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href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/10/maine-lawmaker-introduces-bill-to-safeguard-against-federal-cuts-to-school-meals/">Maine lawmaker introduces bill to safeguard against federal cuts to school meals</a> </div> <div class="summary">The proposal from Sen. Mike Tipping would ensure Maine continues funding school meals for all if federal funding is cut, though it's unclear exactly how much that could cost.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/10/maine-lawmakers-pass-3-million-bill-for-public-defense-system/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682825_20250325_Legislature_209-1743113663.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682825_20250325_Legislature_209-1743113663.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682825_20250325_Legislature_209-1743113663.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682825_20250325_Legislature_209-1743113663.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682825_20250325_Legislature_209-1743113663.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682825_20250325_Legislature_209-1743113663.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682825_20250325_Legislature_209-1743113663.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682825_20250325_Legislature_209-1743113663.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682825_20250325_Legislature_209-1743113663.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682825_20250325_Legislature_209-1743113663.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682825_20250325_Legislature_209-1743113663.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682825_20250325_Legislature_209-1743113663.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682825_20250325_Legislature_209-1743113663.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682825_20250325_Legislature_209-1743113663.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682825_20250325_Legislature_209-1743113663.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682825_20250325_Legislature_209-1743113663.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682825_20250325_Legislature_209-1743113663.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682825_20250325_Legislature_209-1743113663.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682825_20250325_Legislature_209-1743113663.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682825_20250325_Legislature_209-1743113663.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/10/maine-lawmakers-pass-3-million-bill-for-public-defense-system/">Maine lawmakers pass $3 million bill for public defense system</a> </div> <div class="summary">Maine lawmakers agreed to pay for more public defenders and make it easier for judges to appoint attorneys to cases where defendants can't afford their own. Gov. Janet Mills now has 10 days to act. </div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/10/jared-golden-backs-republican-bill-to-require-proof-of-citizenship-when-registering-to-vote/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/10/39874471_20241003_GoldenCd2_08-1729529818-e1729715683740.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/10/39874471_20241003_GoldenCd2_08-1729529818-e1729715683740.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/10/39874471_20241003_GoldenCd2_08-1729529818-e1729715683740.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/10/39874471_20241003_GoldenCd2_08-1729529818-e1729715683740.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/10/39874471_20241003_GoldenCd2_08-1729529818-e1729715683740.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/10/39874471_20241003_GoldenCd2_08-1729529818-e1729715683740.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/10/39874471_20241003_GoldenCd2_08-1729529818-e1729715683740.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/10/39874471_20241003_GoldenCd2_08-1729529818-e1729715683740.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/10/39874471_20241003_GoldenCd2_08-1729529818-e1729715683740.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/10/39874471_20241003_GoldenCd2_08-1729529818-e1729715683740.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/10/39874471_20241003_GoldenCd2_08-1729529818-e1729715683740.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/10/39874471_20241003_GoldenCd2_08-1729529818-e1729715683740.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/10/39874471_20241003_GoldenCd2_08-1729529818-e1729715683740.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/10/39874471_20241003_GoldenCd2_08-1729529818-e1729715683740.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/10/39874471_20241003_GoldenCd2_08-1729529818-e1729715683740.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/10/39874471_20241003_GoldenCd2_08-1729529818-e1729715683740.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/10/39874471_20241003_GoldenCd2_08-1729529818-e1729715683740.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/10/39874471_20241003_GoldenCd2_08-1729529818-e1729715683740.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/10/39874471_20241003_GoldenCd2_08-1729529818-e1729715683740.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/10/39874471_20241003_GoldenCd2_08-1729529818-e1729715683740.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/10/jared-golden-backs-republican-bill-to-require-proof-of-citizenship-when-registering-to-vote/">Jared Golden backs Republican bill to require proof of citizenship when registering to vote</a> </div> <div class="summary">Critics of the bill, including U.S. Rep. 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Mills urges Maine people not to support budget veto effort</a> </div> <div class="summary">Democrats said the petition drive could force a government shutdown even if voters end up rejecting it in a referendum, but Republicans said that could be averted if Democrats agree to negotiate a new budget. </div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/09/angus-king-susan-collins-press-trump-nominee-on-signal-chat/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/SensKingCollins_1200x720-1024x614-1-1741055739.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/SensKingCollins_1200x720-1024x614-1-1741055739.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, 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https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/SensKingCollins_1200x720-1024x614-1-1741055739.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/SensKingCollins_1200x720-1024x614-1-1741055739.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/SensKingCollins_1200x720-1024x614-1-1741055739.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/SensKingCollins_1200x720-1024x614-1-1741055739.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/SensKingCollins_1200x720-1024x614-1-1741055739.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/SensKingCollins_1200x720-1024x614-1-1741055739.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/SensKingCollins_1200x720-1024x614-1-1741055739.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/SensKingCollins_1200x720-1024x614-1-1741055739.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/SensKingCollins_1200x720-1024x614-1-1741055739.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/SensKingCollins_1200x720-1024x614-1-1741055739.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/SensKingCollins_1200x720-1024x614-1-1741055739.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/09/angus-king-susan-collins-press-trump-nominee-on-signal-chat/">King, Collins press Trump nominee over his role in Signal chat controversy</a> </div> <div class="summary">Joseph Kent, nominated to be the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, was one of the members of the unsecured conversation about a counterterrorism attack that has prompted calls for investigations.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/09/bill-would-allow-people-to-register-their-cars-in-maine-without-a-permanent-address/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/37093990_sj.CITcarlivingP08XX2301-1744228704.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/37093990_sj.CITcarlivingP08XX2301-1744228704.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/37093990_sj.CITcarlivingP08XX2301-1744228704.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/37093990_sj.CITcarlivingP08XX2301-1744228704.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/37093990_sj.CITcarlivingP08XX2301-1744228704.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/37093990_sj.CITcarlivingP08XX2301-1744228704.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/37093990_sj.CITcarlivingP08XX2301-1744228704.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/37093990_sj.CITcarlivingP08XX2301-1744228704.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/37093990_sj.CITcarlivingP08XX2301-1744228704.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/37093990_sj.CITcarlivingP08XX2301-1744228704.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/37093990_sj.CITcarlivingP08XX2301-1744228704.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/37093990_sj.CITcarlivingP08XX2301-1744228704.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/37093990_sj.CITcarlivingP08XX2301-1744228704.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/37093990_sj.CITcarlivingP08XX2301-1744228704.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/37093990_sj.CITcarlivingP08XX2301-1744228704.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/37093990_sj.CITcarlivingP08XX2301-1744228704.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/37093990_sj.CITcarlivingP08XX2301-1744228704.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/37093990_sj.CITcarlivingP08XX2301-1744228704.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/37093990_sj.CITcarlivingP08XX2301-1744228704.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/37093990_sj.CITcarlivingP08XX2301-1744228704.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/09/bill-would-allow-people-to-register-their-cars-in-maine-without-a-permanent-address/">Bill would allow people to register their cars in Maine without a permanent address</a> </div> <div class="summary">The Maine Department of the Secretary of State supports the bill, saying an increasing number of people are being turned away from their municipality over the issue. </div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/08/maine-house-republicans-fall-short-of-repealing-ban-on-paramilitary-activities/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/20250224_04statehousecropped-1741034539.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/20250224_04statehousecropped-1741034539.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/20250224_04statehousecropped-1741034539.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/20250224_04statehousecropped-1741034539.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/20250224_04statehousecropped-1741034539.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/20250224_04statehousecropped-1741034539.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/20250224_04statehousecropped-1741034539.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/20250224_04statehousecropped-1741034539.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/20250224_04statehousecropped-1741034539.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/20250224_04statehousecropped-1741034539.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/20250224_04statehousecropped-1741034539.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/20250224_04statehousecropped-1741034539.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/20250224_04statehousecropped-1741034539.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/20250224_04statehousecropped-1741034539.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/20250224_04statehousecropped-1741034539.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/20250224_04statehousecropped-1741034539.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/20250224_04statehousecropped-1741034539.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/20250224_04statehousecropped-1741034539.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/20250224_04statehousecropped-1741034539.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/20250224_04statehousecropped-1741034539.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/08/maine-house-republicans-fall-short-of-repealing-ban-on-paramilitary-activities/">Maine House Republicans fall short of repealing ban on paramilitary activities</a> </div> <div class="summary">The ban was enacted last year amid reports that a neo-Nazi group was planning to establish a training camp in northern Maine. </div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/08/lawmakers-reject-proposal-to-extend-sears-island-conservation-easement/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/20240502_searsisland_0002-1744150896.