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Portland Public Library located at 5 Monument Square. (Maine Morning Star)

A Republican legislative candidate who has amplified the global QAnon conspiracy movement, shares memes comparing , and has said she still has

A Republican legislative candidate who has amplified the global QAnon conspiracy movement, shares memes comparing President Joe Biden to Nazis, and has said she still has questions about the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, stands by her belief that people can say and believe what they want. Wendy Lee MacDowell is running against incumbent Democrat […]

Attorneys for the state of Maine on Friday filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit that argues officials have failed to take the necessary steps to cut carbon emissions as required by law.

The former Great Works Dam site between Old Town and Bradley, Maine on the Penobscot River. (Penobscot River Restoration Trust)

“Policy is rarely a panacea,” said Destie Hohman Sprague, executive director of the Maine Women’s Lobby. But paid family and medical leave may come as close as it gets for anyone who juggles family life and work. As Hohman Sprague pointed out, there’s almost no demographic “that does not need to deal with maintaining your […]

Cows with high levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS at a farm in Maine. (Adam Glanzman/Bloomberg)

Maine’s climate action plan is due for an update later this year, and experts have already put forward a draft of what they’d like to see included. The Maine Climate Council has until December 1 to update “Maine Won’t Wait,” the state’s four-year plan that outlines strategies for reducing carbon emissions and introducing cleaner energy […]

On Dec. 21, 2023, Gov. Janet Mills Get info without leaving the page.

On Dec. 21, 2023, Gov. Janet Mills Get info without leaving the page.