Credit rating agency S&P Global said the downgrade reflects persistent operating losses.

The latest figures show a slight drop in joblessness as 2024 ended.

The proposal now moves to the full legislature for final approval. It will need two-thirds support in the House and Senate to pass as an emergency and go into effect immediately.

Maine 2nd District U.S. Rep. Jared Golden has generally refrained from criticizing President Trump. But he suggested the president is being sidelined by the world's richest man.

Pingree says her office is focused on sharing accurate information to help her constituents and Maine federal employees make sense of the daily flow of updates from the new administration.

Police shot and killed a man involved in an hours-long standoff in Northern Maine yesterday. Maine State Police say 29-year-old Steven Righini was responsible for wounding a sheriff's deputy and killing a state police K-9.

U.S. border patrol officials in Northern Maine say they have installed new concrete barriers in the Houlton sector after seeing a significant increase in vehicle incursions in the last two years.

Lori Dwyer, President and CEO of Penobscot Community Health Care, said their request to draw down the funds from a federal portal is "pending review."

Federal incentives sparked private investment according to Natural Resources Council of Maine.

The gauge and trap vent changes — initially designed to preserve the young lobster population — were the subject of years of debate. Fisheries managers along the East Coast agreed Tuesday morning to repeal the measures altogether.