What would you think if I told you an American governor just proposed a budget that cut eligibility for food stamps for ...

Governor Janet Mills unveiled her budget plans for Maine through 2027. While the proposal balances the budget through some ...

Children and families in rural Maine would face the greatest harm should proposed funding cuts to the federal Medicaid ...

A new program aims to ensure rural Mainers can take full advantage of expanding high-speed internet service. Grant ...

Maine Republicans have only been in power in Augusta for two of the past 50 years (they have only held the trifecta of the ...

Use of Maine’s yellow flag law has grown dramatically since the Lewiston mass shootings: law enforcement agencies completed ...

A newly proposed voter suppression referendum, if implemented, could make voting more challenging for older Mainers, rural ...

Public policy director Cate Blackford joins Senior Organizer Esther Pew to chat about paid family medical leave in Maine, as well as the positive and negative aspects of Gov. Janet Mills' recently ...

Kathryn Carley began her career in community radio, and is happy to be back, covering the New England region for Public News Service. Getting her start at KFAI in Minneapolis, Carley graduated from ...

Medical debt will no longer appear on credit reports, according to a new rule the federal Consumer Financial Protection ...

Ben Chin and Esther Pew are back for the first podcast episode of 2025! The hosts discuss two petitions — regarding voting rights and a red flag law — that will potentially be on the 2025 ballot. “ ...