All the headlines from our Maine Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 29 2022 // The longtime president of the Maine State Chamber of Commerce and one of the best known advocates for businesses in the state said this week that he will soon step down. Dana Connors has led the chamber for almost three...
Apr 27 2022 // In a stinging disappointment for Native American tribes in Maine, the state’s Legislature adjourned Monday evening without taking action on a historic proposal to expand tribal sovereignty rights.There was still the...
Apr 25 2022 // Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey’s office released findings Friday that four law enforcement officers were legally justified in using deadly force in fatal shootings in Old Town and Falmouth.The conclusions were...
Apr 25 2022 // A state judge has ruled that the intertidal zone belongs to beachfront property owners but the judge’s ruling didn’t specify what activities, if any, might be allowed there.The ruling was a setback for...
Apr 18 2022 // The Maine House voted Thursday to give the state’s tribes the same rights enjoyed by Native Americans elsewhere across the country, a first step in an effort to uphold the tribes’ sovereignty.The 81-55 tally...
Apr 11 2022 // Lawmakers in Maine have made a move toward banning pesticides that contain long-lasting chemicals.The proposal would ban distribution of pesticides with intentionally added perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances by...
Apr 8 2022 // A Maine jury has sided with a media company in a lawsuit over newspaper stories about sex abuse allegations involving a former police captain.The case stemmed from articles that were published in the Biddeford-Saco-Old...
Mar 29 2022 // PORTLAND, Maine (AP) —A trucker was streaming Netflix when his tractor-trailer struck a car, killing a retired couple in Maine, according to a police report.The truck driver acknowledged streaming a Netflix show on his...
Mar 21 2022 // The Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles and court officials have scrambled to close a gap in tracking and sharing information about criminal convictions that should result in license suspensions.The problem surfaced when a man...
Mar 18 2022 // Maine farmers and the state’s agriculture commissioner have testified in favor of a proposal that would create a $100 million fund to help pay for problems caused by long-lasting chemicals.The Maine Legislature is...
Mar 17 2022 // Maine’s human rights panel has ruled in favor of a transgender woman who complained that she was discriminated against when she was denied a room by an assisted living facility.The Maine Human Rights Commission voted...
Mar 16 2022 // The state cannot be held liable for injuries sustained in a parking lot that is regularly used by people accessing a public building, the Maine Supreme Court has ruled.On March 15, in Klein v. University of Maine System,...
Mar 14 2022 // Maine is looking to enact tougher regulations about corporate collection of biometric data.The proposal before the Maine Legislature would require companies to get consent before they collect biometric information such as...
Mar 11 2022 // After 33 years at the Maine Bureau of Insurance, including 10 as superintendent and 13 as deputy superintendent, Eric Cioppa will retire on April 1, 2022.Cioppa joined the insurance department in 1988 as a statistician...
Mar 8 2022 // A ski lift accident that sent a gondola falling to the ground at Sunday River Resort in western Maine could have been far more serious.There was only one occupant in the gondola, which has a capacity of eight riders, and...
Mar 3 2022 // Maine farmers want lawmakers to pass a bill banning fertilizer and compost containing wastewater sludge that’s been linked to toxic industrial compounds associated with serious health conditions.Sometimes called...
Mar 2 2022 // The federal government has agreed to pay $10 million to a Maine woman after a medical clinic failed to tell her or the state about signs that her son had been abused, according to court records.The agreement between the...
Feb 25 2022 // Maine’s Senate voted Wednesday to advance a proposed amendment to the state Constitution that would prohibit discrimination based on gender, although it will require further votes.The 22-12 vote keeps the proposal...
Feb 22 2022 // Maine lawmakers are going to consider more funding to fight “forever chemicals” as more farms discover contamination.Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances — known as PFAS — have been found in...
Feb 11 2022 // A man discovered stumbling downtown in Lewiston with a severed arm is believed to have inflicted the injury himself, police said.The victim was injured with a band saw used to cut meat, but didn’t work at the market...