AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine’s governor says she looks forward to meeting fellow governors — and going to the White House.

Democrat Janet Mills is in the nation’s capital to attend the ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Lawmakers in Maine held a hearing on a bill that would require all schools test for lead in drinking and cooking water.

Under current law, the roughly 300 schools ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Former Republican Maine Gov. Paul LePage says he was not aware of his administration spending more than $1,100 a night during a stay at a Trump hotel.

LePage on Monday responded to a Portland Press Herald

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Documents obtained by a Maine newspaper show the state’s former Republican governor and his staff spent at least $22,000 in public money at a hotel owned by the family of President Donald Trump.

The Portland Press Herald

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A proposal to repeal religious and philosophical exemptions to school immunization requirements in Maine has been referred to a legislative committee.

The proposal by Democratic Rep. Ryan Tipping of Orono and several co-sponsors was referred to the Committee on ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The administration of Maine’s new Democratic governor says the state’s enrolled over 6,200 under voter-approved Medicaid expansion since January.

The Department of Health and Human Services in a Friday post says ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine’s new Democratic governor has signed an executive order allowing state agencies to consider new wind energy projects in areas of Maine where her predecessor had sought to prohibit them.

Gov. Janet Mills’ office said Friday she signed an executive order a day ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Former Maine Republican Gov. Paul LePage contends a federal lawsuit filed by a political adversary is moot because he’s no longer governor.

Former Democratic House Speaker Mark Eves sued when a job offer from a charter school operator was rescinded because LePage ...

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A lease letter obligates the state to pay $11.3 million over 30 years for a 16-bed psychiatric residence that was supposed to cost $2 million to $3 million to build, and also includes stipulations that require the facility and service to be provided in Bangor.

New ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine’s new governor says she’s taken down her predecessor’s “Open for Business” highway sign and replaced it with one that reads: “Maine Welcome Home.”

The sign is part of Democrat Gov. Janet Mills’ push to attract newcomers, including immigrants and young people, to ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine’s new Democratic governor is taking steps to install solar panels on the governor’s mansion as she calls for the state to be more welcoming of renewable energy.

Gov. Janet Mills’ administration posted a request for proposals Friday to move ahead on plans to ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine’s Democratic governor has told federal regulators that the state won’t move forward on her predecessor’s plan to require certain Medicaid recipients to work or volunteer.

Gov. Janet Mills wrote Tuesday to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that she’s ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Newly elected Gov. Janet Mills received multiple standing ovations at the state’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration, ending an eight-year absence by Maine’s chief executive from the event.

Mills addressed 680 people at the 38th annual Martin Luther King Jr. ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Democratic Gov. Janet Mills is renewing a tradition abandoned by her predecessor of celebrating the holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr. with the NAACP in Maine’s largest city.

Mills, the state’s first female governor, is set to participate in a private dialogue ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Lawmakers in Maine will consider a bill designed to end non-medical exemptions from childhood vaccinations this year.

Maine has one of the lowest vaccination rates for children entering kindergarten. It’s also home the country’s highest rate of whooping cough, a ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A Maine commission created as part of the former Republican governor’s efforts to hinder wind projects has released a report drawing few conclusions about the impact of wind turbines.

The wind energy advisory commission’s report released this month said its initial ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine’s new Democratic governor is set to sign senior housing bonds held up by her Republican predecessor since 2015.

Gov. Janet Mills’ office said she intends to sign the bonds Tuesday.

Republican Gov. Paul LePage refused to release the bonds for years to ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine has taken steps to expand Medicaid without a federal stamp of approval, but the woman nominated to lead the state’s health agency said there’s no question that Maine will receive federal funding.

Former White House official Jeanne Lambrew said Friday the federal ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The administration of Maine’s new Democratic governor has released a report finding the state is struggling to help children with unmet needs for mental health services.

The Department of Health and Human Services released the

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine’s new Democratic governor says she’ll soon sign senior housing bonds held up by her Republican predecessor since 2015.

Gov. Janet Mills’ office said Thursday she intends to sign the bonds in coming weeks.

Republican Gov. Paul LePage refused to release the ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine’s new Democratic governor says a state museum will continue to house a mural depicting the history of the state’s labor movement that her Republican predecessor fought to put in storage.

The Portland Press Herald

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — The new administration will determine how to run a 16-bed psychiatric residence in Bangor, Maine, because no contract was signed before Republican Gov. Paul LePage left office.

A spokesman for Democratic Gov. Janet Mills said Monday that Tennessee-based Correct Care ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The administration under Maine’s new Democratic governor has begun seeking public comment on plans to provide certain asylum-seekers with government benefits that her Republican predecessor fought to eliminate.

