Maine

AUGUSTA - A proposal to set up a commission to develop a policy for paid medical family leave in Maine moved closer to reality on Thursday. The Maine Senate voted in favor of the proposal. The Commission will be tasked with studying the…

Maine needs paid sick leave to keep seniors safe The pandemic has had a major impact on all facets of our lives. In Maine, where our workforce is heavily dependent on jobs created by the tourism industry, we faced high unemployment that…

Maine needs a paid family and sick leave program If someone had told me that I was in this situation at 72, I would not have thought it possible. But here I sit and think about an uncertain future, anxious and depressed. I got a terrible…

Civil rights groups push WGME against voter ID cards in Maine

The Maine Attorney General is filing a civil rights complaint against a Portland man accused of assaulting an Asian American woman and her daughter last week, urging the woman to "return to your country." Troy Sprague, 47, was arrested…

PORTLAND, Maine - An aquaculture worker injured while caring for salmon raised in offshore stables is governed by state law, but not federal law that establishes some of the rights of seafarers, the Maine…