Latest Maine Headlines
All the headlines from our Maine Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Maine’s United Insurance Acquires Barresi Financial
Apr 8 2025 // Portland, Maine-based United Insurance announced it has acquired Barresi Financial, a financial services and retirement advisory firm with offices in Bangor and Presque Isle. Barresi’s 10 associates will join United,...
Maine Approves 9.6% Decrease in Workers’ Compensation Costs
Apr 7 2025 // Maine has approved the insurance industry’s filing that will lower workers’ compensation insurance loss costs an average of 9.6%. The lower loss costs will go into effect for new and renewing policies as of...
Rural Maine Train Derailment Was Caused by Beaver Dam, Officials Say
Feb 18 2025 // SANDWICH ACADEMY GRANT TOWNSHIP, Maine (AP) — A train derailment in rural Maine that spilled hundreds of gallons of fuel and hospitalized three workers was attributable to a beaver dam, state officials said. The April...
Maine High Court Invalidates Law Erasing Time Limit on Child Sex Abuse Claims
Jan 29 2025 // In a 5-2 opinion, the Maine Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional a 2021 state law that eliminated the statute of limitations for claims of sexual abuse of minors. The ruling is a victory for the Roman Catholic...
Earthquake in Maine Rattles Houses, Nerves Across Northeast
Jan 28 2025 // A 3.8-magnitude earthquake centered near the southern Maine coast rattled houses in northern New England on Monday and was felt by surprised residents of states hundreds of miles away. The earthquake took place at about...
Maine Town’s Plan to Remove Two Dams Includes Marina Insurance Measure
Jan 16 2025 // The Yarmouth town council voted unanimously this month to remove two town-owned dams on the Royal River and consider fish passage improvements at a stretch of rapids in between them, a historic vote more than two decades...
Maine Storm Resilience Proposal Includes Insurance Industry-Funded Mitigation Grants
Jan 9 2025 // Maine Governor Janet Mills and House and Senate leaders are championing legislation to strengthen the ability of local communities, homeowners, businesses, and emergency responders to prepare for and withstand future...
Maine Joins States Suing Big Oil to Recover Costs of Climate Change ‘Deception’
Nov 27 2024 // Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey has filed suit in state court against Exxon, Shell, Chevron, BP, Sunoco, and the American Petroleum Institute for allegedly “deceiving Mainers for decades about the role of their...
After Firefighting Foam Spill, Maine Water Tests Below Danger Level
Oct 2 2024 // Maine environmental officials said all water samples analyzed so far in the wake of the state’s largest recorded accidental spill of firefighting foam are below its guidelines for potentially dangerous chemicals. A...
Maine Bill Would Require Army to Use State Crisis Laws to Remove Weapons
Sep 20 2024 // A bill introduced after a mass shooting in Maine would require the Army to use state crisis intervention laws to remove the weapons of a service member who is deemed to be a serious threat to themselves or others, U.S....
Maine Considers Public Flood Insurance Option for Municipalities, Property Owners
Sep 18 2024 // State leaders tasked with reviewing Maine’s preparations and responses to climate change-fueled natural disasters are at a crossroads. While Maine has seen seven federal disaster declarations for severe storms and...
Police Have Increased Use of Maine’s ‘Yellow Flag’ Law Since Mass Shooting
Sep 11 2024 // There has been a huge jump in law enforcement requests for Maine courts to allow guns to be seized from people deemed a danger to themselves or others since the deadliest mass shooting in state history, the governor said...
Maine Can Forbid Discrimination by Religious Schools Taking State Money
Aug 22 2024 // Maine didn’t violate the U.S. constitutional rights of religious schools by requiring them to abide by the state’s antidiscrimination law to receive taxpayer-funded tuition assistance, a federal judge ruled....
Maine Regulators Reject Letting Utility Report Suspect Marijuana Growers to Police
Aug 16 2024 // Maine utility regulators unanimously rejected on Tuesday an electric utility’s proposal to proactively report high consumption that signals a marijuana growing operation to law enforcement officials in an attempt to...
AM Best Upgrades Medical Mutual Insurance Co. of Maine
Aug 15 2024 // AM Best has upgraded the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “a+” (Excellent) from “a” (Excellent) and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) of Medical Mutual Insurance Co. of Maine...
Maine Employers Face Possible Damages in Lost Wages Cases Under New Law
Aug 15 2024 // Maine workers will now benefit from a law that allows the state to order businesses to pay back wages as well as damages from missed wages. The law went into effect Friday and is the latest state-level effort among...
Prompted by Mass Shooting, Maine Implements New Gun Safety Laws
Aug 13 2024 // With eleventh hour guidance from the state, Maine gun retailers on Friday began requiring a three-day wait period for gun purchases under one of the new safety laws adopted following the state’s deadliest mass...
Maine Grappling With Requests of Companies to Give Up Ownership of Dams
Aug 8 2024 // State environmental officials in Maine on July 30 denied petitions from corporate owners of three Bucksport-area dams to forfeit ownership. It was the second time within a week that the state Department of Environmental...
Maine Schools Face Unique Challenges in Ridding Water of ‘Forever Chemicals’
Jul 29 2024 // Days before winter break ended in December 2022, Bill Hansen was relieved to learn that Jordan-Small Middle School in Raymond had no traces of ‘forever chemicals’ in tests of the school’s water...
Maine Provides Waterfront Communities With $21 Million to Rebuild From Winter Storms
Jul 25 2024 // Maine is providing more than $21 million in grants to help dozens of waterfront communities rebuild from a series of devastating storms this past winter. The storms brought flooding, damage and power outages to the...
