Latest Maine Headlines
All the headlines from our Maine Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Wild Ducks Found Dead in Maine Test Positive for Bird Flu
Feb 14 2023 // Wildlife authorities in Maine said six wild ducks found dead in a stream in Winthrop have tested positive for bird flu. The hooded mergansers were found dead in Mill Stream and tested positive for a highly pathogenic avian...
Advocates for Paid Family Leave Launch Campaign in Maine
Feb 9 2023 // The Maine Paid Family Leave Coalition on Tuesday launched a renewed push for a paid family and medical leave benefit as the Democratic-controlled Legislature takes up the issue. Maine Sen. Mattie Daughtry, D-Brunswick, and...
Maine Lawmakers Propose Arming Security Guards or Teachers in Schools
Feb 7 2023 // AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Republican lawmakers said it’s time to beef up security in Maine schools, either with armed security officers or by allowing teachers to be armed. A bill sponsored by Rep. Steven Foster,...
Maine AG Fines Moving Company Over Threatening Emails to Negative Reviewers
Feb 1 2023 // A moving and storage company in Maine has agreed to pay a $125,000 fine and refrain from using a misleading email address to threaten customers who leave negative reviews, according to the state attorney general’s...
Maine Jury Awards $4.5M for Claim of Sexual Abuse Committed 30 Years Ago
Jan 30 2023 // PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A jury has awarded $4.5 million in damages to a woman whose lawsuit contended she was sexually abused three decades ago by a family friend in Maine. The federal jury found in favor of 36-year-old...
Cable Company Subcontractor Dies After Fall From Bucket Lift in Maine
Jan 19 2023 // RANGELEY, Maine (AP) — A cable company subcontractor died after falling from a bucket lift that encountered utility wires while the vehicle was traveling on a road, officials said. The man was in the bucket, which was...
Catholic Diocese Challenges Maine Law Allowing Older Sex Abuse Claims
Jan 10 2023 // PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland is challenging a Maine law that eliminated the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse, allowing a wave of new lawsuits. A motion in the first of the...
Maine’s New Laws Address PFAS, Minimum Wage, Pay for Unused Vacation
Jan 4 2023 // Minimum wage earners will see a pay increase and employers will have to pay departing employees for unused vacation time under laws taking effect Jan. 1 in Maine. Maine’s minimum wage will increase from $12.75 to...
Highway Fatalities Top 170 in Maine
Dec 29 2022 // Maine is likely to finish the year with its highest number of highway fatalities in 15 years, as a pandemic trend of speeding and reckless driving continues across the state, officials said. The unofficial number of...
Lawsuits Alleging Maine Church Knew About Sex Abuse Now Number 14
Dec 23 2022 // Two more people have filed lawsuits alleging sexual abuse by a Roman Catholic clergy member and a nun — both deceased — raising the number to over a dozen since Maine loosened the statute of limitations last year. One...
Maine Catholic Church Hit With More Sex Abuse Claims Under Revised Law
Dec 12 2022 // Four people in Maine have filed lawsuits with claims that they were sexually abused by Catholic priests as children. Three men sued the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland on Thursday in Cumberland County Superior Court....
Maine Jury Awards Ex-Trooper $300,000 in Whistleblower Case
Dec 6 2022 // A jury in Maine awarded a now-retired state trooper $300,000 Friday after finding that the state police retaliated against him when he raised concerns about the agency’s intelligence gathering work. George Loder, 53,...
Maine Retreats on Ban on Sales of Pre-Rolled Medical Marijuana Products
Nov 22 2022 // Maine is backing down from some of its guidance for the medical marijuana industry by allowing the sale of pre-rolled products to resume. The Maine Office of Cannabis Policy last month banned medical marijuana caregivers...
Black Medical Worker Awarded $3 Million in Maine Racial Discrimination Case
Nov 7 2022 // A federal jury has awarded $3 million to a former Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center worker who said racial discrimination led to his firing. Attorneys for David Ako-Annan, who is Black, said the damages...
Maine’s ‘Cabin Masters’ Settles Lead Safety Claims
Oct 20 2022 // The company featured on the cable TV show “Maine Cabin Masters” has settled claims that it violated lead safety and exposure rules on some of its renovations. The settlement reached by the U.S. Environmental...
Storm Batters Maine Coastal Communities
Oct 17 2022 // A storm packing strong winds and heavy rain lashed the New England coast on Friday with the greatest impact in Maine, where more than 100,000 homes and businesses lost power. The storm brought a gust of 72 mph (116 kph),...
Maine Supreme Court Sets Reasonable Evidentiary Standard In Failure to Procure Insurance Case
Oct 17 2022 // Insurance agents and brokers are often sued by clients for allegedly failing to procure for the client coverage that met the client’s needs. In determining the agent’s culpability, an essential question is...
Chemical Plant Owner to Pay $187M for Maine River Pollution Cleanup
Oct 13 2022 // PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The owner of a former chemical plant that dumped mercury into the Penobscot River must pay at least $187 million to remove the contamination in a resolution to a decades-long legal battle. A...
Maine Opts Out of $440M Multistate Settlement With Juul
Sep 26 2022 // Maine has opted out of a $440 million multistate settlement with electronic cigarette maker Juul Labs in objection to certain conditions. Maine would have received roughly $11 million over six to 10 years under the...
Maine Privacy Law Survives Challenge by Internet Service Providers
Sep 8 2022 // One of the strictest internet privacy laws in the United States has withstood a legal challenge, as a group of telecommunication providers has dropped its bid to overturn the Maine standard. Maine created one of the...
