A federal judge on Tuesday turned down a request for a preliminary injunction barring the use of ranked-choice voting in the Maine Republican Party’s June 12 primaries, including the contest to become the party’s gubernatorial candidate. The party filed suit after its state convention in early May, saying delegates unanimously wanted to continue to use a […]

  SACO — When Marc Paquette first joined the Saco Fire Department he didn’t think of firefighting as a long-term career. Things change. The fire captain retired Wednesday after 37  ½ years of service in the department. Paquette, 61, is the son of a firefighter. His father, Armand, was a firefighter for many years, retiring […]

Former President George H.W. Bush was in “good spirits” on Wednesday but was likely to remain at a Biddeford hospital for several more days as he undergoes treatment for low blood pressure, according to a spokesman. Bush, 93, has been at Southern Maine Health Care in Biddeford since Sunday after experiencing fatigue and low blood pressure while […]

AUGUSTA – Lawmakers on the Legislature’s budget-writing Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee were set to return to the negotiation table Wednesday, about a month after the Legislature adjourned and left hundreds of bills unfinished with the end of the fiscal rapidly approaching on June 30. Those affected by the impasse urged the Legislature to get […]

Campaign signs for Max Linn are posted Tuesday on the side of Maine Mall Road in South Portland, even though Linn has been disqualified from the June 12 Republican primary because he didn’t collect enough valid voter signatures. His continued campaigning doesn’t appear to violate any election laws, although it is likely to cause some […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein was indicted on rape and criminal sex act charges, furthering the first criminal case to arise from a slate of sexual misconduct allegations against the former movie mogul. Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. said Wednesday’s indictment brings Weinstein “another step closer to accountability” for alleged attacks on […]

LEWISTON — Officials at Geiger are worried the largest privately held promotional products distributor in the world could suffer if the global reputation of the United States does not improve. Jo-an Lantz, Geiger’s chief operating officer, said Tuesday that world opinion has “really shifted” against the country over the past 18 months because of the […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration is planning to impose tariffs on European steel and aluminum imports after failing to win concessions from the European Union, a move that could provoke retaliatory tariffs and inflame trans-Atlantic trade tensions. U.S. and European officials held last-ditch talks in Paris on Thursday to try to avert a […]