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Gregory Rec/Portland Press HeraldOrganizations across the state received awards in the first year of Maine's trail program. -
Robert F. Bukaty/AP fileMore than 120,000 tribal members in the U.S. are expected to lose marketplace insurance coverage because of the expiration of enhanced subsidies.
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The latest expansion of the Pell Grant program has financial aid administrators concerned about the effect it will have on the almost 24,000 Maine students that receive funding. -
Officers in the Maine Capitol Police force were informed this week that their unit would eventually be folded into the much-larger state police. But a union official said officers are surprised and concerned about the shift. -
A federal judge has ruled that the Trump Administration unlawfully ended a Federal Emergency Management Agency program designed to help states prepare for and mitigate the effects of natural disasters. -
Terminated federal awards, decreased enrollment in recent years and deferred campus maintenance all contributed to the deficit, according to University Spokesperson Samantha Warren. -
Fishermen were allowed to harvest up to 58,400 pounds of northern shrimp during a limited-run pilot last winter. But they caught just 70 individual shrimp, totaling less than three pounds. -
AdImpact, an organization tracking political ads, estimates the Maine Senate contest could help draw more than $300 million in spending on congressional races in the state next year. That’s nearly a third more than the record-smashing amount spent in 2020 when Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins secured her fifth term. -
The center will offer short term intervention for teens and adults who are experiencing a behavioral health crisis. -
Walden Renewables developed the Mousam River Solar Project on 140 acres of privately owned parcels. It went online in late October. -
U.S. Sens. Angus King and Susan Collins both voted Thursday to advance a proposed three-year extension of subsidies under the Affordable Care Act. The two were divided on a Republican plan that would have replaced the subsidies with health savings accounts. -
A Charter spokesperson said the company is transitioning work done in Portland to other call centers around the country.
