Maine has delayed awarding Modivcare the entire state for another year as an appeal goes to the Supreme Judicial Court.
Patrick Horne
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Women face more injury risks in car crashes. So why are test dummies modeled after men?
A Maine woman helps spearhead push to incorporate a more advanced female dummy into NHTSA testing.
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Judge rules Trump administration can’t require states to help on immigration to get transport money
Maine was among the 20 states that sued after Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy threatened to cut off funding to states that refused to comply with the White House’s immigration agenda.
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What the public lands fight means for Maine
The state won’t be spared in the political fight over the future of federal lands as the Trump administration looks to offset tax and spending cuts by slashing conservation programs, opening areas to resource extraction and laying off park staff.
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Members of the Fulbright scholarship board resign, accusing Trump of meddling
Bowdoin says none of its 15 fellowship winners has been affected by the turmoil in the program.
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His family has harvested alewives at the same Maine stream for a century
Steve Bodge operates a harvesting operation in Woolwich, and splits the profits 50-50 with the town. Now 78, he recruited his daughter to help with the annual harvest.
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Maine’s heat pump boom has been promising for rural workforce development. Can it last?
Uncertainties lie ahead as Maine approaches big deadlines for heat pump installation and bolstering its clean energy workforce.
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Maine’s clean electricity goals face unpredictable costs, availability
Beneficial electrification assumes oil and gas costs will rise, electricity will be more affordable and new generation sources will be available on a schedule aligned with target dates.
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ICE reversing termination of legal status for international students nationwide
Zach Heiden, chief counsel of the ACLU of Maine, said the sudden reversal is ‘the latest example of the destructive chaos coming from the Trump administration.’
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Farmers, seasonal businesses worry as immigration crackdown ramps up
‘There are a lot less local people that want to do (this work), so we have to have this program,’ said the owner of an apple orchard. ‘Without it, we’ll just be out of the industry. We go away.’