The speech will come just before the president's 100th day in office.

The goal of the New England Clean Energy Connect is to bring 1,200 megawatts of Canadian hydropower to the New England grid.

Sen. Bill Diamond of Windham makes his proposal in response to children's deaths that exposed weaknesses in Maine's system for protecting children from abuse and neglect.

But critics say the more than $1 million used to fund the Maine Information and Analysis Center would be better used for other programs.

The bill is one of several that would increase voter participation in primaries or streamline the balloting process by rescheduling the newly created presidential primary from March to June.

Biden has selected Chris Magnus, the police chief from Tucson, Ariz., to lead U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Rep. Michael Lemelin, R-Chelsea, referred to COVID-19 as the 'China virus' in an email to an Asian-American resident, and downplayed the disease's seriousness.

The former president says he's 'disappointed' in his vice president and calls Sen. McConnell a 'stone-cold loser.'

Many proposals aim to fundamentally shift power from the executives to state legislatures.

The nation's highest court has had nine members since just after the Civil War, and any effort to alter it would be explosive.

The Legislature's Government Oversight Committee is considering whether to open an investigation into a technology upgrade that has cost the state more than $34 million to date and is years behind schedule.

The Florida congressman has retained 2 prominent New York attorneys as he faces a Justice Department investigation into sex trafficking allegations involving underage girls.

The dispute has been one of several hurdles in the renewed push for gun-control legislation, despite wide support for extending background checks.

The U.S. Marine veteran and 2nd District congressman said he was sad and unsettled by the invasion.

The state's administrative and financial services commissioner will appear before the committee Friday to answer questions about a $22 million contract dispute with Workday, a Silicon Valley vendor.

The president's orders stop well short of some of his biggest campaign-trail proposals, including his promise to ban the importation of assault weapons.

U.S. authorities say they picked up nearly 19,000 children traveling alone across the Mexican border in March.

A district attorney in Atlanta said that while some people 'may have found her behavior annoying,' it did not warrant charges.

Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, a key Democratic vote, came out Wednesday against the budget reconciliation process, which would allow Democrats to push the bill through the Senate with just a 51-vote majority.

The group will give Pence a platform to outline his policy agenda and solidify support among key Republicans.

The inquiry follows House Republicans' rejection of the independent 9/11-style commission sought by Maine's Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King and Rep. Jared Golden.

Press secretary Jen Psaki says the president still believes there is 'bipartisan path forward.'

Opponents of the measure have vowed to sue to block the ban before it takes effect this summer.

The legislation is supported by Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, who says Maine should join 34 other states and increase transparency in elections.

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell declared plainly on Monday that the president's plan for massive infrastructure investment is 'something we’re not going to do.'

The 38-year-old Gaetz is under scrutiny by federal prosecutors over whether he had sex with a 17-year-old and other underage girls and violated federal sex trafficking laws.

More Americans disapprove than approve of how President Joe Biden is handling the sharply increasing number of unaccompanied migrant children arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border.

The member-driven spending initiatives, with guardrails in place, could fund critical projects in Maine.

Presently, Maine voters can request an application to register online but can't fully register electronically, unlike in 38 other states.

Promoters of a bill now before the Legislature say the state needs to offer more financial incentives aimed at attracting a steady stream of moderately priced movie and TV productions to compete with other states and create jobs.

Proposed legislation could make Maine the second state to stop arresting people for possessing small amounts of drugs such as opioids, and instead steer them toward treatment.

But he has to operate with a no-margin-for-error edge in fiercely partisan Washington.

The 38-year-old unblushing defender of Donald Trump is facing a possible abrupt end to his once promising career because of a federal sex-trafficking investigation.

The scrutiny of the conservative Florida Republican stems from the Trump-era Justice Department’s investigation into a Gaetz political ally, who was indicted last year and has pleaded not guilty to a number of federal crimes.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell vows to fight the president's $2.3 trillion proposal 'every step of the way.'

As controversy swirls around the proposed CMP corridor, bills are being considered that would require legislative approval for projects on public lands.

Funding would come from a hike on corporate taxes that would aim to raise the needed money over 15 years and later reduce the deficit.

The Florida congressman says the allegations are part of an extortion plot by a for Department of Justice official.

Aiming to protect wildlife from latex litter, environmentalists urge the Legislature to bar people from intentionally releasing balloons.

