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Today, Representatives Mike Michaud and Chellie Pingree introduced a bill to reverse the Department of Defense's avoidance of the Berry Amendment, which requires DOD to purchase American-made military uniforms.

In 2011, Newsweek published a sobering piece on sexual assaults in the military.

Congress is preparing to debate major farm and food policy bills that would likely cut funding to programs used by many low-income Mainers but could separately provide a boost to Maine's thriving local foods movement.

In 2011, Newsweek published a sobering piece on sexual assaults in the military.

Former Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe was all over the media landscape last week promoting her new book; Congress makes progress on important legislation; Rep.

Senate subcommittee on Personnel Chair Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y. speaks out during the subcommittee's hearing on sexual assault in the military.

Maine's House and Senate members agreed that the Internal Revenue Service overstepped its bounds by subjecting conservative or tea party groups to more scrutiny.

The floating foundation uses composites, and the one-eighth scale prototype will be used to de-risk larger turbine deployments in the near future.

That's something that Jim Pineau, a Marine Corps veteran who now works for U.S. Rep.

The Pentagon released a depressing report on Tuesday stating that the number of sexual assaults in the military grew from about 19,000 last year to 26,000 this year.

White House officials hosted a meeting with congressional members this morning to discuss sexual assaults in the military, two days after the president declared he has "no tolerance" for such assaults in the military.

Maine Rep. Chellie Pingree is among a small group of House and Senate lawmakers who are meeting with top Obama administration officials this morning to discuss the issue of sexual assault in the military.

Bill Emhiser, the president and CEO of Maine Manufacturing, told the crowd that he picked Sanford to locate his company five years ago because he liked what he saw in the community.

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.

The US House approved a Republican-backed bill Wednesday that would give private sector workers the option of taking comp time for working more than 40 hours a week, instead of receiving overtime pay.

From left, Alex Coulling, a University of Maine, Orono civil engineering graduate student, and UMaine research engineer Josh Clapp stand in front of the newly unveiled base for a floating wind turbine which will be shipped down the Penobscot River and out to the Gulf of Maine where it will become the first floating wind turbine off the coast of the ... (more)

WASHINGTON A House committee has advanced a bill named for a Maine woman that aims to help veterans qualify for disability benefits for mental health problems resulting from sexual assaults.

The overnight shift at Bangor International Airport's air traffic control tower will not be eliminated by the Federal Aviation Administration, Maine's congressional delegation announced Wednesday.

Kyle McKenna recently completed the fall semester abroad at University of Salzburg, Austria, with honors.

"The bill we are debating this week - which should be called the 'Right to Work For Less Act' - is designed to let employers avoid paying overtime and could force workers to take comp time instead.