Maine Gov. Janet Mills on Thursday announced an independent commission has been tasked with investigating how warning signs appeared to be ignored in the months before a gunman killed 18 people in ...

A referendum in Maine would have gotten rid of two maligned for-profit utilities. Why did it lose? Sign Up for Our Ideas Newsletter POV. Subscribe Subscribe. ... November 8, 2023 3:50 PM EST.

In Maine’s second-largest city, like everywhere, people are shocked that the kind of mass murder that lays waste to other places has found their beloved community too.

Oleg Opalnyk, a Ukrainian native, came to Maine in 2002 and now owns a contracting and real estate business. There are only a few dozen Ukrainians in the state, he estimated. When Russia invaded ...

Experts say there are many reasons why Maine has consistently high voter turnout, including the state's tradition of small local government. Posted November 3, 2024. Updated November 3, 2024.

Why it matters: Nebraska and Maine are the only two states that don't use a winner-take-all system to award their electoral delegates, but Nebraska has inched toward scrapping that in a ...

Why Maine’s abandoned roads lead to lawsuits. The law around abandoned roads is tricky, often pitting public use against private land ownership. Communities: Fayette, Freedom, ...