Channa Steinmetz

Standing outside Sen. Susan Collins’ Biddeford office Tuesday, Fernanda McLaughlin had a message for the Republican senator who voted to give immigration enforcement agencies another $70 billion. “Please stop funding fear and death.” McLaughlin was among more than 150 protesters demanding Collins take responsibility for supporting ICE as federal immigration agents continue to operate with

Sen. Mike Tipping (D-Orono) is renewing an effort to give Mainers more control over repairing their appliances and electronic devices after a similar proposal narrowly did not pass in the Legislature earlier this year. Tipping resubmitted legislation Thursday that would establish a “right to repair” for appliances and electronics in Maine. A previous version passed

Thirty-five days after an ICE agent shot and killed Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Biddeford, federal officials have yet to provide his family or the public with basic answers about his death. “Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero should be alive today,” Rep. Chellie Pingree said Monday during a congressional hearing on the shooting. “His family deserves

Augusta voters will decide this November whether to limit annual lot rent increases at the city’s mobile home parks, after residents gathered enough signatures to put a rent stabilization ordinance on the ballot. The proposed ordinance would cap annual lot rent increases at either 3% or the rate of inflation, whichever is lower. Park owners

When severe storms tear up roads, overwhelm wastewater systems or flood Maine communities, taxpayers are often left with the bill. Climate advocates say the fossil fuel companies that helped create the crisis should be paying instead. But Republican-backed legislation in Congress could prevent Maine from making that happen. The Stop Climate Shakedowns Act would block

Republican gubernatorial nominee Bobby Charles recently told WGAN that giving money as a lobbyist means “you’re essentially believing that you’re going to buy a favor.” But Charles, who has made government fraud and waste allegations a centerpiece of his own campaign for governor, lobbied for years for companies that defrauded or overbilled the federal government,

After years of devastating losses to the opioid epidemic, Maine is seeing overdose deaths move in the right direction; but advocates and state officials say the work to keep people alive is far from over. Monday, Aug. 31, marked International Overdose Awareness Day, an annual day to remember people who have died from overdose and

Maine’s Democratic candidates spent Labor Day alongside union members and organizers Monday, speaking at events in Portland and Brewer about how government should do more to improve the lives of workers. Democratic gubernatorial nominee Hannah Pingree and U.S. Senate candidate Troy Jackson began the day at the Southern Maine Labor Council’s annual breakfast in Portland,

Anita Charles, the sister of Republican gubernatorial nominee Bobby Charles, publicly came out against her brother’s campaign Wednesday morning, saying his rhetoric, education proposals and opposition to abortion rights have pushed her to speak out and support Democrat Hannah Pingree. Speaking at the Maine Democratic Party’s office in Portland, Anita said she and her brother

Maine's Democratic candidates spent Labor Day alongside union members and organizers Monday, speaking at events in Portland and Brewer about how government should do more to improve the lives of workers.