15+ hour, 27+ min ago   (83+ words) Weeks after Graham Platner's campaign to become Maine's Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate imploded, a new face emerges as the favorite. This weekend, delegates are expected to formally nominate Troy Jackson, a former president of Maine's state Senate, to face incumbent…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (216+ words) Secretary of State Shenna Bellows said Tuesday that a proposed referendum on transgender athletes and students has failed to qualify for the fall ballot after more than 12,500 petition signatures were invalidated. But staff in Bellows' office conducted a deeper dive…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (500+ words) Gov. Janet Mills has vetoed legislation to temporarily ban the development of large-scale data centers in Maine. The bill passed through the state Legislature with bipartisan support earlier this month. It would have enacted an 18-month moratorium on new data…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (207+ words) Newly released data from the Deportation Data Project, a University of California-based group of researchers and lawyers that aggregates and publishes federal immigration data obtained through Freedom of Information Act lawsuits, provides insights into who was arrested in Maine during…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (538+ words) Organizers of a campaign to ban transgender athletes from girls sports in Maine said Monday that they have gathered enough signatures to place the issue on the November ballot. On Monday, leaders of the group Protect Girls Sports in Maine…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (267+ words) The Center for Biological Diversity is suing the federal government for failing to protect American horseshoe crabs under the Endangered Species Act. Will Harlan, a senior scientist at the Center, says since 2000, horseshoe crab populations have crashed by more than…...

7+ mon, 17+ hour ago   (893+ words) It’s about a week before Christmas, and Paul and Stephanie Lizotte have come to Quinn's Tree Farm in Cornville, just north of Skowhegan. But it's a Tuesday, and it's closed. "We weren’t sure if anyone was around," said Paul Lizotte....

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (681+ words) Most attendees were not Somali, but say they turned out to show their solidarity. The event also drew a long roster of elected officials and candidates. The rally was organized by Safiya Khalid, a former Lewiston city council who became…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago   (221+ words) Maine Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King both played key roles in Sunday's vote to end the 40-day-long government shutdown. But King, an independent who caucuses with the Democrats, said during a press conference late Sunday that it was clear…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (755+ words) The controversies around Maine progressive upstart Graham Platner are resurfacing difficult conversations among Democrats about who gives them the best chance to recapture the House and Senate. Platner presents himself as an authentic outsider fighting for working people. But as…...