EASTBROOK, Maine (AP) — A Maine woman has pleaded guilty in connection with a deadly car crash in 2017. Twenty-one-year-old Maryah Sprague admitted to reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon at court Wednesday. WABI-TV reports she was initially charged with manslaughter and operating under the influence involving death, but those charges have been dropped. Her […]
GARDINER, Maine (AP) — Police in Maine say a man shot his wife to death and then fatally shot himself in an apparent murder-suicide in Gardiner. State police say bodies of 44-year-old Autumn Bryant and 48-year-old Kenneth Bryant, of Livermore Falls, were found dead at the home of Autumn Bryant’s brother. Autopsies were planned Wednesday. […]
BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Former Maine Gov. Paul LePage says any elimination of the Electoral College would hurt white people. LePage told WVOM radio that allowing the popular vote to choose the president would give minorities more power and that “white people will not have anything to say.” Proposals to eliminate the Electoral College are […]
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine Gov. Janet Mills’ new plan to pay the state’s bills and repeal limits for Medicaid-funded addiction treatment is making its way to lawmakers. The committee voted unanimously Thursday to recommend that lawmakers passed the supplemental spending plan, which pays Maine’s bills through July 1. Mills, a Democrat, also proposes new […]
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine had to pay $14 million from its Medicaid fund to make up for a federal funding cut to the Riverview Psychiatric Center last year. The 92-bed center last week regained its federal certification, which it had lost in 2013 over deficiencies including excessive use of restraints, use of stun guns […]
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine Gov. Janet Mills has reaffirmed her opposition to oil and gas drilling off the state’s coast by declining to participate in a governors’ group. Mills, a Democrat, says Maine will not participate in the Outer Continental Shelf Governors Coalition because of concerns about the toll drilling could take on the […]
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The administration of Maine’s new Democratic governor says the state has enrolled 7,500 people under voter-approved Medicaid expansion since January. The Maine health agency figures released Friday are up from 6,200 the previous week. Voters approved expansion for over 70,000 Mainers in 2017, but Gov. Janet Mills’ GOP predecessor blocked expansion […]
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Thanks to a proposal for $258 million in incentives, Democratic Gov. Janet Mills announced Thursday she’s giving her support to a 145-mile transmission line that would supply hydropower from Canada to electricity consumers in Massachusetts. The $1 billion New England Clean Energy Connect will reduce the region’s reliance on fossil fuels […]
BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A lease letter obligates the state to pay $11.3 million over 30 years for a psychiatric residence that was supposed to cost $2 million to $3 million to build. It also bars the state from terminating the lease to operate a similar facility elsewhere. The Bangor Daily News reports that documents […]
ORONO, Maine (AP) — Police say a standout football player at the University of Maine has been arrested and charged with domestic violence assault. Police say Ramon Jefferson was arrested at his home by Old Town police Wednesday night. They say police responded to a Bangor residence after receiving a call, and a woman who […]
