The LePage administration has approved major increases in reimbursement rates for health professionals to provide medication-assisted treatment to the thousands of Mainers caught up in the epidemic of opioid use disorder. The changes, put in place last week, come in the waning days of the eight-year term of Republican Gov. Paul LePage, and years after […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is inching closer to his long-teased major White House shake-up, gearing up for the twin challenges of battling for re-election and dealing with the Democrats’ investigations once they take control of the House. The biggest piece of the shifting picture: Chief of Staff John Kelly’s departure now appears certain. […]

BIDDEFORD — Students from Biddeford’s Alternative Pathways Center are hosting their first Community Cookie Decorating event on Thursday, Dec. 20. This free event is open to all ages. It is an open-house style event in which participants may drop-in when it is convenient for them between 3 and 5 p.m. at 73 Bacon St. in Biddeford. […]

A Westbrook man accused of intentionally hitting another man with his SUV in October has been charged with attempted murder. Clemente Hernandez, 45, is being held at the Cumberland County Jail on $25,000 bail. Prosecutors originally had charged him with lesser crimes, but the Cumberland County grand jury handed down an indictment Friday on the more […]

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Thousands waved and cheered along the route as funeral train No. 4141 — for the 41st president — carried George H.W. Bush’s remains to their final resting place on Thursday, his last journey as a week of national remembrance took on a decidedly personal feel in an emotional home state […]

SCARBOROUGH — Paul Marks distinctly remembers the moment he heard the Japanese had attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. The 19-year-old was washing his car when news of the devastating attack came over the radio. Marks first wondered where Pearl Harbor was located, but his thoughts quickly shifted to his responsibility as an American. […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Just two days after being named host of the Academy Awards, Kevin Hart stepped down following an outcry over past homophobic tweets by the comedian. Capping a swift and dramatic fallout, Hart wrote on Twitter just after midnight Friday that he was withdrawing as Oscars host because he didn’t want to […]

The judge deciding the Medicaid expansion lawsuit has denied a stay request by the outgoing LePage administration, but set a new Feb. 1 deadline to begin enrolling people in the expanded health insurance program. From a practical standpoint, the latest ruling makes the lawsuit moot. Gov.-elect Janet Mills, a Democrat who will be sworn in […]

Trucks traveling from Maine to Virginia made a stop in Kennebunk in December, 2015. JOURNAL TRIBUNE file photo YORK COUNTY — The Wreaths Across America convoy will be passing through Saco and Kennebunk on Monday morning on it’s way to Arlington Cemetery, and community members are invited to come out and show their support as […]

Maine will get more than $26 million in federal funds to pay for road and street improvements and traffic light upgrades. Maine Sen. Susan Collins announced an award of $26.6 million in a news release Thursday. The Republican chairs the Senate’s transportation appropriations subcommittee and Maine has received transportation grant funding for 10 years in […]