While the presidential race is consuming much of the political oxygen nationally, Maine has a closely watched congressional contest that could help decide which party controls the U.S. House. Voters will also choose a state flag design and bond measures.

Ace Flagg, twin brother of top NBA prospect Cooper Flagg, has announced his verbal commitment to play basketball for the University of Maine.

For a preview of Tuesday's contest, Morning Edition Irwin Gratz spoke with University of Maine political science professor Mark Brewer, who says in Maine, as in the nation, there appears to have been little movement in the race for the presidency.

Two companies won development rights to install floating offshore wind arrays in four parcels off Maine and Massachusetts.

Six of the potential wind plots are located off outer Cape Cod. The remaining two sites are off the Maine coast.

What does it mean to be a victim? Or a survivor? In a few brief moments in October 2023, 18 lives were lost in Lewiston — and Maine was changed.

The number of North Atlantic right whales increased slightly last year, bringing the population count to about 372 individuals. But a new report from the New England Aquarium and the North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium offers a cautionary tale.

The state's "ambitious" application to build a facility in Searsport was not selected for funding by the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Like nearly every other state, Maine can compel those with serious mental illnesses to comply with outpatient treatment. But the law is rarely used. Some fear it threatens to return America to a dark era of institutionalization.

One hundred individual family members and survivors are notifying the U.S. government of their intent to pursue claims against the Department of Defense, the Army and Keller Army Community Hospital in West Point, N.Y., for negligence in failing to respond to warning signs posed by Army Reserve Sgt. Robert Card and to his explicit threat to commit a mass shooting.