Portland, Maine's largest city, is seeing an influx of asylum seekers and struggling to find places to house all of them. Portland is currently giving overnight shelter to about 1,149 people, Kristen ...

The city council of Portland, Maine voted unanimously Wednesday evening to divest from companies that do business with Israel, becoming the fourth U.S. city to pass such a measure since the outbreak ...

The City Council In Lewiston, Maine, has decided not to eliminate its local restaurant inspection program and not to withdraw funding from the city’s sanitarian positions. The votes was unanimous.

Maine's largest city has turned down a proposal that would have allowed homeless encampments through the coming winter. The Portland City Council rejected the proposal by a vote of 3-6 early Tuesday ...

PORTLAND, Maine—This community has long offered a generous hand to immigrants. But Maine’s largest city, population about 67,000, is now struggling with an influx of asylum seekers, to the point where ...