Saying ‘administration is wrong,’ Rep. Golden vows fight to accept transgender troops

The 2nd District congressman, who serves on the House Armed Services Committee, says ‘anyone who loves America and has the courage to serve should be given that opportunity.’

New year brings changes as Mainers begin to file tax returns

The standard deduction has roughly doubled, and those with dependent children and those who itemize deductions will see differences.

Mills to announce her final Cabinet pick this week

Lawmakers will hold hearings and vote on the 14 Cabinet-level nominees once the governor announces her selection to lead the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry.

Mainers take to ‘anxiety baking’ to cope in uncertain times

With bad news coming from seemingly every corner – Washington, Wall Street, the environment – some breadmaking, cooking and consuming food is in order.

How a Bates College professor from Turner helped forge Edmund Muskie's political career

Republicans may seek to overturn ranked-choice voting

“We must go after this bad precedent,” former Gov. Paul LePage wrote recently to members of the Republican state committee.

Maine home-buying compromised as federal shutdown enters Day 21

Closures of government agencies are starting to affect the part of the housing market that depends on federally backed loans, making buyers, sellers, renters and brokers wary.

Eric Brakey launches Free Maine Campaign to fight ‘nanny state’

Brakey, 30, said the new organization aims “to protect the freedoms and paychecks of Maine people” with a grass-roots effort to help Mainers “get active and involved” with public policy decisions that impact their lives.

Shutdown is felt in Maine, from small business loans to housing vouchers

The Washington stalemate has left multiple federal government agencies unfunded, and the effects are far-reaching.

Maine DHHS starts rulemaking process on public assistance for asylum seekers

Gov. Janet Mills does not plan to change rules proposed by the LePage administration after a court decision forcing the state to restore benefits it had been denying.