It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War's end and two years after President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. The ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (WMTW) - Governor Janet Mills has signed a bill to create a minimum wage for farmers. This will make sure ...

The program was a signature policy win for Gov. Janet Mills, who had proposed making it permanent in her budget.

Facing tariff barriers and tourist boycotts, Northeastern states and their neighbors to the north strive for greater cooperation.

On the same day President Donald Trump met with Prime Minister Mark Carney at the G7 Summit, northeast governors met with Canadian premiers in Boston.Gov. Janet Mills joined Gov. Maura Healey of ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (WGME) -- A bill creating a state minimum wage for farmworkers in Maine has been signed into law. Starting ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (WGME) -- A bill targeting transgender athletes in Maine that passed in the House has failed in the Senate. It ...

The state Senate rejected the Republican proposal Monday (18-16 vote) after some Democrats joined Republicans (76-71 vote) to ...

Gov. Janet Mills had wanted to make the program permanent. But lawmakers recommended making this year's graduation high ...

Game wardens say they were called to the pond for an unresponsive person, while border patrol also arrived on the scene.

Governor Janet Mills, left, joined other Governors from the Northeast and Premiers from Eastern Canada in Boston Monday to ...

Barring a reversal, the votes could doom a slate of bills that have gained scrutiny following the February confrontation ...