AUGUSTA — Last week Gov. Paul LePage signed a bill to pave the way for Maine to cover its $183.5 million tab to 39 hospitals for services provided over the years to patients enrolled in the state’s Medicaid program. Once paid, the federal government will kick in $300 million. N...
STARKS (AP) — A Maine grand jury has declined to bring charges in the case of a Starks man who was shot on his own property following a confrontation with a group of hunters. Kerry Hebert was shot in the stomach on Oct. 31 by a man who was among a group of hunters at the end of a dir...
AUGUSTA (AP) — Law enforcement authorities say a 2-year-old Farmingdale boy found floating face down in his family's pool last week appears to be improving. Police say Cody Campbell had a pulse but no brain activity after he was pulled from the above-ground pool by his mother last Th...
AUGUSTA — When Republican Gov. Paul LePage vetoed Medicaid expansion for the second time this legislative session on Monday, it set the stage for perhaps the biggest political showdown at the State House this year. A handful of moderate Republican senators are now expected to cast th...
AUGUSTA — More than 100 bills passed this session by the Legislature languish in a limbo created by uncertainty about whether they can be funded. They include a bill that would raise Maine’s minimum wage, a proposal to offer tax credits to primary care physicians practicing in ...
AUGUSTA (AP) — A spokeswoman for Maine Gov. Paul LePage says the administration will no longer comment for stories published in three of Maine's daily newspapers. Adrienne Bennett told the Portland Press Herald on Tuesday the administration won't be talking to that publication, the K...
This image provided by Katie Uffelman and released by The National Trust for Historic Preservation shows the Abysinian Meeting House in Portland, Maine. The trust put the house on its 2013 list of 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. For generations of African Americans, the Abyssinian Meeting House ...
AUGUSTA (AP) — A Corinna man has pleaded guilty to sex offenses against two young girls that occurred more than a quarter of a century ago. Glenn Graves pleaded guilty Tuesday in Kennebec County Superior Court just before he was scheduled to go on trial on three charges of gross sexu...
PORTLAND (AP) — Four chefs from high-end hotels in South Korea are continuing their visit to Maine to learn about lobsters. During their five-day visit that began Monday, the chefs are getting a hands-on education about Maine's signature seafood by going out on a lobster boat, tourin...
BANGOR (AP) — A Maine man accused of using a phony Facebook profile to lure a 15-year-old girl to her death is due in court. Twenty-year-old Kyle Dube, of Orono, was indicted on murder and kidnapping charges in last month's asphyxiation death of Nichole Cable. He was due to be arraig...
