Options include calling a special session of the Legislature and tapping the state's $1 billion rainy day fund so roughly 170,000 Mainers don't lose federal food assistance.

Maine's Senate race will be one of the most closely watched races in next year's midterms. Mills will first square off with fellow Democrat Graham Platner.

Mills was reportedly recruited by Democratic Senate leaders after her high-profile confrontation with President Trump in February, in which she told the president she'd "see you in court." ...

The seat, held by Republican Sen. Susan Collins, could be one of only a few realistic Senate pickup opportunities for ...

FILE - Democratic Gov. Janet Mills delivers her State of the State address, Jan. 30, 2024, at the State House in Augusta, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File) FILE - Democratic Gov. Janet Mills ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s two-term Democratic Gov. Janet Mills will run for the U.S. Senate seat held by veteran Republican Sen. Susan Collins next year, two people familiar with Mills’ plans ...

Gov. Janet Mills enters a competitive Democratic primary for Maine's Senate seat, facing Graham Platner who is backed by ...

PORTLAND, Maine – The New England governor who told President Donald Trump to his face that she would see him in court now plans to challenge Maine’s Republican U.S. senator at the ballot box.