The Republican bill would provide another $250 billion for the small-business loan program aimed at keeping workers on the payroll during the pandemic. Read More
Saying that “this is not the right time for any landlords to be evicting anybody,” Gov. Janet Mills plans to issue an executive order to help those facing eviction due to the economic impacts of coronavirus. Read More
The Democratic governor said it was “not going to be possible” to hold the election in June in accordance with the constraints imposed by social distancing in response to the novel coronavirus. Read More
A new federal program that was a centerpiece of the $2.2 trillion stimulus passed last month to guarantee loans to small businesses likely needs at least $200 billion in additional funding, a spokeswoman for U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine said on Tuesday. Read More
Towns and cities whose usual polling locations have closed because of the coronavirus pandemic are waiting for guidance from the state on how or whether the June 9 primary will happen before they choose new locations and make other arrangements for voting. Read More
Voters will choose between two white septuagenarians with dramatically different prescriptions for health care, climate change, foreign policy and leadership in an era of extreme partisanship. Read More
The Vermont senator's announcement makes Biden the presumptive Democratic nominee to challenge President Donald Trump in November. Read More
Both of Maine’s U.S. representatives called for the resignation of the acting Navy secretary over comments he made criticizing a now-dismissed captain who asked for help in late March as more than one hundred sailors were sickened by the coronavirus. Read More
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention has spent a month modeling how the novel coronavirus might spread. The scenarios are wide-ranging. Read More
The director of Maine’s Center for Disease Control said Monday that temporary medical units to treat people for the new coronavirus could be in four regions of the state as planning for southern and northern units continue. Read More
Maine’s unemployment system was in a historically good financial situation until the crisis forced it to pay out $6 million alone to people who filed between March 15 and March 21. Read More
For self-employed Mainers, many of whom have been out of work for at least three weeks, the delays in receiving aid pose significant financial stress. Read More
The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said the virus is unlikely to be completely eradicated from the planet this year. Read More
The rush to secure supplies has prompted intense squabbling between the states and federal government at a moment the nation is facing one of its gravest emergencies. Read More
“There will be a lot of death, unfortunately. There will be death.” Read More
The "major" disaster declaration will unlock federal funding assistance for the state and municipalities throughout Maine. Read More
Both of Maine’s senators on Saturday spoke out against the abrupt firing of an independent watchdog for the country’s intelligence agencies who played an important role in the impeachment of President Donald Trump. Read More
Some states and cities that have been shipped masks, gloves, ventilators and other essential equipment from the nation's medical stockpile to fight the coronavirus have gotten an unwelcome surprise: the material is unusable. Read More
Attorney General William Barr ordered the Bureau of Prisons on Friday to increase the use of home confinement and expedite the release of eligible high-risk inmates at three federal prisons where coronavirus cases have skyrocketed. Read More
3M argued that blocking exports will raise "significant humanitarian implications" abroad and lead other countries to retaliate by withholding much-needed medical supplies from the U.S. Read More
The president immediately said he had no intention of following that advice himself, saying, "I'm choosing not to do it." Read More
President Donald Trump on Friday abruptly fired the inspector general of the intelligence community, sidelining an independent watchdog who played a pivotal role in his impeachment even as his White House struggled with the deepening coronavirus pandemic. Read More
The $350 billion federal loan program aimed at easing the financial pain of the new coronavirus for small businesses rolled out on Friday, less than a week after being signed into law amid heavy demand and some confusion. Read More
The change, reflected on government websites on Friday, came a day after Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law and White House senior adviser who has taken a larger role in the coronavirus response, offered a new argument about the stockpile. Read More
Two of the most powerful people in Washington have not spoken in five months at a time when the nation is battling its worst health crisis in a century, one that has already killed more than 6,000 Americans and put 10 million others out of work. Read More
There is a scene in the movie “Independence Day” when President Whitmore and senior leaders take refuge in Area 51. They meet the wild-eyed Dr. Brackish Okun, who had spent years studying the alien’s technology. Okun was enthused; the arrival of extraterrestrials turned… Read More
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine on Thursday largely praised President Donald Trump’s recent response to the coronavirus while disagreeing with his administration’s decision to not re-open enrollment in health care plans under the Affordable Care Act. Read More