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/20240502_searsisland_0002-1744150896.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/20240502_searsisland_0002-1744150896.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/20240502_searsisland_0002-1744150896.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/20240502_searsisland_0002-1744150896.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/20240502_searsisland_0002-1744150896.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/20240502_searsisland_0002-1744150896.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/20240502_searsisland_0002-1744150896.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/20240502_searsisland_0002-1744150896.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/20240502_searsisland_0002-1744150896.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/20240502_searsisland_0002-1744150896.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/20240502_searsisland_0002-1744150896.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/20240502_searsisland_0002-1744150896.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/20240502_searsisland_0002-1744150896.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/20240502_searsisland_0002-1744150896.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/20240502_searsisland_0002-1744150896.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/20240502_searsisland_0002-1744150896.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/20240502_searsisland_0002-1744150896.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/20240502_searsisland_0002-1744150896.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/20240502_searsisland_0002-1744150896.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/08/lawmakers-reject-proposal-to-extend-sears-island-conservation-easement/">Maine lawmakers reject proposal to extend Sears Island conservation easement</a> </div> <div class="summary">The bill would have required the state to extend the easement already in place on the island, which has been targeted for development of a wind port. </div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/08/maine-secretary-of-state-issues-petition-language-for-peoples-veto-of-state-budget/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/38288486_20250408_StateHouse_Standalone_4815-1744149810.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/38288486_20250408_StateHouse_Standalone_4815-1744149810.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/38288486_20250408_StateHouse_Standalone_4815-1744149810.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/38288486_20250408_StateHouse_Standalone_4815-1744149810.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/38288486_20250408_StateHouse_Standalone_4815-1744149810.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/38288486_20250408_StateHouse_Standalone_4815-1744149810.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/38288486_20250408_StateHouse_Standalone_4815-1744149810.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/38288486_20250408_StateHouse_Standalone_4815-1744149810.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/38288486_20250408_StateHouse_Standalone_4815-1744149810.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/38288486_20250408_StateHouse_Standalone_4815-1744149810.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/38288486_20250408_StateHouse_Standalone_4815-1744149810.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/38288486_20250408_StateHouse_Standalone_4815-1744149810.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/38288486_20250408_StateHouse_Standalone_4815-1744149810.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/38288486_20250408_StateHouse_Standalone_4815-1744149810.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/38288486_20250408_StateHouse_Standalone_4815-1744149810.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/38288486_20250408_StateHouse_Standalone_4815-1744149810.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/38288486_20250408_StateHouse_Standalone_4815-1744149810.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/38288486_20250408_StateHouse_Standalone_4815-1744149810.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/38288486_20250408_StateHouse_Standalone_4815-1744149810.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/38288486_20250408_StateHouse_Standalone_4815-1744149810.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/08/maine-secretary-of-state-issues-petition-language-for-peoples-veto-of-state-budget/">Secretary of state issues language for people’s veto of Maine state budget</a> </div> <div class="summary">Supporters of the veto, led by Republican Rep. Gary Drinkwater, have until June 18 to collect enough signatures to pause implementation of the budget and send it to voters.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/08/rep-chellie-pingree-to-hold-2-in-person-town-halls/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41606701_20250318_Medicaid_02-1744142350.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41606701_20250318_Medicaid_02-1744142350.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41606701_20250318_Medicaid_02-1744142350.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41606701_20250318_Medicaid_02-1744142350.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41606701_20250318_Medicaid_02-1744142350.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41606701_20250318_Medicaid_02-1744142350.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41606701_20250318_Medicaid_02-1744142350.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41606701_20250318_Medicaid_02-1744142350.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41606701_20250318_Medicaid_02-1744142350.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41606701_20250318_Medicaid_02-1744142350.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41606701_20250318_Medicaid_02-1744142350.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41606701_20250318_Medicaid_02-1744142350.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41606701_20250318_Medicaid_02-1744142350.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41606701_20250318_Medicaid_02-1744142350.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41606701_20250318_Medicaid_02-1744142350.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41606701_20250318_Medicaid_02-1744142350.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41606701_20250318_Medicaid_02-1744142350.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41606701_20250318_Medicaid_02-1744142350.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41606701_20250318_Medicaid_02-1744142350.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41606701_20250318_Medicaid_02-1744142350.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/08/rep-chellie-pingree-to-hold-2-in-person-town-halls/">Pingree to hold in-person town halls as more constituents demand to meet with lawmakers</a> </div> <div class="summary">The Democrat, who represents the solidly blue 1st District, is the only member of Maine's congressional delegation to schedule a town hall since President Donald Trump returned to office.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/08/us-attorney-general-says-shes-pulling-funds-to-maine-prisons-over-gender-identity/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Attack Plans Messages FBI" decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Attack_Plans_Messages_FBI_37818_451eca-1744124889.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Attack_Plans_Messages_FBI_37818_451eca-1744124889.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Attack_Plans_Messages_FBI_37818_451eca-1744124889.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Attack_Plans_Messages_FBI_37818_451eca-1744124889.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Attack_Plans_Messages_FBI_37818_451eca-1744124889.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Attack_Plans_Messages_FBI_37818_451eca-1744124889.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Attack_Plans_Messages_FBI_37818_451eca-1744124889.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Attack_Plans_Messages_FBI_37818_451eca-1744124889.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Attack_Plans_Messages_FBI_37818_451eca-1744124889.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Attack_Plans_Messages_FBI_37818_451eca-1744124889.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Attack_Plans_Messages_FBI_37818_451eca-1744124889.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Attack Plans Messages FBI" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Attack_Plans_Messages_FBI_37818_451eca-1744124889.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Attack_Plans_Messages_FBI_37818_451eca-1744124889.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Attack_Plans_Messages_FBI_37818_451eca-1744124889.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Attack_Plans_Messages_FBI_37818_451eca-1744124889.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Attack_Plans_Messages_FBI_37818_451eca-1744124889.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Attack_Plans_Messages_FBI_37818_451eca-1744124889.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Attack_Plans_Messages_FBI_37818_451eca-1744124889.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Attack_Plans_Messages_FBI_37818_451eca-1744124889.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Attack_Plans_Messages_FBI_37818_451eca-1744124889.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/08/us-attorney-general-says-shes-pulling-funds-to-maine-prisons-over-gender-identity/">Attorney general says she’s pulling ‘nonessential’ funds to Maine prisons over gender identity policy</a> </div> <div class="summary">During an appearance on 'Fox & Friends,' Pam Bondi said Maine is not following the Trump administration's priorities — an apparent reference to an executive order limiting transgender rights. </div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/07/lawmakers-propose-competing-reforms-to-general-assistance/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="State Lawmaker Arrested Assault" decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/12/State_Lawmaker_Arrested_Assault_04298-1733267041.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/12/State_Lawmaker_Arrested_Assault_04298-1733267041.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/12/State_Lawmaker_Arrested_Assault_04298-1733267041.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/12/State_Lawmaker_Arrested_Assault_04298-1733267041.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/12/State_Lawmaker_Arrested_Assault_04298-1733267041.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/12/State_Lawmaker_Arrested_Assault_04298-1733267041.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/12/State_Lawmaker_Arrested_Assault_04298-1733267041.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/12/State_Lawmaker_Arrested_Assault_04298-1733267041.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/12/State_Lawmaker_Arrested_Assault_04298-1733267041.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/12/State_Lawmaker_Arrested_Assault_04298-1733267041.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/12/State_Lawmaker_Arrested_Assault_04298-1733267041.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="State Lawmaker Arrested Assault" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/12/State_Lawmaker_Arrested_Assault_04298-1733267041.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/12/State_Lawmaker_Arrested_Assault_04298-1733267041.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/12/State_Lawmaker_Arrested_Assault_04298-1733267041.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/12/State_Lawmaker_Arrested_Assault_04298-1733267041.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/12/State_Lawmaker_Arrested_Assault_04298-1733267041.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/12/State_Lawmaker_Arrested_Assault_04298-1733267041.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/12/State_Lawmaker_Arrested_Assault_04298-1733267041.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/12/State_Lawmaker_Arrested_Assault_04298-1733267041.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/12/State_Lawmaker_Arrested_Assault_04298-1733267041.