AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine’s Republican governor has said federal regulators want to know how Maine would pay for Medicaid expansion. But it’s unclear just how that issue will play out in Maine, the first state to pass Medicaid expansion under Republican President Trump’s administration. States must file routine paperwork to get federal Medicaid expansion funding […]

Report says fishing rule might put whales at greater risk PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A report by federal scientists about a critically endangered whale says some regulations intended to protect them aren’t working and might have unintended consequences for the animals. The report is a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration technical memo and it concerns […]

A search is underway for the body of a skydiving instructor who somehow became detached from his partner during a tandem jump from an airplane Thursday afternoon. The instructor and his tandem jump partner were about one mile above the ground when they became separated, said Steve McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public […]