Portland Press Herald News Stories

The fiscal year 2026 budget increases property taxes in accordance with the city's Comprehensive Plan and Climate Action Plan while acknowledging the trickle-down effect of federal government funding on municipal spending.

The 'True Blood' and 'Magic Mike' actor spent summers on the Casco Bay island growing up, giving him time and space to write and create characters.

Former Gov. Paul LePage set the standard for uncivil conduct in Augusta. Under the Democrats, standards continue to slip.

The Animal Control Ordinance won't be updated until December at the earliest.

As a naturopathic doctor in South Portland, I have worked for more than a decade with the community to protect public health both in and out of my office. In 2013, we fought a tar sands terminal. We knew the danger of 40 additional tons of health-harming volatile organic compounds (VOCs). That victory — the […]

What is a dad joke, anyway? Read the examples below, gathered with help from Maine dads and comics, just in time for Father's Day.

How is it that so many Americans think they are entitled to live in the richest country in the world while so many others suffer without what they need just to survive? It seems to me that the people in this country with the most still want more. It’s not “right” that they have to […]

Proposed changes to the state's net energy billing program are being driven by a false narrative on rising electric bills.

The closing days of the current session need to make time for child care, teacher pay and investment in postsecondary education.

Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.