Electric utility companies’ profits are under close scrutiny from ratepayers, advocacy groups and regulators these days, including in Maine. But utilities…
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When it comes to securing Maine’s future, few issues are spoken about with more urgency than making housing more available and affordable.
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Mainers started early voting on Oct. 5 ahead of Election Day on Nov. 3. And the state’s unique use of ranked-choice voting will once again factor into some…
Mandy Belanger, of Lewiston, could once afford three meals a day for herself, her two children and her mother, but she had to make difficult…
Tracey Collins first started noticing her memory flagging when she passed a colleague in the hallway of the school in Biddeford where she taught and asked…
Maine’s ethics watchdog could start the process to close an apparent campaign finance reporting gap at a meeting next week.
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Maine hospitals have worked for years to reduce the number of costly, temporary staff — particularly travel nurses — they have hired since the pandemic.…
In a cabin on Seal Island, 21 miles off the coast of Rockland, Coco Faber reached for last year’s island report. She opened the book to a chart showing how…
On a recent canoe trip to the remote upper reaches of the Narraguagus River, Ellie Mason saw prime Atlantic salmon habitat everywhere.
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The University of Maine in Orono and its regional campus in Machias plan to lay off staff and cut faculty to address a $19-million budget shortfall…
AUGUSTA — The Maine Library Commission voted unanimously Monday to adopt new standards that redraw the geographic boundaries of the Maine Regional Library…
Doctors are encouraging Mainers to follow guidelines from major medical groups recommending regular annual vaccines ahead of the fall respiratory virus…
Washington County could be hit hardest by Medicaid cuts going into effect in January, according to data The Maine Monitor received…
As Maine’s Senate race heats up, there has been a similar attack launched against both Republican Sen. Susan Collins and Democratic replacement candidate…
Maine voters are set to start casting their ballots in early October. And when they do, they could have less information about Democratic nominee Troy…
Preliminary counts for enrollment across Maine’s seven public universities and law school show that student enrollment could exceed 28,000 this school year…
On May 25, 2024, more than 100 people gathered on the site of a potential land-based fish farm along the Little River in Belfast. The protest followed six…
Maine’s seagrass meadows are shrinking and thinning. And this isn’t the only place where seagrass is declining. These underwater meadows off Maine’s coast…
On a sunny afternoon in early August, the hot air rippled above a sandbar in Casco Bay as a group of researchers dove into the water. Wearing wetsuits and…
For years, Maine residents and visitors alike have flocked to Popham Beach in Phippsburg expecting to see a variety of shells, seabirds and rock…
The Maine Public Utilities Commission met on Thursday to hear testimony from expert witnesses on a previously obscure financial metric that has become a…
The University of Maine System, which oversees the state’s public universities, will now accept credentials that high schoolers earn through the long-time…
EASTPORT — A controversial underwater artificial intelligence data center proposed in the Bay of Fundy, near Kendall Head off the northern coast of…
On a sticky August morning in Phippsburg, Cait Cleaver, an assistant professor of environmental studies at Colby College, crouched along a section of rocky…
Wendy Brennan agreed to participate in a study examining how arsenic exposure can affect children’s cognitive development primarily because her young…
As Maine’s aging population grapples with complex health needs and rural hospitals struggle with workforce shortages, the state is looking for ways to…
As colleges and universities across Maine confront increasing federal inquiries and regulatory pressure, as well as a number of lawsuits, some have seen…
The proceedings over Central Maine Power’s latest request for a rate increase have taken another unprecedented turn. On Wednesday, the Maine Public…
A pregnant resident of Lincoln County, with the backing of a grassroots organizing group, …
On June 10, Tom Hill was at his office in Sydney, Australia, when his phone pinged with a notification: the U.S. Senate Democratic primary race in Maine…
On July 24, a research crew studying puffins on Eastern Egg Rock spread out among the boulders to mark burrows where they had seen birds delivering fish to…
Maine health care providers are grappling with how to prepare for more patients without insurance.
As premiums rose…
The Democratic primary for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District seat concluded more than a month ago, with social worker Paige Loud finishing last in the…
The fatal shooting of Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Biddeford earlier this month marked the second time federal immigration…
At the Piscataquis County Jail in Dover-Foxcroft, the smallest in the state, corrections officers sometimes spend hours a day administering…
Few things have been certain in the mad dash for Maine Democrats to replace Graham Platner as the party’s nominee for U.S. Senate.
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One day this spring, Sgt. Ryan Close went into the secure evidence room at the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office and retrieved a heavy-duty lockbox…
Candidates for the Maine Legislature have to file personal financial statements ahead of the general election that disclose how they and their spouses make…
After years of planning, the Maine state government is seeking a contractor to run a program that aims to cut down on packaging waste, but…
By June 10 the fish were supposed to have come and gone already, but there they were. At first, they looked like a shadow in the water. On closer…
In addition to the thousands of Mainers who showed up to vote in the primary election last month, 125 volunteers appeared at polling stations across the…
The first official survey of Maine housing building activity shows the state made progress toward its housing goals last year. But the data…
At a dinner at the White House in February 2025, President Donald Trump turned to Gov. Janet Mills and threatened to withhold federal funding…
The state has begun rolling out changes to its system of behavioral health services for children covered by MaineCare, the state’s version of Medicaid.…
A printer jam. Spreadsheet issues. Mixed-up memory sticks. A two-hour warning that turned into a four-and-a-half hour wait. A livestream broadcast that…
On Tuesday, Central Maine Power customers sounded off about their electricity bills at a public hearing on the utility company’s …
Roughly 50 people decked out in rainbow garb streamed out of First Parish Unitarian Universalist in downtown Portland last Saturday morning as music…
Maine voters have become more familiar with ranked-choice voting since they adopted it statewide a decade ago. But Maine has never seen a ranked-choice…
Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins announced her reelection campaign in February by posting a video that showed her opening a box of New…
At the Maine State House last week, Republican candidate for governor David Jones showed voters how he would rank himself and other GOP contenders in a…