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/07/lawmakers-propose-competing-reforms-to-general-assistance/">Maine lawmakers propose competing reforms to General Assistance</a> </div> <div class="summary">Republicans are seeking restrictions such as a 3-month limit on housing assistance, while Democrats have called for expanding the program to cover meals at emergency shelters. </div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/07/maine-parents-health-care-workers-again-dispute-bills-to-roll-back-vaccine-requirements-in-schools/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41749106_20250407_VaccineHearing_03-1744058024.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41749106_20250407_VaccineHearing_03-1744058024.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41749106_20250407_VaccineHearing_03-1744058024.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41749106_20250407_VaccineHearing_03-1744058024.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41749106_20250407_VaccineHearing_03-1744058024.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41749106_20250407_VaccineHearing_03-1744058024.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41749106_20250407_VaccineHearing_03-1744058024.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41749106_20250407_VaccineHearing_03-1744058024.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41749106_20250407_VaccineHearing_03-1744058024.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41749106_20250407_VaccineHearing_03-1744058024.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41749106_20250407_VaccineHearing_03-1744058024.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41749106_20250407_VaccineHearing_03-1744058024.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41749106_20250407_VaccineHearing_03-1744058024.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41749106_20250407_VaccineHearing_03-1744058024.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41749106_20250407_VaccineHearing_03-1744058024.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41749106_20250407_VaccineHearing_03-1744058024.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41749106_20250407_VaccineHearing_03-1744058024.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41749106_20250407_VaccineHearing_03-1744058024.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41749106_20250407_VaccineHearing_03-1744058024.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41749106_20250407_VaccineHearing_03-1744058024.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/07/maine-parents-health-care-workers-again-dispute-bills-to-roll-back-vaccine-requirements-in-schools/">Maine parents, health care workers again spar over bills to roll back vaccine requirements in schools</a> </div> <div class="summary">Two bills being considered by the Legislature's Education Committee would restore religious exemptions for school vaccinations and roll back school immunization requirements broadly. </div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/07/susan-collins-breaks-with-party-again-this-time-opposing-medicaid-cuts/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Collins.tariff.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Collins.tariff.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/07/susan-collins-breaks-with-party-again-this-time-opposing-medicaid-cuts/">Susan Collins breaks with Republican Party again, this time opposing Medicaid cuts</a> </div> <div class="summary">Maine's senior senator has twice voted against members of her party in recent days, including a vote against a budget resolution over the weekend.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/07/maine-ag-sues-trump-administration-over-title-ix-funding-freeze/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682399_20250325_AaronFrey_852-1742947792.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682399_20250325_AaronFrey_852-1742947792.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682399_20250325_AaronFrey_852-1742947792.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682399_20250325_AaronFrey_852-1742947792.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682399_20250325_AaronFrey_852-1742947792.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682399_20250325_AaronFrey_852-1742947792.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682399_20250325_AaronFrey_852-1742947792.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682399_20250325_AaronFrey_852-1742947792.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682399_20250325_AaronFrey_852-1742947792.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682399_20250325_AaronFrey_852-1742947792.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682399_20250325_AaronFrey_852-1742947792.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682399_20250325_AaronFrey_852-1742947792.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682399_20250325_AaronFrey_852-1742947792.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682399_20250325_AaronFrey_852-1742947792.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682399_20250325_AaronFrey_852-1742947792.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682399_20250325_AaronFrey_852-1742947792.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682399_20250325_AaronFrey_852-1742947792.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682399_20250325_AaronFrey_852-1742947792.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682399_20250325_AaronFrey_852-1742947792.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682399_20250325_AaronFrey_852-1742947792.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/07/maine-ag-sues-trump-administration-over-title-ix-funding-freeze/">Maine sues Trump administration in 1st case involving Title IX dispute</a> </div> <div class="summary">The lawsuit, filed Monday by Attorney General Aaron Frey, challenges the USDA decision to halt federal funds because Maine allows transgender athletes to compete in girls sports.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/07/how-trumps-actions-have-most-impacted-maine/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="APTOPIX Trump" decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/APTOPIX_Trump_74434_c30c32-1743977523.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/APTOPIX_Trump_74434_c30c32-1743977523.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/APTOPIX_Trump_74434_c30c32-1743977523.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/APTOPIX_Trump_74434_c30c32-1743977523.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/APTOPIX_Trump_74434_c30c32-1743977523.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/APTOPIX_Trump_74434_c30c32-1743977523.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/APTOPIX_Trump_74434_c30c32-1743977523.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/APTOPIX_Trump_74434_c30c32-1743977523.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/APTOPIX_Trump_74434_c30c32-1743977523.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/APTOPIX_Trump_74434_c30c32-1743977523.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/APTOPIX_Trump_74434_c30c32-1743977523.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="APTOPIX Trump" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/APTOPIX_Trump_74434_c30c32-1743977523.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/APTOPIX_Trump_74434_c30c32-1743977523.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/APTOPIX_Trump_74434_c30c32-1743977523.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/APTOPIX_Trump_74434_c30c32-1743977523.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/APTOPIX_Trump_74434_c30c32-1743977523.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/APTOPIX_Trump_74434_c30c32-1743977523.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/APTOPIX_Trump_74434_c30c32-1743977523.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/APTOPIX_Trump_74434_c30c32-1743977523.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/APTOPIX_Trump_74434_c30c32-1743977523.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/07/how-trumps-actions-have-most-impacted-maine/">How Trump’s actions have most impacted Maine</a> </div> <div class="summary">They include cuts to the federal workforce and funding for health care, investigations into Maine's policy on transgender athletes, and new tariffs.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/06/sen-king-fumes-at-climate-change-being-nixed-from-annual-threat-assessment/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/King.speech-e1740096333203.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/King.speech-e1740096333203.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/06/sen-king-fumes-at-climate-change-being-nixed-from-annual-threat-assessment/">Sen. Angus King fumes at removal of climate change from US threat assessment</a> </div> <div class="summary">At a Senate hearing last week, King used part of his allotted time to interrogate Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard about the sudden change.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/05/in-maine-and-nationwide-rallies-and-protests-are-growing-alongside-anger-grievances/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/41716852_20250405_Protest_Augusta_4539.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/41716852_20250405_Protest_Augusta_4539.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/05/in-maine-and-nationwide-rallies-and-protests-are-growing-alongside-anger-grievances/">In Maine and nationwide, rallies and protests are growing alongside anger, grievances</a> </div> <div class="summary">Maine, like much of the country, has seen a notable jump in the size and frequency of political demonstrations since President Donald Trump began his second term.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/05/live-updates-mainers-rally-throughout-the-state-to-protest-trump-policies/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/86D8A9B3-06EA-4239-BEDF-14980684BBC4.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/86D8A9B3-06EA-4239-BEDF-14980684BBC4.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/05/live-updates-mainers-rally-throughout-the-state-to-protest-trump-policies/">Live updates: Mainers rally across the state to protest Trump policies</a> </div> <div class="summary">Thousands of protesters gathered both in Portland's Monument Square and near the State House in Augusta, while other 'Hands Off' protests were held in Auburn, Freeport, South Paris, South Portland and elsewhere.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/05/lawmakers-may-impose-impact-tax-on-megayachts-visiting-maine/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/08/37182284_20230822_Yacht0883-1692755034.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/08/37182284_20230822_Yacht0883-1692755034.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/08/37182284_20230822_Yacht0883-1692755034.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/08/37182284_20230822_Yacht0883-1692755034.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/08/37182284_20230822_Yacht0883-1692755034.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/08/37182284_20230822_Yacht0883-1692755034.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/08/37182284_20230822_Yacht0883-1692755034.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/08/37182284_20230822_Yacht0883-1692755034.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/08/37182284_20230822_Yacht0883-1692755034.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/08/37182284_20230822_Yacht0883-1692755034.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/08/37182284_20230822_Yacht0883-1692755034.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/08/37182284_20230822_Yacht0883-1692755034.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/08/37182284_20230822_Yacht0883-1692755034.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/08/37182284_20230822_Yacht0883-1692755034.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/08/37182284_20230822_Yacht0883-1692755034.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/08/37182284_20230822_Yacht0883-1692755034.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/08/37182284_20230822_Yacht0883-1692755034.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/08/37182284_20230822_Yacht0883-1692755034.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/08/37182284_20230822_Yacht0883-1692755034.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/08/37182284_20230822_Yacht0883-1692755034.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/05/lawmakers-may-impose-impact-tax-on-megayachts-visiting-maine/">Lawmakers may impose impact tax on megayachts visiting Maine</a> </div> <div class="summary">Supporters of the bill say the charge could be easily weathered by the wealthy owners of the private, luxury vessels. But critics say it could serve as a deterrent to tourism. </div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/04/here-is-where-maine-is-challenging-the-trump-administration-in-court/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Social Security-Newborns-Maine" decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Social_Security-Newborns-Maine_87356_950ac7.