Portland Press Herald News Stories

Sixteen states have sued the Trump administration over its plan to allow the sale of forced-reset triggers and return seized devices

About 12% of the town's registered voters cast ballots to fill open seats on local boards.

The $67.8 million budget includes an increase attributed to the construction of a new middle school.

Residents will no longer have to buy and use town-specific trash bags.

The proposed $62.6M budget was rejected in all three towns in RSU 21 during the June 10 referendum.

There’s a lot wrong with the bill before Congress, such as the fact that it gives huge tax breaks to the wealthy while cutting back funds awarded to Medicaid and other worthy programs. But even more scary in the bill is the provision that would restrict our government’s ability to respond to an incident of […]

We spoke with 4 area fathers who enjoy dishes with special significance just for them.

With each administration of late we’ve seen both political parties demonstrate their addiction to ever-greater doses of executive power without regard to constitutional limits. In our constitutional structure, the framers left it primarily to Congress to check the executive. But for decades Congress has found it politically expedient to ignore many of the tools given […]

For years, the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has been criticized for its shortcomings and nothing ever changes. Gov. Mills and her DHHS supervisory staff need to have their hands slapped. A recent news report (“Death of Lewiston 4-year-old puts Maine’s child welfare failures back in spotlight,” June 4) stated numerous problems […]

Too many of us are feeling afraid.