The pandemic, an influx of asylum seekers, a loss of federal funds and an ongoing housing crisis have all placed new burdens on both the state and individual municipalities who administer the general assistance program, officials with Maine's Department of Health and Human Services said.

Four train cars transporting limestone slurry left the tracks Monday afternoon.

FEMA announced Monday that it's awarding nearly $2.7 million to the Mills administration for purchasing PPE for state employees, and nearly $3.7 million to Maine Medical Center for the cost of testing staff for COVID and for hiring temporary employees.

A coalition of local and national conservation groups is criticizing a new opinion from NOAA fisheries that finds endangered Atlantic salmon aren't jeopardized by four hydropower dams on the Kennebec River.

Portland is struggling to provide emergency shelter for hundreds of asylum seekers who've arrived since January.

GOOD Meat, which grows chicken and other meat from animal cells in a production facility, is the second company to cross this hurdle. The move brings no-kill meat closer to sale in the U.S.

The 28-year-old Black man died at a Virginia mental health facility earlier this month. A grand jury indicted 10 deputies and hospital workers on charges of second-degree murder.

A trio of lawsuits allege that JP Morgan Chase and Deutsche Bank actively enabled Jeffrey Epstein to run a sex-trafficking ring for underage girls. A judge partially denied a motion to dismiss.

Poverty, by America author Matthew Desmond says if the top 1% of Americans paid the taxes they owed, it would raise $175 billion each year: "That is just about enough to pull everyone out of poverty."

Due to a new Tennessee law limiting drag performances, many drag artists, as well as trans, nonbinary and gender-nonconforming musicians, worry about their prospects in Nashville and beyond.