BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A pair of senators has proposed providing up to $15 billion in matching grants to help expand rural broadband access.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A group of senators including Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine has proposed a law it said would make certain first responders get full retirement benefits if they're...

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Airports around Maine, including numerous small general aviation facilities, are planning to make improvements with the help of federal funding.

STACYVILLE, Maine (AP) — The federal government has designated three new National Scenic Byways in Maine in an attempt to draw tourism dollars.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Maine GOP chair has met via Zoom with county leaders to discuss whether to rebuke U.S. Sen. Susan Collins for her vote to convict former President Donald Trump at his...

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Maine is set to receive nearly $70 million from the federal government for highway and transit projects around the state.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine's Republican senator has joined an effort to expand loan relief for small businesses that have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Organizations that provide community healthcare in southern and coastal Maine will receive a boost from the federal government.

More than 2,400 businesses and people in Maine have been approved for over $221 million in forgivable loans in the first two weeks of the reopening of the Paycheck Protection Program, U.S. Sen....

ORONO, Maine (AP) — The University of Maine will receive more than $2.8 million to use a 3D printer to manufacture wind turbine blades, Maine's senators said.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A bipartisan push for more data about Lyme disease has yielded a new estimate that nearly a half million people are diagnosed and treated for the disease every...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire has introduced her first bill in the new congressional session, an act that would provide grants to support partnerships between...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine said the Biden administration's coronavirus relief package needs to be refined before she can sign on to it.

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White House begins talks with lawmakers on COVID-19 relief

WASHINGTON (AP) — Top aides to President Joe Biden have begun talks with a group of moderate Senate Republicans and...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Dozens of traffic signals around Maine will be upgraded with a boost from the Federal Highway Administration.

The Maine Department of Transportation is set to receive...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A proposal to prevent surprise medical bills that was promoted by Maine's Republican senator has been signed into law.

Sen. Susan Collins said the proposal was crafted...

WASHINGTON (AP) — All four members of Maine's congressional delegation were safe after demonstrators stormed the Capitol building to delay Congress from certifying the results of November’s...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Sens. Susan Collins and Maggie Hassan say they've reversed a U.S. Department of Education decision that jeopardized funding for nearly 200 rural, low-income school...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The U.S. Senate has passed a proposal to establish a museum honoring the history of American women that was proposed by senators from Maine and California.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine's U.S. senators are behind a proposed law change that seeks to level the playing field for small food processors.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Both houses of Congress have passed a proposal backed by Maine's delegation designed to help young people enter the world of commercial fishing.

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Groups that work to curb Maine's drug overdose epidemic are slated to receive more than $900,000 from the federal government.

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A proposal backed by the four members of Maine's congressional delegation to expand access to dementia care for veterans is slated to be signed into law.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A bipartisan proposal backed by Maine's Republican senator to protect Alzheimer's disease patients from exploitation has passed both houses of Congress.

BAR HARBOR, Maine (AP) — A proposal from New England senators to ensure free lifetime entry to national parks for all disabled U.S. veterans has been signed into law.

KITTERY, Maine (AP) — Maine's U.S. senators are submitting a proposal to add the York River to the National Park Service's Wild and Scenic River System.

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine's two U.S. senators said the state has received nearly $650,000 in federal funding to help mothers and children.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A proposal from Maine's U.S. senators to keep more plastic out of the ocean has passed the U.S. Senate.

Sens. Susan Collins, a Republican, and Angus King, an...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine's U.S. senators have joined a bipartisan push for tax relief for craft brewers and distillers.

Sens. Susan Collins, a Republican, and Angus King, an independent,...

WALPOLE, Maine (AP) — A Maine shellfish grower is receiving more than $600,000 from the federal government to increase its production of oysters.

FRYEBURG, Maine (AP) — The federal government is making an investment in the tourism and recreation industries in western Maine, an area popular with hikers, campers and outdoor...

GUILFORD, Maine (AP) — A Maine medical supplies manufacturer has been awarded more than $11 million from the federal government to produce millions of additional testing swabs.

ORONO, Maine (AP) — A maker of a wild blueberry beverage, the University of Maine's ecology school and the state's maple producers' organization are among the recipients of federal specialty crop...