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, 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 ...

Conservationists in Maine said reinstated protections of the Endangered Species Act could help wildlife already struggling to adapt to climate change. Economic impacts will no longer be considered ...

Gov. Janet Mills has again vetoed a bill that would have improved working conditions and wages for farmworkers, though this one was proposed by her own administration. LD 2273 would have made ...

What is tax fairness? Taxes help pay for things that benefit everyone, like good schools, clean air and water, and safe roads. Businesses also need these things to succeed, along with a healthy, ...