Last Tuesday, 81 incumbent Democrats ran for reelection between the Maine House and Senate. Only three lost. That is a ...

In a move to prevent the closure of one of the state’s most critical emergency shelters, Preble Street announced Tuesday that ...

It's open enrollment time for Maine's health insurance marketplace. People without access to health or dental insurance ...

Mainers over 50 are the state's largest voting bloc, and surveys show they are concerned how the election will affect Social ...

This column is about the importance of voting this Tuesday. I was gonna start it with a story about how in my first race for ...

Note: I’ll be out at the polls today talking with voters, election officials and maybe you! And posting to social media. Please follow us on Instagram and Facebook @MaineBeacon and check in throughout ...

For our last podcast episode before the election, we are sharing our interview with Rep. Chellie Pingree. The congresswoman touches on the contentious nature of the current election year and the ...

Wind Turbines at Block Island Wind Farm in Rhode Island. Photo: Chris Bennett Photography The development of Maine’s offshore wind power industry took a big step forward on Tuesday, as two experienced ...

We often don’t think of childcare as an electoral issue, but worries about childcare keep many Maine parents up at night. And Lewiston-area community organizer (and parent) Carrie Jadud says it’s just ...

1883 anti-Irish cartoon of President Chester A. Arthur as the “U.S. Hotel Presidential Bouncer” who is clearing the lobby of Irish radicals. Image courtesy of J. Keppler, Puck Magazine. Library of ...