The U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday passed a bill to extend the pause on federal lobster rules in a 219-196 vote.  If passed by the Senate, the bill — introduced by Reps. Jared Golden (D-Maine) ...

Troy Jackson fielded questions Tuesday night during his first U.S. Senate campaign town hall from voters who have grown ...

At Maine’s largest community college campus, teaching an hour of electrical wiring, automotive repair or nursing clinicals ...

Maine’s universities are enrolling more international students for the fifth year in a row, defying the national trend of higher education enrollment declines. The biggest reason for the growth is the ...

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Kathleen Anderson, 75, doesn’t have to file taxes because her income comes from monthly Social Security checks. But this year, Anderson had to file in order to be eligible for a $300 payment from the ...

Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins said Friday that roughly $170 million in local goods will be impacted by the proposed ...

Standing in your local retail store, it can be mind-boggling to try to weigh the pros and cons of all the packaging options.

Wildfires in New England rarely make national news. The spotlight is more often on the catastrophic fires of Western states, ...