Today's pharmacists have a greater role in patient care and work in a wide range of settings to fill in for gaps in the health care system

Education advocates in Maine say they're concerned about the Trump administration's action Friday to furlough almost all of the support staff in the Office of Special Education Programs, or OSEP, within the U.S. Department of Education.

The University of Maine has unveiled major athletic facilities upgrades on the Orono campus, including the New Balance Track & Field and Soccer Complex, the renovated Walsh Hockey Center and Alfond Arena.

The Southern Maine Community College Student Senate voted Thursday to create a new chapter of Turning Point USA, the group founded by conservative political activist Charlie Kirk who was killed last month.

Faculty at Thomas College in Waterville voted yesterday to join the Maine Education Association, making it the first private college in Maine to unionize.

Maine and 15 other states have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for threatening to withhold sex education funding from programs that reference "gender ideology."

State officials say Maine's unfilled school bus driver positions contribute to lost instructional time, higher overtime costs for schools and cancellation of extracurricular activities.

The shoulder seasons — early fall and late spring — can be a difficult time to teach and learn in old school buildings that are designed to hold the heat in.

During her initial stops, she's heard calls to expand free school meals to all Pre-K students, to increase child care workers' access to healthcare benefits, and to create more opportunities for students entering the field to work and study at the same time.

The funding goes programs at the University of Southern Maine and the University of Maine at Farmington that support low-income high school students and veterans in their pursuit of higher education.