3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (185+ words) While, according to one source, Maine spends $40,000 on welfare per person in poverty, welfare recipients do not receive an average of $40,000 in yearly benefits. At a recent debate, Republican gubernatorial candidate Ben Midgley cited Census Bureau data compiled by the…...

4+ mon, 4+ day ago   (996+ words) Absentee voting is underway ahead of Maine’s June 9 primaries. That means voters can start casting ballots in the races for U.S. Senate, U.S. House and governor, along with local races. The Democratic primary for Senate has generated lots of interest…...

4+ mon, 2+ day ago   (504+ words) A bill sponsored by a Lewiston legislator and championed by a local mother aimed at increasing transparency of school employee misconduct is now law. The Legislature passed LD 2192 in a near-unanimous vote, and the emergency measure immediately became law. Cara…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1809+ words) A year and a half ago, Christy Crocker was working with an enthusiastic school district to help test for radon in its building when all of a sudden, administrators called it off. Her nonprofit organization had received money to help…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1832+ words) BETHEL — The small mountain town doesn’t immediately present itself as one of Maine’s most vibrant cannabis markets. The plant’s pungent scent doesn’t linger in the air. The town center is dotted with restaurants, boutiques and inns, not pot shops. But…...

9+ mon, 2+ day ago   (778+ words) A small group of prohibitionists won state approval this week to launch a petition drive to try to close the recreational cannabis market in Maine and bolster the state’s oversight of the medical marijuana market. “The timing is right,” said…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (974+ words) The Maine Legislature on Tuesday passed a controversial measure temporarily prohibiting new data center development for more than a year, sending it to Gov. Janet Mills for final approval. The House voted 79-62 to enact Tuesday, sending it to the Senate,…...

5+ mon, 4+ day ago   (840+ words) When Brett Goldman moved to Wiscasset from Pennsylvania in 2024, he decided to get the Maine Lighthouse Trust specialty license plate, so he’d have an easier time distinguishing his gray sedan from other gray sedans in a parking lot. With an…...

5+ mon, 6+ day ago   (401+ words) The Maine House of Representatives voted Monday to reject a proposal from the Department of Public Safety to merge the Capitol Police with the Maine State Police. The bill, LD 2165, which was sponsored by House Speaker Ryan Fecteau, D-Biddeford, would…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (399+ words) Dawn Potter, a poet and teacher from Portland, was named Maine’s seventh poet laureate on Friday. Potter was announced as the next state poet laureate at the state house in Augusta, during an event marking National Poetry Month. She’ll replace…...