Kevin Miller

State health officials are advising hunters not to eat deer killed in Fairfield and parts of five neighboring towns because of potential contamination with the “forever chemicals” known as PFAS.

Maine hospitals, nursing homes and medical practices are slated to receive nearly $130 million in federal assistance as part of $7.5 billion being distributed nationwide to help rural medical providers weather the COVID-19 pandemic.

Golden says there is a lot in the social spending bill that he enthusiastically supports, from free nationwide preschool to allowing Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices. And he says he is open to changing his vote if the Senate sends back a modified bill, as expected.

CMP and its partners have agreed to stop work on a transmission line through western Maine while a court considers their lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a referendum to block the project.

In this week’s Pulse: The politics of municipal broadband; a potential ranked-choice voting GOP primary; another special legislative election; Mills’ approval rating.

Opponents of Central Maine Power's transmission line held an event Thursday to keep the pressure on the Maine Department of Environmental Protection ahead of a critical public hearing on Monday.

A federal judge has thrown out evidence in a federal drug case against a woman who was a passenger in a car stopped by Maine State Police in 2019. And a civil rights group contends that this case — which involves a former state "Trooper of the Year" — illustrates a racial profiling problem within the ranks of the department.

Maine is expected to receive $1.5 billion for road, highway and bridge projects from the bipartisan measure. Public transportation programs in Maine are slated to receive an additional $234 million over five years while airports will receive $74 million.

Liz Caruso is a registered Maine guide, the former owner of an outdoor recreation company and the first selectman in the western Maine town of Caratunk.

In this week’s Pulse: How Biden’s Build Back Better bill is dividing Golden’s centrists and progressives; the infrastructure bill creates transmission corridors in the “national interest”; pot bust reignites crop tracking debate for medical providers; how the FEC just opened the door to more foreign influence in ballot campaigns.