Stories by Alex Acquisto

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican who has been representing Maine since 1997, can claim the title of Congress’ most bipartisan senator for the sixth year in a row.

University of Maine System Chancellor James Page on Thursday urged lawmakers to approve Gov. Janet Mills’ biennial budget

Hundreds descended on the State House complex on Wednesday to testify for two competing immunization bills — one from Democrats that would remove exemptions that currently allow parents to opt out of vaccinating their children, and a counter bill from Republicans, which would protect that right for parents and doctors.

Republicans in the Maine House of Representatives dealt a blow Thursday to one of the first signature early pieces of legislation introduced by Democrats after the party made significant gains in the November 2018 election.

Good morning from Augusta, where later today Gov. Janet Mills will sign her first bill into law, renaming an Orono bridge for a Maine soldier killed in Afghanistan.

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins will not support President Donald Trump’s judicial nominee to serve on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, which covers parts of Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan and Tennessee.

Good morning from Augusta, where passage of the 129th Legislature’s first bill into law is imminent.

A bill that would have mandated cursive handwriting instruction for Maine public school students in third through fifth grades effectively died in committee Monday afternoon.

A government watchdog agency tasked last year with studying frontline child welfare caseworkers in Maine found most to be overworked and regularly unable to fully meet the needs of families they are supposed to serve.

Maine will join roughly a dozen states in filing a lawsuit against the White House over President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration late last week.