Maine’s congressional delegation is unified in its opposition to President Donald Trump’s use of emergency powers to redirect money to build a partial wall on the border with Mexico. Read More
Maine is faring better than many states, but advocates say it could do more to ensure that low-income students eat breakfast. Read More
The town of Yarmouth has removed a 90-year-old cemetery plaque that referred to Native American people as “savage enemies.” Read More
Members of the Legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee are considering a bill that would ban the use of e-cigarettes or vaping on school grounds. Read More
Gov. Janet Mills seems to warming to Central Maine Power’s plan to build a major new power line through western Maine’s forests. Read More
Nearly 27,000 acres of working forestland in northern Maine is being protected in a deal that will bring the tract into Appalachian Mountain Club ownership. Read More
Some state caseworkers say they’re being overwhelmed by a significant increase in reports of abuse and neglect of adults with disabilities and the elderly. Read More
Fore Points Marina is part of the long-planned redevelopment of the Portland Company complex. Read More
Tribal leaders said that, in the hearts of native people, the idea of replacing Columbus Day with a native holiday is a big deal, not for reasons of political correctness but for moral ones. Read More
A proposal before the Portland City Council to require that most city contractors pay the prevailing wage on city jobs. Read More
CMP recently told 62,000 residential customers they would get a bill credit, but they will not. Read More
A new initiative in Maine's largest city could help restore an educational focus on Wabanaki studies. Read More
Central Maine Power and Hydro-Quebec are offering a benefit package worth hundreds of millions of dollars to try to win support of their controversial plan to build a transmission line through western Maine. Read More
Edible CBD is an exploding enterprise, and increasingly a big part of Maine’s hemp industry. Read More
“I don’t want NOAA making decisions on what this lobster fishery is going to look like in the future,” says Patrick Keliher, commissioner of the Department of Marine Resources for Maine, home to the country’s dominant lobster fishery. Read More
The review will look into everything from where money is being spent to whether particular programs are effective. Read More
Central Maine Power is getting ready to put a lot more money and other benefits on the table in its effort to win approval for a new transmission line through western Maine. Read More
Fisheries’ managers in the Atlantic states are considering a more proactive approach to regulating the lobster industry in order to reduce risks it may pose for the endangered North Atlantic right whale. Read More
Jerry Reid was a central figure in two legal cases that they say have undermined their cultural identity. Read More
Erik Gundersen was a staffer for House Speaker Sara Gideon and an adviser to the Legislature’s Marijuana Legalization Implementation Committee. Read More
