Gov. LePage says he knew his plan to cut Medicaid would be tough to share. But he says Democrats put Maine in a bad situation.

Republican presidential candidates Rick Perry and Rick Santorum say voters care about fidelity to your spouse, subtly distinguishing themselves from poll leader Newt Gingrich.

Thousands of poor people across the Northeast are bracing for a difficult winter with substantially less home heating aid coming from the federal government.

A central Maine state representative wants the Legislature to take up the issue of slaughterhouses that butcher horses for human consumption. Rep. Jeff McCabe, D-Skowhegan, said horses could soon be slaughtered for meat in Maine after Congress last month lifted a five-year-old federal ban on funding horse-meat inspections.