Politics

Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Golden of Maine’s 2nd District has introduced a bill that would restore a safety training program for commercial fishermen that was cut in the last Coast Guard budget.

A Gorham woman, Janet Kuech, has asked a court to order the Gorham Town Council to let her take the seat she won in the November election. 

The Maine Education Association filed the lawsuit in Maine Superior Court on behalf of Kuech, an ed tech in Gorham schools.  The council has refused to seat Kuech, saying that to do so would violate the town charter. 

But Kuech's attorney, Jon Goodman, says the council ignored its own lawyer, who said the town charter prohibits only town officials, not employees, from serving on the council.

PORTLAND, Maine - Maine's independent senator is touting legislation that is designed to protect the energy grid from cyberattacks and is slated to be included in the 2020 defense authorization bill.

Republican Sen. Susan Collins and independent Sen. Angus King said Thursday the Caribou Utilities District has received a federal grant of $1.4 million and a federal loan of $4.2 million via the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Office of Rural Development. The money is intended to upgrade the city’s wastewater treatment facility and collection system.

A pair of U.S. senators wants to repeal a law they believe unfairly penalizes the widows of members of the military.

The legislature's Education Committee Wednesday approved a tentative contract for an outside group to review the state's early childhood special education system. 

The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a measure to protect Maine and the nation's working waterfronts. The bill was introduced by Maine 1st District Rep. Chellie Pingree.