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Social_Security-Newborns-Maine_87356_950ac7.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Social Security-Newborns-Maine" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/04/here-is-where-maine-is-challenging-the-trump-administration-in-court/">Here is where Maine is challenging the Trump administration in court</a> </div> <div class="summary">Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey has joined several multistate lawsuits against the Trump administration related to immigration, privacy rights and federal funding. </div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/04/trump-policies-expected-to-cause-25-drop-in-canadian-tourism-to-maine/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/39036731_20240716_OOB_6-1743794819.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/39036731_20240716_OOB_6-1743794819.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/39036731_20240716_OOB_6-1743794819.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/39036731_20240716_OOB_6-1743794819.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/39036731_20240716_OOB_6-1743794819.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/39036731_20240716_OOB_6-1743794819.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/39036731_20240716_OOB_6-1743794819.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/39036731_20240716_OOB_6-1743794819.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/39036731_20240716_OOB_6-1743794819.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/39036731_20240716_OOB_6-1743794819.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/39036731_20240716_OOB_6-1743794819.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/39036731_20240716_OOB_6-1743794819.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/39036731_20240716_OOB_6-1743794819.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/39036731_20240716_OOB_6-1743794819.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/39036731_20240716_OOB_6-1743794819.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/39036731_20240716_OOB_6-1743794819.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/39036731_20240716_OOB_6-1743794819.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/39036731_20240716_OOB_6-1743794819.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/39036731_20240716_OOB_6-1743794819.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/39036731_20240716_OOB_6-1743794819.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/04/trump-policies-expected-to-cause-25-drop-in-canadian-tourism-to-maine/">Trump policies expected to cause 25% drop in Canadian tourism to Maine</a> </div> <div class="summary">The state's top tourism official told lawmakers her office is aggressively working to bring in more U.S. tourists to make up for the loss of international travelers, but so are other states.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/04/maine-lawmakers-ask-feds-to-reconsider-cut-of-heating-assistance-staff/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="HHS Layoffs Energy Assistance" decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/HHS_Layoffs_Energy_Assistance_50346.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/HHS_Layoffs_Energy_Assistance_50346.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="HHS Layoffs Energy Assistance" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/04/maine-lawmakers-ask-feds-to-reconsider-cut-of-heating-assistance-staff/">Maine lawmakers ask RFK Jr. to reconsider dismissal of heating assistance staff</a> </div> <div class="summary">In a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services secretary, 92 Maine lawmakers asked for an explanation of how the LIHEAP program will run without its federal staff.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/04/maine-joins-lawsuit-against-trumps-election-security-order/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682399_20250325_AaronFrey_852-1742947792.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682399_20250325_AaronFrey_852-1742947792.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682399_20250325_AaronFrey_852-1742947792.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682399_20250325_AaronFrey_852-1742947792.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682399_20250325_AaronFrey_852-1742947792.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682399_20250325_AaronFrey_852-1742947792.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682399_20250325_AaronFrey_852-1742947792.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682399_20250325_AaronFrey_852-1742947792.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682399_20250325_AaronFrey_852-1742947792.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682399_20250325_AaronFrey_852-1742947792.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682399_20250325_AaronFrey_852-1742947792.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682399_20250325_AaronFrey_852-1742947792.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682399_20250325_AaronFrey_852-1742947792.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682399_20250325_AaronFrey_852-1742947792.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682399_20250325_AaronFrey_852-1742947792.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682399_20250325_AaronFrey_852-1742947792.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682399_20250325_AaronFrey_852-1742947792.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682399_20250325_AaronFrey_852-1742947792.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682399_20250325_AaronFrey_852-1742947792.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682399_20250325_AaronFrey_852-1742947792.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/04/maine-joins-lawsuit-against-trumps-election-security-order/">Maine joins lawsuit against Trump’s election security order</a> </div> <div class="summary">Aaron Frey is one of 19 attorneys general to argue that the president does not have constitutional authority to dictate election rules to the states.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/04/maine-senators-split-on-vote-to-confirm-mehmet-oz-to-health-post/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Mehmet Oz Senate" decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Mehmet_Oz_Senate_05872_581afa-1743780196.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Mehmet_Oz_Senate_05872_581afa-1743780196.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Mehmet_Oz_Senate_05872_581afa-1743780196.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Mehmet_Oz_Senate_05872_581afa-1743780196.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Mehmet_Oz_Senate_05872_581afa-1743780196.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Mehmet_Oz_Senate_05872_581afa-1743780196.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Mehmet_Oz_Senate_05872_581afa-1743780196.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Mehmet_Oz_Senate_05872_581afa-1743780196.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Mehmet_Oz_Senate_05872_581afa-1743780196.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Mehmet_Oz_Senate_05872_581afa-1743780196.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Mehmet_Oz_Senate_05872_581afa-1743780196.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Mehmet Oz Senate" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Mehmet_Oz_Senate_05872_581afa-1743780196.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Mehmet_Oz_Senate_05872_581afa-1743780196.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Mehmet_Oz_Senate_05872_581afa-1743780196.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Mehmet_Oz_Senate_05872_581afa-1743780196.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Mehmet_Oz_Senate_05872_581afa-1743780196.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Mehmet_Oz_Senate_05872_581afa-1743780196.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Mehmet_Oz_Senate_05872_581afa-1743780196.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Mehmet_Oz_Senate_05872_581afa-1743780196.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Mehmet_Oz_Senate_05872_581afa-1743780196.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/04/maine-senators-split-on-vote-to-confirm-mehmet-oz-to-health-post/">Maine senators split on vote to confirm Dr. Oz to lead Medicare, Medicaid</a> </div> <div class="summary">The Senate confirmed TV personality Mehmet Oz to lead the office that oversees health insurance programs for roughly half the country.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/04/rep-laurel-libby-to-ask-a-federal-judge-to-immediately-restore-her-ability-to-vote/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Laurel_Libby_cropped_headshot_20250320_Censure_9165.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Laurel_Libby_cropped_headshot_20250320_Censure_9165.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/04/rep-laurel-libby-to-ask-a-federal-judge-to-immediately-restore-her-ability-to-vote/">Rep. Laurel Libby seeks immediate restoration of her voting rights in House</a> </div> <div class="summary">The censured Republican lawmaker from Auburn is asking a judge to let her vote on legislation while her lawsuit over the discipline proceeds.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/03/maines-public-defense-agency-files-a-plan-to-solve-constitutional-crisis/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/public-defender-files-e1743768833421.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/public-defender-files-e1743768833421.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/03/maines-public-defense-agency-files-a-plan-to-solve-constitutional-crisis/">Maine’s public defense agency to scale back billing oversight, training to focus on attorney recruitment</a> </div> <div class="summary">The new plan aims to help solve what a many have called a constitutional crisis. Next up: A judge will hold a hearing Monday to lay out her plans for releasing or dropping charges against people who have been waiting for a lawyer. </div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/03/jared-golden-defends-tariffs-breaking-with-democrats-maine-delegation/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/11/SJ.STAelectionreform.112224_1200x750-1732188929.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/11/SJ.STAelectionreform.112224_1200x750-1732188929.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/11/SJ.STAelectionreform.112224_1200x750-1732188929.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/11/SJ.STAelectionreform.112224_1200x750-1732188929.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/11/SJ.STAelectionreform.112224_1200x750-1732188929.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/11/SJ.STAelectionreform.112224_1200x750-1732188929.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/11/SJ.STAelectionreform.112224_1200x750-1732188929.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/11/SJ.STAelectionreform.112224_1200x750-1732188929.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/11/SJ.STAelectionreform.112224_1200x750-1732188929.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/11/SJ.STAelectionreform.112224_1200x750-1732188929.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/11/SJ.STAelectionreform.112224_1200x750-1732188929.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/11/SJ.STAelectionreform.112224_1200x750-1732188929.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/11/SJ.STAelectionreform.112224_1200x750-1732188929.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/11/SJ.STAelectionreform.112224_1200x750-1732188929.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/11/SJ.STAelectionreform.112224_1200x750-1732188929.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/11/SJ.STAelectionreform.112224_1200x750-1732188929.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/11/SJ.STAelectionreform.112224_1200x750-1732188929.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/11/SJ.STAelectionreform.112224_1200x750-1732188929.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/11/SJ.STAelectionreform.112224_1200x750-1732188929.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/11/SJ.STAelectionreform.112224_1200x750-1732188929.