Political news coverage by the Maine Public News Team.
Maine Public is committed to providing the state with comprehensive coverage of the political landscape in Maine straight from the State House in Augusta. Led by the expertise of political reporters Steve Mistler and Kevin Miller, Maine Public’s political coverage includes in-depth reporting on civic issues across the entirety of Maine, broadcasting events like the State of the State and the gubernatorial inauguration and hosting debates and other political forums.
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Kevin Miller/Maine PublicWhile Democrats highlighted a suite of bills that they say will lower costs for Mainers, Republicans focused most of their press conference on allegations of fraud by a MaineCare provider. -
Screen grab from Garrett Mason podcastMason was first elected to the Maine Legislature as a 25-year-old during the 2010 Republican wave election and eventually became the Republican Senate majority leader. Along the way, he won a lot of support from Maine's evangelical conservatives, voters he hoped would deliver him the Republican gubernatorial nomination in 2018 and who could be crucial to his latest Blaine House bid.
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The capture of Nicolás Maduro by U.S. forces has sent political shockwaves around the world and drawn protests, but many in the Venezuelan diaspora have celebrated the move. -
The state's public retirement system says actively selling off fossil fuel assets could threaten the financial interests of its members. -
Gov. Janet Mills has been holding the bills since the summer after the Legislature adjourned the 2025 session. She now has two options: either let the bills become law without her signature or veto them now that lawmakers are returning to Augusta. -
The four lawmakers agreed the Trump administration should have consulted Congress and called Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro a dictator or an illegitimate leader. But Republican Sen. Susan Collins was less critical of the Trump administration than Democratic Reps. Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden and independent Sen. Angus King. -
The increased tariffs would have applied to Canada's exports of softwood timber and lumber, which come into Maine for use in housing construction. -
This is an excerpt from a lengthy conversation with Golden, a Democrat, about what motivated his decision not to seek a fifth term representing Maine's 2nd District. The 43-year-old said he has no immediate plans to seek elected office after more than a decade in Congress and the Maine Legislature. But he also isn't ruling it out. -
Maine Public chief politics correspondent Steve Mistler and fellow politics correspondent Kevin Miller recently sat down with Rep. Jared Golden for a lengthy conversation about hyper-partisanship and his decision not to run again. -
For the first time, Mainers will pay the state's 5.5% sales tax for streaming subscriptions like Netflix, Spotify -
Party candidates running for federal, state and county offices will have to obtain a set number of signatures to qualify for the June primary elections. The thresholds vary by office and it will be easier to make the March 16 deadline for those who have built organizational and volunteer networks. -
The state's own rebates for weatherization, heat pumps and more are often worth more than income tax credits eliminated in President Trump's signature tax and spending law.