Democratic Gov. Janet Mills says she will sign the measure. Republicans say the bill was rushed, lacked their support and signals an end to bipartisan cooperation.

The president's list would put three Black women on federal courts of appeals, a pathway to the Supreme Court.

A group of organizations including the Georgia NAACP have filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the new law that, among other things, allows the Republican-controlled State Election Board to remove and replace county election officials.

Republican lawmakers have submitted 14 bills that would change Maine's Constitution or laws that allow a governor to declare a state of emergency.

The Maine Secretary of State's Office says the initiative, inspired by debate in Portland about allowing non-citizens to vote in city elections, did not have enough valid signatures.

By a vote of 41-19, state party leaders decided not to formally rebuke Maine's senior senator.

President Biden and his party are seeking to nationalize the debate as they battle a Republican-led state-by-state movement to curb access to the ballot.

A bill would gradually reduce the number of young people held at the Long Creek Youth Development Center, without setting a date to close it.

Rep. Park Cannon, an Atlanta Democrat, said she wanted to witness Gov. Brian Kemp sign a law that places new restrictions on voting by mail and gives lawmakers more power to oversee elections.

The Mills administration has threatened to seek more than $22 million in repayment from the company because of the dispute, which is now drawing scrutiny from the Legislature's Government Oversight Committee.

Hopes for a bipartisan, independent commission to study the attack are fading as Republicans have rejected the proposal.

The senator from Utah was honored for being the only Republican to vote to convict former President Donald Trump during his first impeachment trial.

Even before the lawsuit on Friday, the cable news giant had already filed four motions to dismiss other legal action against its coverage.

The number of migrants attempting to cross the border is at the highest level since a spring 2019 surge under former President Donald Trump.

The changes to voting laws in Georgia follow record-breaking turnout that led to Democratic victories in the presidential contest and two U.S. Senate runoffs in the once reliably red state.

Democratic Sen. Mattie Daughtry of Brunswick wants to require schools to submit pest management logs to state authorities, and post inspection results publicly.

The budget bill, which gained no Republican support in committee, will be taken up by the Legislature when it meets Tuesday at the Augusta Civic Center.

Maine, one of 16 states to require annual vehicle inspections, will likely continue to do so.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer also says the Senate 'must take action' on gun control legislation after 2 mass shootings this month, including one in Georgia that left 6 Asian American women and 2 others dead.

Rep. Bruce Bickford, R-Auburn, apologized for using the background that referenced the former Hollywood producer, a convicted rapist.

Collins could face a further rebuke at the Maine Republican Party’s meeting on Saturday.

The president left the door open to pushing for fundamental changes in Senate procedures to muscle through key elements of his agenda.

Fellow Democrat Marty Walsh resigned Monday to become President Joe Biden’s labor secretary.

The president hopes to show Americans he’s taking the border situation seriously after facing stiff criticism from Republicans as the flow of migrants has increased since he took office in January.

Despite no evidence of widespread fraud, Republicans are making their calls for restrictions under the banner of 'voting integrity.'

The state's next 2-year budget could be pushed through with votes by Democrats only as the Legislature heads toward a session next week at the Augusta Civic Center.

Legislature is weighing whether to make open-air cremation legal in Maine.

Democrat Ryan Fecteau has drafted legislation that utilized input from more than 300 people who responded to a worker survey about their experience with the state's system.

Democrats vow to press gun control measures and a Senate vote on such bills would be the first in several years, but Democrats lack the votes to pass significant reform.

The move could keep Gov. Janet Mills in the driver's seat on how new federal pandemic relief funds will be spent.

Their 5 bills include proposals to reduce price gouging by pharmaceutical companies and help consumers who have trouble paying for insulin.

The state teachers' union supports the measure, but a group representing school boards opposes the legislation, saying it could erode teacher quality in Maine.

The huge package passed by Congress will provide cash-strapped local governments a substantial source of additional revenue over the next two years, and some already have ideas on how to use it.

The Legislature's Transportation Committee is considering a slate of bills that could alter or do away with the state law requiring annual motor vehicle safety inspections.

The second-term congressman's positions often put him at odds with his party. Will that help or hurt him in Maine's conservative 2nd District?

Officials are scrambling to build up capacity to care for some 14,000 now in federal custody.