As expected, Gov. Janet Mills didn’t propose sweeping new initiatives or massive expansions of existing programs as part of her two-year budget proposal. Instead, it was the total dollar figure of the governor’s budget proposal — $10.3 billion — that drew the most initial attention.

Gov. Janet Mills, all white in suffragette-style and wearing a pair of iconic “Bean Boots,” gave an aspirational inaugural address, front loaded with accomplishments and backfilled with a to-do list for her next four years in office.

A wild year in Maine politics is coming to a close, setting the stage for 2023 that isn’t expected to feature any big candidate elections but plenty of legislating and ballot campaigns.

Democratic Gov. Janet Mills discussed the election and a range of other issues during a 30-minute interview with Maine Public this week.

It took less than 10 hours for the smiles, back-slaps and warm-and-fuzzy feelings on the opening day of the session Wednesday to fade away and for partisan tensions to rear up in the Maine Legislature.

There will be plenty of ceremony when the 186 newly elected members of the Legislature assemble for the first time in Augusta next week, but pressing issues will likely dominate the early agenda of the 131st Legislature.

The 2022 election is over and most of the results are settled. It’s time to clear out the campaign notebook.

In this week's Political Pulse podcast: What you need to know about the results of the 2022 midterm election in Maine.

In this week’s Pulse: Election Day is Tuesday. Here's what comes next.

In this week’s Pulse: energy prices, uncertainty of Ukraine aid, Golden woos biz groups, and a campaign cash update. Hint: there's still a lot.