Gov. Janet Mills has directed the state tax assessor not to align Maine’s tax code with provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill unless directed by lawmakers, saying it will cost the state more than $400 million this year.
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Looming federal shutdown leaves 11,000 federal workers in Maine waiting in limbo
Neither Republican Sen. Susan Collins, the top Senate appropriator, nor independent Sen. Angus King would discuss the funding impasse this week.
Portland citizenship ceremony brings relief amid immigration crackdown
The country’s intense immigration enforcement and divisive political rhetoric weighed on Wednesday’s ceremony as 50 people from 28 countries were naturalized as American citizens.
Epstein’s birthday book includes letter believed to be signed by George Mitchell
The former U.S. senator’s letter is tame compared to others in the child sex abuser’s 50th birthday book from 2003, some of which included suggestive and lewd comments and drawings, including one thought to be from President Donald Trump.
Maine again rejects Justice Department request for voters’ personal information
Secretary of State Shenna Bellows said Monday in a letter that she has ‘grave concerns’ about the Trump administration’s second demand for about 1 million voters’ birth dates, addresses and other data.
Maine Principals’ Association fighting federal subpoena for student records
The Trump administration is seeking information that it says will support claims in its lawsuit against the Maine Department of Education, but the MPA says the request is overly broad and includes confidential information.
Susan Collins ‘extremely alarmed’ at Trump administration firing of CDC director
Maine’s senior senator reacted Thursday to the firing of Susan Monarez, who was let go by the administration this week after reportedly clashing with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over vaccine policy.
Protesters disrupt Susan Collins’ ribbon cutting in Searsport
A group of demonstrators greeted Maine’s senior senator, but the event remained civil.
Maine delegation split over Trump’s plan to take over police operations in capital
The president announced Monday that he would send in the National Guard to combat ‘out of control crime’ and ‘rising violence’ in Washington, D.C., even though police data shows violent crime is at a 30-year low and dropping in the district.
Trump administration seeks to claw back $62 million in low-income solar grants for Maine
The Governor’s Energy Office said Friday that it had received a termination letter from the Environmental Protection Agency for funding it had promised last year.