Governor Mills names director of Maine CDC

The former head of the Illinois Department of Public Health has been tapped to lead the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

Maine man’s fate rests with jury after closing arguments

A Maine man charged with raping and killing a childhood friend acknowledged a security camera captured him carrying the victim’s lifeless body, but says he doesn’t remember anything on the video.

Bill ending most vaccine opt-outs becomes law in Maine

Maine Democratic Gov. Janet Mills has signed into law a bill that eliminates religious and philosophical exemptions for required vaccinations.

Maine governor to hold summit on the opioid epidemic

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP)   Maine Gov. Janet Mills is convening a summit in the capital city to address the opioid crisis this summer

Defrocked Mass. priest ordered to serve 16 years in Maine

ALFRED, Maine (AP)   A defrocked Massachusetts priest is scheduled for sentencing in a Maine courtroom following his conviction for sexually abusing an altar boy years ago

Pot backers ask Maine to put locals, small businesses first

Maine’s marijuana enthusiasts used a public hearing to implore the state to protect the small businesses and growers they think should make up the backbone of the state’s budding cannabis industry.

Bill to end personal vaccine opt-outs heads to governor

A bill to end Maine’s religious and philosophical exemptions to vaccines is heading to the governor’s desk.

Bill to expand abortion providers in Maine gets OK in Senate

Maine’s Senate has passed a bill to allow nurse practitioners, physician assistants and certified nurse-midwives to perform abortions.

Mainers to weigh in on proposed pot rules in pivotal hearing

PORTLAND, Maine (AP)   Maine’s marijuana enthusiasts are getting their first chance to provide testimony about the state’s plans to regulate recreational use of the drug

Two charged in relation to armed robbery in Limerick arrested in Montana

LIMERICK, Maine (WGAN)  The York County Sheriff’s Office says two people charged in connection with a robbery have been arrested in Montana