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Libby, R-Auburn, alleges in a federal lawsuit that Maine's House Speaker violated her free speech rights by preventing her from voting or speaking on the House floor following a formal reprimand.
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A former Washington County town clerk has been sentenced to a year in prison for embezzling more than $100,000 from the town.
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After years of debate and litigation, Bar Harbor is seeing significantly fewer cruise ships this summer.
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The 6-3 ruling issued Friday preserves the Universal Service Fund, which many rural libraries in Maine rely on for subsidized internet service.
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A former local union president at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard pleaded guilty to fraud this week in federal court in Portland.
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Friday's Supreme Court ruling limited the power of federal judges to issue nationwide injunctions, but did not address the merits of President Donald Trump's effort to end birthright citizenship.
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The state Supreme Court has finalized new rules for discipline proceedings involving their own.
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The suit focuses on the administration's efforts to terminate grants for programs that were already in progress.
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The Maine Supreme Court has halted hearings in a long-running indigent defense lawsuit while the legal challenge is appealed.
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Gratien Milandou-Wamba had applied for asylum, but ICE says it arrested him after he allegedly tried to purchase a gun.
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The Supreme Court's decision has no effect on Maine, which currently has no bans restricting access to gender-affirming care for minors.
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Immigration lawyers say many of the arrests are the result of informal cooperation between local law enforcement and federal immigration agencies. The state legislature is debating a bill to restrict that cooperation.