The so-called "Back the Blue" Act would impose a mandatory minimum 30-year sentence for killing a U.S. judge, police officer, firefighter, chaplain, or ambulance crew member. Offenders would also be subject to the death penalty.

The Maine Center for Disease Control has identified two more positive HIV cases in Penobscot County, bringing the total cases to 26 since an outbreak was identified more than a year ago.

Five voters sued Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows in May, accusing her of writing a deliberately confusing ballot question.

Mainers will still benefit from a new click to cancel law, despite a federal court blocking similar rules created by the Federal Trade Commission.

The National Weather Service's Doppler tower in Gray, Maine, needs to be raised 50 feet — but it's been waiting for years.

The Portland City Council will vote Monday on a proposed settlement with Federated Companies over a housing development that never came to fruition.

The new barrier will be more substantial than the wooden picket fence that used to provide a buffer between the road and the governor's mansion in Augusta.

The rule generally prohibits logging and roadbuilding in undeveloped areas.

Data presented at the seventh annual Governor's Opioid Response Summit in Augusta Thursday indicate reported fatal overdoses have fallen by more than 20% since the first of the year.

The state Department of Education has announced its proposed priority list for school construction projects, but officials say there's still a long way to go before construction.