Most defendants had already been sentenced and served their terms, but some were awaiting trials and sentencing when the president's order was issued.

Some believe the administration will alleviate financial pressures and secure the border. Others worry of potential consequences to the climate and immigrants.

Backers of a plan to require photo identification to vote in Maine elections collected more than 170,000 signatures to put the question on the ballot this year. The group Voter ID for Maine submitted the signed petitions on Monday to Secretary of State Shenna Bellows' office for review and certification,

WASHINGTON — The Gibbs Library, 40 Old Union Road, has it’s winter art exhibit Hoof beats on view through the end of February. A reception with light refreshments is planned for 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 26.

By Elizabeth Walztoni, Bangor Daily News Staff Mainers building barns, sheds, garages or other outbuildings in unorganized territories will be required to notify the state starting at the end of January.

The Calais School Department Facebook page says illnesses have negatively impacted student and staff attendance.

Congressman Jared Golden is proposing a universal 10% tariff on all imports to the United States, including goods and services.

Community projects including the construction of new child care and fire department facilities in the 2nd Congressional District will receive millions of dollars in U.S.

A Maine coon cat named Mittens accidentally flew three times between New Zealand and Australia this month after her cage was mistakenly left in the plane’s cargo hold

Sen. Andy Kim and other Democrats sharply criticized former President Donald Trump's expansive pardon of Jan. 6 rioters. Even some Republicans say he went too far.

Two of the most vulnerable Republican senators ahead of the 2026 midterms voiced pushback to President Donald Trump 's sweeping pardons of January 6 defendants on Tuesday. Trump issued pardons for those convicted of crimes during the January 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol building as one of his first actions in office on Monday.

The idea that a president could override the Constitution with the stroke of a pen is a flagrant assault on the rule of law and our constitutional republic,” Colorado Attorney General Phil