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Charles Krupa/APNearly half of the patients who seek non-abortion care at Maine Family Planning are covered by Medicaid, known locally as MaineCare. -
Bobby Charles/Courtesy photoThe 2026 gubernatorial election is 16 months away, yet Republican hopeful Bobby Charles has already managed to break through the mostly routine campaign rollouts by the rest of the ever-growing field of candidates.
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Maine's attorney general is suing the Trump Administration for adding these requirements to federal grants. -
Lawmakers from Maine and Massachusetts also said New England should take a regional approach to PFAS, especially amid uncertainty over the Trump administration's plans for regulating the "forever chemicals." -
Portland Downtown operates the program and is activating a new QR code so people can log their complaints directly with the Downtown Ambassadors. -
A high fire warning is in effect for most of the state due to the hot, dry weather. The Maine Forest Service has been dispatched to help local firefighters contain fires in Baileyville and Biddeford. -
A large great white shark was spotted on the morning of Monday, Aug. 11, in Saco Bay, near Scarborough Beach State Park and Higgins Beach, and again Tuesday morning off Pine Point Beach. There are no beach closures in effect at this time. -
Almost three years into the legal battle over Bar Harbor's limit to cruise ship disembarkations, a panel of First Circuit justices has sided with the town — but a lower court will have to decide if the town should have used a less restrictive approach. -
Water levels on major rivers in the southern half of the state are far below normal for this time of year. -
Bowdoin is one of more than 30 colleges facing an antitrust lawsuit, filed Friday. The school allegedly used Early Decision admissions to reduce competition and increase prices. -
The measure will put a controversial proposal from concert promotion giant Live Nation and a local developer on hold, but the moratorium does not go into effect until Sept. 10. -
The child's mother, 40-year old Kelly Brown of Pennsylvania, was formally charged with manslaughter during an appearance at the Penobscot Judicial Center on Monday.
