BREWER — Standard & Poor’s (S&P) Global Ratings revised its outlook from negative to stable and affirmed its ‘BB-‘ long-term rating for bonds issued by Northern Light Health.

By Kasey Turman, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine counties will get more money for jails in 2027 after years of asking the state to increase funding.

By CBS 13 The debate over transgender student athletes in school sports is once again in the spotlight in Augusta, and soon, it will be up to Maine voters to decide.

By Ethan Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff Along with $300 relief checks, a millionaire tax and free community college gaining permanent status, the state budget signed by Gov.

PORTLAND — Pets are family, and they need emergency plans too.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff A former railroad employee who was injured in a 2023 train derailment is suing the company he worked for, claiming it caused his injuries and then unlawfully terminated him.

AUGUSTA – Game Warden Sgt.

BANGOR —  Bangor Savings Bank has appointed Liz Kohler and John Stebbins to its board of directors, strengthening the Bank’s governance and adding expertise in cross‑sector leadership, workforce development and regional economic growth.

By Ethan Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff Despite the seasonal return of rain, April and May in Maine often come with an elevated risk of wildfires, according to the Maine Forest Service, who issued a warning on April 10.

By Daniel O’Connor Conservatives are rushing to critique the state’s wording of a ballot question that could ban transgender public school students from sports teams and private spaces that align with their gender identities.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A month and a half after the Piscataquis County Commissioners voted to have $10,000 in county opioid settlement money go annually to the non-profit Recovery Wellness Community Center of Sangerville, county officials heard about the impact of the funds during a commissioners meeting on the morning of April 7.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff The wording of this November’s referendum to ban transgender athletes from girls sports teams has been released.

GREENVILLE — The Northern Forest Center subdivision application for a 28-unit housing development off Spruce Street to help provide more affordable options in town is nearing final approval from the Greenville Planning Board.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the appointment of Kerry Glover as interim executive director as part of a planned leadership transition.

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — A Democratic bill to expand the use of ranked-choice voting would violate the Maine Constitution, the state’s high court said in an April 6 opinion.

GREENVILLE — A proposed project to build a battery energy story facility at the former steam plant location in Greenville will most likely not be happening.

The Maine Department of Transportation has begun road work in Greenville, Shirley, Monson and Abbot for a pavement preservation and improvement project.

By Kevin Miller, Maine Public A federal appeals court ruled Friday, April 3 that Maine’s 72-hour waiting period on gun purchases is likely constitutional, handing gun control advocates a significant victory in a high-profile Second Amendment case.