PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Lawyers representing a Maine man accused of killing a county sheriff’s deputy have requested that the court suppress statements their client made to arresting officers. Twenty-nine-year-old John Williams appeared in a Portland court Tuesday. Williams has pleaded not guilty to a murder charge in the April 25 death of Somerset County […]
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine lawmakers have approved reforms to the state child welfare system in a rare session late in the summer. Lawmakers Thursday night gave final approval to a series of proposals, the biggest of which will provide $21 million to the Maine child welfare system. Lawmakers also rejected a proposal to make […]
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Democratic Attorney General Janet Mills is threatening to sue Republican Gov. Paul LePage for refusing to sign routine financial orders that have held up nearly $5 million owed to her office. Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Bolton told LePage’s finance commissioner Alec Porteous in a letter this month that Mills could pursue […]
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine could slash fines lodged against backers of a failed casino effort from half a million dollars to $100,000. The Maine ethics commission’s executive director and legal counsel said Tuesday it’s unlikely the state will be able to recover the full record-high penalty for campaign finance law violations. The commission is […]
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine’s ethics commission says it will release up to $3 million in public campaign funds for one gubernatorial candidate and over 200 legislative candidates. The commission voted 3-1 Thursday to release the money held up by a typo in a budget law. Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s administration recently agreed to comply […]
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine could pay up to $200,000 for a Boston-based lawyer to defend the LePage administration in a lawsuit over voter-approved Medicaid expansion. The Department of Health and Human Services in a state form dated Monday proposed increasing the cost of a no-bid contract with law firm Consovoy McCarthy Park from $100,000 […]
ORONO, Maine (AP) — Maine’s medical examiner says a University of Maine football player collapsed and died of a heart condition during a preseason workout on campus. The Bangor Daily News reports that the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Augusta says an autopsy on 18-year-old Darius Minor shows he died of an acute […]
BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Jury selection is set to get underway in the trial of a Connecticut man charged with a fatal shooting in Bangor, Maine. Antoinne “Prince” Bethea, of New Haven, Connecticut, is charged with shooting a New Orleans man, Terrance Durel Sr., on April 16, 2017. Bethea fled the state and was arrested […]
BAR HARBOR, Maine (AP) — Acadia National Park is still struggling with a backlog of maintenance projects at a price tag of about $59.8 million. The Bangor Daily News reports the park’s maintenance to-do list is more than 350 items long, with projects ranging from building repairs to road upgrades. The park’s head of facilities maintenance Keith […]
BELFAST, Maine (AP) — Neighbors of a planned salmon farm in Belfast say city officials skirted local rules when they made a zone change that made the project possible. The Bangor Daily News reports the residents have filed a lawsuit against the city of Belfast. The city made the changes months ago to allow Norwegian […]
