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Robert F. Bukaty/APAmong the six vetoes that legislators will consider are bills that would ban rapid-fire gun modification devices and to increase income taxes on the wealthiest Mainers. -
Robert F. Bukaty/APIn a historic shift, the federal Drug Enforcement Administration is proposing to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous substance. It's currently ranked as a schedule one drug, in the same category as heroin and LSD. Reclassifying it won't make marijuana legal.
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Club founder says "Hearts of Pine" is inspired by the Portland Valentine Bandit and the Maine state tree. -
Maine's Democratic governor has now vetoed seven bills from the recent legislative session. -
Baristas at the Portland-based Coffee by Design signed a collective bargaining agreement with the company this week, formally recognizing the union. The front-of-house workers are represented by Local 327 of the Laborers International Union of North America (LIUNA). -
The Bureau of General Services has upheld the decision to award transportation contracts for Medicaid patients to an out-of-state company. -
An update to Maine's 10-year economic strategy finds the state is falling short in its efforts to expand the labor force, though employee wages and productivity are up. -
The body found in Caribou earlier this week has been identified as 39-year-old Erik Foote of Washburn, who has been missing for several months. -
The governor's bill was a response to the Lewiston mass shootings and one that straddles the competing interests in Maine gun politics. -
Nearly 300 people turned out Thursday night at the Simard Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston to mark the six-month anniversary of the worst mass shootings in Maine history. -
An independent commission was hearing Thursday from Army Reservists and victims' advocates on the six-month anniversary of Maine's worst mass shooting. -
The study found that rockweed biomass recovered from harvesting in just one year. Other scientists believe the research is flawed.
