Aaron Frey

Of the total pledged, $1 million will come from the governor's contingency account, with the John T. Gorman Foundation contributing $250,000 to supplement food supplies for Maine households.

After a months-long legal battle over the Trump administration's cuts to AmeriCorps programs, the Office of Management and Budget has agreed to release more than $184 million for programs across the country.

Maine is joining a multi-state effort to crack down on robocalls by demanding voice providers stop illegal traffic from being routed through their networks.  

Maine was to have received a total of $1.8 million in food program funding this year. An estimated $917,000 had become inaccessible.

In an apparent retaliation against the state for not prohibiting transgender athletes from participating in high school sports, money for children’s food programs are seeing funding freezes.

The latest federal funding freezes $11 billion nationally and $91 million in Maine, affecting both research and a wide range of on-the-ground services.

“Insulin is life-sustaining medication and far too many Mainers struggle to afford it,” said Aaron Frey, Maine's attorney general.

The lawsuit, filed by Maine Attorney General Aaron M. Frey, names Exxon, Shell, Chevron, BP, Sunoco and the American Petroleum Institute as defendants.

Sentencing has not yet been scheduled for Jody Flynn Dalvet, who was convicted by a Cumberland County jury of theft by deception.

The lawsuit alleged that the consumer products company misled consumers in ads related to the safety and purity of baby powder and other talc-based products.