Libby Palanza

A church fighting to stop a major university in Maine from selling a Belfast property it had won the right to purchase to another buyer is filing a new lawsuit against what it has called discriminatory action, new legal documents show. Earlier this year, a federal judge refused to grant a preliminary injunction blocking the

As part of a $4.5 million slate of upgrades, a new security fence currently being erected around the Blaine House has raised eyebrows around Augusta in recent days. The Maine’s governor’s mansion will be getting a new stone and metal fence similar to the one currently surrounding the State House across the street. This will

While a new report from a state agency shows a slight decrease in homeless persons in Maine compared to the same period last year, a brief visit to Portland is enough to demonstrate that the problem persists and – in the summer months – may be more disparate throughout a state with ample places for outdoor camping.

The Maine Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday morning in the case against the Maine Department of Labor (MDOL) over rules adopted for the state’s newly-instituted Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) program.

On Tuesday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Karen Wolf permanently enjoined the State of Maine from enforcing the new limits on Super PAC contributions approved by voters last November. According to Judge Wolf, the Supreme Court’s fifteen-year-old ruling in Citizens United “forecloses limits on contribution to independent expenditure groups.” She also found that the law’s disclosure requirements

The United States Senate narrowly passed President Donald Trump’s (R) plan to reverse $9.4 billion worth of federal spending, with Vice President JD Vance casting the decisive vote late Tuesday evening. In what is known as a rescission package, the Senate debated a proposal put forward by the White House to pull back billions of

Maine’s Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has launched an effort to support the production of renewable energy on agricultural land contaminated by “forever chemicals,” or PFAS.

The United States Senate voted early Thursday morning to pass President Donald Trump’s (R) plan to cut $9 billion in federal spending. Maine Sen. Susan Collins (R) and Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R) joined the Senate Democrats in opposition to the plan. All remaining Republicans voted in support of the cost-cutting plan, known as a

Congressional Republicans have renewed calls to revoke the federal charter for the nation’s largest teachers union on the grounds that the association has strayed from its original mission. The National Education Association (NEA) has maintained its federal charter since 1906, at which time the group was given a unique position among labor unions to “elevate

The Portland City Council voted Monday night to spend $15 million in order to open the door for future development on three vacant Bayside lots that were set to be converted to housing more than a decade ago. A development originally proposed in 2013, known as the “Midtown Project,” would have included 800 market-rate apartments