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If enacted, this will be the third state budget passed largely or exclusively with Democratic support.
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The system has $63 million in active USDA awards, with approximately $35 million yet to be paid out, according to System spokesperson Samantha Warren.
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Chief Charles Rumsey said a resident was tricked into withdrawing more than $100,000 to exchange for gold bars, then handing the money over to a courier for safe keeping.
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Maine rocket company bluShift Aerospace had eyed the Downeast town as a potential site for offshore launches, as well as an operations and manufacturing plant.
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Prices for goods and services increased less than expected in February, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, but our Maine Public economic price index indicates some prices are rising faster in Maine than the national average.
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One proposal would conserve the entire state-owned island from commercial development.
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Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender play a high-ranking spy couple in Steven Soderbergh's new film. Black Bag offers Bond-style globe-trotting intrigue and marital dramedy.
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As the moon moved through the shadow of the Earth, it was also being illuminated by light from the sun — causing the moon to appear as if dipped in a deep red hue in a stunning celestial sight.
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Hamas, the militant group the U.S. has labeled as terrorists, says it's willing to release the one living American hostage and bodies of four others it's held in Gaza since the 2023 attacks in Israel.
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Dorothy Thompson saw the rise of Nazi Germany as a foreign correspondent in Berlin. A new series from Radio Diaries tells the story of Thompson's career as a radio broadcaster.
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Game studios have cranked out surprising hits ranging from cooperative platformers to historical epics. NPR staff and contributors round up the latest from a promising 2025.
Friday—We discuss a new book about the role of eels in history, culture and as food—and how elver fishing has become such a significant industry in Maine
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