That same year, according to data obtained by WMTW from the Maine Prosecutors Association, the state charged four people for sex trafficking and one person for aggravated sex trafficking.

In July 2023, Gov. Janet Mills signed the state budget, which included language to create the new paid family and medical leave program. At the time, Maine was the 13th state to establish the benefit, ...

BANGOR, Maine — The American Lung Association released its 26th annual State of the Air report Wednesday. Out of the 10 counties in Maine where the air quality is monitored, the grades were mixed, ...

The projected $11 billion price tag is nearly equivalent to the state’s entire two-year General Fund budget and more than three times what Maine collects annually in property taxes. Also read ...

Amazon MGM Studios on Wednesday morning dropped the first trailer for Heads of State, its buddy action comedy reuniting The Suicide Squad‘s John Cena and Idris Elba, which is slated to debut on ...

A 1919 law banned the use of French in the state's public schools. We can connect the dots from there. On April Fools’ Day in 1919, Maine Gov. Carl Milliken signed a law banning the use of ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. FILE -State Rep. Laurel Libby, R-Auburn, speaks ...

The Senate version would allow the state commissioner to recommend charter conversion for schools in the district. It would also outline a process allowing charter operators to apply directly to ...

AG Pam Bondi warned Minnesota could be next, as the Department of Justice sued the State of Maine. The Maine lawsuit is over the state allowing transgender athletes to compete in girl's and women ...

BANGOR (WGME) – Maine Governor Janet Mills spoke publicly Thursday for the first time since the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the state. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday, claims ...