Drive to reduce lobster gear, protect whales hits plan phase

TRENTON, Maine (AP)   Maine fishery regulators are meeting with lobster fishermen along the coast to begin the process of crafting rules to better protect endangered whales

Maine lawmakers give final approval to online privacy bill

The Maine Legislature has sent to the governor’s desk one of the strictest online privacy proposals in the country.

Death with Dignity bill gets preliminary approval in Maine

The Maine Senate has given preliminary approval to a Death with Dignity bill that would allow physicians to prescribe terminally ill people a fatal dose of medication.

Former Connecticut Gov. Malloy to serve as UMS chancellor

Former Connecticut Democratic Gov. Dannel Malloy has been tapped to serve as the next chancellor of the University of Maine System.

Life sentences upheld in rampage that killed 2, injured 4

The state supreme court has upheld life prison sentences for a man convicted of killing two people and injuring four others during a rampage in northern Maine.

Pingree: Congress must ‘move toward an impeachment inquiry’

Democratic U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree says she wants Congress to continue inquiries into President Donald Trump and to “move toward an impeachment inquiry.”

Improved lead testing coming to Maine’s schools

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP)   Maine’s schools will have new safeguards to protect children from drinking water that’s contaminated with lead

Bill for terminally ill to get life-ending meds in Senate

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP)   Maine, the state with the oldest residents, is weighing a bill to allow adults with a terminal disease to ask for a fatal dose of prescription drugs

Maine lawmakers say whale protection must protect lobstering

PORTLAND, Maine (AP)   The four members of Maine’s Congressional delegation are urging the federal government to make sure its effort to save a rare whale doesn’t jeopardize the health of the state’s lobster industry

Maine hospital to boost parent services for at-risk mothers

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP)   A Maine hospital says it will provide parenting coaching services to mothers with the help of a new grant