When Chris Miller set out with fellow artists to walk through the outdoor sculpture installation at LongWoods Preserve in Cumberland, their group was trailing a family with small children. They couldn ...

Megan Grumbling is a poet and writer who lives in Portland. Deep Water: Maine Poems is produced in collaboration with the ...

The next time you head to the beach, there is a new way for you to stay informed. Officials from the York County Emergency Management Agency have created a mobile alert system to send emergency ...

Sen. Susan Collins said she told the White House and Republican leadership weeks ago that President Donald Trump’s signature ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law an overhaul of California's landmark environmental protection rules that ...

The Senate slogged through a tense overnight session that has now dragged into Tuesday morning, with Republican leaders ...

Senate Republicans hauled President Donald Trump’s big tax breaks and spending cuts bill to passage on the narrowest of votes.

The Independent was on Capitol Hill overnight as senators voted on an unlimited series of amendments to the president’s tax ...

At some 940 pages, the legislation is a sprawling collection of tax breaks, spending cuts and other Republican priorities, including new money for national defense and deportations.

Vice President Vance cast the tiebreaking vote as Senate Republicans delivered a huge legislative victory for President Trump on Tuesday by passing his One Big, Beautiful Bill Act after hours of ...