Eesha Pendharkar

Vice President JD Vance visited Maine on Thursday to announce that the Trump administration will be cracking down on Medicaid fraud in the state, without explaining what that would mean for healthcare providers or recipients.

With early voting for the June 9 primaries already underway, the five Democrats hoping to continue almost a decade of one-party control in Augusta are committing to largely the same agenda: taxing out-of-staters and millionaires, investing in housing and education, and standing up to President Donald Trump.

The Maine Education Association is sticking to its endorsements for governor, despite their two top ranked gubernatorial candidates criticizing the third, Nirav Shah, for an outside ad supporting him that is partially funded by a school choice organization.

Mainers may no longer be voting this November on a ballot question to restrict the rights of transgender students to access bathrooms, locker rooms and sports teams aligning with their gender identity.

A state review found the petition fell about 500 signatures short after tossing thousands for improper collection.

Mainers will not be voting this November on transgender students' access to school bathrooms, locker rooms and team sports that align with their gender identity. That's because Secretary of State Shenna Bellows ruled that the group leading the effort did not collect enough valid signatures to qualify for a citizen-led ballot initiative.

Secretary of State Shenna Bellows invalidated a citizen-led ballot initiative aiming to restrict transgender students’ access to school bathrooms, locker rooms and team sports that align with their gender identity. That’s because the group leading the effort did not collect enough valid signatures to qualify for a ballot referendum, she said at a May 26 press conference in Augusta.

Supporters of the five Democratic candidates running for governor described their preferred candidate in strikingly different terms.

They’ve traveled across the state holding town halls, they’ve mostly been cordial in debates, and their policy positions are often similar. But at campaign stops across Maine, supporters of the five D...

They've traveled across the state holding town halls, they've mostly been cordial in debates, and their policy positions are often similar.