Legislators will review such issues as the department’s structure, lobster harvest limits and underfunding.

Charlie Webster said the 19 visiting medical students did not vote illegally, but did ‘scam’ the system.

Maine Republican Party Chairman Charlie Webster said Friday he was “concerned” about 19 voters who used a hotel address to register on Election Day in 2004. But the 19 voters appear to be medical students of a school on Grand Cayman Island that were evacuated due to a hurricane.

Voters will decide whether to let same-day sign-ups end

The committee charged with redrawing the lines of Maine’s two congressional districts votes 8-7 to recommend a Democratic proposal to the full Legislature.

Democrats propose redistributing towns in Kennebec County to create districts with a population difference of one.

Republicans and Democrats continue to offer competing proposals for redrawing the lines of Maine’s two congressional districts.

AUGUSTA — Assistant House Majority Leader Andre Cushing, R-Hampden, has been selected to serve as chairman of a new Blue Ribbon Commission on Affordable Housing. The 17-member panel will study Maine’s housing situation and “develop a plan to maximize investments to meet a number of severe problems in the state,” according to the House Republican […]

Critics fear the governor’s order will reduce government efficiency and limit the Legislature’s power.