Corrections

Sheriffs from Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties sent a letter to their county commissioners and administrators floating the idea of a larger, shared corrections facility.

The competing narratives about Question 1’s true objectives and potential impacts are perhaps best epitomized by the names of the groups leading the fight on either side: Voter ID for ME and the Save Maine Absentee Voting Coalition.

The president's comment on social media came two weeks after the Maine Republican opposed his administration's bill to rescind $9 billion that had already been approved by Congress.

There will be robust primaries for the Democratic and Republican nominations for governor. But the races for Maine's 2nd Congressional District and Senate seat are also expected to draw national interest — and money.

Searchers at Baxter State Park have located the body of missing hiker Esther Keiderling this afternoon, after a three-day search on Mount Katahdin.

The Democrats who control both chambers of the Legislature have also rejected multiple Republican-sponsored bills to rollback or scrap the paid leave program altogether before it kicks in next January.

Democrats’ response this week to President Donald Trump’s attempt to freeze all federal grants and loans already approved by Congress was a rare moment of swift, unified and urgent condemnation.

Four of the state's Republican county committees will hold an event in Topsham on Saturday featuring a Maine resident pardoned by President Donald Trump for participating in the Jan. 6 attacks on the U.S. Capitol.

Data from the first week of the year indicate 99 people have been hospitalized with the flu or flu associated illnesses this season. And 25 COVID patients are hospitalized as well.

Business groups, journalists, advocacy organizations and others active at the State House have said the preponderance of so-called "concept draft" bills goes against the Legislature's requirement of a transparent and public process.