A judge has decided an Acton woman cannot withdraw her guilty plea to murdering her former husband.  The ruling means Kandee Weyland Collind will face sentencing more than two years after she stabbed Scott Weyland in front of their two children. Police said she attacked him in February 2017 shortly after she learned a judge awarded primary custody […]

A federal requirement in the Medicaid program is threatening to hamper the Mills administration’s effort to increase access to opioid treatment programs in Maine.  The Legislature shelved a bill this session that would have increased reimbursement rates, starting in July, by 8 percent for those offering medication-assisted treatment to Medicaid patients. The proposal stalled after […]

Maine voters are going to get a lot of requests for their signatures in the months ahead, as the Secretary of State’s Office prepares to issue a dozen petitions for “people’s veto” campaigns to overturn state laws set to take effect in September.  The most recent application for a petition targets the assisted-suicide law that […]

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A Bath man with ties to the state’s Libertarian Party is facing nine charges after attempting to kill a 29-year-old woman Monday morning in Shirley, officials said. Christopher Hallowell, 24, made his initial appearance Tuesday afternoon in Piscataquis County Superior Court, where it was revealed that the victim, Megan Jennison, whom Hallowell allegedly shot in […]

U.S. Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Tammy Duckworth of Illinois have introduced the Sensible, Timely Relief for America’s Nuclear Districts’ Economic Development (STRANDED) Act.  The legislation would address the impacts of stranded nuclear waste by providing federal assistance to communities around the country that are burdened with storing this spent fuel, according to a news release.  The Senators’ bipartisan […]

Maine Medical Center’s decision to end the practice of using live pigs for emergency medicine training is following a national trend of spurning the use of live animals in favor of high-tech simulators.  The Portland hospital was one of only a dozen hospitals across the country that still used live animals rather than simulators, according […]

Early this month, Maine Gov. Janet Mills signed a bill into law that will tax all tobacco products the same rate as cigarettes and expand funding for tobacco use prevention and cessation in Maine.  “The primary purpose of the bill is tobacco abuse prevention and cessation,” said the bill’s sponsor Rep. Joyce McCreight, D-Harpswell. “This […]