This week on the podcast, Esther Pew interviews Luc Kuanzambi of Portland. An immigrant from the Congo, Kuanzambi is a ...

In perhaps the greatest test of her tenure—the massacre in Lewiston that left 31 shot, including 18 dead—Governor Janet Mills ...

State officials in Maine are preparing the next generation for climate change-related activism and careers. A new state-run ...

Friday is “Veto Day,” the day the legislature gathers to vote on whether to override any vetoes a governor returns after the ...

142 Free Street in Portland is owned by the Portland Museum of Art, which sits directly next to it. Photo by Beacon staff For ...

This week on the Beacon Podcast, Esther, Ben, and Cate discuss the end of the legislative session. They reflect on some of the wins from the session, including $18 million for rent relief, funding for ...

This week on the Beacon Podcast, Cate interviews Hillary Knight with the Capital Region Public Defenders Office in Augusta, who clarifies what the right to counsel means for Mainers, some of the ...

Maine voters overwhelmingly back crucial housing reforms and a public health insurance option, according to a recent poll. In the survey of 607 Maine voters conducted in late March by the Maine People ...

When the late Gov. Joe Brennan, who passed away this week at the age of 89, was first elected to the Maine legislature in 1965, the first bill he sponsored was to abolish the reprehensible practice of ...