All the headlines from our Maine Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 3 2025 // The Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) has joined the opposition to a federal rule that limits which legal immigrants can obtain a commercial driver’s license (CDL) or permit.The state says that if the new...
Dec 2 2025 // Local governments across Maine have received just over $22 million in opioid settlement funds from pharmaceutical companies accused of fueling the overdose epidemic, with nearly $54 million more expected over the next...
Oct 16 2025 // Plymouth Rock Names Foxx Chief of Agency Marketing for Mass. and NHPlymouth Rock Assurance, headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, appointed James Foxx as chief of agency marketing for Massachusetts and New Hampshire...
Oct 9 2025 // Workers’ compensation specialist The MEMIC Group announced a $19 million dividend for more than 17,000 Maine policyholders.This annual dividend is based on the insurer’s financial performance, claims...
Sep 29 2025 // NASA’s first radar images from a new Earth-mapping satellite show the Maine coast and North Dakota farmland in incredible detail.The pictures, released Thursday, are from a spacecraft that rocketed into orbit from...
Sep 16 2025 // After reading through a pile of resumes, Town Manager Anthony Wilson mentally ranked the people trying to become Winthrop’s general assistance administrator.Seeking a second opinion, he turned to ChatGPT. He fed the...
Sep 10 2025 // The case of a Maine police officer arrested by immigration authorities even though he was vetted by a government system called “E-Verify” has raised questions about what employers can do to make sure...
Aug 5 2025 // Rotten wood and poor inspections appear to have played roles in the collapse of the mast of a historic Maine schooner in an accident that killed one person and injured several others, the U.S. Coast Guard said in a report...
Jul 29 2025 // The Maine Fire Marshal reports it continues to investigate a fatal explosion over the weekend at the Powder Horn Campground in Old Orchard Beach.On July 26, 2025, a camper explosion was reported at the campground. Old...
Jul 15 2025 // World Insurance Associates LLC reported that it acquired the business of Healey & Associates of Portland, Maine on May 1, 2025.Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Healey has been offering employee benefits...
Jun 27 2025 // Global insurance broker World Insurance Associates LLC has acquired the business of Healey & Associates of Portland, Maine. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Healey has been offering employee benefits to...
Jun 24 2025 // San Francisco-based COVU, Inc. announced it has acquired Ford Insurance Agency, a 100+ year-old, family-owned business based in Eliot, Maine.Operated by the Lonsinger family, Ford Insurance Agency provides commercial and...
Jun 5 2025 // A law signed by Maine Gov. Janet Mills last week requires landowners who are participating in the forest carbon credit market to report basic data — including a landowner’s name, contact information, date of...
May 19 2025 // Maine lawmakers last week rejected a measure that would have permitted followers of the Mennonite religion to self-insure for motor vehicle insurance.The Senate vote was 20-14 to detour the bill on May 13, while the House...
May 13 2025 // Maine lawmakers today are expected to consider a measure that would allow followers of the Mennonite religion to self-insure for motor vehicle insurance.Rep. Steve Foster (R-Dexter) introduced the bill on behalf of his...
Apr 8 2025 // Portland, Maine-based United Insurance announced it has acquired Barresi Financial, a financial services and retirement advisory firm with offices in Bangor and Presque Isle. Barresi’s 10 associates will join United,...
Apr 7 2025 // Maine has approved the insurance industry’s filing that will lower workers’ compensation insurance loss costs an average of 9.6%. The lower loss costs will go into effect for new and renewing policies as of...
Feb 18 2025 // SANDWICH ACADEMY GRANT TOWNSHIP, Maine (AP) — A train derailment in rural Maine that spilled hundreds of gallons of fuel and hospitalized three workers was attributable to a beaver dam, state officials said.The April...
Jan 29 2025 // In a 5-2 opinion, the Maine Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional a 2021 state law that eliminated the statute of limitations for claims of sexual abuse of minors.The ruling is a victory for the Roman Catholic Church...
Jan 28 2025 // A 3.8-magnitude earthquake centered near the southern Maine coast rattled houses in northern New England on Monday and was felt by surprised residents of states hundreds of miles away.The earthquake took place at about...