3+ hour, 29+ min ago  (196+ words) Maine's Supreme Judicial Court said Monday that a proposed expansion of ranked-choice voting would violate the state constitution. A bill pending in the Legislature would expand ranked-choice voting to races for governor and legislative seats by counting only the final…...

3+ day, 41+ min ago  (372+ words) A federal appeals court ruled Friday that Maine's 72-hour waiting period on gun purchases is likely constitutional, handing gun control advocates a significant victory in a high-profile Second Amendment case. But on Friday, a three-judge panel on the First Circuit…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago  (442+ words) Maine's highest court revisited the issue of ranked-choice voting Wednesday as groups push to use the process in gubernatorial elections. A bill pending in the Legislature, LD 1666, aims to get over that hurdle by specifying that a plurality is only…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago  (251+ words) Fearing a rise in evictions, several groups around Maine are providing help to immigrant households feeling economic effects from the federal enforcement surge in January. The Portland-based non-profit Project HOME has been providing rental assistance to households who had a…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago  (289+ words) Democrats on the Maine Legislature's budget committee have included a millionaire's tax in an update to the state's two-year spending plan. The initiative would assess a 2% tax on income over $1 million, affecting roughly 2,630 tax filers in the state, according to…...

1+ week, 14+ min ago  (248+ words) New England electric customers including Maine ratepayers could get more than $1 billion in refunds after federal energy regulators ruled this month that transmission utilities were paid inflated profits for years. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission draws to a close a…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (265+ words) Mainers in several dozen towns gathered to rally Saturday as part of a national "No Kings" day of protests. In Portland, a few thousand people gathered in Monument Square Saturday, and marched through the Old Port and onto Commercial Street....

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (229+ words) Maine's clean energy sector employed nearly 16,200 workers in 2024 according to a new state report, adding to the thousands of jobs created in energy efficiency, renewable energy and other industries in recent years. The sector grew faster in Maine between 2020-2024 than…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (256+ words) At Greene Maple Farms in Sebago, steam fills a cozy wood shack as syrup bubbles away over a wood fire. Owner Alan Greene and his family are expecting hundreds of visitors this Maine Maple Weekend. While the Greene family has…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (206+ words) Eight of the candidates vying to become Maine's next governor say they support tribal sovereignty, although some differed on how expeditiously it should be restored. King's view was shared by John Glowa, an independent who formerly worked for the Maine…...