-
The guidelines require schools to limit added sugars to less than 10% of weekly calories, and also make reductions in sodium.
-
Superintendents say that new state funding can't fully cover rising salaries, benefits, transportation and special education costs that are leading some districts to propose reducing staff.
-
-
Several environmental groups have filed suit against the Maine Department of Environmental Protection for failing to slash carbon emissions as required by state law.
-
First suspect charged in new federal investigation into Maine's illegal marijuana growing operationsA Penobscot County man is the first person to be federally charged in an ongoing Department of Justice investigation into illegally grown marijuana. Xisen Guo is accused by the U.S. State Attorney's office of maintaining a drug-involved premises at his home in Passadumkeag.
-
The new federal standards will require that a registered nurse be on duty 24-7.
-
The saltmarsh sparrow only breeds in salt marshes in the Northeast, and has been in rapid decline since the late 1990s.
-
Jared Golden voted in support of a proposal to provide aid to Israel. But Pingree voted against that bill.
-
Maine will use its share of $5.5 billion in grants to facilitate single- and multi-family on-site solar programs and support cooperatively owned community solar.
-
Dechaine has been serving a life sentence for the killing of 12-year-old Sarah Cherry in 1988, and is asking for a new trial based on DNA test evidence released two years ago.
-
Under the newly passed legislation, Maine's Child Development Services (CDS) offices would remain open, but responsibility for students aged three to five would be transferred to local school districts over four years.
-
The Damariscotta-based bank saw a 25% dip and is one of many national banks to see a drop in earnings for this first quarter.