A new report released Wednesday by Maine Equal Justice revealed that relatively small amounts of flexible financial support can make the difference between parents completing college programs or ...

By Reuben M. Schafir for the Portland Press Herald. Broadcast version by Kathryn Carley for New England News Service reporting for the Solutions Journalism Network-Public News Service Collaboration In ...

Based on recent polling, it doesn’t look good for Gov. Janet Mills. Two new polls show her down by somewhere between seven ...

The three major candidates in this year's U.S. Senate race in Maine had a spectrum of responses to the announcement of the ...

After Sen. Susan Collins voted Wednesday against advancing a war powers resolution in Congress, Democratic Senate primary ...

Labor groups across Maine are calling for greater tax fairness to help address the state’s growing affordability and child care crisis. Many gathered at the State House Mar. 5 to back the creation of ...

Dr. Nirav Shah joins our host Cate Blackford on the podcast to discuss his run for Maine governor and how his background in ...

The high cost of hospital-based services is forcing more Mainers into medical debt, according to a new survey. The nonprofit Consumers for Affordable Healthcare reported nearly half of Maine ...

A proposal to limit when ICE agents can access certain public facilities in Maine moved one step closer to becoming law this past Wednesday, Feb. 25, clearing the Legislature’s Judiciary Committee on ...

Maine Secretary of State and gubernatorial candidate Shenna Bellows unveiled Monday a “New Deal for Maine,” an economic agenda aimed at lowering costs for residents by cutting utility bills, expanding ...

I have often said to the business community, “Hey, business community, you have to stop crying wolf all the time.” Seriously, when someone proposes raising the minimum wage 10 cents or $10, they ...

This week on the podcast, Esther is joined by Jan Collins, the assistant director of Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition (MPAC). After Jan’s son was incarcerated in 2012, she became intimately aware of ...