1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (571+ words) Troy Jackson, tapped Saturday by Maine Democrats to take on longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins, is a fifth-generation logger from one of Maine’s most rural areas, a former state Senate president with a blustery past — and a progressive populist in…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (487+ words) Vance, who chairs the administration’s anti-fraud task force, is scheduled to deliver remarks at Bangor International Airport, the White House and the Maine Republican Party announced. The vice president, who is seen as a potential GOP candidate for president in…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (324+ words) Senator John Fetterman didn’t hold back on Thursday after Maine Governor Janet Mills abruptly exited the U.S. Senate race, leaving controversial progressive Graham Platner as the primary challenger to Republican Senator Susan Collins. Mills suspended her campaign earlier in the…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (444+ words) Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills announced Thursday she was suspending her campaign for the US Senate — clearing the way for far-left candidate Graham Platner to face five-term Republican incumbent Susan Collins in November. “While I have the drive and passion,…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (225+ words) Maine Gov. Janet Mills vetoed the nation’s first proposed statewide data center moratorium bill Thursday, blocking a construction freeze set to run through Nov. 1, 2027. Mills, a Democrat seeking her party’s nomination to challenge Republican Sen. Susan Collins, said she would…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (230+ words) Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) has vetoed a bill that would have temporarily blocked new data centers in the state, citing concerns it would inhibit the current construction of a data center in a struggling mill town. Mills said in a…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (670+ words) The case could give the Court a chance to clarify what a "closely regulated" business is and what constitutional protections it enjoys. In March 2022, a rule was finalized requiring all federally permitted lobster vessels in 10 East Coast states to install…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (136+ words) Harriman, a Lewiston city councilor, won the special election for the Lewiston-based state House seat against Beaudoin, a Lewiston School Committee member. The seat was vacated by former state Rep. Kristen Cloutier (D), who left to serve as Maine Senate President…...

9+ mon, 6+ day ago   (31+ words) A Somali-owned company may have defrauded Maine in a manner similar to schemes that ripped off at least $1 billion from Minnesota, a whistleblower told NewsNation Monday. Christopher Bernardini, a......