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/03/jared-golden-defends-tariffs-breaking-with-democrats-maine-delegation/">Golden defends tariffs, breaking with Democrats, Maine delegation</a> </div> <div class="summary">In an interview with the Press Herald, Maine's 2nd District congressman criticizes those who say prices will automatically increase under Trump's tariffs — an argument U.S. Sen. Susan Collins put forward Wednesday. </div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/03/new-memo-gives-maine-schools-10-days-to-remove-dei-programming-or-lose-federal-money/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Trump Inauguration Issues" decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Trump_Inauguration_Issues_09439.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Trump_Inauguration_Issues_09439.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Trump Inauguration Issues" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/03/new-memo-gives-maine-schools-10-days-to-remove-dei-programming-or-lose-federal-money/">New memo gives Maine schools 10 days to remove DEI programming or lose federal money</a> </div> <div class="summary">The letter from the US Department of Education was sent to every state's K-12 education leaders asking them to sign a letter confirming compliance with a federal interpretation of Title VI and the Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard ruling.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/03/as-tariffs-set-in-mainers-have-about-two-months-until-car-prices-jump/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41736565_20250401_carTariffs_3-1743619701.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41736565_20250401_carTariffs_3-1743619701.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41736565_20250401_carTariffs_3-1743619701.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41736565_20250401_carTariffs_3-1743619701.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41736565_20250401_carTariffs_3-1743619701.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41736565_20250401_carTariffs_3-1743619701.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41736565_20250401_carTariffs_3-1743619701.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41736565_20250401_carTariffs_3-1743619701.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41736565_20250401_carTariffs_3-1743619701.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41736565_20250401_carTariffs_3-1743619701.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41736565_20250401_carTariffs_3-1743619701.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41736565_20250401_carTariffs_3-1743619701.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41736565_20250401_carTariffs_3-1743619701.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41736565_20250401_carTariffs_3-1743619701.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41736565_20250401_carTariffs_3-1743619701.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41736565_20250401_carTariffs_3-1743619701.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41736565_20250401_carTariffs_3-1743619701.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41736565_20250401_carTariffs_3-1743619701.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41736565_20250401_carTariffs_3-1743619701.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41736565_20250401_carTariffs_3-1743619701.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/03/as-tariffs-set-in-mainers-have-about-two-months-until-car-prices-jump/">As tariffs set in, Mainers have about 2 months until car prices jump</a> </div> <div class="summary">President Donald Trump's 25% tariff on imported vehicles and parts goes into effect Thursday. Dealers, mechanics and consumers could all take a hit.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/02/trump-launches-tariffs-saying-global-trade-has-looted-pillaged-raped-plundered-us-economy/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Trump" decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Trump_92542-1743626366.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Trump_92542-1743626366.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Trump_92542-1743626366.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Trump_92542-1743626366.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Trump_92542-1743626366.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Trump_92542-1743626366.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Trump_92542-1743626366.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Trump_92542-1743626366.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Trump_92542-1743626366.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Trump_92542-1743626366.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Trump_92542-1743626366.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Trump" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Trump_92542-1743626366.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Trump_92542-1743626366.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Trump_92542-1743626366.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Trump_92542-1743626366.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Trump_92542-1743626366.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Trump_92542-1743626366.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Trump_92542-1743626366.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Trump_92542-1743626366.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Trump_92542-1743626366.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/02/trump-launches-tariffs-saying-global-trade-has-looted-pillaged-raped-plundered-us-economy/">Trump launches tariffs, saying global trade has ‘looted, pillaged’ US economy</a> </div> <div class="summary">Because President Donald Trump has hyped his tariffs without providing specifics, he has provided a deeper sense of uncertainty for the world, a sign that the economic slowdown could possibly extend beyond U.S. borders.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/02/maine-house-speaker-asks-court-to-dismiss-laurel-libbys-lawsuit/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/01/20250118_Opening-Day_07-1736375948-e1736379620775.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/01/20250118_Opening-Day_07-1736375948-e1736379620775.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/01/20250118_Opening-Day_07-1736375948-e1736379620775.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/01/20250118_Opening-Day_07-1736375948-e1736379620775.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/01/20250118_Opening-Day_07-1736375948-e1736379620775.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/01/20250118_Opening-Day_07-1736375948-e1736379620775.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/01/20250118_Opening-Day_07-1736375948-e1736379620775.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/01/20250118_Opening-Day_07-1736375948-e1736379620775.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/01/20250118_Opening-Day_07-1736375948-e1736379620775.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/01/20250118_Opening-Day_07-1736375948-e1736379620775.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/01/20250118_Opening-Day_07-1736375948-e1736379620775.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/01/20250118_Opening-Day_07-1736375948-e1736379620775.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/01/20250118_Opening-Day_07-1736375948-e1736379620775.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/01/20250118_Opening-Day_07-1736375948-e1736379620775.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/01/20250118_Opening-Day_07-1736375948-e1736379620775.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/01/20250118_Opening-Day_07-1736375948-e1736379620775.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/01/20250118_Opening-Day_07-1736375948-e1736379620775.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/01/20250118_Opening-Day_07-1736375948-e1736379620775.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/01/20250118_Opening-Day_07-1736375948-e1736379620775.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/01/20250118_Opening-Day_07-1736375948-e1736379620775.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/02/maine-house-speaker-asks-court-to-dismiss-laurel-libbys-lawsuit/">Maine House speaker asks court to dismiss Rep. Laurel Libby’s lawsuit</a> </div> <div class="summary">The Auburn Republican sued Ryan Fecteau last month, arguing that he and House Democrats violated her constitutional rights by blocking her from voting or speaking on the floor.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/02/trump-blasts-susan-collins-for-anticipated-vote-opposing-new-tariffs-on-canada/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Collins.tariff.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Collins.tariff.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/02/trump-blasts-susan-collins-for-anticipated-vote-opposing-new-tariffs-on-canada/">Susan Collins rebuffs Trump, joins effort to block his tariffs on Canada</a> </div> <div class="summary">The Maine senator's support for the Democratic effort came despite the president's social media post calling on her to 'get on the Republican bandwagon, for a change.'</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/02/social-security-head-called-gov-mills-a-petulant-child-in-email-order-staff-to-cancel-maine-contracts/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Maine-Mills-Lewiston" decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Maine-Mills-Lewiston_27234-1743605316.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Maine-Mills-Lewiston_27234-1743605316.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Maine-Mills-Lewiston_27234-1743605316.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Maine-Mills-Lewiston_27234-1743605316.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Maine-Mills-Lewiston_27234-1743605316.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Maine-Mills-Lewiston_27234-1743605316.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Maine-Mills-Lewiston_27234-1743605316.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Maine-Mills-Lewiston_27234-1743605316.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Maine-Mills-Lewiston_27234-1743605316.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Maine-Mills-Lewiston_27234-1743605316.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Maine-Mills-Lewiston_27234-1743605316.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Maine-Mills-Lewiston" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Maine-Mills-Lewiston_27234-1743605316.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Maine-Mills-Lewiston_27234-1743605316.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Maine-Mills-Lewiston_27234-1743605316.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Maine-Mills-Lewiston_27234-1743605316.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Maine-Mills-Lewiston_27234-1743605316.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Maine-Mills-Lewiston_27234-1743605316.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Maine-Mills-Lewiston_27234-1743605316.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Maine-Mills-Lewiston_27234-1743605316.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Maine-Mills-Lewiston_27234-1743605316.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/02/social-security-head-called-gov-mills-a-petulant-child-in-email-order-staff-to-cancel-maine-contracts/">Social Security head called Mills a ‘petulant child’ in email ordering staff to cancel Maine contracts</a> </div> <div class="summary">Emails show Acting Commissioner Lee Dudek ignored his own staff's warnings and briefly killed Maine contracts because he was upset that the governor publicly defied President Donald Trump.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/01/dhhs-cuts-entire-staff-that-administers-low-income-home-energy-assistance-program-staff/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41279004_SJ.BIZ_.heatingfuels.P.0221254-1743545250.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41279004_SJ.BIZ_.heatingfuels.P.0221254-1743545250.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41279004_SJ.BIZ_.heatingfuels.P.0221254-1743545250.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41279004_SJ.BIZ_.heatingfuels.P.0221254-1743545250.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41279004_SJ.BIZ_.heatingfuels.P.0221254-1743545250.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41279004_SJ.BIZ_.heatingfuels.P.0221254-1743545250.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41279004_SJ.BIZ_.heatingfuels.P.0221254-1743545250.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41279004_SJ.BIZ_.heatingfuels.P.0221254-1743545250.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41279004_SJ.BIZ_.heatingfuels.P.0221254-1743545250.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41279004_SJ.BIZ_.heatingfuels.P.0221254-1743545250.