AUGUSTA — The mayors of 12 Maine cities are asking the state to borrow $85 million that they say will spur development and create jobs in their communities. The Mayors’ Coalition on Jobs and Economic Development said Monday that the bond package would also provide money for downtown improvements, research and development projects, new job […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Guns will be a high priority in the state Legislature this week. More than two dozen gun bills are scheduled to go before the Legislature’s Criminal Justice and Public Safety, State and Local Government, and Education and Cultural Affairs committees. The hearings begin Monday and continue through the week. They cover everything […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine gas prices have plummeted nearly six cents per gallon in the past week, to an average of $3.64. Price-monitoring website MaineGasPrices.com reports Monday the average retail gasoline price in Maine is now just six cents above the national average of $3.58. In-state prices are now more than 33 cents lower per […]

PORTLAND — If independent Portland lawmaker Ben Chipman’s proposed legislation passes, college tuition could be covered for high-achieving Maine high schoolers living in poverty. Under LD 962, “An Act to Increase Access to Higher Education,” students living in Maine households making less than $30,000 annually could go to college in the state without paying tuition […]

AUGUSTA — Fear, intimidation and manipulation are common tactics in relationship violence, but threatening or harming an animal in retaliation for filing a protection from abuse order would become illegal under a bill proposed Thursday in Augusta. Rep. Andrea Boland, D-Sanford, said her bill, LD 687, An Act to Amend the Law Concerning Protection from […]