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Judge rules state must provide attorneys or release indigent defendants from...
A Maine Superior Court judge has ruled that the state is failing to meet its obligation to provide legal counsel to defendants who cannot afford their own attorney. Justice Michaela Murphy ordered the...
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House panel says Bowdoin failed to adequately address campus antisemitism
The U.S. House Committee on Education and Workforce says Bowdoin College leaders have failed to adequately respond to campus antisemitism since the Hamas attack on Israel two years ago. Republican...
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Canadian seaweed company has closed its Maine operations
Canada-based Acadian Seaplants closed its Maine operations in Jonesboro in April, citing the exchange rate, transportation costs and tariffs as the drivers of the decision. Company President and CEO...
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Thousands of new Maine license plates need to be reprinted, state says
Thousands of the new Maine Pine Tree and Classic license plates need to be reprinted because of a spacing issue between the numbers and letters, according to the state. Emily Cook, senior policy...
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Northeastern governors and eastern Canadian premiers meet in Boston to...
While the G7 summit got underway in Alberta, Canada, Northeastern governors and eastern Canadian premiers converged on Boston on Monday to take up trade wars and other issues that threaten to divide...
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Overdose deaths continue to decline in Maine
Overdose deaths continue to decline in Maine, according to data presented at the seventh annual Governor’s Opioid Response Summit in Augusta Thursday. Gov. Janet Mills said reported fatal overdoses...
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New data show Caribou, Bangor among fastest-warming locations in nation
Caribou and Bangor are among 10 locations in the country that have experienced the most dramatic average temperature increases over the past decade, according to the National Centers for Environmental...
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Penobscot Nation and conservationists rally against expansion of Juniper Ridge
The Penobscot Nation and Conservation Law Foundation are appealing the state’s ruling that the expansion is in the public benefit. In oral arguments Friday, they argued the project perpetuates...
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Gorham residents air concerns about proposed Amazon warehouse
Gorham residents spoke out against Amazon’s proposal to build a 158,100-square-foot warehouse and distribution system in town at Monday’s Planning Board meeting. Amazon’s local engineer, Chris Taylor...
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Maine to get $190M in federal funding to improve rural health care access
The government says the Rural Health Transformation Program is intended to help residents in rural Maine have better access to preventive, primary, maternal and behavioral health services. It comes at...
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LifeFlight says increase in number of drones poses risk to pilots and patients
LifeFlight of Maine says its pilots have encountered drones when approaching and departing Maine’s major hospitals in Bangor, Lewiston, and Portland, putting pilots, patients and crews at risk. Mike...
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Immigrant-owned businesses try to recover after ICE swept their Maine...
When Immigration and Custom Enforcement stepped up operations in Maine on Jan. 20, some immigrant-owned storefronts shuttered. While the surge in ICE raids is now said to be over, many shop owners...
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Portland residents can expect to find red hearts plastered across the city...
Portland residents can expect to find red paper hearts and banners plastered across the city Saturday, evidence that the Valentine Bandit has struck again. Kevin Fahrman was revealed as the bandit...
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Maine State Chamber of Commerce urges lawmakers to oppose Janet Mills’...
The Maine State Chamber of Commerce is opposing Gov. Janet Mills’ supplemental budget proposal. In particular, the 2% surtax on incomes over $1 million and the depletion of the state’s so-called rainy...
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Secretary of state says people’s veto of state supplemental budget will not...
The people’s veto of the state supplemental budget will not move forward, according to Secretary of State Shenna Bellows. Bellows announced the wording of the proposed people’s veto Tuesday. The...
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Maine’s last sardine cannery closed in 2010. A new company wants to bring...
Make a gift in honor of the good that comes from BDN journalism in your hands, and help raise $60,000 this spring to support our reporting. Make a donation now. The last large-scale sardine cannery...
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Hundreds rally across southern Maine after fatal ICE shooting
Hundreds of people turned out for a vigil in Biddeford on Monday night to call for justice for a 26-year-old Colombian man fatally shot by federal immigration agents who were looking for someone else....
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Maine’s dominant Canadian imports are not among those targeted by new Trump...
President Donald Trump will in 30 days impose a 50% tariff on a large list of goods imported from Canada in retaliation for what he calls Canada’s unequal treatment of U.S. cars, dairy and alcohol....
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Beloved black bear dies at Maine Wildlife Park
Maine Wildlife Park officials have announced the unexpected loss of their beloved black bear, Luvey. In a Facebook post, they said one of her keepers observed her eating and behaving normally...
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US-Canada trade war is hurting Maine businesses, workers and consumers
Collapsed trade talks between the U.S. and Canada have resulted in 50% tariffs from the Trump administration on $20 billion worth of Canadian imports. And now Prime Minister Mark Carney is promising...
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