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41279004_SJ.BIZ_.heatingfuels.P.0221254-1743545250.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41279004_SJ.BIZ_.heatingfuels.P.0221254-1743545250.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41279004_SJ.BIZ_.heatingfuels.P.0221254-1743545250.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41279004_SJ.BIZ_.heatingfuels.P.0221254-1743545250.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41279004_SJ.BIZ_.heatingfuels.P.0221254-1743545250.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41279004_SJ.BIZ_.heatingfuels.P.0221254-1743545250.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41279004_SJ.BIZ_.heatingfuels.P.0221254-1743545250.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41279004_SJ.BIZ_.heatingfuels.P.0221254-1743545250.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41279004_SJ.BIZ_.heatingfuels.P.0221254-1743545250.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41279004_SJ.BIZ_.heatingfuels.P.0221254-1743545250.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/01/dhhs-cuts-entire-staff-that-administers-low-income-home-energy-assistance-program-staff/">Trump administration cuts entire federal heating assistance staff</a> </div> <div class="summary">About 20 people in the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program office, which serves thousands of Maine households, were among the roughly 10,000 DHHS staffers laid off.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/01/trump-freezes-2-million-in-funding-for-maine-family-planning-groups/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Medicaid Missouri Planned Parenthood" decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Medicaid_Missouri_Planned_Parenthood_29102-1743539370.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Medicaid_Missouri_Planned_Parenthood_29102-1743539370.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Medicaid_Missouri_Planned_Parenthood_29102-1743539370.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Medicaid_Missouri_Planned_Parenthood_29102-1743539370.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Medicaid_Missouri_Planned_Parenthood_29102-1743539370.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Medicaid_Missouri_Planned_Parenthood_29102-1743539370.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Medicaid_Missouri_Planned_Parenthood_29102-1743539370.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Medicaid_Missouri_Planned_Parenthood_29102-1743539370.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Medicaid_Missouri_Planned_Parenthood_29102-1743539370.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Medicaid_Missouri_Planned_Parenthood_29102-1743539370.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Medicaid_Missouri_Planned_Parenthood_29102-1743539370.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Medicaid Missouri Planned Parenthood" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Medicaid_Missouri_Planned_Parenthood_29102-1743539370.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Medicaid_Missouri_Planned_Parenthood_29102-1743539370.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Medicaid_Missouri_Planned_Parenthood_29102-1743539370.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Medicaid_Missouri_Planned_Parenthood_29102-1743539370.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Medicaid_Missouri_Planned_Parenthood_29102-1743539370.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Medicaid_Missouri_Planned_Parenthood_29102-1743539370.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Medicaid_Missouri_Planned_Parenthood_29102-1743539370.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Medicaid_Missouri_Planned_Parenthood_29102-1743539370.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Medicaid_Missouri_Planned_Parenthood_29102-1743539370.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/01/trump-freezes-2-million-in-funding-for-maine-family-planning-groups/">Trump freezes $2 million in Maine family planning group funding</a> </div> <div class="summary">Title X funds affordable birth control, cancer screenings, and other sexual and reproductive health care to people with low incomes.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/01/maines-rural-libraries-at-risk-as-trump-guts-federal-agency-that-funds-libraries-and-museums/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41745991_20250314_LibraryCuts_3878-1743535699.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41745991_20250314_LibraryCuts_3878-1743535699.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41745991_20250314_LibraryCuts_3878-1743535699.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41745991_20250314_LibraryCuts_3878-1743535699.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41745991_20250314_LibraryCuts_3878-1743535699.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41745991_20250314_LibraryCuts_3878-1743535699.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41745991_20250314_LibraryCuts_3878-1743535699.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41745991_20250314_LibraryCuts_3878-1743535699.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41745991_20250314_LibraryCuts_3878-1743535699.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41745991_20250314_LibraryCuts_3878-1743535699.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41745991_20250314_LibraryCuts_3878-1743535699.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41745991_20250314_LibraryCuts_3878-1743535699.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41745991_20250314_LibraryCuts_3878-1743535699.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41745991_20250314_LibraryCuts_3878-1743535699.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41745991_20250314_LibraryCuts_3878-1743535699.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41745991_20250314_LibraryCuts_3878-1743535699.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41745991_20250314_LibraryCuts_3878-1743535699.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41745991_20250314_LibraryCuts_3878-1743535699.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41745991_20250314_LibraryCuts_3878-1743535699.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41745991_20250314_LibraryCuts_3878-1743535699.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/01/maines-rural-libraries-at-risk-as-trump-guts-federal-agency-that-funds-libraries-and-museums/">Maine’s rural libraries at risk as Trump guts agency that provides federal funding</a> </div> <div class="summary">Librarians say the cuts to the Institute of Museum and Library Services will devastate museums and libraries in Maine and across the nation.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/03/31/trumps-policies-cloud-maines-economic-outlook/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/05/25676334_20210728_OldOrchardSummer_09-1717076758.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/05/25676334_20210728_OldOrchardSummer_09-1717076758.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/05/25676334_20210728_OldOrchardSummer_09-1717076758.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/05/25676334_20210728_OldOrchardSummer_09-1717076758.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/05/25676334_20210728_OldOrchardSummer_09-1717076758.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/05/25676334_20210728_OldOrchardSummer_09-1717076758.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/05/25676334_20210728_OldOrchardSummer_09-1717076758.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/05/25676334_20210728_OldOrchardSummer_09-1717076758.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/05/25676334_20210728_OldOrchardSummer_09-1717076758.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/05/25676334_20210728_OldOrchardSummer_09-1717076758.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/05/25676334_20210728_OldOrchardSummer_09-1717076758.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/05/25676334_20210728_OldOrchardSummer_09-1717076758.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/05/25676334_20210728_OldOrchardSummer_09-1717076758.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/05/25676334_20210728_OldOrchardSummer_09-1717076758.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/05/25676334_20210728_OldOrchardSummer_09-1717076758.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/05/25676334_20210728_OldOrchardSummer_09-1717076758.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/05/25676334_20210728_OldOrchardSummer_09-1717076758.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/05/25676334_20210728_OldOrchardSummer_09-1717076758.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/05/25676334_20210728_OldOrchardSummer_09-1717076758.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/05/25676334_20210728_OldOrchardSummer_09-1717076758.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/03/31/trumps-policies-cloud-maines-economic-outlook/">Trump’s policies cloud Maine’s economic outlook</a> </div> <div class="summary">President Donald Trump's global trade war and federal spending cuts — as well as his threat of cutting funds to Maine — have state officials preparing for slowing economic growth and rising unemployment.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/03/31/maine-lawmakers-hear-proposal-for-decriminalizing-psychedelic-mushrooms/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/01/28588778_20220125_psilocybin_0218-1643496547.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/01/28588778_20220125_psilocybin_0218-1643496547.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/01/28588778_20220125_psilocybin_0218-1643496547.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/01/28588778_20220125_psilocybin_0218-1643496547.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/01/28588778_20220125_psilocybin_0218-1643496547.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/01/28588778_20220125_psilocybin_0218-1643496547.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/01/28588778_20220125_psilocybin_0218-1643496547.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/01/28588778_20220125_psilocybin_0218-1643496547.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/01/28588778_20220125_psilocybin_0218-1643496547.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/01/28588778_20220125_psilocybin_0218-1643496547.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/01/28588778_20220125_psilocybin_0218-1643496547.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/01/28588778_20220125_psilocybin_0218-1643496547.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/01/28588778_20220125_psilocybin_0218-1643496547.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/01/28588778_20220125_psilocybin_0218-1643496547.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/01/28588778_20220125_psilocybin_0218-1643496547.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/01/28588778_20220125_psilocybin_0218-1643496547.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/01/28588778_20220125_psilocybin_0218-1643496547.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/01/28588778_20220125_psilocybin_0218-1643496547.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/01/28588778_20220125_psilocybin_0218-1643496547.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/01/28588778_20220125_psilocybin_0218-1643496547.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/03/31/maine-lawmakers-hear-proposal-for-decriminalizing-psychedelic-mushrooms/">Maine lawmakers hear proposal to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms</a> </div> <div class="summary">The proposal from Rep. Grayson Lookner, D-Portland, would decriminalize the possession of one ounce or less of psilocybin for adults over age 21.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/03/30/health-care-groups-push-to-roll-back-miscarriage-reporting-requirements/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Trump-Education-Maine" decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Trump-Education-Maine_63780_c37c7e-1743377591.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Trump-Education-Maine_63780_c37c7e-1743377591.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Trump-Education-Maine_63780_c37c7e-1743377591.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Trump-Education-Maine_63780_c37c7e-1743377591.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Trump-Education-Maine_63780_c37c7e-1743377591.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Trump-Education-Maine_63780_c37c7e-1743377591.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Trump-Education-Maine_63780_c37c7e-1743377591.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Trump-Education-Maine_63780_c37c7e-1743377591.