Rep. Chellie Pingree

Eleven of the 15 have already been convicted while the rest await trial. The president's clemency includes 1,500 alleged or convicted rioters, drawing a mixed reaction from Maine's congressional delegation.

Rep. Chellie Pingree said she remains "cautiously optimistic" about the deal. Democratic Congressman Jared Golden also sees the immediate ceasefire and a surge of aid into Gaza as good first steps.

The fashion industry is reportedly responsible for ten percent of global greenhouse gases.

Gov. Mills, Sen. King, and Rep. Pingree had pushed for the change days earlier.

The 40 Democratic members of the U.S. House say the Biden administration should withhold additional weapons until after an investigation is complete into an Israeli airstrike that killed seven workers bringing food relief into Gaza.

Rep. Chellie Pingree has invited Good Shepherd Food Bank president Heather Paquette to join her in the House chamber Thursday night. Paquette said food insecurity in Maine is back to pre-pandemic levels.

National Endowment for the Arts Chair Maria Rosario Jackson is on a two-day tour of Maine, as a guest of Congresswoman Chellie Pingree.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday aimed at enhancing the domestic production of fossil fuels. Rep. Jared Golden was one of just four Democrats to support the bill.

Under the Affordable Care Act, insurers are supposed cover birth control without any out of pocket costs. The law also requires that over-the counter birth control must be available without a prescription. But a recent Congressional report found systemic noncompliance with the law.

Republican 1st Congressional District candidate Ed Thelander used his first press conference to blame Democratic Rep. Chellie Pingree for an uptick in violent crime in the city of Portland.