Politics

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.

A Waldoboro man has been arrested on felony charges for alleged actions during the January 6th breach of the U.S. Capitol.

Senators Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Angus King, I-Maine, have announced federal funding to treat substance abuse conditions for tribal communities.

Madison parents have been indicted by a grand jury for a crash that killed one of their children.

Gov. Janet Mills signed a bill into law this week that requires all EMS workers in Maine to be trained in administering Narcan.

Temporary licenses for sports betting in Maine could be issued by November, allowing mobile and online wagering to launch

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

Sen. Angus King treated his colleagues to a Maine delicacy on Tuesday.

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.

Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, is at the NATO summit in Lithuania and his colleagues addressed the foreign press earlier

Goodwin, charged with elevated aggravated assault and reckless conduct, will be held on $100,000 cash bail.

Jayme Schnackenberg had his probable cause and harnish hearing today in Caribou

On what was planned and hoped to be their last full day of this year’s Maine state legislative session there were votes on unfinished business.

Gov. Janet Mills signed a bill that will rename the Route 15 bridge in Kenduskeag.

Some relief is coming to Maine’s homeless shelters.

Legal sports betting in Maine likely won’t arrive until late this year...if not until 2024.

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.

A bill to expand abortion access in Maine is now back in the Senate for a final vote.

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.

The clock is winding down in Augusta for state lawmakers to complete unfinished business before adjourning for this session.

High school students-turned-delegates congregated to caucus at Dirigo State this week.

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, has secured $20 million in an appropriations bill that would benefit PFAS research in Maine.

Gov. Janet Mills has signed a bill into law that is designed to benefit both restaurants and workers by changing regulations regarding tip pooling.

The Maine Legislature has voted to expand sovereignty for Native American tribes in the state

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.