Politics & Government

Maine residents will have three state referendum questions to vote on at the Tuesday, November 2, polls, with the referendum on the Central Maine Power (CMP) corridor garnering a great deal of attention and money, as spending by lobbying efforts topped $60 million as of October 1.

The United States intends to allow fully vaccinated travellers to enter the country for nonessential purposes by land and ferry from Canada and Mexico in November, says Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas.

While Washington County may lose some representation in the state legislature with the new redistricting maps that were recently approved, whether the county, which lost more than 5% of its population in the past 10 years, will have less of a voice in Augusta is not yet clear.

Maine Governor Janet Mills and the state's congressional delegation want the U.S. government to follow Canada's lead in easing restrictions on nonessential travel across the shared border.

Maine Governor Janet Mills and the state's congressional delegation want the U.S. government to follow Canada's lead in easing restrictions on nonessential travel across the shared border. The Canadian government announced on July 19 that it would allow Americans fully vaccinated against COVID 19 to

The recent appearance in Lubec of politically motivated signs featuring unprintable offensive language has people scratching their heads.