It also remains unclear whether some imports from Canada that are important to Maine — such as heating oil and gasoline — will still be subject to tariffs.

For the first time, Maine has bought a farm with PFAS contamination. The state has closed on a property in Palermo and is working on two more sales.

Thousands of probationary employees — people who had been either recently hired or promoted — were given abrupt notice as part of the Trump administration's plan to reduce the federal workforce.

Wentworth school in Scarborough was evacuated the morning and nearly a dozen students were taken to the hospital after they reported feeling sick.

Opponents say only removing the obstructions will restore endangered Atlantic salmon to the waterway.

The Department of Health and Human Services made the referral just four days after initiating an investigation into the state. But federal investigators never contacted either the governor's office of the attorney general's office.

Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey is part of a multistate lawsuit to halt the cuts.

The Portland Fire Department said there were five occupants of the home. Four were taken to local hospitals for their injuries.

State transportation authorities will study alternatives to ease traffic congestion west of Portland.

The Portland Museum of Art wants to tear down the building as part of a $100 million expansion, and the city maintains that the structure has undergone so many renovations that it isn't worthy of preservation.