A Democrat’s bill would create a new health care system for Maine residents. The Legislature referred Sen. Geoff Gratwick’s bill Wednesday to its Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services committee. Gratwick served on a task force last year tasked with creating plans to provide health coverage for all Maine residents. The committee released a report […]
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Four lawmakers in Maine are floating bills that would seal or expunge the records of people with past marijuana convictions. The move comes as Maine continues its transition into a legal marijuana state. Voters approved legal recreational marijuana at the polls in 2016, though the implementation of rules and regulations to […]
OLD TOWN, Maine (AP) — A Maine police officer involved in a shooting that left a New Hampshire man dead has returned to work while the public still waits to hear details of the shooting. Officials say Old Town Police Officer Joseph Decoteau was involved in the Nov. 29 shooting that left 37-year-old Adrian Bunker […]
HANCOCK, Maine (AP) — Maine State Police say a man walking on a road in Hancock was struck and killed. Authorities say the man was wearing dark clothing and was struck by a truck late Wednesday afternoon. Officials say he was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities are not identifying the victim until his family […]
WATERBORO, Maine (AP) — Police have charged a box truck driver for his role in a crash in Maine that left a 10-month old seriously injured. The crash happened Thursday morning on Route 202 in Waterboro when an SUV was hit from behind by the box truck while attempting to make a left turn. Witnesses […]
INDIAN ISLAND, Maine (AP) — The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency says a death investigation led to the discovery of a methamphetamine operation at a home on Indian Island. Investigators say Penobscot Nation Police encountered items believed to have been used in meth manufacturing on Saturday after being called to investigate the death of a 38-year-old […]
BANGOR, Maine (AP) — The new administration will determine how to run a 16-bed psychiatric residence in Bangor, Maine, because no contract was signed before Republican Gov. Paul LePage left office. A spokesman for Democratic Gov. Janet Mills said Monday that Tennessee-based Correct Care Recovery Solutions agreed not to sign a contract because of concerns […]
Maine restaurants, bars and clubs will soon get help verifying IDs, including high quality fakes. Maine Public reports the State Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations will make an app called Age ID available to 150 on-premises licensees. The agency’s deputy director Tim Poulin says the bureau will begin requiring the free use of […]
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s high court has tossed an appeal filed by a man who killed his ex-girlfriend in June 2015 and led police on the longest manhunt in state history. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court upheld Tuesday the conviction of 41-year-old Robert Burton. He received a 55-year prison sentence last year. Burton argued […]
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A federal judge is tossing a lawsuit by a Republican incumbent congressman from Maine who lost the nation’s first congressional election held by a candidate-ranking system. Democrat Jared Golden defeated U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin after voters from two trailing candidates were eliminated and reassigned to the remaining field. Poliquin contends the […]
