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David Sharp/APThe U.S. Department of Justice has sued Maine and Oregon over their refusal to turn over voter data. Other states, including those led by Republican election officials, have also refused. -
J. Scott Applewhite/AP fileRepublican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine questioned fired U.S. Centers for Disease Control Director Susan Monarez during a Senate health committee hearing Wednesday aimed at restoring trust through "radical transparency."
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The resolution calls for more transparency, after ICE arrested a parent near an elementary school last week. -
Rep. Tiffany Roberts, D-South Berwick, says she formed an exploratory committee to gauge whether Democrats in the 1st Congressional District want a choice during the June 2026 primary. -
The Wells Police Department has paused the contract with ICE and is taking a wait-and-see approach, after two bills were introduced in the state legislature to address the matter. One would restrict how state and local law enforcement work with federal enforcement. -
The agency has to clean or replace contaminated fire suppression systems at the Brunswick Executive Airport. -
In the wake of the Charlie Kirk shooting Wednesday in Utah, members of Maine's Turning Point USA chapters and their allies are hosting events to honor their founder and grappling with what the loss means for their work. -
Planned Parenthood in Maine to fight after court lets Trump administration withhold Medicaid fundingPlanned Parenthood in Maine is facing a $1 million cut, but says it will continue to provide care for its roughly 2,000 patients who are covered by MaineCare, the state version of Medicaid. -
Last month, federal regulators changed the guidelines so that only those with a high-risk medical condition or who are age 65 or older qualify for the latest COVID vaccines. -
Twenty organizations in Maine are urging Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine to withdraw her support for Joshua Dunlap's nomination to the First Circuit Court of Appeals. -
The Inspector General's Office at the Defense Department initiated the review in response to major failings identified after an Army Reservist killed 18 people in Lewiston in October 2023. -
A group of lawmakers sent a letter to Washington calling for the Secretaries of Energy and the Interior to end all remaining offshore wind leases in the Gulf of Maine.
