The letter, addressed to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, criticizes the Trump administration's effort to pressure state leaders into turning over residents' data around Medicaid and food assistance, and grant the federal government access to Minnesota voter information.

The Maine State Chamber of Commerce, along with chambers in Portland, Lewiston and Auburn say that businesses across nearly every sector are triaging how to stay open as authorized workers stay home from their jobs due to fear of ICE.

A bill in the State House would limit the amount 'competitive electricity providers' can charge low-income customers using public aid.

Many said it was not yet clear what immigration enforcement in Maine will look like going forward.

A University of Maine student has died following a gas leak at the Woodland Pulp mill in Baileyville Tuesday evening. According to the university, Kasie Malcolm was a junior studying chemical engineering.

The publishers had announced in November that they could no longer afford to continue the almanac due to financial pressures. New ownership says it intends to bolster the almanac's digital presence.

The Republican made the announcement in a news release, saying she had spoken to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Collins had previously asked Noem to pause the surge in Maine and Minnesota, saying the operations were too sweeping and indiscriminate.

State lawmakers remain skeptical of the low user complaint rate reported to state officials, saying they believe many complaints are either never filed or don't make it through the appropriate channels.

After weather related delays, federal investigators are now at the site of Sunday's fatal plane crash in Bangor. Those delays have prevented local authorities from recovering the bodies of the six people on board killed in the crash.

The districtwide absence rate was almost 11% higher across Portland Public Schools last week than for the first half of the month, with almost a third of students absent from some schools in the district.