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Trump-Education-Maine_63780_c37c7e-1743377591.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Trump-Education-Maine_63780_c37c7e-1743377591.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Trump-Education-Maine_63780_c37c7e-1743377591.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Trump-Education-Maine" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Trump-Education-Maine_63780_c37c7e-1743377591.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Trump-Education-Maine_63780_c37c7e-1743377591.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Trump-Education-Maine_63780_c37c7e-1743377591.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Trump-Education-Maine_63780_c37c7e-1743377591.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Trump-Education-Maine_63780_c37c7e-1743377591.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Trump-Education-Maine_63780_c37c7e-1743377591.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Trump-Education-Maine_63780_c37c7e-1743377591.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Trump-Education-Maine_63780_c37c7e-1743377591.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Trump-Education-Maine_63780_c37c7e-1743377591.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/03/30/health-care-groups-push-to-roll-back-miscarriage-reporting-requirements/">Health care groups push to roll back miscarriage reporting requirements</a> </div> <div class="summary">A MaineHealth official said the current data is ‘underreported and inaccurate.’</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/03/30/early-into-president-trumps-2nd-term-supporters-in-maine-say-so-far-so-good/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/MaineTrumpSupporters.0330-1743273724.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/MaineTrumpSupporters.0330-1743273724.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/MaineTrumpSupporters.0330-1743273724.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/MaineTrumpSupporters.0330-1743273724.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/MaineTrumpSupporters.0330-1743273724.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/MaineTrumpSupporters.0330-1743273724.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/MaineTrumpSupporters.0330-1743273724.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/MaineTrumpSupporters.0330-1743273724.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/MaineTrumpSupporters.0330-1743273724.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/MaineTrumpSupporters.0330-1743273724.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/MaineTrumpSupporters.0330-1743273724.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/MaineTrumpSupporters.0330-1743273724.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/MaineTrumpSupporters.0330-1743273724.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/MaineTrumpSupporters.0330-1743273724.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/MaineTrumpSupporters.0330-1743273724.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/MaineTrumpSupporters.0330-1743273724.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/MaineTrumpSupporters.0330-1743273724.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/MaineTrumpSupporters.0330-1743273724.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/MaineTrumpSupporters.0330-1743273724.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/MaineTrumpSupporters.0330-1743273724.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/03/30/early-into-president-trumps-2nd-term-supporters-in-maine-say-so-far-so-good/">Early into President Trump’s 2nd term, supporters in Maine say ‘So far, so good.’</a> </div> <div class="summary">New polling found near-unanimous support for the president among Maine Republicans, although some Trump voters say recent scandals and leaks are giving them cause for concern. </div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/03/28/federal-dhhs-refers-maine-to-justice-for-enforcement-over-noncompliance-with-title-ix/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="HIV Transplant" decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/HIV_Transplant_64920-1741401928.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/HIV_Transplant_64920-1741401928.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/HIV_Transplant_64920-1741401928.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/HIV_Transplant_64920-1741401928.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/HIV_Transplant_64920-1741401928.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/HIV_Transplant_64920-1741401928.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/HIV_Transplant_64920-1741401928.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/HIV_Transplant_64920-1741401928.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/HIV_Transplant_64920-1741401928.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/HIV_Transplant_64920-1741401928.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/HIV_Transplant_64920-1741401928.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="HIV Transplant" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/HIV_Transplant_64920-1741401928.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/HIV_Transplant_64920-1741401928.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/HIV_Transplant_64920-1741401928.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/HIV_Transplant_64920-1741401928.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/HIV_Transplant_64920-1741401928.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/HIV_Transplant_64920-1741401928.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/HIV_Transplant_64920-1741401928.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/HIV_Transplant_64920-1741401928.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/HIV_Transplant_64920-1741401928.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/03/28/federal-dhhs-refers-maine-to-justice-for-enforcement-over-noncompliance-with-title-ix/">DHHS refers Maine to Justice Department for enforcement regarding ‘noncompliance with Title IX’</a> </div> <div class="summary">The action comes a day after state officials refused to sign a proposed agreement to stop allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls' high school sports.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/03/28/details-of-federal-cuts-to-maine-dhhs-unknown-but-layoffs-are-possible/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/DHHS-Maine-Office-032620-e1585178571222.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/DHHS-Maine-Office-032620-e1585178571222.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/03/28/details-of-federal-cuts-to-maine-dhhs-unknown-but-layoffs-are-possible/">Details of federal cuts to Maine DHHS unknown, but layoffs are possible</a> </div> <div class="summary">The Trump administration ended public health contracts worth $91 million to Maine and local agencies this week.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/03/28/hours-long-hearing-reveals-continuing-tension-over-maine-abortion-laws/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41714112_20250328_Abortion_2192-1743196371.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41714112_20250328_Abortion_2192-1743196371.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41714112_20250328_Abortion_2192-1743196371.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41714112_20250328_Abortion_2192-1743196371.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41714112_20250328_Abortion_2192-1743196371.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41714112_20250328_Abortion_2192-1743196371.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41714112_20250328_Abortion_2192-1743196371.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41714112_20250328_Abortion_2192-1743196371.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41714112_20250328_Abortion_2192-1743196371.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41714112_20250328_Abortion_2192-1743196371.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41714112_20250328_Abortion_2192-1743196371.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41714112_20250328_Abortion_2192-1743196371.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41714112_20250328_Abortion_2192-1743196371.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41714112_20250328_Abortion_2192-1743196371.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41714112_20250328_Abortion_2192-1743196371.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41714112_20250328_Abortion_2192-1743196371.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41714112_20250328_Abortion_2192-1743196371.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41714112_20250328_Abortion_2192-1743196371.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41714112_20250328_Abortion_2192-1743196371.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41714112_20250328_Abortion_2192-1743196371.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/03/28/hours-long-hearing-reveals-continuing-tension-over-maine-abortion-laws/">Hourslong hearing highlights continuing tension over Maine abortion laws</a> </div> <div class="summary">Residents opposed to abortion urged lawmakers to roll back laws that expanded access in Maine and called on the Legislature to pass a bill criminalizing abortion even after the sponsor said she no longer supported it.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/03/28/trump-signs-executive-order-to-end-collective-bargaining-at-agencies-involved-with-national-security/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Trump" decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Trump_91632_b6a96a-1743192785.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Trump_91632_b6a96a-1743192785.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Trump_91632_b6a96a-1743192785.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Trump_91632_b6a96a-1743192785.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Trump_91632_b6a96a-1743192785.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Trump_91632_b6a96a-1743192785.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Trump_91632_b6a96a-1743192785.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Trump_91632_b6a96a-1743192785.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Trump_91632_b6a96a-1743192785.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Trump_91632_b6a96a-1743192785.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Trump_91632_b6a96a-1743192785.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Trump" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Trump_91632_b6a96a-1743192785.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Trump_91632_b6a96a-1743192785.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Trump_91632_b6a96a-1743192785.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Trump_91632_b6a96a-1743192785.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Trump_91632_b6a96a-1743192785.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Trump_91632_b6a96a-1743192785.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Trump_91632_b6a96a-1743192785.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Trump_91632_b6a96a-1743192785.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Trump_91632_b6a96a-1743192785.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/03/28/trump-signs-executive-order-to-end-collective-bargaining-at-agencies-involved-with-national-security/">Trump signs executive order to end collective bargaining at agencies involved with national security</a> </div> <div class="summary">Rep. Jared Golden said he would 'introduce legislation to repeal' the order, which would affect Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Togus VA Medical Center, SUBSHIP Bath at Bath Iron Works, the AFL-CIO said.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/03/28/gov-janet-mills-swears-in-4-new-judges-including-state-supreme-court-nominee/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41601288_20250319_confirmations_1-1743191661.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41601288_20250319_confirmations_1-1743191661.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41601288_20250319_confirmations_1-1743191661.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41601288_20250319_confirmations_1-1743191661.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41601288_20250319_confirmations_1-1743191661.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41601288_20250319_confirmations_1-1743191661.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41601288_20250319_confirmations_1-1743191661.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41601288_20250319_confirmations_1-1743191661.