Winner in dead heat race for Portland City Council to be determined by random drawing

The race for Portland’s at-large city council seat will come down to the luck of the draw.

Open enrollment through Maine’s new online insurance marketplace begins

Mainers can now sign up for health insurance through the state’s new marketplace that was launched under the Affordable Care Act.

Maine city becomes 2nd in state to adopt ranked voting

Voters in a Maine city decided Tuesday that they want their hometown to be the second in the state to use a ranked form of voting.

98% of UMaine System students have verified COVID-19 shot

ORONO, Maine (AP) Nearly all University of Maine System students who live on campus have verified their COVID-19 vaccination status.

Democrat flips seat in Maine House in special election

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) A business owner and Augusta city councilor defeated an Army veteran and volunteer on Tuesday in a race for an open seat in Maine’s House District 86.

Mainers approve $100M in transportation bonds

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) Maine voters on Tuesday approved a $100 million bond for transportation projects across the state.

Maine passes nation’s 1st ‘right to food’ amendment

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) Maine voters passed the nation’s first “right to food” constitutional amendment on Tuesday.

Mainers vote to halt $1B electric transmission line; referendum challenged in court

Maine residents overwhelmingly voted to halt a $1 billion electric line that is already under construction, but that doesn’t spell the end of the polarizing project in the state’s western woods.

Hundreds of health care workers gone over Maine vaccine mandate

Most of Maine’s health care workers are on the job this week but hundreds opted to quit or be dismissed over the state’s vaccine mandate.

Bowdoin College trustee resigns after probe into Epstein tie

A Bowdoin College trustee with connections to the late Jeffrey Epstein resigned from the board of trustees on Monday, the college said.