Earlier this year, state Rep. Laurel Libby made a post criticizing trans women in women's sports. Her refusal to apologize has cost Libby her right to speak on the House floor and vote on legislation.
Americans are turning to home-cooked meals, but state regulators are making it harder for small food businesses to survive.
Gov. Janet Mills’s office referred critical social media posts to the police. The FPC pushed back.
Beware the “Equality Model” of sex work law reform in 2024.
Letting state officials determine whether a candidate has "engaged in insurrection" opens a huge can of worms.
A plan to have the state take control of Maine's two private electric utility firms has divided the political left.
Criticism of the state’s "yellow flag" statute is doubly misguided.
The hospital baselessly claimed the teenager's mother wrote the petition after she was fired without cause.
Today, voters will consider a citizen petition that would let landlords raise rents to market rates on vacant units.
Plus: Court rules that naked female spa can't exclude transgender women, Biden vetoes bill blocking student loan forgiveness, and more...
A new report illustrates that the middle of the housing market is still missing.
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear 94-year-old Geraldine Tyler's case challenging home equity theft.
Intelligence-gathering “fusion centers” repeatedly abuse civil liberties without making us safer.
Notwithstanding federal pot prohibition, the appeals court says, the requirement violated the Commerce Clause's implicit prohibition of anti-competitive interstate trade barriers.
The Parkers filed their lawsuit under Maine’s new ‘right-to-food’ constitutional amendment.
The state's new rules on vulgar vanity plates could amount to unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination.
The Pine Tree State is embracing California-style housing reforms. It could run into California-style problems.
Free speech and occupational licensing collide.
Language regarding seed exchanges could violate contracts.
A new law will require a criminal conviction before property can be seized.
Grocery stores hate expanding food freedom, but why is the head of Maine's farmers market coalition so nervous?
Federal law doesn't prohibit financial institutions from offering banking service to dispensaries and growers, but the added reporting requirements and threat of federal scrutiny keeps many banks away.
Lindsey Graham just dodged a third-party bullet, but there are a handful of other tossup Senate races where third-party candidates could exceed the major candidates' margin.
Voting for Libertarian, Green, or independent candidates will not mean “throwing your vote away.”
Much-maligned single-use plastics make a comeback in a newly germaphobic nation.
A Republican representative lost his seat in the new instant runoff system, so he sued.
A year into their experiment with self-governance, the municipalities of Maine are embracing their new food freedoms
GOP Rep. Bruce Poliquin fails to get a majority vote. Jared Golden joins the House's new Democratic majority.
Bruce Poliquin is currently ahead. But a new requirement that he get a majority vote could unseat him.
Meanwhile, Fargo citizens adopt a different way to choose winners of citywide races.
Launch of statewide ranked-choice voting will help us see who best earns the support of independents.
The Chinese tariffs have clobbered the lobster market, with prices falling to two-year lows.
The former Ron Paul delegate, current state senator, and underdog to unseat independent Angus King says Johnson "would be one of the best U.S. senators."
State's experiment in a different style of voting to continue.
Voters participate in first use of a candidate rating system for state races in the U.S.
Paul LePage's obstructionism has delayed the establishment of a legal recreational market.
Alaska has the lowest taxes on recreational marijuana.
Paul LePage says Maine shouldn't implement a legalization initiative until it's clear how the feds will respond.
Law amended to make sure meat processors comply with federal regulations.
Dental therapists can provide access to more care, but the American Dental Association keeps trying to stop them.
Cities will be able to set local rules governing food production and sales.
The market can't fix the problem when government insists on intervention.
Constitutional concerns with voter-approved changes that benefit third-party candidates
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