Gov. Janet Mills covered a lot of ground in her State of the State address on Tuesday. Read More
In her first State of the State address on Tuesday, Gov. Janet Mills called for more child welfare caseworkers, asked lawmakers to pass borrowing proposals while adding $20 million to the state’s reserve fund and urged a new affordable housing tax credit. Read More
Here is the full text of Gov. Janet Mills' State of the State address. Read More
In one of the last firsts for Gov. Janet Mills more than a year after taking office, the Democrat will address the Maine Legislature in the House chamber on Tuesday night in her first State of the State address. Read More
Maine’s Public Utilities Commission said Tuesday it will proceed with its investigation into Central Maine Power’s winter disconnection policies. Read More
House Democrats opened arguments in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial Wednesday, appealing to skeptical Republican senators to join them in voting to remove Trump from office to "protect our democracy." Read More
The four Democratic senators seeking the White House want to be out there campaigning, but they're pulled off the presidential campaign trail and into the Senate to serve as jurors in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial. Read More
President Donald Trump said Wednesday the U.S. would soon be imposing visa restrictions on more countries — though it's not clear yet how many nations will be affected by his expansion of the travel ban. Read More
The lawsuit alleges that Our Revolution, a political nonprofit founded by Bernie Sanders, violated campaign finance law by accepting donations in excess of federal limits while boosting his White House ambitions. Read More
The former Maine senator said constituents will hold the senators accountable if they fail to do so. Read More
Expect a relatively tight focus from Mills, who told Maine Public this week that “major reforms” won’t be accomplished in a short legislative session in an election year. Read More
The American College of Physicians called for sweeping government action to guarantee coverage for all, reduce costs and improve the basic well-being of Americans. Read More
What — and whom — to watch when the trial gets underway around 1 p.m. EST Tuesday. Read More
Dozens of surrogates have deployed across the early voting states in recent weeks to expand the footprint of White House hopefuls before the Iowa caucuses usher in the Democratic contest in less than two weeks. Read More
Trump's two-day visit is a test of his ability to balance his anger over being impeached with a desire to project leadership on the world stage. Read More
The group said Collins "turned her back" on women, citing her vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court as well as other judicial nominees who oppose abortion. Read More
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday proposed a condensed, two-day calendar for each side to give opening arguments in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, ground rules that are raising objections from Democrats on the eve of the landmark proceedings. Read More
Democratic presidential candidates spent the weekend grappling with how to address questions surrounding sexism and gender bias as they sought to balance support for women against concerns of a political blowback. Read More
The brief from Trump's lawyers, filed before arguments expected this week in the Senate impeachment trial, offered the most detailed glimpse of the lines of defense they intend to use against Democratic efforts to oust Trump over his dealings with Ukraine. Read More
The prospect of a Biden-Sanders faceoff deep in the primary isn't what many Democrats would have predicted a year ago. Read More
The paper said Sunday it had chosen the two most effective candidates from the moderate and progressive sides of the party — without stating a preference for either approach. Read More
Trump's lawyers on Sunday previewed their impeachment defense with the questionable assertion that the charges against him are invalid, adopting a position rejected by Democrats as "nonsense." Read More
Taking pharmaceutical money, it turns out, does not make U.S. Sen. Susan Collins or her opponents unique. Read More
Illegal crossings plummeted across the border after the Trump administration made more asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. court. Read More
From banning "forever chemicals" to helping homeless veterans, here's how Maine's members of Congress voted. Read More
The archives said the photo in question is not one of its archival records, but rather was licensed for use as a promotional graphic in the exhibit on women's suffrage. Read More
Some Bernie Sanders supporters say a video circulating on social media shows the former vice president endorsing Republican calls to cut Social Security and Medicare. Read More
Independent Sen. Angus King of Maine is part of a group of senators taking the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to task for failing to protect public housing residents from radon gas. Read More
Facing perhaps her toughest reelection fight, veteran Sen. Susan Collins has parachuted into familiar terrain — the heart of a hot-button issue, this time President Donald Trump's impeachment. Read More
