, including eight proposals for reform that will appear on the ballot in November,…
Dannel Malloy will continue to serve as chancellor for the University of Maine System (UMS) for at least another year…
Five citizen’s initiatives will appear on Portland’s ballot in November. Four of those initiatives, including one to create an $18…
On the final day of its October 2021 term, the Supreme Court ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) overstepped…
Residents of Southport voted on June 28 to overturn approval for a fiber optic network owned by the town. The…
For the third consecutive school year, the Maine Department of Education (DOE) is seeking waivers from the federal government for…
The Maine Department of Education (DOE) recently announced it is looking to hire team leaders to help develop content for…
During a June 16 meeting of the Maine Legislature’s Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs, University of Maine System (UMS)…
In a 6-3 majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned…
In a decision released June 21, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled against a man who alleged that the state’s…
On June 21, the United States Supreme Court ruled Maine’s prohibition on sectarian schools from receiving public funds through the…
Maine’s unemployment rate fell slightly in May, to 3.2 percent from 3.3 percent the previous month. The labor force participation…
The Board of Osteopathic Licensure restored Paul Gosselin’s license to practice medicine on June 15. It had been suspended in…
A decision about University of Maine System (UMS) Chancellor Dannel Malloy’s contract will come at a July 11 meeting of…
Republican Bruce Poliquin defeated Elizabeth Caruso in the June 14 primary for the U.S. House Maine District 2 seat. With…
The Maine Department of Education (DOE) is currently seeking comments related to a number of waivers it intends to submit…
At least 20 percent of federal dollars paid out through pandemic-related unemployment programs went to fraudulent and ineligible claims according…
As part of Maine’s Climate Council, which is working to implement a four-year plan to decrease the state’s greenhouse gas…
According to a report recently released by WalletHub, Maine has the eighth weakest economy in the nation. WalletHub looked at…
The Maine chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) recently announced it had filed paperwork with the city of…
Days after announcing the results of a lottery for a new pilot program that would allow only 10 food trucks…
Now that LD 2003, the housing bill sponsored by Speaker of the House Ryan Fecteau (D-Biddeford) has been signed into…
The $850 checks passed as part of the most recent supplemental budget deal will begin arriving in the mailboxes of…
According to The Hill, Maine’s average price of gas per gallon was 10th highest in the nation on Memorial Day.…
If passed as currently written, a recently submitted draft proposal of reforms to Portland’s city charter features election reforms, including…
Before the Supreme Court issues its final opinion for the October 2021 term in June, it will rule on a…
University of Maine System (UMS) Chancellor Dannel Malloy has now received four votes of no confidence from campuses within the…
Following an upward revision to March’s jobs numbers, Maine’s unemployment rate was “essentially unchanged” at 3.3 percent in April, according…
After failing to disclose a vote of no confidence in the incoming University of Maine at Augusta’s (UMA) leadership, University…
As a result of its information retention practices related to privacy and the First Amendment, the Maine Information and Analysis…
Maine’s Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry (DACF) would write new rules to bring the state’s hemp program into line…
Secretary of State Shenna Bellows’ office released draft rules on May 5 detailing how the agency would review vanity license…
A law related to pay for vacation time at the end of employment that was enacted in April has the…
Though a new rule from the National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration affecting the gear lobster fisherman can use has gone…
Gov. Janet Mills has so far vetoed two bills passed during the 130th Legislature’s second session, and more vetoes could…
Though the 130th Maine Legislature will return to Augusta for a veto day on May 9, there are a number…
On April 27, Gov. Janet Mills signed LD 2003 into law. The bill was finally passed by the legislature on…
With the 130th Maine Legislature’s second session completed, except for a veto day to be held May 9, several tobacco-related…
Both chambers of the Maine Legislature met on April 25 for the final regular meeting of the 130th Legislature. Lawmakers…
Lawmakers in both the House of Representatives and Senate met on April 20 and extended the second legislative session, statutorily…
Both the House of Representative and the Senate convened on April 19 for the penultimate day of the 130th Legislature’s…
With only three days left in the 130th Legislature’s second session, both the Senate and House of Representatives held sessions…
In March, Maine’s unemployment rate was 3.6 percent, a decrease from February’s 4 percent unemployment rate. According to the Maine…
The Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs (AFA) met late on the evening of April 14 and voted unanimously to…
With one week left in the legislative session and work on the supplemental budget still unfinished, both the Senate and…
On April 7, the Maine Legislature’s Labor and Housing Committee voted 8 to 4 to adopt a new sponsor’s amendment…
The Maine Senate on April 7 voted to indefinitely postpone a bill that would have doubled the state’s vehicle inspection…
The House of Representatives on April 5 failed to pass a bill that would have created a ballot question asking…
The 130th Maine Legislature is currently scheduled to adjourn its second session on April 20, giving legislators a little more…
A bill to keep veterans’ homes in Machias and Caribou open was passed by the Senate and signed into law…
For the last two school years, Maine has received a waiver from the federal government exempting it from federal reporting…
Both the House of Representatives and the Senate met on March 29 for the ninth legislative day of the 130th…
During a joint session of the Maine Legislature on March 24, the Senate finally passed 15 pieces of legislation. The…
Maine’s unemployment rate was 4 percent in February, a small change from January’s rate of 4.1 percent. The number of…
A disagreement between the presiding officers of the Maine Legislature––House Speaker Ryan Fecteau (D-Biddeford) and Senate President Troy Jackson (D-Aroostook)––resulted…
Both chambers of the Maine Legislature convened on March 22 for the first of two scheduled sessions this week. The…
On March 18, the Maine Legislature’s Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology held a work session on Gov. Janet Mills’…
During a work session on a bill proposing to return surplus money to taxpayers, Democrats on the Maine Legislature’s Committee…
Gov. Janet Mills unveiled her change package to the supplemental budget on March 18, which spends all but $20 million…
The Maine Legislature’s Committee on Labor and Housing (LBHS) on March 16 voted to advance an amended version of Speaker of…
Maine’s unemployment rate was unchanged from December 2021 to January 2022. The unemployment rate remained at 4.1% in January. The…
The Maine Legislature’s Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (IFW) voted against a bill Monday that would have allowed Mainers…
For the sixth time during the 130th Maine Legislature’s second session, the House of Representatives and Senate met on March…
Approximately five months after being forced to vacate the position of state auditor, Matt Dunlap has received internal auditor credentials.…
With the retail price of gasoline in Maine over $4 per gallon and matching the national average, Republican legislators seek…
The Maine Legislature’s Committee on Labor and Housing held a public hearing March 7 on a bill that would make…