On one side of the Capitol, two senators have steered the debate over government funding mostly clear of partisan fights, creating a path for bills to pass with bipartisan momentum.
A Somerset Grand Jury on Thursday indicted Xavier Pelkey, 19, on one count of aggravated assault, alleging that he used a chair to hurt another inmate at the Somerset County Jail in early January of this year.
An Ellsworth doctor is suing the Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine and its members, alleging they retaliated against her for her criticism of government policies during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mainers who want to replace the current flag with a retro version featuring a simple pine tree and blue star are going to have to wait to have their say
Voters in Maine will be the ones to decide whether to restore long removed language about the state’s obligations to Native American tribes to printed versions of its constitution
2023 marks 100 years since the first introduction of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), an aim to achieve equality of rights under the law for all sexes.
Following Governor Janet Mills’ signing the remainder of Maine’s $10.3 biennial budget on Tuesday, state legislators spent the rest of the week deciding how to spend a leftover $11.5 million.
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, has announced she has advanced more than $7 million in Congressionally Directed Spending for public safety equipment purchases and law enforcement agencies throughout Maine for the next fiscal year.
A proposal to increase the pay for Maine's governor and lawmakers has cleared the appropriations committee and will be considered by the full Legislature
Gov. Janet Mills signed a bill into law on Tuesday that will allow 16- and 17-year-old’s to receive gender-affirming hormone therapy without parental consent in some situations.
The Maine House has voted again to allow later abortions in some circumstances, putting the proposal one final vote away from going to the governor for her signature
A newly-passed Maine law is expected to help reduce the number of robocalls in Maine while also helping to extend the life of the state’s single area code.
Several Maine fire stations and emergency services facilities are in line to receive $14 million secured by Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, in an appropriations bill.
Supporters call the bill ‘unapologetically aspirational," as legislators mark the one-year anniversary of the Dobbs ruling which ended protection for abortion under Roe versus Wade.
A lawmaker who has been pressing for an Equal Rights Amendment for decades has lost her final effort to amend the Maine Constitution before retiring from the Legislature
A Sagadahoc County Grand Jury Indictment alleges Joseph Eaton stole nine guns from the home where he is accused of killing his parents and a couple they were staying with.