Latest Maine Headlines
All the headlines from our Maine Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Maine Mining Superfund Site to Receive $21M
Jul 6 2022 // A Maine superfund mining site is receiving $21 million in Environmental Protection Agency funding to expedite contamination cleanup efforts. The Callahan Mine superfund site in Brooksville originally received $9 million...
Maine AG Says Religious Schools May Face Obstacles Despite Supreme Court Ruling
Jun 28 2022 // Religious schools got what they wanted when the Supreme Court allowed them to participate in a state tuition program. But the state attorney general said the ruling will be for naught unless the schools are willing to...
Maine Agency Faces Backlash, Loses 3 Carriers After Juneteenth Posting
Jun 24 2022 // An independent insurance agency in Millinocket, Maine has lost three of its carrier partners and continues to face backlash on social media and in its community after posting a racially-charged sign on its door on Monday,...
Maine Catholic Diocese Sued Under Abuse Law Change It Opposed
Jun 20 2022 // The first lawsuits against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland since Maine took away a limitation on claims of child sexual abuse were filed last week. Democratic Gov. Janet Mills signed a law last year that allowed...
Maine Pays $395K to Settle Corrections Officer’s Discrimination Lawsuit
Jun 10 2022 // The state of Maine is paying $395,000 to a former corrections officer to settle her claims of harassment and discrimination. Autumn Dinsmore resigned as a corrections officer this month as part of the settlement of her...
OSHA Investigates Death of Maine Worker in Structure Collapse
Jun 8 2022 // ROCKLAND, Maine — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the death of a worker who was trapped when a structure collapsed. Workers were demolishing an attached garage when the structure...
1, 2, 3 FedEx Trucks Crash Into Each Other on Maine Road
May 27 2022 // ALFRED, Maine —Three FedEx delivery vehicles traveling single file crashed into each other, sending one driver to the hospital and tying up traffic, officials said. The delivery vehicles collided with each other when...
Maine Attorney General Plans to Sue PFAS Manufacturers
May 18 2022 // Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey said the state is preparing for a lawsuit against manufacturers of so-called forever chemicals. Frey said at the Democratic State Convention last weekend that steps are being taken to...
Maine’s Long-Time Chamber of Commerce Leader Stepping Down
Apr 29 2022 // The longtime president of the Maine State Chamber of Commerce and one of the best known advocates for businesses in the state said this week that he will soon step down. Dana Connors has led the chamber for almost three...
Maine Legislature Adjourns Without Taking Vote on Tribal Sovereignty
Apr 27 2022 // In a stinging disappointment for Native American tribes in Maine, the state’s Legislature adjourned Monday evening without taking action on a historic proposal to expand tribal sovereignty rights. There was still the...
Maine Attorney General Finds 4 Officers Justified in Using Deadly Force in 2 Incidents
Apr 25 2022 // Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey’s office released findings Friday that four law enforcement officers were legally justified in using deadly force in fatal shootings in Old Town and Falmouth. The conclusions were...
Maine Court Rules Intertidal Zone Belongs to Beachfront Owners
Apr 25 2022 // A state judge has ruled that the intertidal zone belongs to beachfront property owners but the judge’s ruling didn’t specify what activities, if any, might be allowed there. The ruling was a setback for...
Maine Lawmakers Advance Bill Granting Tribes Sovereignty
Apr 18 2022 // The Maine House voted Thursday to give the state’s tribes the same rights enjoyed by Native Americans elsewhere across the country, a first step in an effort to uphold the tribes’ sovereignty. The 81-55 tally...
Maine Lawmakers Move to Phase Out PFAS
Apr 11 2022 // Lawmakers in Maine have made a move toward banning pesticides that contain long-lasting chemicals. The proposal would ban distribution of pesticides with intentionally added perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances by...
Maine Jury Sides With Newspaper Over Police Officer Defamation Case
Apr 8 2022 // A Maine jury has sided with a media company in a lawsuit over newspaper stories about sex abuse allegations involving a former police captain. The case stemmed from articles that were published in the Biddeford-Saco-Old...
Trucker in Maine Fatal Crash Says Other Vehicle, Not Netflix, Distracted Him
Mar 29 2022 // PORTLAND, Maine (AP) —A trucker was streaming Netflix when his tractor-trailer struck a car, killing a retired couple in Maine, according to a police report. The truck driver acknowledged streaming a Netflix show on his...
Fatal Crash Drives Maine to Address Gap in License Suspension Process
Mar 21 2022 // The Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles and court officials have scrambled to close a gap in tracking and sharing information about criminal convictions that should result in license suspensions. The problem surfaced when a man...
Maine Farmers Seek $100M Plan to Tackle PFAS Contamination
Mar 18 2022 // Maine farmers and the state’s agriculture commissioner have testified in favor of a proposal that would create a $100 million fund to help pay for problems caused by long-lasting chemicals. The Maine Legislature is...
Maine Rights Panel Finds Senior Facility Discriminated Against Transgender Woman
Mar 17 2022 // Maine’s human rights panel has ruled in favor of a transgender woman who complained that she was discriminated against when she was denied a room by an assisted living facility. The Maine Human Rights Commission...
University’s Governmental Immunity Extends to Parking Lot, Maine Supreme Court Rules
Mar 16 2022 // The state cannot be held liable for injuries sustained in a parking lot that is regularly used by people accessing a public building, the Maine Supreme Court has ruled. On March 15, in Klein v. University of Maine System,...
