The shortened hours are designed to allow court personnel to catch up on their work.

I’ve got a new nickname for Gov. Paul LePage: Sheriff Bart.

AUGUSTA — U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe and the six Republicans who want to replace her will highlight the Maine Republican State Convention this weekend in Augusta.

Amanda St. John is one of thousands of Mainers carrying heavy college debt.

AUGUSTA — Two years ago, members of the tea party took the GOP convention by surprise, forcing passage of a conservative party platform calling for, among other things, congressional term limits, eliminating the Department of Education, investigating “collusion between government and industry in the global warming myth,” and adopting controversial economic policies.