Maine News

WELCOME BACK I'M TRACY SABOL. SUMMER IS ALMOST OFFICIALLY HERE, AND THAT MEANS MAINE IS APPROACHING IT'S PEAK SEASON FOR TICKS.

A national push for laws that keep guns out of hands that would do evil with them came to Augusta on Monday.

Gov. Paul LePage on Monday vetoed legislation to expand Maine's Medicaid program, turning the focus back to majority Democrats to try and rally enough Republican votes to override it.

Maine Gov. Paul LePage on Monday vetoed a bill to expand Medicaid for a second time, leaving the proposal in limbo because the bill passed without a two-thirds majority in either chamber.

Under the Dome: Inside the Maine State House is a weekly update that provides a high-level overview of recent activity at the Maine State House.

A pair of Democratic-backed adjustments to Republicans' 2011 health-care reform law initially passed in the Maine House of Representatives on Monday.

William Michaud, 61, of Portland, was unanimously approved for the 11-month position Thursday during the committee's regular meeting.

The prototype is the first of its kind in North America and follows five years of research and development at the University of Maine A floating wind turbine launched on May 31 in Maine is the first of its kind off the North American coast.

Melanie Renell and Jackie Allen trudged through the scrub and thin pine forest, wearing shin-high boots and extra-long winter socks and waving blanket-sized flags made out of broomsticks and corduroy fabric.

When the 488th Military Police Company arrived Saturday afternoon to the cheers of loved ones left home for a year while they served in Afghanistan, another family - one dressed in blue - stood in the back quietly waiting.

Riding for a cause and stricken by a tragedy, those who had pedaled alongside the man killed by a tractor-trailer Friday morning said their mission, which is playing out on blacktopped roads across the state, has been transformed.

Malone is designating the three as transitional deacons during a ceremony Sunday at Portland's Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.

Jumpstart Our Youth, part of Belfast Area High School's Jobs for Maine Graduates program, has awarded a $500 grant to Waterfall Arts to allow for full scholarships to the center's art education classes.

Jonathan Stormer, center, with his wife, Meredith, who is cradling their son, Corban, while Jonathan holds their other son, Atlas.

Paying Maine's remaining Medicaid debt to its hospitals and reducing the number of uninsured Mainers by expanding Medicaid eligibility under the federal Affordable Care Act have properly dominated lawmakers' public health agenda during the legislative session that's winding down in Augusta.

Maine State Police say the driver of a tractor-trailer believed to have struck and killed a 23-year-old bicyclist near the start of the three-day, 180-mile Trek Across Maine fundraiser was unaware his truck might have hit the rider.

It's not everyday that we get to announce good news for Maine's manufacturing sector, but, with the Maine Legislature's recent overwhelming passage of the omnibus energy bill, we can.

The lobster industry in Maine is unique. Maine is one of the only places in the world where we have been harvesting lobsters for over 150 years and still have a successful fishery.

When a 200-pound black bear was pawing around David Proulx's house here a couple of years ago, Proulx went out and shot it.

There were 26 winners of the Superintendent's Award in Bangor High School's 2002 class.