AUGUSTA — The state ethics commission announced Tuesday that the Maine Clean Elections Act fund does not have enough money to issue full payments due to 120 candidates in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year, which ends Saturday. In a memo to commission members, Executive Director Jonathan Wayne said the fund has been alloted just under $390,000 but […]

KENNEBUNKPORT (AP)— Former President George H.W. Bush welcomed former President Bill Clinton to Walker’s Point on Monday. A photo posted on Twitter shows the nation’s 41st and 42nd presidents at the Bush family compound, as Bush shows off a pair of “Bill Clinton socks.” The elder Bush enjoys wearing colorful socks, and wore socks with books […]

MCALLEN, Texas (AP) — A judge in California on Tuesday ordered U.S. border authorities to reunite separated families within 30 days, setting a hard deadline in a process that has so far yielded uncertainty about when children might again see their parents. If children are younger than 5, they must be reunified within 14 days […]

The Maine Department of Transportation released a report Tuesday that confirms what commuters already know – Interstate 295 around Portland is congested, unreliable, and, at times, unsafe. The report includes plans for improvements such as pull-off lanes, message boards and longer approach ramps in the next three years to ease choking traffic and reduce the […]

ALFRED — A New York City man who fatally shot a Maine man in the face during an argument over drugs two years ago was found not guilty of murder Monday evening by a jury in York County Superior Court. The jury, which deliberated for 2½ hours, also found Timothy Ortiz, 22, not guilty on […]

DETROIT — Maryam Bahramipanah is torn between staying with her husband, who came to Michigan from their native Iran, and returning home to see her mother, who suffered a stroke. With the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Tuesday to uphold President Donald Trump’s ban on travel from several mostly Muslim countries, she expects that she won’t […]

LONDON (AP) — Bee Gee Barry Gibb has received a knighthood at Buckingham Palace, and says he hopes his late brothers Robin and Maurice are proud of him. Gibb is the last surviving member of the fraternal trio whose falsetto harmonies and disco beats powered huge 1970s hits including “How Deep is Your Love,” ″Stayin’ […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A far-reaching Republican immigration bill is careening toward likely House rejection, a defeat that would be a telling rebuff of the leaders of a divided GOP. The party’s lawmakers are considering Plan B: Passing legislation by week’s end curbing the Trump administration’s contentious separating of migrant families. After months of trying to […]

ALFRED — A New York City man who fatally shot a Maine man in the face during an argument over drugs two years ago was found not guilty of murder Monday evening by a jury in York County Superior Court. The jury, which deliberated for 2½ hours, also found Timothy Ortiz, 22, not guilty on […]

AUGUSTA – Gov. Paul LePage has stalled the sale of voter-approved bonds as a dispute intensifies between the governor and Legislature over state borrowing and a package of new spending bills. LePage’s spokesman, Peter Steele said in a statement Monday that LePage was concerned over “11th-hour legislative spending” and was asking Maine’s State Treasurer Terry […]