Forgoing the standard process and skipping public hearings requires two-thirds of the Legislature to support the package, which means Republicans have the power to force hearings for the bill…

SmartAsset recently published its 2022 Cost of Living Calculator which charts the average cost of living and per capita income of every county in the United States……

A team of federal, state and University of Maine geologists said it has found a rare deposit of potentially valuable minerals on part of Pennington Mountain in Aroostook County.…

The “Right to Know” Advisory committee, a legislative body that deliberates on matters concerning access to government records, heard testimony Thursday regarding alleged abuses by citizens of the law.…

Rising unemployment in an environment of strong job gains occasionally occurs from increased labor force participation as the positive hiring environment prompts some people to enter the labor force. That is not what preliminary estimates have portrayed since summer. How should the contrary indications from these two surveys be interpreted?…

The Portland Planning Board is recommending that the city adopt zoning changes requested by the developers of a new graduate school and research center in order to facilitate its construction at the former B&M Baked Beans factory site.…

…after 16 years of operating in Maine, and nearly $40 million in federal funds, the company still has no tidal turbines producing power in Eastport.…

Ongoing efforts to preserve Maine’s 207 area code have resulted in an extension of about 15 months from the previous exhaustion date prediction of the fourth quarter of 2025.…

Brunswick will spend $4 million to buy 283 acres from a developer that hoped to build a large-scale housing project. The land deal would kill the project……

The development of the plan began in 2020, months after Weyerhaeuser pulled the plug on the former plan to build home lots and resorts.…

In Maine, a state commission has said they want $182 million per year in taxpayer funding to accommodate ERA benefit recipients, an unknown number of which are non-residents currently living in hotels and motels — mostly in southern Maine — with the ERA program picking up the tab.…

The number of large solar farms in Maine is increasing quickly, prompting some residents and conservation groups to worry about the development cutting deeper into forests.…

Environmentalists had sought to force federal regulators to issue new rules within six months to protect the whales from fishing gear entanglements, but the National Marine Fisheries service said……

South Portland will not be contributing toward the $16 million purchase of a 48-unit housing development in Portland that……

Beginning on Jan. 1, new “standard offer” supply rates for home and small-business customers in CMP’s service area will rise from 11.8 cents per kilowatt hour to 17.6 cents, a 49% hike.…

Protest organizers say last week’s lockdowns at schools across Maine highlight the need for more urgency around guns and safety in public education.…

The Maine PUC selected two projects to promote renewable energy development in northern Maine, as required by law. The first is for the development of a 345 kilovolt (kV) transmission line to connect renewable energy resources located in……

Maine Gov. Janet Mills reversed her position on mandated COVID-19 vaccinations for school children Thursday night during her third debate……

Opponents of Gov. Janet Mills’ COVID-19 vaccination mandate for Maine health care workers are vowing to continue fighting the policy, even if……

A year of peril and political wrangling for the lobster industry is ending with a major breakthrough.…