WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release: * * * IN THE STATES: Democrats Running on Affordability Notch Crucial Wins in FL and GA, While GOP Rejects Lowering Health Care Costs Yesterday, Senate Republicans overwhelmingly voted against extending enhanced ACA premium tax credits that millions of families rely on to afford their health care. Now, health care costs are set to double for more than 20 million Americans starting on January 1. Ahead o more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Golden's bipartisan permitting reform bill passes House * WASHINGTON Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) today celebrated the House's passage of his bipartisan Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development (SPEED) Act. The bill, which he first introduced with Republican House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Bruce Westerman (AR-04) in July, would modernize the National Environmental Po more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 18, 2025: * * * House Passes Historic Bipartisan Permitting Reform Legislation Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 4776, the Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development (SPEED) Act, introduced by Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and U.S. Representative Jared Golden (D-Maine). Chairman Westerman issued the follo more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release: * * * ICYMI: DNC Launches Digital Ad Campaign in Hometown Newspapers of Vulnerable GOP Senators Ahead of Health Care Vote Yesterday, Senate Republicans voted to make health care even more expensive for more than 20 million Americans by letting enhanced ACA premium tax credits expire. Before the vote, the DNC launched a new ad campaign targeting vulnerable Senate Republicans in Ohio, Alaska, Texas, and  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * King's Bipartisan MAPWaters Act Heads to President's Desk * WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, U.S. Senators Angus King (I-ME), a senior member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee (ENR), and John Barrasso (R-WY) expressed their appreciation to their Senate colleagues for unanimously passing their bipartisan legislation that will increase public access to all available information about fede more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service issued the following news release: * * * National Park Service awards two contracts to complete housing construction at Harden Farm Bar Harbor, Maine - The National Park Service recently awarded two major contracts to complete the construction of employee housing at Harden Farm. A $3.4 million contract will connect the site to the town of Bar Harbor's sewer system, and a $7.4 million contract will construct an ad more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Collins Demands Coast Guard Immediately Abandon Reclassification of Hate Symbols * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Susan Collins sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem calling on the Coast Guard to immediately abandon a policy change that made certain displays, such as swastikas and nooses, no longer classified as hate symbols. After originally  more PR

ORONO, Maine, Dec. 18 -- The University of Maine posted the following news release: * * * UMaine receives more than $3.5 million estate gift from Linda Zillman * University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy and University of Maine Foundation President Jeff Mills announced a more than $3.5 million estate gift from Linda Zillman, including a record-breaking investment in the UMaine Honors College and major support for the Zillman Art Museum. Linda and her late husband, Donald Zillman, sh more PR

BIDDEFORD, Maine, Dec. 19 -- The University of New England issued the following news on Dec. 18, 2025: * * * UNE medical students continue holiday giving tradition in partnership with Biddeford Primary School Students from the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine's Sigma Sigma Phi (SSP) KAPPA Chapter continued a longstanding holiday tradition on Friday, Dec. 12, hosting their annual Holiday Giving Tree toy drive on UNE's Biddeford Campus to support local families through  more PR

BIDDEFORD, Maine, Dec. 19 -- The University of New England issued the following news: * * * UNE professor helps bridge science and Indigenous wisdom through children's literature The holiday season is always a big time for book sales. Scott Wood, Ph.D., director of the Portland Laboratory for Biotechnology and Health Sciences at the University of New England, can recommend two children's books that celebrate the confluence of science and Indigenous wisdom, an important topic in a state rich more PR

ORONO, Maine, Dec. 18 -- The University of Maine posted the following news release: * * * University of Maine System, graduate student workers' union achieve first collective bargaining agreement * The University of Maine System (UMS) has achieved its first collective bargaining agreement with part-time graduate student workers, acknowledging their essential role in education and research while maintaining fiscal responsibility. The three-year contract between the System and the University more PR