AUGUSTA (AP) — Republican lawmakers have introduced a proposal to provide more than $2 million in emergency funds to county jails. The proposal introduced by Sen. James Hamper and Rep. Tom Winsor Tuesday would fund the five county jails that the Board of Corrections has warned will run out of money before the end of […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Republican Gov. Paul LePage and Maine lawmakers are celebrating a $200,000 grant that’s funding a new educational program for some Augusta high school students. LePage joined students and area legislators to announce the grant from the AT&T Foundation for the Jobs for Maine Graduates Program at Cony High School in Augusta on […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — An activist group that wants to legalize marijuana in Maine says it has submitted a citizens’ initiative to state officials so it can try to get the issue up for a public vote. Legalize Maine says it will soon start gathering signatures so it can get the issue on the ballot in […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Amtrak Downeaster train service from Brunswick, Maine, to Boston is canceled due to snow removal. Amtrak says the rail service is suspended all day on Tuesday because railroad tracks are shut down for snow removal. The train normally runs daily roundtrip service from Portland to Boston, with two extended trips to Freeport […]

SMYRNA (AP) — Authorities say a man was shot and killed during an armed confrontation with a state trooper and a deputy sheriff. State police spokesman Steve McCausland says the shooting happened just before 8 p.m. Tuesday in a home on Smyrna Center Road. No other details were disclosed. The names of those involved are […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Republican Rep. Bruce Poliquin is backing a bill to roll back part of President Barack Obama’s health care law. The measure that the 2nd District congressman is cosponsoring would repeal the individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act. That is a key component of the law that requires individuals to buy coverage […]