Former President Donald Trump remains popular with the GOP rank and file, but his favorability ratings are beginning to erode.

The New York state congresswoman replaces Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, who was ousted this week for repeatedly rebuking Trump for encouraging supporters who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6.

At a congressional hearing Wednesday, one called the rioters a 'mob of misfits,' and another compared them to tourists.

Cheryl Leeman, who served on the City Council for nearly 30 years, faces Marcques Houston, who worked on former Mayor Ethan Strimling's campaign, for the District 4 seat.

Advisers close to the Biden administration describe the new combination of issues as a key test of its commitment to major economic policy change.

Lawmakers in both parties embraced the bill on the same day Gov. Janet Mills proposed spending an additional $40 million to address PFAS contamination in Maine.

The plan would fund education at the voter-approved level of 55% for the first time, provide more money to cities and towns, and put a record amount in the state's 'rainy day' fund.

The Wyoming congresswoman defiantly insists she’ll keep trying to wrench the party away from the former president and his 'destructive lies.'

Superior Court Justice Valerie Stanfill, a judge in Maine since 2007, could become chief justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court at a critical time.

Golden and his wife, Isobel, are expecting their first child any day now, his staff says.

District 3 includes Libbytown, Stroudwater, Nason’s Corner, Oakdale, part of Woodfords Corner and the University of Southern Maine.

Rep. Shelley Rudnicki of Fairfield had brought in a camera operator and an activist who questions the effectiveness of vaccines and suggests they could be used to implant microchips in people.

States including Georgia, Florida, Arizona and Texas are pushing bills restricting voting, spurred by former President Trump’s false claims about election fraud after his 2020 loss.

The Trump administration has been accused of setting aside scientific evidence and injecting politics into issues including the coronavirus and climate change.

The measure would end 'at-will' employment in Maine, which allows employers to terminate workers for any reason that doesn't violate anti-discrimination laws.

The House minority leader sent a letter to Republican lawmakers saying they should anticipate a vote on Wednesday.

Advocates spoke in favor of legislation calling for the closure of the Long Creek Youth Development Center.

Three candidates running to represent District 1 on the commission appear to have distinct approaches to the year-long process of reviewing and recommending any changes to the structure of city government.

Republican Mitch McConnell is taking a starring role in the fight against a Democratic elections bill.

Republican lawmakers based their proposal in part on the theory that coronavirus vaccines cause reproductive harm, despite no evidence that the theory has any merit.

Valerie Stanfill has most recently served as a Superior Court justice for Androscoggin, Oxford and Franklin counties.

Twenty-two candidates want a chance to rethink city government, including the roles of mayor, manager and council.

Ten candidates are seeking four at-large seats on the Portland Charter Commission, which will review and recommend changes to the basic form of government in Maine's largest city.

The House minority leader supports Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., for the third-ranking post.

Republicans hope that Detroit Police Chief James Craig, who was police chief in Maine's largest city for two years, will challenge Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2022.

Donald Trump’s discredited allegations about a stolen election did nothing to save his presidency months ago.

Shenna Bellows, Maine's secretary of state, joins members of the League of Women Voters of Maine and other groups to support federal voting rights legislation.

Section 230 of the law was enacted when many of the most powerful social media companies didn’t even exist.

A dispute about the vote count in a New Hampshire legislative election is driving a debate among conservatives about the fairness of the country's election process.

The Mills administration confirmed Dr. Mark Flomenbaum's decision to end his controversial tenure, and verified that the governor had issued him a formal reprimand over allegations of inappropriate conduct.

The hard right is distrustful of the New York state congresswoman, who has a relatively moderate voting record and is on track to replace Rep. Liz Cheney as the No. 3 leader among House Republicans.

The action grew out of a leak investigation surrounding reporting on Russia’s role in the 2016 election.

The House and Senate floor sessions scheduled for next Thursday at the Augusta Civic Center have been postponed until May 19.

Proponents said the ban would save lives and protect children from tobacco manufacturers' marketing efforts, but others said a ban would simply drive consumers into New Hampshire to buy products.

From Florida to Georgia, Iowa and now Texas, Republican lawmakers have used unsubstantiated claims by former President Donald Trump and his allies to justify new voting restrictions.

The $40 million bond for the Land for Maine's Future program would honor longtime sportsman George Smith, who died in February after a long battle with ALS.

Without a majority of commissioners voting to move forward, the case was dropped.

Democrats are promising to make the vote – and the GOP resistance – a central element in their political strategy moving into next year's midterm elections.

The House GOP is moving toward stripping Rep. Liz Cheney of her leadership post for her frequent criticism of former President Donald Trump.

Changes to mail voting in Florida are certain to affect older voters, and thousands of Republican voters in Arizona could stop getting ballots in the mail automatically.

Two Republican-backed bills are similar to legislation being pushed by conservatives in at least 30 other states.

He’s proposing to pay for it by undoing the 2017 Trump tax cuts and raising the corporate tax rate from 21 percent to 28 percent.

In an extraordinary move, DeSantis, widely viewed as a potential presidential candidate, staged his bill-signing live on the Fox & Friends show, with no other media outlets allowed.

The department says the state Senate's farming out of 2.1 million ballots to a contractor may run afoul of federal law requiring ballots to remain in the control of election officials for 22 months.

The act would have forced media outlets to cover the outcomes of court proceedings with the same weight and on the same page as the original crime story, and remove mugshots from articles in certain cases, or face civil penalties.

John F. Kennedy met Gunilla von Post several weeks before he married Jacqueline Bouvier in 1953.

Maine is one of few states in which legislators, rather than voters, choose the attorney general, secretary of state and state treasurer.

The federal probe is examining the interactions of Donald Trump's former lawyer with Ukrainian figures and whether he violated a federal law that governs lobbying on behalf of foreign countries or entities.

A closed-door showdown vote by House Republicans on Liz Cheney's fate and her replacement, likely by New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, is possible next week.

The document was prepared for then-Attorney General William Barr before he announced his conclusion that the president had not obstructed justice during the Russia investigation.