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A report from a Washington, D.C.-based think tank finds that if the Affordable Care Act is overturned, Maine would see the largest percent increase in the uninsured of any state. The Urban Institute estimates that 105,000 people would lose health insurance.

An employee at the Maine State Prison in Warren has tested positive for COVID-19.

The latest numbers from the Maine CDC on Monday show cases of COVID-19 have risen by 23. The number of deaths is unchanged, at 146.

The Maine Center for Disease Control is reporting 26 more cases of COVID-19 on Sunday.

About 100 people gathered in Portland’s Monument Square Saturday to protest against the confirmation process of Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett.

A man in his 70s from York County has died in connection with COVID-19, according to the Maine CDC.

The Mills administration has submitted a plan to the federal government to distribute a vaccine for COVID-19. No vaccine has been approved yet, and state officials say Maine’s plan will evolve as more information is known.

Newly released documents by Maine’s Department of Resources are providing a glimpse of what federal action to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales could look like — including the closure of extensive areas of offshore ocean to lobstering.

The most expensive campaign in Maine history continues apace as the leading candidates in the high-profile U.S. Senate race draw staggering amounts of cash from across the country.

Another person with COVID-19 in Maine has died, bringing the total number of deaths to 145.

With less than a month until the election, the four candidates in the race for Maine’s U.S. Senate seat sharply diverged on health care, economic assistance during the pandemic, the Supreme Court confirmation process and other topics during a live debate aired on Maine Public Thursday night from the Augusta Civic Center.