The Maine Legislature's Appropriations and Financial Affairs committee reached a unanimous agreement on a supplemental budget that funds operations through the end of June, the next big item for the committee to tackle will be the governor's proposed $10.3 billion...

There’s a political debate looming at the State House about whether Maine workers should have guaranteed access to paid time off to care for an ailing family member or themselves after an illness or injury. And looming above state lawmakers’ heads is the prospect – or...

In her State of the Budget Address on Tuesday, Governor Janet Mills declared that Maine’s fiscal health is strong and touted her Administration’s budget proposal as tackling many of Maine’s most pressing issues, from the workforce shortage to the housing crunch.  The...

Maine would become the 12th state to approve a paid family and medical leave benefit for workers statewide if a proposal passes the state House and Senate and is signed into law by Gov. Janet Mills. State Democratic lawmakers have stepped up lobbying efforts on the...

Governor Janet Mills announced that she has nominated a veteran of the Maine state court system, Superior Court Justice Wayne R. Douglas, to serve as an Associate Justice on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. Justice Douglas has served on the Maine Superior Court and...

Governor Janet Mills announced Tuesday that she will deliver the State of the Budget Address to a Joint Convention of the Legislature in the House Chamber on Tuesday, February 14, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. The Governor was invited to deliver her Address by the Legislature’s...

Janet Mills announced Tuesday that she has nominated Meg Garratt-Reed, Director of the Office of the Health Insurance Marketplace at the Maine Department of Health and Human Services, as Executive Director of the new Office of Affordable Health Care. The Office of...

Governor Janet Mills announced Monday, that the first round of $450 winter energy relief payments are being mailed to eligible Maine taxpayers today. The $450 Winter Relief Payments are part of Governor Mills’ Emergency Energy Relief Plan to help keep Maine people...

Under the Maine Department of Transportation’s (MaineDOT) three-year work plan for 2021-2023, released Jan. 25, nearly $1.4 billion is set aside for highway and bridge capital projects. The plan — which includes all capital projects and programs, maintenance and...

  Beginning this week, members of the 131st Legislature started their review of more than 2,100 bills submitted for the upcoming session that range from designating a state rock to passing constitutional amendments that would guarantee the right to an abortion,...