A Maine law that went into effect in July created a bipartisan task force. It's charged with diagnosing problems lying in ...

Hospitals are already under financial strain. Federal and state policies affecting Maine's Medicaid program will only add ...

House speaker Ryan Fecteau, D-Biddeford, discusses legislative business on the phone, April 25, 2022, at the State House in Augusta, Maine. Credit: AP/Robert F. Bukaty ...

Fecteau highlighted a new law introduced by Rep. Amy Roeder (D-Bangor), LD 427, that reduces the minimum parking requirements to one space per dwelling unit.

The Maine Legislature approved seven studies on topics including property taxes, health care, higher education and housing production. Some of these proposals initially started out as bills to make ...

In February, Ms. Libby posted a photo on X that identified a trans athlete who had won the state girls’ championship for pole vaulting. She posted a follow-up saying the student had competed in the ...

Maine House Speaker Ryan Fecteau emailed and called Libby on Feb. 18, asking her to take the post down. “In addition to risking the young person’s safety, your post violates one of the long ...

State Rep. Laurel Libby (R) does not challenge the verbal censure itself but instead asks the justices for an emergency injunction blocking Maine House Speaker Ryan Fecteau’s (D) declaration ...

Maine House Speaker Ryan Fecteau and Maine's Democrat majority censured Libby for a social media post earlier this year, in which she identified a trans athlete who had switched from competing ...

Democratic House Speaker Ryan Fecteau accused Libby of violating the state’s legislative ethics code with the post, and the Maine House of Representatives censured her in February.

FILE - House speaker Ryan Fecteau, D-Biddeford, discusses legislative business on the phone, April 25, 2022, at the State House in Augusta, Maine.