Legislative committee considers allowing semi-open primaries

Maine lawmakers on Monday took up a pair of bills to allow unenrolled voters, not just party members, to vote in primary elections.

Amtrak seeks to extend rail service on the coast, not inland

Amtrak is asking Congress for funds as a part of the president’s infrastructure bill to extend passenger rail service up the coast to Rockland, but cities in central Maine, including the state capital, would be left out.

Portland Public Library to close again due to COVID-19

After reopening for a little more than a week, the Portland Public Library is closing back down due to a recent rise in COVID-19 cases in Maine.

Maine man accused of attacking man with ax, running over his leg

Police say a Livermore Falls man hit another man with an ax and then ran him over.

Maine service program would bring graduates to rural areas

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) A Maine lawmaker has proposed the creation of a new program designed to help more recent graduates remain in the state.

Coronavirus leads to bus driver shortage, remote learning in Maine school district

LEWISTON, Maine (AP) Schools in one of the largest school districts in Maine are going remote this week because illness is preventing bus drivers from working.

FEMA’s ‘mobile vaccination unit’ begins trek across Maine

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) Maine deployed its mobile vaccination unit on Monday as part of an effort to get COVID-19 shots to remote corners of the state.

Gas prices down slightly in Maine

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) Gas prices have fallen slightly in New Hampshire and Maine, but have increased a bit in Vermont in the past week.

Four people saved from burning home in Westbrook

Two of the people at the house were transported to Maine Medical Center with smoke inhalation.

Maine lawmaker wants to require insurance companies to cover HIV prevention drugs

Democratic Sen. Heather Sanborn, of Portland, submitted the proposal, which was the subject of a hearing before the Maine Legislature’s Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services.