Politics

A federal judge will decide whether Maine’s mandate that health care workers be vaccinated or lose their jobs violates the U.S Constitution because it does not include a religious exemption.

Senate Democrats had hoped to include a pathway to citizenship provision in a $3.5 trillion dollar spending package they are trying to pass through a process called reconciliation, which would allow them to avoid a Republican filibuster.

His seat will remain vacant until a new councilor is elected on November 2 and sworn in on December 6.

The bipartisan commission redrawing Maine's legislative and congressional districts is facing a tight deadline to complete its work, as Democrats and Republicans are still seeking a consensus.

In this week’s newsletter: Sketching the battleground for the gubernatorial race; Gov. Mills eyes ways to fight lobster regulations; Vaccinated Dem leaders hit with COVID; clock ticking on redistricting panel; Maine’s tobacco tax debate foreshadows the one in Congress.

The city of Portland's planning board has approved the construction of a new 208-bed homeless shelter.

In the span of about 18 hours, Senate President Troy Jackson, of Allagash, and majority leader Eloise Vitelli, of Arrowsic, announced that they had tested positive for the disease.

Political scientists discuss new book about how trust in government has eroded in America.

In this week’s newsletter: Pro-corridor group hires LePage’s former spox while CMP expands its political operation; Sen. Angus King a key figure in ATF nominee withdrawal; the latest developments in the 2022 gubernatorial race.

Last week the federal government issued its long-awaited set of regulations— including a switch to ropeless traps — that aim to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales from deadly entanglements in fishing gear.