Janet Mills

Gov. Janet Mills has vetoed a high-profile bill that aimed to allow Wabanaki tribes to access additional federal laws. The question now is whether tribal leaders and their allies can maintain enough support to override the governor.

Democratic Gov. Janet Mills on Friday signed a $9.8 billion budget bill enacted on party line votes.

The state finance office says nearly 60% of recently approved energy relief payments have been mailed to eligible Maine residents as of Friday.

Gov. Janet Mills and Democratic legislative leaders on Tuesday previewed a slate of bills expanding and protecting abortion access in Maine, including one that would allow the procedure late in a pregnancy if recommended by a doctor.

Maine Democratic Gov. Janet Mills will unveil her two-year budget proposal Wednesday, a spending plan that she says will continue initiatives she began during her first term.

When Gov. Janet Mills is formally sworn in for her second term on Wednesday night, the lineup for the ceremony will include poetry and music from across the state.

The governor remains hopeful that the Legislature will ultimately approve her heating and housing proposal because she can't take unilateral action to prevent the looming evictions.

Democratic Gov. Janet Mills may propose an amendment to the Maine Constitution that would further enshrine the state's abortion protection rights.

The menu choice unleased an array of critiques, both from sustainability experts who say the Maine lobster fishery poses too high a risk to endangered right whales, and from members of the Maine delegation who believe federal regulations are overly burdensome.

Maine's nonpartisan Revenue Forecasting Committee anticipates that state coffers will receive an additional $280 million for the fiscal year ending in June, a projection that's expected to figure into Democratic Gov. Janet Mills' proposal for heating and electricity assistance.