George Gervais, acting chief of economic development, wants to stay in the job, and Robert Winglass is up for labor commissioner.

The Maine Senate voted 20 to 13 against a measure that would have required cell phone manufacturers to place additional labels on packaging to help highlight potential health risks.

The Maine Senate voted overwhelmingly against providing a $1,000 income tax credit to parents who send their children to private schools.

Legislators vote to permit a tax credit for parents of private students but reject municipal tuition subsidies.

Full-time screening for weapons at the State House entrance will start in January.

The bill, which deals with fair share union fees, is expected to die, both parties predict.

The fate of a controversial measure that would impact public sector unions is still up in the air, after the Maine House failed to kill it in a tied vote this morning.

Democrats say $8 an hour would be a modest help; one GOP lawmaker says a tax cut would be better.

Gov. LePage says the recession forced the state to cut services that Mainers came to expect.