Maine
How Dentists Use Their Political Clout to Limit Competition
Dental therapists can provide access to more care, but the American Dental Association keeps trying to stop them.
Maine's Food Sovereignty Win Is a Big Deal
Cities will be able to set local rules governing food production and sales.
Subsidies Encourage Maine Farmers to Keep Growing Too Many Blueberries
The market can't fix the problem when government insists on intervention.
Court Ruling Jeopardizes Ranked Voting System in Maine
Constitutional concerns with voter-approved changes that benefit third-party candidates
Maine Lawmaker Targets Foragers on Private Property
Should advanced permission be required, or should land owners post signs?
Maine Marijuana Opponents Can't Get Enough Volunteers for Legalization Recount
Legalization proponents chipping in with extra volunteers.
Independent Voters, Keep an Eye on Maine's Coming Election Experiment
Initiative introducing 'ranked-choice' voting passes.
Maine Becomes the Eighth State to Legalize Marijuana
It is the second state on the East Coast to do so, joining Massachusetts.
Maine's Ranked-Choice Initiative's Fate in Hands of Undecided Voters
Today in votes that are actually about future votes
Will Maine Be the First State Where Voters May Rank Their Choices?
Proposition could boost election chances for third-party candidates in some cases.
Maine's Attorney General Says Legalization Initiative Would Let Minors Possess Pot
The Question 1 campaign says the initiative clearly applies only to cannabis consumers 21 or older.
Where Voters Are Likeliest to Legalize Marijuana in a Month
With pot on the ballot in nine states, support for allowing recreational use is strongest in California, while Florida looks likeliest to permit medical use.
Maine Gov. Paul LePage's 'Binder of Drug Dealers' Shows He Was Lying About the Race of Arrestees
Hoisted by his own scrapbook petard.
Maine Gov. Paul LePage Would Like to Duel a Political Rival
"America's craziest governor" really loses it this time in the form of expletive-filled voicemail.
Maine Legalization Initiative Would Force Merchants to Hide Marijuana Magazines
MPP, which decried the behind-the-counter rule as "absurd" and "unconstitutional" in Colorado, is backing it in Maine.
Food Freedom Legislation Slowly Advancing in States
One big step forward; two temporary steps back.
Maine Voters Will Decide Whether to Legalize Marijuana
An initiative that was temporarily derailed by a notary public's sloppy signature qualifies for the ballot.
Judge Revives Maine's Marijuana Legalization Initiative
The ruling says the secretary state improperly rejected signatures based on an unreasonably narrow reading of the law.
Maine Food Rules Handcuff Amish Sausage Maker
Meddling and oppressive safety regulations threaten shop's survival.
Signature Snafu May Doom Maine Marijuana Measure
The secretary of state rejected nearly half of the signatures submitted by the initiative's backers.
Maine's Governor Wants to Fight the War on Drugs with the Guillotine
Paul LePage a.k.a. "America's Craziest Governor" is at it again.
Maine Court: Transgender Student Can Choose Bathroom
Had been forced to use staff bathroom rather than girls' room
Maine Town Given More Time to Respond to Lawsuit Over Fatal 2011 Police Shooting of Army Vet
How much time do they need?
Voters in Portland, Maine Expect Police to Comply on Marijuana Legalization Ordinance, Says City Councilor
Police said the vote changed nothing for them
Could Pot Legalization Go Statewide in Maine?
Advocates consider possibilities after initiative in Portland passes
Portland, Maine, Three Towns in Michigan Vote to Legalize Recreational Marijuana
All by healthy margins
Voters in Portland, ME Approve Legalization of Recreational Marijuana
Possession still illegal under state and federal law
Ke$ha Fights Bear-Baiting in Maine
Animal-rights groups trying to stop the practice, with singer backing them
Drug Companies Fight Maine's Efforts to Let Residents Buy from Canada
Lawsuit to protect business interests
Maine's Medical Marijuana Efforts Hampered by Federal Law
Struggles four years after legalization
Maine Governor Denies Saying Obama 'Hates White People'
Two lawmakers heard it at a fundraiser and told the media
Maine Hospitals Suing Federal Government For Alleged Medicare Underpayments
Say reimbursement rate was miscalculated
Two Maine Hikers Die Minutes After Park Rescue
After being returned to their car, they drove it into a lake
