Politics & Government

A legislative committee was evenly divided on recommending a bill that would allow the Passamaquoddy Tribe to tap into a groundwater aquifer in Perry to provide drinking water to Sipayik and Eastport.

Debate over a bill that would allow the Passamaquoddy Tribe to tap into a groundwater aquifer in Perry to provide drinking water to Sipayik is continuing in the legislature, with tribal representatives claiming that the town's ordinance on water extraction is unconstitutional...

With over 1,500 people submitting testimony to a legislative committee -- possibly a record number -- in favor of an omnibus bill to restore tribal sovereignty, Governor Janet Mills' office may have felt a bit alone as the only voice in opposition.

New American rules at the border will make life even more difficult for Campobello Island residents, especially those not vaccinated against COVID 19.

Bills to address the suicide and opioid crises in Washington County and to review state lands that are significant to the tribes in Maine will be considered during the second session of the 130th Maine Legislature.

With the Maine Legislature still debating a tribal sovereignty bill that would reframe the relationship between the state and the tribes in Maine, an understanding of federal Indian law and how the state is an outlier in the country in its adversarial approach to the tribes was the focus of a...