Politics

Maine voters passed the nation’s first “right to food” constitutional amendment.

Boston voters for the first time elected a woman and an Asian American as mayor, tapping City Councilor Michelle Wu to serve in the city’s top political office.

Question one asked voters if they want to ban the CMP Corridor.

Tuesday, thousands of people in the state will head to the polls to cast their ballot.

Supporters and opponents of Question 1, which asks Maine voters whether to ban Central Maine Power’s electricity corridor, held dueling events Monday and of Tuesday’s election.

Mainers will head to the polls on Tuesday with three statewide ballot issues as well as many local elections and issues to decide.

Collins is the only Senator in history to have cast 8,000 votes without ever having missed a vote during her entire time in the Senate.

Former Maine lawmaker Jeff McCabe wants Congress to invest and create more jobs for Mainers.

Voting no on the referendum allows the project to continue without going back to the legislature.

Opponents of the project say this isn’t a good deal for the environment or the people of Maine.

Bath Iron Works employees took part in a demonstration against the COVID-19 vaccine mandate

Army Maj. John Rigsbee said in a statement that Abdul Hamid al-Matar was killed by a drone strike.

Federal prosecutors argued in court documents filed Thursday that a three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals correctly ruled last month that the government had proven its case against Dylann Roof, despite his protestations on several points.

LePage vowed to reduce government size and taxes, even going as far as suggesting a complete elimination of state income tax.

A campaign spokesperson for Governor Mills that she intends to run to retain her office in 2022.

Former Governor Paul LePage wants his old job back.

Waterville is a key point of contention.

President Joe Biden has nominated Darcie McElwee to replace Halsey Frank, who resigned in February.

It’s intended to make elections more accessible and modernized across the country.

Poliquin lost to Democrat Jared Golden in the 2018 general election.

Maine lawmakers have given up on a bipartisan approval of nearly $1 billion in federal pandemic stimulus funding.

The 27-year-old from Presque Isle is currently the youngest member of the Maine Senate.

Maine will not have a consumer owned utility, at least for now.

The investigation is yet another liability for the embattled attorney general, who is facing a years-old criminal case, a separate, newer FBI investigation, and a Republican primary opponent who is seeking to make electoral hay of the various controversies.

A committee voted 9-2 in favor of the bill, but it has yet to go to the full Legislature

The legislature had been using the Augusta Civic Center as a temporary home.

It’s a package making its way through Congress that addresses campaign finance and ballot access reforms.

While lawmakers can agree it was time to reopen the building, they can’t agree on the use of face coverings.

The initiative called the Kids First plan.

The bill would allow Mainers to vote on the Pine Tree Power Company.