Councilors may add a dedicated parking officer and increase ticket fees next year.

A Kennebec Journal attorney said the release weakens the state’s case to keep the files, requested by the newspaper, secret.

The Maine Public Utilities Commission on Wednesday ruled against a move to add the gas company to a ratepayer challenge.

A woman alleges Eric Nason took a pornographic photo of her in the late 1990s, a claim that follows reports of an investigation into an unrelated sexual assault allegation.

Two private sessions are scheduled for the council meeting, where a sexual assault allegation against Police Chief Eric Nason could be discussed.

The council meets July 7 for the first time since a Kennebec Journal story brought a sexual assault allegation against the chief to light.

It’s ‘a unique situation’ for the state’s energy regulator.

Law enforcement agencies say they already get search warrants before searching cellphones in most cases, which was mandated by the court in a Wednesday decision.

Rep. Dennis Keschl, a Republican, said he will leave the Maine Legislature for personal reasons, and his party already has a presumptive nominee to run behind him.