Maine Government News

You can see legislators take votes or hear the governor make a speech, but many other actions aren't easily seen.

Imagine living in a Maine nursing home and having cancer or arthritis so severe that you cannot get out of bed by yourself.

Governor LePage vetoed two bills on Monday, including one that would have expanded medicaid coverage to nearly 70,000 Mainers.

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.

Mike Michaud will be facing more than just Republican Gov. Paul LePage and independent Eliot Cutler if he chooses to run for the Blaine House - according to a new analysis by Smart Politics, a non-partisan news blog by a University of Minnesota professor, he's also challenging history.

Maine officials are encouraging Mainers to explore the outdoors by offering free admission at state parks and historic sites on Father's Day.

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.

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.

If you're wondering how an overt right-wing extremist like Gov. Paul LePage could get elected in Maine, it's because, in 2010, he received 38.3% of the vote in a race where three other candidates, Eliot Cutler , Libby Mitchell , and Shawn Moody got at least 5% of the vote.

June 13, 2013: Representative Mike Michaud praised the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announcement that it has awarded Maine a Balancing Incentives Program grant projected to total approximately $21 million over the next two years.

Maine lawmakers gave final approval on Thursday to a plan to renegotiate the state's liquor contract to pay its hospitals' years-old debt of hundreds of millions of dollars for Medicaid services - one of Gov. Paul LePage 's top priorities.

The number of annual deaths in Maine has eclipsed the number of births for the first time in recent history, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, and economists in the state fear the trend will shrink the work force and make doing business here more and more expensive.

Thursday's announcement by Democratic U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud that he is eyeing a run for governor set in motion a wild scramble among Republicans and Democrats hoping to win Maine's 2nd Congressional District seat if he abandons it.

U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud said Thursday he's taking the first steps toward running for governor next year, announcing that he's forming an exploratory committee and launching a website.

The state Senate unanimously passed a bill that uses funds from the state's wholesale liquor business to finance a bond to pay off Maine's $183.5 million hospital debt.

The state Senate unanimously passed a bill that uses funds from the state's wholesale liquor business to finance a bond to pay off Maine's $183.5 million hospital debt.

Support for mandating that genetically modified foods bear labels in Maine was as strong Wednesday in the Senate as it was Tuesday in the House, with lawmakers from both parties supporting the measure.

Tax increment financing lures business to an area with tax breaks paid for by taxpayers.

In a landslide 141-4 vote, the Maine House of Representatives voted Tuesday to advance bill LD 718 , which would require special labeling for seeds and foods made with genetically modified ingredients.