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From shooting in a school zone to banning plastic clips, eight bills, most aimed at loosening Maine's gun laws, were heard before lawmakers on Monday morning

The past few months have been a tumultuous time for Maine’s lobster fishing industry, with new regulations looming and “red listing” of lobster by a watchdog group.

The homicide rate has spiked nearly 10 percent in 50 of the biggest U.S. cities since 2021. 

Cities with Democratic mayors saw steeper rises in homicide rates than their Republican-led counterparts. Experts blamed soft-on-crime prosecutors and low police morale.

We do not know if Robert Crimo III, the confessed Highland Park Fourth of July parade shooter, was ...

Academics have investigated whether assault-weapons bans, large-capacity magazine restrictions, universal background checks and other curbs have worked.

Watching President Biden rattle on last night -- the White House has posted the transcript here -- I thought it was time to get serious about gum control. Yes, its time for Biden to quit flapping his gums with the usual dynamics ranging from a whisper to a shout in the deranged old-man style to which we have become accustomed. Biden himself appeared to have gum control in the back

While there are some trends that may make gun violence less likely here, the state is “lucky” it hasn’t seen a high-profile mass shooting, according to Michael Rocque, a criminologist at Bates College who grew up in Maine and has studied the circumstances around mass shootings.

“I definitely don’t think yellow flag laws are enough."

Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree weigh in on Maine's gun laws