Carol Bousquet
Weekend Edition Host and Producer-
U.S. Sens. Angus King and Susan Collins asked the departments of Homeland Security and Labor to release maximum amount of H2B visas for 2026. -
Nearly 50 protestors converged on the Portland offices of Republican Senator Susan Collins and Independent Angus King Monday in the wake of a tentative deal to end the government shutdown that doesn't include an extension of healthcare subsidies. -
Non-profit Maine Equal Justice said SNAP benefit amounts could be about half of what they were for single parents and elderly couples, and some working families might get no benefit at all. -
A Maine Center for Economic Policy analysis says 15,000 workers will see an average increase to their income of nearly $2,100 a year. -
The Wells Police Department has paused the contract with ICE and is taking a wait-and-see approach, after two bills were introduced in the state legislature to address the matter. One would restrict how state and local law enforcement work with federal enforcement. -
Brodie Hinckley, Baxter's handler, allegedly left him in a running state vehicle in Bangor on May 28. The car malfunctioned, shutting down the air conditioning, leading the car to overheat. -
The group "Portland Cruise Control" wants the city to ban scrubber wash, the often-untreated discharge from systems that remove contaminants from marine engine exhaust. -
The 2024 American Community Survey measured labor markets, personal income, health insurance and other factors in Maine and across the country. -
The data show there were 113,000 Mainers below the official poverty level in 2022 through 2024. When you consider government assistance such as SNAP and MaineCare and expenses like housing, health care and childcare, the number falls to 93,000.
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The Moody's credit rating agency says Maine is in a recession or at high risk of falling into one. Maine economists dispute that but say there are troubling signs a recession is possible in the next year.
