Sen. Susan Collins is visiting Hawaii this week during part of the Senate’s two-week spring recess, but the Maine Republican won’t stay long to enjoy the sights or the weather.

WASHINGTON — Independent U.S. Senate candidate Angus King is defending his former wind energy company against Republicans who say it shouldn’t have benefited from a federal loan guarantee program that critics contend is investing billions of dollars on risky projects.

WASHINGTON — Maine Attorney General William Schneider and Rep. Chellie Pingree have very different views on President Barack Obama’s health care law, but they agree on one thing: It’s tough to predict how the Supreme Court will rule on the landmark legislation.

WASHINGTON — Maine Attorney General William Schneider’s trip here to attend a Supreme Court health care law argument Wednesday has sparked a political charge from Democratic Senate candidate Jon Hinck.

WASHINGTON — Maine Attorney General William Schneider and Rep. Chellie Pingree have very different views on President Barack Obama’s health care law, but they agree on one thing: It’s tough to predict how the Supreme Court will rule on the landmark legislation.

U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, is a proponent of the law, while William Schneider, the state’s attorney general and a Republican U.S. Senate candidate, opposes it.

WASHINGTON — State Rep. Sharon Anglin Treat, D-Hallowell, walked out of the U.S. Supreme Court Monday after listening to the first round of oral arguments over President Barack Obama’s health care law and shook her head in bemusement at the contrast.