PORTLAND Celebrity attorney F. Lee Bailey is going to have to wait a few months to find out if he can practice law in Maine, where he hopes to restart his legal career. The Board of Bar Examiners has appealed a supreme court justice’s decision allowing Bailey to set up a law practice, meaning there […]

BANGOR (AP) — U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud has raised more than $300,000 in little more than two weeks since announcing the formation of an exploratory committee to consider a run for governor, his campaign said Monday. “Supporters of Rep. Michaud have contributed more in 17 days than the sitting governor raised in the first 17 […]

FORT KENT The Maine Department of Environmental Protection has issued a limited health notice for much of northern and central Maine in response to smoke from Quebec wildfires which reached Maine late Monday. The Maine DEP has put the northern and central portions of the state under a “moderate/yellow” level for particle pollution, according to […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Democratic lawmakers are pushing a bill that would let Maine school districts spend $29 million included unexpectedly in the state budget without voter approval. The bill would let districts spend the extra money during the upcoming school year without holding referendums to allow voters to decide on the revised spending plans. School […]