The Department of Health and Human Services is seeking ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine’s new governor said she’s brought in $241,000 for inaugural events that includes a Friday inaugural celebration of music and food from each of the state’s 16 counties.

The inaugural celebration of Gov. Janet Mills, a Democrat, will take place Friday evening at ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The office of Maine’s new Democratic governor said Friday that the public has a right to know about gubernatorial pardons. But for now, Maine isn’t releasing records that include her Republican predecessor’s pardon of a former lawmaker against a clemency board’s ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The Latest on Maine Gov. Janet Mills’ first day in office (all times local):

3:20 p.m.

Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills is sticking to her campaign promise to expand Medicaid.

Mills announced on her first full day in office that she’s seeking “expedited” ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine Democratic Gov. Janet Mills plans to keep three commissioners who served under Republican Gov. Paul LePage.

Mills announced Thursday on her first full day on the job that she’s re-nominating Patrick Keliher as commissioner of the Department of Marine Resources, ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The Latest on the inauguration of Maine Gov. Janet Mills. (all times local):

7:50 p.m.

Maine’s new governor is vowing to restore “unity” after eight years of partisanship under Republican Gov. Paul LePage. Democrat Janet Mills said Wednesday evening, “we are all ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine’s next governor is continuing to build out her cabinet, nominating a fellow attorney to lead the Department of Environmental Protection.

Democratic Gov.-elect Janet Mills announced her selection of Jerry Reid to lead the DEP as commissioner on Tuesday. The ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine Republican Gov. Paul LePage has pardoned a former GOP state lawmaker for a 35-year-old felony-level drug trafficking conviction.

Maine Public

WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) — Maine’s governor says people are going to miss him when he’s gone, and he’s repeating his vow to run for a third term if he doesn’t like the actions taken by his successor.

Republican Paul LePage

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Republican Gov. Paul LePage is using his last radio address to repeat his contention that Maine lawmakers must be fiscally responsible when it comes to expanding Medicaid. And he vowed, once again, to return from his home in Florida if there are any “financial ...

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Maine’s outgoing Republican governor is signing off on the results of a disputed congressional contest, but not before getting the last word with a handwritten note calling it a “stolen election.”

A federal appeals court filing Friday showed all parties agreed to the ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine Democratic Gov.-elect Janet Mills has tapped a longtime educator as education chief.

Mills announced Wednesday she’s nominating former Maine Principal of the Year and Brunswick assistant superintendent Pender Makin as Maine’s next Department of Education ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Vowing to work to the last minute, Republican Gov. Paul LePage is too busy to ponder his fulfilled campaign promises or his abrasive style: “Let history determine who I was,” he told The Associated Press during a brief hallway exchange at the Statehouse.

The ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The official portrait of Maine’s outgoing Republican governor has been unveiled.

Gov. Paul LePage’s portrait is set to be hung on the third floor of the Maine Statehouse alongside other governors Dec. 27.

LePage’s daughter Lauren and son Paul pulled back the ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A new Maine law calls for state officials to make “reasonable efforts” to keep families together instead of making it a “priority” as required by previous law.

Republican Gov. Paul LePage and lawmakers pressed for the bills after the deaths of two girls, 4-year-old ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Federal regulators on Friday approved Gov. Paul LePage’s proposal to require certain Medicaid recipients to work or volunteer.

The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services approved his proposal to require able-bodied adults to be working, training for a new ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s Republican governor has cast more doubt on a recent congressional election, which the losing GOP incumbent is seeking to nullify in a federal lawsuit that challenges the constitutionality of the state’s new voting system.

Gov. Paul LePage called Maine’s ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s departing Republican governor is doubling down on his discredited claim that out-of-state black and Hispanic drug dealers are responsible for an overwhelming percentage of drug trafficking in the state.

Gov. Paul LePage repeated his claim Thursday afternoon ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine’s Republican governor wants his Democratic successor to continue a lawsuit he filed against her saying she abused her authority.

Gov. Paul LePage’s office said Tuesday he filed a motion to extend the lawsuit’s deadline. A state judge in October dismissed the ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Never one to follow convention, Republican Gov. Paul LePage was unable to resist sharing some budgetary insights with his Democratic successor— to the tune of hundreds of pages of suggestions.

LePage has said his fully fleshed out proposal includes ambitious proposals ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Republican Gov. Paul LePage is urging all Mainers and “especially public figures” to follow the example set by former President George H.W. Bush and his wife, Barbara.

LePage used his weekly address to praise the nation’s 41st president as a New England native “who ...