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41601288_20250319_confirmations_1-1743191661.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41601288_20250319_confirmations_1-1743191661.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41601288_20250319_confirmations_1-1743191661.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41601288_20250319_confirmations_1-1743191661.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41601288_20250319_confirmations_1-1743191661.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41601288_20250319_confirmations_1-1743191661.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41601288_20250319_confirmations_1-1743191661.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41601288_20250319_confirmations_1-1743191661.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41601288_20250319_confirmations_1-1743191661.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41601288_20250319_confirmations_1-1743191661.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41601288_20250319_confirmations_1-1743191661.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41601288_20250319_confirmations_1-1743191661.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/03/28/gov-janet-mills-swears-in-4-new-judges-including-state-supreme-court-nominee/">Gov. Janet Mills swears in 4 new judges, including state supreme court associate justice</a> </div> <div class="summary">Julia Lipez is now an associate justice on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. </div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/03/28/halle-berry-testifies-before-legislature-to-support-menopause-education/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Halle Berry Menopause" decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Halle_Berry_Menopause_01173_cb6c82-e1743189223292-1743189380.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Halle_Berry_Menopause_01173_cb6c82-e1743189223292-1743189380.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Halle_Berry_Menopause_01173_cb6c82-e1743189223292-1743189380.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Halle_Berry_Menopause_01173_cb6c82-e1743189223292-1743189380.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Halle_Berry_Menopause_01173_cb6c82-e1743189223292-1743189380.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Halle_Berry_Menopause_01173_cb6c82-e1743189223292-1743189380.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Halle_Berry_Menopause_01173_cb6c82-e1743189223292-1743189380.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Halle_Berry_Menopause_01173_cb6c82-e1743189223292-1743189380.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Halle_Berry_Menopause_01173_cb6c82-e1743189223292-1743189380.jpg?resize=400,400 400w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Halle_Berry_Menopause_01173_cb6c82-e1743189223292-1743189380.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Halle Berry Menopause" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Halle_Berry_Menopause_01173_cb6c82-e1743189223292-1743189380.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Halle_Berry_Menopause_01173_cb6c82-e1743189223292-1743189380.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Halle_Berry_Menopause_01173_cb6c82-e1743189223292-1743189380.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Halle_Berry_Menopause_01173_cb6c82-e1743189223292-1743189380.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Halle_Berry_Menopause_01173_cb6c82-e1743189223292-1743189380.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Halle_Berry_Menopause_01173_cb6c82-e1743189223292-1743189380.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Halle_Berry_Menopause_01173_cb6c82-e1743189223292-1743189380.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/Halle_Berry_Menopause_01173_cb6c82-e1743189223292-1743189380.jpg?resize=400,400 400w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/03/28/halle-berry-testifies-before-legislature-to-support-menopause-education/">Halle Berry testifies before Maine Legislature to support menopause education</a> </div> <div class="summary">'I'm in menopause, and I had no idea,' the actress told the Health and Human Services Committee. 'None of my doctors ever talked to me about it.'</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/03/28/chellie-pingree-calls-trumps-epa-cuts-an-assault-on-science-public-health/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/02/41174386_20250204_pingree_0003-1738698761.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/02/41174386_20250204_pingree_0003-1738698761.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/02/41174386_20250204_pingree_0003-1738698761.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/02/41174386_20250204_pingree_0003-1738698761.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/02/41174386_20250204_pingree_0003-1738698761.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/02/41174386_20250204_pingree_0003-1738698761.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/02/41174386_20250204_pingree_0003-1738698761.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/02/41174386_20250204_pingree_0003-1738698761.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/02/41174386_20250204_pingree_0003-1738698761.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/02/41174386_20250204_pingree_0003-1738698761.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/02/41174386_20250204_pingree_0003-1738698761.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/02/41174386_20250204_pingree_0003-1738698761.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/02/41174386_20250204_pingree_0003-1738698761.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/02/41174386_20250204_pingree_0003-1738698761.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/02/41174386_20250204_pingree_0003-1738698761.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/02/41174386_20250204_pingree_0003-1738698761.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/02/41174386_20250204_pingree_0003-1738698761.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/02/41174386_20250204_pingree_0003-1738698761.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/02/41174386_20250204_pingree_0003-1738698761.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/02/41174386_20250204_pingree_0003-1738698761.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/03/28/chellie-pingree-calls-trumps-epa-cuts-an-assault-on-science-public-health/">Rep. Chellie Pingree calls Trump’s EPA cuts an ‘assault on science, public health’</a> </div> <div class="summary">'We strongly urge you to immediately reverse course and abandon this dangerous plan,' the Maine congresswoman and Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon wrote in a letter to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/03/28/trump-administration-targets-maine-again-this-time-on-transgender-policy-in-schools/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Education Trump Columbia" decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Education_Trump_Columbia_82815_50062c.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Education_Trump_Columbia_82815_50062c.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Education Trump Columbia" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/03/28/trump-administration-targets-maine-again-this-time-on-transgender-policy-in-schools/">Trump administration targets Maine again, this time on transgender policy in schools</a> </div> <div class="summary">Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said the U.S. Department of Education, which Trump wants to abolish, is investigating whether dozens of Maine school districts are violating or misusing federal privacy laws and infringing on parents’ rights.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/03/28/maine-secretary-of-state-shenna-bellows-blasts-trump-elections-order/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/40249339_20241105_CentralMaineVotes_5327-1743172876.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/40249339_20241105_CentralMaineVotes_5327-1743172876.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/40249339_20241105_CentralMaineVotes_5327-1743172876.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/40249339_20241105_CentralMaineVotes_5327-1743172876.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/40249339_20241105_CentralMaineVotes_5327-1743172876.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/40249339_20241105_CentralMaineVotes_5327-1743172876.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/40249339_20241105_CentralMaineVotes_5327-1743172876.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/40249339_20241105_CentralMaineVotes_5327-1743172876.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/40249339_20241105_CentralMaineVotes_5327-1743172876.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/40249339_20241105_CentralMaineVotes_5327-1743172876.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/40249339_20241105_CentralMaineVotes_5327-1743172876.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/40249339_20241105_CentralMaineVotes_5327-1743172876.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/40249339_20241105_CentralMaineVotes_5327-1743172876.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/40249339_20241105_CentralMaineVotes_5327-1743172876.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/40249339_20241105_CentralMaineVotes_5327-1743172876.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/40249339_20241105_CentralMaineVotes_5327-1743172876.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/40249339_20241105_CentralMaineVotes_5327-1743172876.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/40249339_20241105_CentralMaineVotes_5327-1743172876.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/40249339_20241105_CentralMaineVotes_5327-1743172876.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/40249339_20241105_CentralMaineVotes_5327-1743172876.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/03/28/maine-secretary-of-state-shenna-bellows-blasts-trump-elections-order/">Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows blasts Trump elections order</a> </div> <div class="summary">Trump has threatened to pull federal funding from states that don't require proof of citizenship when registering to vote and count only those absentee ballots returned by Election Day. </div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/03/27/debate-complicates-maine-legislation-for-text-app-notification-for-crime-victims/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682825_20250325_Legislature_209-1743113663.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682825_20250325_Legislature_209-1743113663.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682825_20250325_Legislature_209-1743113663.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682825_20250325_Legislature_209-1743113663.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682825_20250325_Legislature_209-1743113663.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682825_20250325_Legislature_209-1743113663.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682825_20250325_Legislature_209-1743113663.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682825_20250325_Legislature_209-1743113663.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682825_20250325_Legislature_209-1743113663.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682825_20250325_Legislature_209-1743113663.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682825_20250325_Legislature_209-1743113663.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682825_20250325_Legislature_209-1743113663.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682825_20250325_Legislature_209-1743113663.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/03/41682825_20250325_Legislature_209-1743113663.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, 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href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/03/27/debate-complicates-maine-legislation-for-text-app-notification-for-crime-victims/">Debate complicates Maine legislation for text, app notification for crime victims</a> </div> <div class="summary">Maine law enforcement officials and victim rights advocates support electronic notifications for victims, but a bill in the Legislature was met with mixed opinions. </div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/03/27/susan-collins-clashes-with-trump-on-spending-cut/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Maine Shooting" decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/12/Maine_Shooting_69981-1733610209.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" 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