Maine will lose more than $3 million in grant funding used to hire or retain 14 school mental health professionals in the fall, Attorney General Aaron Frey said.

Collins, a key vote in advancing the proposal over the weekend, was one of three GOP holdouts on Tuesday that forced Vice President JD Vance to break a tie.

The Senate Budget Bill, which just passed, eliminates Medicaid reimbursements to healthcare providers who perform abortions. Maine Family Planning provides services to about 40,000 Maine residents, half of whom rely on MaineCare, the state's Medicaid program.

Nasib Aden was extradited to Maine last month. He has pleaded not guilty in the killing of 17-year-old Sahal Muridi.

The settlement is effective today, July 1st, and allows colleges and universities to pay athletes directly in addition to providing them with athletic scholarships.

Maine Equal Justice is joining national advocacy groups to express concern over the health care implications of the senate's proposed budget bill.

Sen. Susan Collins cast a pivotal vote in pushing Trump's "big beautiful bill" past a key procedural hurdle step over the weekend but said Monday that changes to Medicaid are "problematic."

After years of debate and litigation, Bar Harbor is seeing significantly fewer cruise ships this summer.

The new advisories apply to game fish caught in Lovejoy Pond in Albion, the Sebasticook River in Burnham and Benton, Collyer Brook in Gray, and Androscoggin Lake in Leeds and Wayne.

The 6-3 ruling issued Friday preserves the Universal Service Fund, which many rural libraries in Maine rely on for subsidized internet service.