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Tech-savvy children, whose online time skyrocketed during the pandemic, are finding ways to circumvent the controls meant to protect them.

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled against a lobster fishers groups who wanted the court to block new ...

The Center For Competitive Democracy has won its lawsuit in Maine. Judge Lance E Walker, of the US District Court for Maine, in a 41-page Order (linked below) concludes: "The party-member signature requirement . . . is unconstitutional  . . . in violation of the associational and equal protection

By Caitlin Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff A federal judge on Nov. 17 ruled that Maine’s practice of automatically unenrolling voters from political parties when their membership falls below a certain level is unconstitutional.

A Houlton man has been sentenced to one year in prison and three years of supervised release for a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.

Gov. Janet Mills and all four members of Maine's congressional delegation signed the letter to a top regulator urging the policy change.

A federal judge rightly finds that the government needs more than guesswork to issue its whale protection plan.

The Maine Lobstering Union sued to prevent the temporary closure of a nearly 1,000-square-mile area.

The decision backs lobstering advocates' contention that better data is needed to protect right whales, but supporters of a ban, who may appeal, say it discounts scientists' analysis.

The federal government says the area that would be closed is a seasonal route for the endangered North Atlantic right whale. Industry advocates say the closure and other new rules will endanger the lobster fishery.