Gov. Janet Mills

The delegation is traveling to two countries with established offshore wind energy industries at a time when the Mills administration is facing political headwinds while trying to jump-start the sector in Maine.

Sgt. Aaron Skolfield of Sagadahoc County Sheriff's Office accused Mills and the independent commission that investigating last October's mass shooting of purposefully omitting details from the panel's final report.

Julie Novack received an award for promoting Deaf culture. She said the Lewiston mass shootings, which took the lives of four Deaf men, ignited her motivation to connect the community.

But not all of the state's Democratic leadership immediately endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to become the party's nominee.

If confirmed by the Maine Senate, Sara Gagne-Holmes would take over the Maine Department of Health and Human Services at a time when the state's largest agency faces multiple challenges, including within child welfare programs.

The president met with about two dozen governors as concerns continued to reverberate in Democratic ranks about his reelection campaign.

Gov. Janet Mills as well as the Legislature's two top leaders said Biden's policies and track record far outweigh any questions prompted by a single night. Republicans, meanwhile, say the debate was further proof of Biden's weakness.

The ACLU and defense attorneys pushed back against the governor's comments, arguing that all branches of state government bear responsibility for the state's failure to provide attorneys to defendants who can't afford one.

The 35 bills will die on the vine as a result of the procedural showdown between Maine's Democratic governor and Democratic leaders in the Legislature.

The House and Senate will likely take up the additional initiatives on Friday as lawmakers gather for potentially one final time to vote on several vetoes from Gov. Janet Mills.