AUGUSTA — Health care providers and proponents of traditional family values squared off Tuesday over two bills that would give parents more control over the kinds of medical treatment their children receive, including substance abuse counseling and dispensation of birth control pills. Supporters of the Republican-sponsored bills said parents should have the final word in […]

He says he hasn’t made up his mind on whether the turnpike authority should be merged with the state Department of Transportation.

A bill measuring 100 miles by road, not as the crow flies, puts the facility far enough away from Hollywood Slots.

AUGUSTA – Maine may have a new governor and the first Republican-controlled Legislature in decades, but little has changed when it comes to setting policy on gambling. It appears that voters, not lawmakers, still make the big decisions. The Legislature is faced with 13 bills that would amend the state’s gaming laws. It also has […]

The Legislature’s Government Oversight Committee decides to subpoena records from five vendors that provided gift cards to the Maine Turnpike Authority.