The Maine Business and Consumer Court has dismissed a lawsuit from Bar Harbor resident Charles Sidman, asking to be more involved in a local code enforcement appeal.

The New Markets Capital Investment Program touts several splashy successes, but it's drawn scrutiny when projects fail. Gov. Janet Mills will soon decide if a bill sending it $100 million over an eight-year period is worth it.

The complaint alleges that Medicaid records shared with the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to verify Medicaid eligibility were accessed by DOGE and given to the Dept of Homeland Security for immigration enforcement.

The federal government finds jobless rates in Maine's three major urban areas steady, about half-a-percentage point higher than they were a year ago.

Mills plans to hold onto the legislation, which would have limited how much local and state police in Maine can collaborate with federal immigration agents seeking to round up and deport non-citizens.

Nurses rallied in Portland today against the proposed Medicaid cuts in the budget bill that they say prevent thousands of Mainers from receiving the care they need.

Under the so-called "Big Beautiful Bill" the Energy Efficient Home Improvement Tax Credit would phase out at the end of the year. Senators passed a version of the proposal Tuesday.

District leaders say declining enrollment, the difficulty of maintaining school infrastructure, and the increasing local cost of education are all contributing factors.

Scientists say Maine potato crops are at high risk for late blight- a destructive disease that devastated Maine's potatoes in 2009.

Gov. Janet Mills says the reconciliation bill will dramatically shift costs from the federal government to Maine, and those are expenses the state cannot absorb.