Maine law thwarts impact of school choice decision, lawsuit says
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A Christian school at the center of a Supreme Court decision that required Ma...
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Schools across Maine confront unique challenges in ridding their water of ‘forever chemicals’
Days before winter break ended in December 2022, Bill Hansen was relieved to learn that Jordan-Small...
Army lieutenant colonel says Lewiston shooter had ‘low threat’ profile upon leaving hospital
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A lieutenant colonel with the Army Reserves told an investigatory panel on Mo...
Republicans seek to unseat Democrat in Maine district rocked by Lewiston shooting
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Two Republican state lawmakers, one endorsed by former President Donald Trump...
Maine’s supreme court overrules new trial in shooting of Black man
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s supreme court on Thursday reversed an order for a new trial for a Por...
Sister of Maine mass shooting victim calls lawmakers’ 11th-hour bid for red flag law ‘nefarious’
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The sister of one of the victims of the deadliest shooting in Maine history a...
‘Red flag’ bill debated for hours in Maine months after mass shooting that killed 18
Months after Maine’s deadliest mass shooting, state lawmakers held an hourslong hearing Friday to de...
GOP lawmaker says neo-Nazi comments taken out of context in debate over paramilitary training
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A Republican state lawmaker is accusing Democrats of misrepresenting her rema...
Months ahead of the presidential election, Nebraska’s GOP governor wants a winner-take-all system
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — With only months to go before what is shaping up to be a hotly contested presiden...
State agency in Maine rejects Canadian mining company’s rezoning application
BREWER, Miane (AP) — A state agency on Wednesday rejected a Canadian mining company’s zoning applica...
Gun restriction bills on tap in Maine Legislature after state’s deadliest mass shooting
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Honoring victims, survivors and first responders following the deadliest mass ...
Trump is blocked from the GOP primary ballot in two states. Can he still run for president?
DENVER (AP) — First, Colorado’s Supreme Court ruled that former President Donald Trump wasn’t eligib...
Maine bars Trump from ballot as US Supreme Court weighs state authority to block former president
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s Democratic secretary of state on Thursday removed former President Do...
9,000 state workers in Maine to see big bump in pay in new year
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A union representing more than 9,000 state workers in Maine has ratified two-y...
The Lewiston, Maine, mass shooting was the first test of Biden’s new gun violence prevention office
WASHINGTON (AP) — The first thing Greg Jackson did when he arrived in Lewiston, Maine, was to drive ...
Power to the people? Only half have the right to propose and pass laws
Voters in Maine will be deciding a question in November about whether independent automobile repair ...
Indigenous Peoples Day rally urges Maine voters to restore tribal treaties to printed constitution
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Several hundred people rallied on the state’s fifth Indigenous Peoples Day in ...
Native Americans celebrate their histories and cultures on Indigenous Peoples Day
Native people celebrated their history on Monday with events across the U.S. marking Indigenous Peop...
A test case of another kind for the Supreme Court: Who can sue hotels over disability access
WASHINGTON (AP) — A few years back, Joseph Stramondo was a last-minute replacement as a conference s...
Ex-NASCAR driver Austin Theriault running to unseat Democratic Rep. Jared Golden in Maine
FORT KENT, Maine (AP) — NASCAR driver-turned-politician Austin Theriault announced Monday that he’s ...