State Sen. Mike Carpenter (D-Aroostook) has been appointed by Senate President Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, to chair the Joint Standing Committee on the Judiciary for the 129th Legislative session.
Minimum wage workers in Vermont and Maine are getting raises along with the new year.
Gov.-elect Janet Mills on Friday announced that she has chosen Portland’s assistant city manager and the warden of the Maine State Prison to serve as commissioners of public safety and corrections, respectively, in her administration.
On Friday, Senate President Troy Jackson of Allagash announced the committee assignments for the 129th Maine Senate. There are 17 joint-standing committees and the Government Oversight Committee.
Governor-elect Janet Mills announced that tickets for the inauguration are now available to the public and can be reserved at www.janetmills.com/rsvp/public.
The town’s former police chief and a member of the Aroostook County Sheriff’s Office is hanging up his gun and badge.
A winter storm is bringing snow, sleet, freezing rain and rain to northern New England.
Maine Democratic Gov.-elect Janet Mills said she will nominate ConnectME Authority Director Heather Johnson as Maine’s next Department of Economic and Community Development commissioner.
Two new laws from Senate President Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, aimed at increasing access to health care professionals and lowering prescription drug costs went into effect Thursday, Dec. 13.
New trails are being constructed in the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument as a part of a $120,000 project to improve visitor access to scenic ponds and other natural highlights on the conserved property.
