The state law bans sales of cookware, cosmetics, textiles and other goods with 'intentionally added' forever chemicals.

Shopping malls, once the commercial hubs of the holiday season, are in decline. But in Bangor, it's also meant a rise in municipal code violations that are so severe that the city has taken the mall's owner to court.

The snowstorm that dropped more than a foot of fresh snow in parts of Maine Tuesday night brought an early Christmas gift to downhill and Nordic ski areas.

The gross domestic product for the Portland metropolitan area increased by 39% over the last two decades or so, but for western and northeastern Maine, GDP remained almost flat.

In response to the drought, the company reduced withdrawals between August and October. But overall, extractions increased in Fryeburg and Denmark this year compared to the past two.

Last month President Trump issued an executive order removing tariffs on imported cocoa and coffee. But chocolate prices had already been rising in recent years due to weak cocoa crop yields linked to weather, and Maine chocolate makers say they are still experiencing high costs of production.

Ways to give and help others in need during this season and beyond

Maine's small Christmas Tree growers say their sales are up this season, despite an exceptionally wet spring, a severe drought, and tariffs that have made it a tough year for many farmers.

The Public Utilities Commission wants to bring 1.2 gigawatts of wind power online to serve customers in Maine and New England.

The Trump administration is reportedly taking steps to further restrict employment authorization for certain groups of immigrants.