The complaint alleges that the 20 companies are in a broad conspiracy to artificially inflate and manipulate prices, reduce competition and unreasonably restrain trade for more than 100 different generic drugs. Read More
Large crowds are expected at the State House on Wednesday for hearings on a proposal to expand abortion access in Maine being pushed by Democrats newly in charge of Augusta. Read More
The first Mainer to file for the 2020 presidential race has only held local office and is planning a motorhome campaign after a kickoff party on China Lake. Read More
Bangor Democrat Joe Perry is heading back to Augusta after winning an open seat in the Maine House of Representatives on Tuesday. Read More
Democrats have advanced a sick leave bill still facing opposition from Republicans and business interests in an initial policy volley of the new legislative session. Read More
Gov. Janet Mills’ administration wants a court to throw out a lawsuit a state legislator brought against the state last year to compel then-Gov. Paul LePage to restore the state’s staff of public health nurses. Read More
Opposition to Central Maine Power's proposed transmission line through western Maine is hot after Gov. Janet Mills came out in support of it, but some opponents think a group's recent negative ad against Mills went too far. Read More
A Knox County lawmaker asked Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey on Monday to punish the state’s top homicide prosecutor over an incorrect statement about a high-profile murder case she made to a legislative panel in 2017. Read More
Maine's attorney general is warning residents about fraudulent calls from people claiming to represent Medicare. Read More
The new Maine Legislature still hasn’t sent any bills to Gov. Janet Mills, but that may change this week as lawmakers also begin their work in earnest to whittle down more than $1.5 billion in borrowing proposals. Read More
Maine will join roughly a dozen states in filing a lawsuit against the White House over President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration late last week. Read More
The nomination of former Portland Police Chief Michael Sauschuck is probably not in danger, but his past support of gun control will lead gun-rights advocates to pack the confirmation hearing room. Read More
After issues with the party-run presidential caucuses in 2016, Maine briefly became a primary state. Lawmakers will have to act again if primaries will start in 2020. Read More
The list of potential challengers to Maine's senior senator hasn't grown much since the pivotal Supreme Court that defined her on more partisan terms and virtually guaranteed a high-dollar 2020 race. Read More
Gov. Janet Mills has pledged to not raise taxes in her first two-year budget proposal, but a liberal group views tax hikes as the main way to fund priorities that Democrats share. That tension will be a key storyline of 2019. Read More
Members of both parties who live in House District 124 will caucus to choose nominees ahead of the special election March 12. Read More
The polls will be open March 12 so voters in parts of Bangor and Orono can choose a new representative to the Maine House. Read More
Democrats outspent Republicans in races big and small in 2018. It's hard to disentangle that from their massive wins. Read More
In 2012, the Bangor Democrat had just won his first election to a seat in the Maine House when a colleague told him “Next stop, attorney general.” Read More
Maine's newest political party isn't considered a political party anymore, but it is trying to re-organize after its voters were declared unenrolled after that 2018 election. Read More
