For a sandy and sunny getaway, visit Maine's friendliest town, home to 7 miles of shoreline, charming antique stores, and nature adventures just steps away.

Gov. Janet Mills released two statements addressing President Donald Trump's threat to withhold federal funding, but neither mentioned federal taxes.

Maine isn’t usually the state that hits news headlines. But with recent news regarding Maine’s Democratic Governor Janet Mills telling second-time President Donald Trump, “We’ll see you in court,” both the LGBTQ+ community and non-LGBTQ+ community took notice of her reaction to federal funding being pulled from transgender athletes.

Maine Gov. Janet Mills was “being a total ass” when she defied President Trump during a heated confrontation at the White House concerning transgender athletes in women’s sports, according to Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala.

A Maine state lawmaker sounded the alarm on its transgender athlete policy during an interview on OutKick's "The Ricky Cobb Show" on Monday.

The U.S. Attorney General's office is threatening to sue Maine if the state does not stop allowing transgender athletes to participate in girls' and womens' sports. In a letter to Gov. Janet Mills, Attorney General Pam Bondi reiterated the Trump administration's position that Maine and other states that are allowing girls to compete against boys in sports and athletic events are in violation of Title IX and the Constitution,

On a final note, Donald Trump, as a representative of the federal government, has a lot of things that he can do to bring her into compliance, such as adjudicate whether she’s going to get federal education funds or not. Maine is not known as one of the wealthiest states that’s autonomous and independent economically of the rest of us.

Senior Taylor Jean spends 6 hours a day in school, for 175 days a year, as do most high schoolers in Maine. But that is significantly less than what's required in other states across the country.

The Petitions of the Week column highlights some of the cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here. The Fourth Amendment generally requires police to get a warrant before searching someone’s belongings.

A U.S. Department of Agriculture investigation into the agency's funding for the University of Maine could compromise research on biofuels, vegetables, and "forever chemicals" that have been polluting the state,

In recognition of her leadership in environmental and agricultural issues and her long history of serving the people of Maine, Chellie Pingree is Maine’s USA TODAY Women of the Year honoree. The following conversation has been edited for length and clarity.

The Maine Department of Labor has issued a citation to Northern Maine Medical Center for regulatory violations, including misclassifying nurses as subcontractors, failing to pay nurses overtime, failing to pay nurses their wages in a timely manner,