PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine's independent senator says the state's blueberry growers need help from the federal government to survive the Trump administration's trade battle with...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s two United States senators say six health care organizations across the state are going to be able to expand online services and reach more of the state’s...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A proposal co-sponsored by Maine’s two U.S. senators to cut down on the amount of plastic debris in the ocean is making progress in the Senate.

RUMFORD, Maine (AP) — Maine’s two U.S. senators say federal assistance is coming to the state to help prevent substance abuse among young people.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s independent senator says it’s time for the federal government to update banking laws to reflect the rise of legal hemp and cannabis businesses.

The Trump administration is releasing $3.32 billion to help Americans keep warm this winter.

The National Energy Assistance Directors Association said Monday that the funding through the Low...

BELFAST, Maine (AP) — A Maine organization that focuses on rehabilitation of criminal offenders will receive more than $900,000 from the federal government to support its work.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine's U.S. senators say a Portland group has been awarded $400,000 to help improve rural child care in the state.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services'...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine Sen. Susan Collins says she won't comment on a call for a vote on an impeachment inquiry about President Donald Trump, while other members of the state's delegation...

LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Republican challengers to Democratic Rep. Jared Golden are coming into focus, as one candidate is set to announce and another is very close.

EAST MILLINOCKET, Maine (AP) — A federal-state partnership is providing more than $2 million to assist the forest products industry in Maine.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine's independent senator is among a group of lawmakers calling on the Federal Communications Commission's chairman to do more to combat cellphone fraud.

BUCKSPORT, Maine (AP) — Maine will invest almost $6 million in federal money in community health centers and other institutions to try to fight the state's opioid abuse crisis.

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine's U.S. senators are offering a proposal to help businesses that want to invest in energy-efficient technology.

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Maine's largest hospital is getting a boost to help develop a program that would train new doctors for rural areas.

Republican Sen. Susan Collins and independent Sen....

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Maine's independent senator is getting behind a proposal to continue funding wildlife conservation through money generated by hunting and sport shooting.

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A Maine senator says a plan to boost innovation and job growth in rural areas by providing money for broadband access would benefit his state, much of which is forested and...

WISCASSET, Maine (AP) — A proposal before the U.S. Senate would seek to help communities around the country that face the expensive problem of storing spent nuclear fuel.

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — The federal government is providing funding to Maine to help prevent youth suicide, including in Native American populations.

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A proposal in the U.S. Senate would make sure firefighters harmed in the line of duty are covered by federal worker's compensation.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine's independent senator is among a group of lawmakers backing a bill that calls for the modernization of public health data systems.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine health officials are receiving more than $2 million to try to improve the state's efforts to prevent cancer.

Republican Sen. Susan Collins and independent Sen....

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine's two U.S. senators say the state is receiving more than $23 million from the federal government for projects that help provide clean water.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine's two U.S. senators are joining with colleagues in an effort to take away a barrier for American farmers who want to sell products to Cuba.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine's two U.S. senators are introducing legislation designed to protect residents from housing discrimination that is based on gender identity or sexual...

BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) — A group of U.S. senators including Maine independent Sen. Angus King is introducing legislation designed to narrow the "digital divide" in the U.S.

BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) — U.S. Sen. Angus King of Maine says Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference in the 2016 elections shows many examples of "reckless" judgment by...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A pair of Maine forest products companies is receiving $1.5 million in technology grants to bring innovation to one of the state's oldest industries.

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — U.S. Senators from Maine and New Hampshire say they are encouraged by a new Defense Department memo that appears to maintain funding for projects at the Portsmouth Naval...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A council of governments in southern Maine is receiving federal money for a pilot program designed to improve transportation options for older, disabled and low-income...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine's two U.S. senators are joining more than a third of their colleagues in the Senate to call for the government to implement provisions of the most recent farm bill...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine's two senators are joining a large, mostly Democratic group in calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to withdraw proposed changes to the Supplemental Nutrition...

PHIPPSBURG, Maine (AP) — U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King say they hope the release of additional visas for summer workers will help businesses that were squeezed over the past two...

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A pair of Maine lawmakers wants to get more of the state's teenagers interested in logging.

Logging has a long history in deeply forested Maine. Independent Sen. Angus...

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Sen. Angus King said after a meeting with the acting interior secretary in Bangor that the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument's existence is settled.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine's independent U.S. senator is co-sponsoring a bill to require non-dairy products to stop using terms like "milk," ''yogurt" and "cheese" on their labels.

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Maine's two U.S. senators are sometimes on opposite sides of the aisle politically, but they agree that privatizing the U.S. Postal Service is a bad idea.

BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) — Sen. Angus King of Maine says he's dodged cancer three times now that he's completed radiation treatments for a residual recurrence that followed prostate surgery four...

BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) — Maine's independent senator is getting behind a push to increase the federal government's funding for research to create a universal flu vaccine.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine's U.S. senators are working with a bipartisan group of colleagues to call for an increased number of work visas to help small businesses find seasonal...

BAR HARBOR, Maine (AP) — Maine's two U.S. senators say a laboratory in Maine is receiving a federal grant to advance its research of drug addiction and the role genetics play in...

BAR HARBOR, Maine (AP) — A bill designed to address confusion over the boundaries of a national park in Maine is headed to President Donald Trump for his signature.

HOULTON, Maine (AP) — U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King of Maine say the federal government is providing $1.6 million to assist in the construction of a food-processing plant in Houlton.

The 12,000-square-foot facility in the Houlton Industrial Park is expected to manufacture 4 million pounds of laboratory research food each year. The food for laboratory mice will be used by research labs in California and Maine, including Jackson Lab in Ellsworth and Bar Harbor.

A bill introduced in the U.S. Senate would authorize the U.S. Treasury to mint $1 coins honoring former President George H.W. Bush and his wife, Barbara, for the year.

The Bushes, who lived in Texas and Maine, both died in 2018.

Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine said the coin will pay tribute to the Bush legacy of "courage, duty, honor, and compassion" and serve as a reminder of their contributions to the country.