President Donald Trump on Thursday postponed 25% tariffs on many imports from Mexico and some imports from Canada for a month amid widespread fears of the economic fallout from a broader trade war.

The change — immediately criticized by pediatric health advocates — eliminates a program that allowed parents to fill out a form at the hospital to secure a Social Security number for their children.

A bill before lawmakers is proposing $6.18 million in new annual funding for family planning services including birth control, cancer screenings and gynecological care.

Opponents of the proposal to create a 26-mile bicycle and pedestrian trail along the route say the tracks should stay in place in case passenger rail service returns.

Transportation accounts for nearly half of the carbon emissions in Maine and expanding electric vehicle use would help the state achieve its target of reducing greenhouse gases by 45% in 5 years.

Angela Beasley drove the bus despite having a condition that caused her to fall asleep randomly, investigators said Thursday.

Fire Chief Rich Kindelan said none of the illnesses was serious and no gases or other issues were detected inside the school.

The region's electric grid operator will oversee a more than $1 billion transmission upgrade along the Maine-New Hampshire line.

The decision comes after protracted pushback from residents and some towns in the path of the proposed toll highway designed to relieve commuter congestion in Portland's suburbs.

The fire on Olympia Street was reported just after 1 a.m. Thursday.

The cost-of-living adjustments were canceled in 2025 for budgetary reasons and were not included in Gov. Mills' two-year budget proposal.

Exactly five years ago, the onset of COVID in Maine, and its aftermath, caused a period of intense turnover in the restaurant industry. It continues today.

Trends and takeaways from what restaurants, bars and cafes opened and closed in the last five years.

Four years ago, state officials first investigated a ‘prohibited collective’ of medical caregivers and illegal grow houses identical to the ones later raided by police. Now, 1 in 10 Maine caregivers exhibits the hallmarks of those same operations.

The decision, dated Feb. 25, came just days after the administration announced its investigation and does not appear to be based on conversations with state officials.

The Environment and Natural Resources Committee unanimously endorsed bills to catalog, collect and dispose of Maine's stockpike of toxic firefighting foam.

While Downeaster service will continue through the construction, passengers will be directed to a temporary platform, and traffic in the parking lot will be reorganized.

The Portland pizza place is also offering breakfast sandwiches and smash burgers.

Rep. Lucas Lanigan, R-Sanford, is now representing himself in the criminal case and said he would only take a plea deal if it includes dismissing his charges.

The state tapped its PFAS relief fund to spend $333,000 to buy a Palermo hay field where sewage sludge was once spread as fertilizer that tested 3 times above the state's recommended level for safe dairy forage.