A panel of Maine judges today heard oral arguments in a rare disciplinary case involving a state Supreme Court justice. At issue in the complaint brought against Justice Catherine Connors is her handling of two foreclosure cases that were brought before the Law Court.

Officers in the Maine Capitol Police force were informed this week that their unit would eventually be folded into the much-larger state police. But a union official said officers are surprised and concerned about the shift.

A New York man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Bangor today to operating an unlicensed marijuana growing operation and mortgage fraud.

The Maine Human Rights Commission is suing a sixth school district, alleging discrimination against transgender students.

The class-action lawsuit is challenging the constitutionality of an executive order signed by President Donald Trump that sought to end the automatic citizenship for babies born on U.S. soil regardless of their parents' citizenship status. The dispute centers on differing interpretations of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

The plaintiffs say the firings disproportionately targeted federal workers who are Black, women, and non-binary, and people who the administration perceived as advocating for protected racial or gender groups.

A federal appeals court has upheld the Maine Department of Marine Resource's right to continue monitoring the movements of federally permitted lobster boats using electronic vessel tracking devices.

Maine and other states have settled a lawsuit with the federal government over efforts to require proof of immigration status before offering services to survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault.

While MSEA-SEIU Local 1989 leaders accuse the Mills administration of "bad-faith bargaining," a spokesperson for the state disputed the claims and pointed to repeated pay raises for state employees since 2019.

Classes are canceled today and tomorrow in Rockland after a 12-year-old student was struck and killed by a school bus Friday afternoon.