Energy affordability — under mounting stress chiefly from rising electricity prices — will be a litmus test for most any climate policy or spending decisions.

Chamber of the House of Representatives in the Maine State House in Augusta. Sept. 5, 2023. (Photo by Jim Neuger/ Maine Morning Star) The new year will bring state lawmakers back to Augusta for the ...

The Republican's decision to sign the petition for the prospective 2026 referendum is consistent with her past statements on ...

The chamber of the Maine House of Representatives during the first session of 2024 in the State House in Augusta. (Jim Neuger/Maine Morning Star) After a flurry of recounts, the final results for the ...

On May 15, 2025, the Maine Joint Committee on Housing and Economic Development voted to allow the full Maine legislature to consider an amendment that would narrow the scope of the state's Right to ...

The Maine legislature on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday approved several sweeping gun control measures, including increased waiting periods, background checks, expansion of court-ordered firearm ...

Majority Democrats in the Maine Legislature are pushing through a "baseline budget" to ensure government operations continue in the new fiscal year while leaving the door open to discussions on new ...

Maine's firebrand GOP state Rep. Laurel Libby says she won’t seek re-election and plans to create a conservative PAC to help ...

A ccording to legislative testimony, more than one-fifth of Maine's mobile home parks are owned by out-of-state companies.

Maine consistently ranks as one of the most white states in the country. But this week, it swore in the most diverse state legislature in its history, including its first Black speaker of the House, ...