Political news coverage by the Maine Public News Team.
Maine Public is committed to providing the state with comprehensive coverage of the political landscape in Maine straight from the State House in Augusta. Led by the expertise of political reporters Steve Mistler and Kevin Miller, Maine Public’s political coverage includes in-depth reporting on civic issues across the entirety of Maine, broadcasting events like the State of the State and the gubernatorial inauguration and hosting debates and other political forums.
Maine Public’s statewide reach and trusted, balanced journalism puts us in a unique position to be a leader in political reporting in Maine. Find the latest political news in Maine below.
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Lucy Santerre/Maine PublicIn Portland, hundreds of people holding cardboard signs and candles converged on Portland's Monument Square to express outrage and grief over Renee Nicole Good's killing at the hands of ICE agents in Minneapolis. -
Andrew Harnik/APThe independent also said he was appalled by Trump administration's suggestions that the U.S. could use the military to take control of the arctic territory.
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Maine U.S. Senate hopeful Graham Platner drew yet another packed crowd to a town hall Tuesday night in South Portland, but this one had a different focus than usual: It called for taxing the rich to fund health care. -
Iman Osman listed his address as a condemned building undergoing renovation during his campaign. Concerns have been raised over whether he was legally allowed to call it his permanent residence.
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Analysis of the political races and candidates in the news, and what political issues will affect Mainers in the year ahead -
The capture of Nicolás Maduro by U.S. forces has sent political shockwaves around the world and drawn protests, but many in the Venezuelan diaspora have celebrated the move. -
The state's public retirement system says actively selling off fossil fuel assets could threaten the financial interests of its members. -
Gov. Janet Mills has been holding the bills since the summer after the Legislature adjourned the 2025 session. She now has two options: either let the bills become law without her signature or veto them now that lawmakers are returning to Augusta. -
The four lawmakers agreed the Trump administration should have consulted Congress and called Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro a dictator or an illegitimate leader. But Republican Sen. Susan Collins was less critical of the Trump administration than Democratic Reps. Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden and independent Sen. Angus King. -
The increased tariffs would have applied to Canada's exports of softwood timber and lumber, which come into Maine for use in housing construction. -
This is an excerpt from a lengthy conversation with Golden, a Democrat, about what motivated his decision not to seek a fifth term representing Maine's 2nd District. The 43-year-old said he has no immediate plans to seek elected office after more than a decade in Congress and the Maine Legislature. But he also isn't ruling it out. -
Maine Public chief politics correspondent Steve Mistler and fellow politics correspondent Kevin Miller recently sat down with Rep. Jared Golden for a lengthy conversation about hyper-partisanship and his decision not to run again.
