Politics & Government

Former Indian Township Passamaquoddy Governor Robert Newell was indicted on March 20 by a federal grand jury in a 30-count indictment that charges a conspiracy resulting in the misapplication of approximately $1.

An 18-member Tribal-State Work Group has recommended eight changes to the Maine Implementing Act, the companion legislation to the 1980 Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act, and the Micmac Settlement Act that have been incorporated into a bill that will be considered during the current session of...

Maine Governor John Baldacci's plan for the state to take over control of all 15 county jails on July 1 of this year has met with widespread criticism from county officials and sheriffs throughout the state.

A requirement that U.S. and Canadian citizens have a passport by January 1, 2008, for entering the U.S. at land border crossings has now been delayed until June 1, 2009.

On November 14, the Maine Board of Environmental Protection (BEP) reversed an earlier board ruling and granted a request by Downeast LNG to withdraw its application that was before the board for the construction of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Robbinston.

The campaigns for and against the Passamaquoddy Tribe's proposed racino in Calais are finally heating up two weeks before the statewide election.