15+ hour, 50+ min ago  (517+ words) Lawmakers made last-minute changes Thursday to a bill that would reform Maine's fraught school funding formula after a fiscal note on the cost came back $25 million higher than expected. The Education and Cultural Affairs Committee initially passed LD 2226 with broad…...

19+ hour, 50+ min ago  (143+ words) State Sen. Jim Libby, a Republican running for governor, has failed to qualify for public campaign funding through Maine's clean elections program, state officials announced Thursday. The Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics & Election Practices, which oversees campaign finance, found that…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (309+ words) Maine lawmakers moved the state's $500 million-plus budget proposal to the brink of final passage in the middle of the night early Thursday after a series of near-party-line votes. The state House took its final roll call vote on the sprawling…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (168+ words) A new scam is targeting registered sex offenders in Maine. The Maine State Police warned of the scam in a social media post Wednesday, sharing an image of a letter claiming to be from the "Maine Probation Tonduary." No such…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago  (496+ words) When people ask me about Portland, I can brag about many aspects of my adopted home. I love the restaurants and the art galleries, the feeling of walking through the West End during a snowstorm or picnicking on the Eastern…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago  (159+ words) Speed limits on the Maine Turnpike were reduced to 45 mph Tuesday as a spring snow fell on parts of Maine. The Maine Turnpike Authority said in an alert that limits were temporarily reduced between Saco (Exit 36) and the New Hampshire…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago  (233+ words) The head of Maine's Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife will step down at the end of the month, the Mills administration announced Tuesday. Judy Camuso is the first woman to lead the department, which is in charge of conservation…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago  (259+ words) AUGUSTA " The Maine Senate voted Monday in favor of a long-debated proposal for stricter data privacy protections, keeping the measure alive despite its defeat last week in the House of Representatives. The Senate voted 18-14 in favor of LD 1822, sending it…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago  (212+ words) Parts of southern and central Maine can expect some April snowfall on Tuesday. The National Weather Service is projecting snow to fall on southern and central Maine on Tuesday morning and afternoon, ranging from a dusting to 1-2 inches in some…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago  (260+ words) On Monday, Gov. Janet Mills signed a proposal into law to allow Mainers to install small, portable solar energy systems in their homes. The measure from Sen. Nicole Grohoski, D-Ellsworth, allows electricity customers to use certain'small solar generation and battery…...