- Progressives unveil legislation cracking down on Flock cameras
- Anxiety is growing Trump may try to disrupt the midterm elections. States are prepping.
- Supreme Court justices return for new term on guns, immigration and more
- More GOP lawmakers break with Trump on Iran as gas prices keep climbing
- US House leaves for campaign break without action on AI, affordability
- Fed raises interest rates for first time in 3 years, battling persistent inflation
- With McConnell back, Senate ag committee advances farm bill on party lines
- White House yanks nominee to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement
- Major bill to set standards for college athletes’ pay passes US Senate
- With vote-by-mail court fight settled, attention shifts to protections at the polls
- Republicans tee up bill on data centers for one of the final votes before the midterms
- Trump administration faces second lawsuit to block ICE agents at polls
- Judge says case challenging Trump’s anti-weaponization fund ‘still alive and kicking’
- Trump administration asks Supreme Court to permit quick third-country deportations
- Trump admin aims to shift homelessness grants toward addiction treatment, enforcement
- CNN, MS Now, Politico sue Trump over White House ban
- Diesel prices shoot upward as top farm-state GOP senator begs Trump for export embargo
- Medical groups, patients sue Trump administration over Medicaid work requirements
- Trump administration says developers, loggers can kill endangered species
- Judge suggests Trump’s latest birthright citizenship orders may require new lawsuit
- Amid scrutiny of Lindsay Clancy juror, some warn of a broader chilling effect
- Federal judge orders White House must restore press passes to 3 banned news outlets
- Trump’s Mass Detention Machine in Pennsylvania
- FDA nominee faces skepticism on vaccines from Republican senators at confirmation hearing
- K-12 spending, absenteeism programs face risks as feds stop key monitoring, watchdog says
- Trump thwarted in hunt for rare noncitizen voters as midterms near
- Trump used impossible foreign labor standards as tariff workaround, small businesses say
- News orgs banned from White House accuse Trump of First Amendment violation
- Appeals court poised to allow contempt probe of DHS deportation flights to El Salvador
- Congressional watchdog says Trump administration can’t defy lawmakers to revoke $810M
- Trump TV ads paid for with $20M in Homeland Security funds, Dems find
- Governors pledge to oppose federal overreach — even when their party runs Washington
- Justice Department indicts 10 noncitizens in quest to prove Trump claims of election fraud
- Schumer: Democratic US Senate may block Trump nominees for Supreme Court, lower courts
- Anti-abortion groups worry Hyde Amendment’s 50-year run could end with new congressional majority
- As race for control tightens, Senate calls it quits until after midterms
- Feds provide guidance on new federal K-12 scholarship tax credit program
- Supreme Court to weigh Trump policy of mandatory indefinite detention for immigrants
- Prediction markets spend millions to influence state, federal governments
- Iran war cost tops $40B and billions more monthly, budget analysis finds
- A push to cut SNAP error rates could threaten food benefits
- Federal judge dismisses lawsuit over Title X grant funding for pregnancy prevention efforts
- GOP’s ‘rubberstamp’ of Trump puts US Senate in play, Dem campaign chair says
- US House Democratic Women's Caucus press health secretary on estrogen patch shortages
- States fight to inspect federal immigrant detention facilities
- Republican AGs sue abortion ‘shield law’ states in US Supreme Court
- Portland’s 100-Foot Rule is One More Barrier to Doing Business
- After The Legislature Leaves, The Bureaucracy Begins
- No, The “Millionaire Tax” Will Not Be Good For Maine
- The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly in Congress’ New “ROAD To Housing Act”
- Maine’s “Free Community College” Program is Ripe For Exploitation
- Maine’s Teacher Salary Mandate Comes at Taxpayers’ Expense
- The 2040 Energy Mandate Most Mainers Have Never Heard About
- One Couple’s Wedding Venue Struggle Exposes Maine’s Hostile Business Climate
- Should the Government Be Allowed to Track a Lobsterman’s Boat At All Times?
- How Maine Made Housing Harder to Build
- Maine’s $6 Heating Oil Crisis Has a Second Bill Coming — for Taxpayers
- Slashed Tires, Threats and a Skateboard: Where Is the Tolerance?
- From Shoves and Death Threats to a Car Driven at a Reporter: Maine Wire Journalists Face Growing Pattern of Violence
- Collins, Fellow Senators Demand Federal Probe Into Chinese Criminal Networks Behind Illegal Marijuana Operations
- Who Changed Windham’s Voter Records? Bagshaw Seeks Federal Review After State Cannot Identify Who Made Reassignments
- Picture-Perfect Fall Day Brings Candidates, Families and Maine Wire TV Together at Lead Maine Festival
- Trump Warns Fraudsters: Prison Time Ahead — and Politicians Who Look Away Could Pay
- Eligible Mainers to get automatic discounts on electric bills
- Troy Jackson says he ‘feels great’ ahead of upcoming debates with Susan Collins
- What Troy Jackson and Susan Collins need from their high-stakes debates
- Matt Dunlap is the type of person Maine’s 2nd District needs
- Letter: Reelect Mike Tipping
- Letter: Troy Jackson has my vote
- Letter: Support election workers, and vote
- How Bangor City Council candidates say they’d work together as a team
- How City Council candidates say they’ll reduce homelessness in Bangor
- The changes City Council candidates say they’d make to Bangor’s budget
- We asked Bangor City Council candidates about syringes, homelessness and affordability. Here’s what they said.
- What Bangor City Council candidates say they’d do to limit drug use and syringe litter
- Early voting in Travis County has begun. Here’s what you need to know before you head to the polls.
- Ellsworth food stand owners differ on possible food sovereignty ordinance
- Trump’s immigration crackdown divides rural voters as midterms approach, AP-KFF poll finds
- NH man arrested in deadly Maine hit-and-run crash
- Group renews petition effort to put transgender sports on next year’s ballot
- Census data shows US poverty rate drops to lowest on record, but experts are cautious
- Voting rights advocates regroup as Callais decision threatens Black representation
- Is it time to rethink the Northeast’s cap-and-trade system?
- Supreme Court wins hand Republicans a campaign cash edge, with deep ad and mail discounts
- The FBI anti-corruption squad was circling Susan Collins — until Trump got in the way
- States file new lawsuits against Trump’s payouts stopping offshore wind
- Families of people killed by ICE say feds have slandered the victims
- Justin Trudeau says Trump’s ‘win-lose’ approach is hurting U.S.-Canada relations
- Democrats have been trying to nail Collins on corruption for years. Will this time be different?
- Collins again joins Senate Democrats on Iran war resolution, but vote falls short
- Who’s tracking Arizona drivers through Flock cameras? Often, it’s police from other states.
- Massachusetts voters will decide whether to roll back the state’s marijuana law
- The tipping point is close. Get ready for Medicare for All.
- CMP customers, union workers weigh in on proposed temporary rate hike
- RI federal judge strikes down Trump grant restrictions for domestic violence groups
- Thousands of immigrants in Maryland to lose Medicaid coverage under H.R. 1
- Gen Z isn't choosing a side. They're choosing issues.
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- District attorney elections linked to more prison admissions during ‘tough on crime’ era
- States OK solar panels for balconies. Safety guidelines haven't caught up.
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