BOSTON Federal officials on Monday enacted severe cuts in how much Gulf of Maine cod fishermen can catch, but avoided, for now, catastrophic cuts that could wipe out New England’s fishing industry. The 22 percent cut from what fishermen were allowed to catch last year takes effect May 1. The reduction will cause big problems […]

BANGOR (AP) — The University of Maine System gave $7 million in individual pay raises over the last seven years, a time of tight budgets in the seven-campus system. Chancellor James Page halted the portion of the raises which were discretionary after the Portland Press Herald reported on pay raises at the University of Southern […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine gas prices continue to climb and are now at an average of $3.90 per gallon. Price-monitoring website MaineGasPrices.com reported Monday that the average retail price has risen four cents in the past week. The average price in Maine is a penny above the national average of $3.89 per gallon.

AUGUSTA (AP) — A bipartisan legislative committee has canceled its meeting to take up a request for an investigation stemming from Democrats’ charge of a coverup concerning state social services computers. The Government Oversight Committee has not yet rescheduled a meeting that was set for today to take up the request. Democrats last week accused […]

PLEASANT POINT (AP) — The U.S. Department of Interior has agreed to pay Maine’s Passamaquoddy tribe $11.4 million to settle a claim of federal mismanagement of tribal assets. The lawsuit was filed in 2006 by 60 tribes from throughout the United States. The Passamaquoddies’ Joint Tribal Council met March 6 and voted to ratify the […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine is taking another step to control street drugs known as bath salts. Gov. Paul LePage on Monday signed into law a bill to provide a more comprehensive ban on the possession of synthetic hallucinogenic drugs. Maine lawmakers strengthened a state law to outlaw bath salts last summer. Since the law went […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — The head of Maine’s liquor bureau says bar and restaurant owners who buy large volumes of alcohol in New Hampshire to sell in Maine are costing the state as much as $11 million a year in revenue. Gerry Reid of the Maine Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations said Monday the […]

MILWAUKEE — Republican front-runner Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama are trading jabs even before Republicans vote in their latest presidential primaries, a sign that both sides believe the race to decide who will oppose the Democrat this fall is coming to a close. With GOP primaries today in Wisconsin, Maryland and the District of Columbia, […]

OAKLAND, Calif. — A former student at a small Christian university had gone to the building to find a female administrator when he opened fire, killing at least seven people, police said today. Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan said at a news conference that the suspect, 43-year-old One L. Goh, began randomly shooting people after learning […]