2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (335+ words) PORTLAND, Maine (WGME) -- With motorcycle season underway in Maine, some Mainers are wondering why motorists are required to buckle up but many adult motorcyclists can legally ride without a helmet. Bob asked the CBS13 I-Team: Bob's question gets at a debate…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (102+ words) by WGME and WVII Staff PORTLAND (WGME) – A former candidate for governor, who's now a convicted sex offender, is once again free on bail. Our media partners at WVII were in court Friday for Eliot Cutler's latest hearing, and they…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (353+ words) PORTLAND, Maine (WGME) -- People will gather in Portland on Thursday for the funeral of Gerald Talbot, the state’s first elected Black legislator and a civil rights activist. Talbot passed away earlier this month at the age of 94. The political activist…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (141+ words) AUGUSTA (WGME) -- As another legislative session wraps up, Maine Republicans say the state is on a “disastrous” path. House Minority Leader Billy Bob Faulkingham held a news conference Wednesday in Augusta. He made a sweeping claim that eight years of…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (199+ words) AUGUSTA (WGME) -- Maine Democratic leaders say actions taken during this legislative session have made the state more affordable for working families. House Speaker Ryan Fecteau points to the millionaire’s tax that recently passed, saying it shifts more of the burden…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (400+ words) GORHAM (WGME) – Maine is now the first state in New England to join a nationwide program designed to keep convicted felons from re-entering the prison system. The Maine Department of Corrections rolled out the new initiative Monday, called “Reentry 2030.” It’s…...

5+ mon, 3+ day ago   (426+ words) PORTLAND, Maine (WGME) -- The new state budget makes free community college permanent for Maine high school graduates. Over the past four years, over 23,000 students have taken advantage of the free community college program in Maine. Those numbers are expected to…...

5+ mon, 4+ day ago   (232+ words) AUGUSTA (WGME) -- A new budget has passed in Augusta which includes those $300 relief checks for hundreds of thousands of Mainers and a new tax on the wealthiest Mainers. The more than $500 million budget narrowly passed in the House Wednesday night…...

5+ mon, 4+ day ago   (171+ words) After a history-making Moon mission, the four astronauts on Artemis II return to Earth, splashing down off San Diego's coast. AUGUSTA (WGME) — Maine is set to send $300 "affordability checks" to more than 500,000 residents after lawmakers gave final approval to a…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (773+ words) by Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News A police department in western Maine was likely the first to restrict someone’s access to weapons under the state’s so-called red flag law, less than a week after it went into effect. Police in…...