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Maine State House

Published
January 3, 2024

Maine State House evacuated as state capitols across U.S. face bomb threats

About 300 people were ordered out of the Maine State House because of the hoax bomb threat Wednesday afternoon, on the first day of a new legislative session.
Published
December 5, 2023

Maine lawmakers question education chief over failing early childhood program

Legislators called the Child Development Services agency 'broken.' Education Commissioner Pender Makin said little to ease their concerns.
Published
November 8, 2023

Former legislator urges better implementation of treatment program he says could have prevented Lewiston shootings

Former state Sen. John Nutting implored Gov. Janet Mills on Wednesday to direct state agencies to better implement what's known as the Progressive Treatment Program.
Published
October 30, 2023

Mills abruptly ends press conference on Lewiston shootings after questioning turns combative

Speaking at the State House on Monday afternoon, Gov. Janet Mills stopped short of calling for changes to state or federal gun laws.
Published
September 3, 2023

Some Maine lawmakers missed 1 in 5 votes; others had perfect attendance

State legislators' voting records varied widely last session.

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Published
July 6, 2023

New Maine wrongful death law ties cap on damages to inflation, extends time limit to sue

Gov. Janet Mills allowed the bill to become law Thursday without her signature. Another bill that would have extended the statute of limitations on medical negligence claims failed to get support.
Published
July 5, 2023

Inside Maine lawmakers’ late-night scramble to pass expanded abortion access

Divisions nearly thwarted Democrats' efforts to pass the landmark legislation.
Published
June 26, 2023

Maine legislative agenda could chip away at lawsuit’s gripes against indigent defense system

A lawsuit against the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services has been quietly pending for more than a year. And while neither group will talk about its progress, a number of pending bills take aim at fixing the system.
Published
June 9, 2023

Mills announces plan to add 140 treatment beds to combat ongoing opioid crisis

The $6 million investment is the latest effort to reverse an epidemic that claimed a record 716 lives just last year.
Published
May 24, 2023

Lawmakers consider bill to remove criminal statute of limitations for childhood sexual abuse

The measure would remove time limits to prosecute childhood sexual abuse cases, but wouldn't apply retroactively. Opponents say the proposal interferes with important safeguards for the accused.