How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week

The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Julien Xavier Neals to serve as a U.S. district court judge for the New Jersey district.

Navy chief says BIW is on track for increased ship production

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday said Bath Iron Works is on track to build two ships per year.

Collins, King propose $25 billion funding bill for shipyards

Bath Iron Works and Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery and would both be eligible for part of the $25 billion funding through the SHIPYARD Act.

Committee votes to give DEP more power to clean up ‘forever chemicals’

Maine's 2 U.S. senators, meanwhile, are asking the Biden administration to allow states to use federal stimulus money to address PFAS contamination.

Navy secretary, Maine delegates visit BIW, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard

Sens. Susan Collins, Angus King, and Rep. Chellie Pingree toured BIW after participating in a keel laying ceremony for the future USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr., an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer.

In rebuttal: Angus King: ‘Good faith negotiations’ needed in Israeli-Palestine conflict

Maine may benefit from a warming Arctic, Angus King says

Maine's junior senator said new shipping lanes opening in the north may boost the state's three major ports as trade routes change.

Susan Collins questions size of Biden’s proposed COVID relief package

Both she and Sen. Angus King agree that the distribution of vaccines needs to be accelerated.

Angus King shows the way politicians should be

UMaine developing ride-hailing tool for the visually impaired and older residents

The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded the University of Maine's smartphone project $300,000 to assist the visually impaired and older residents in hailing rides.