WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * King Seeking to Modernize, Streamline Drug Testing Protocols for Better Patient Outcomes WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME) is introducing bipartisan legislation with eight of his colleagues to fast-track and modernize prescription drug testing protocols which will in turn improve patient outcomes. The FDA Modernization Act 3.0 (FDAMA) is a bipartisan effort to reduce ineffective an  more

BANGOR, Maine, Feb. 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2025: * * * Shelby Loring regularly obtained quantities of drugs from her source & sold them * * * A Bangor woman was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Bangor for her role in a conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl. U.S. District Judge Stacey D. Neumann sentenced Shelby Loring, 29, to time served followe  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Pingree Statement on Trump Tariffs Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) issued the following statement today in response to President Trump's announcement of sweeping new tariffs on imports--including a 25% levy on goods from Maine's largest trading partner, Canada: "President Trump's tariffs will have devastating consequences for Mainers and our economy, driving up costs for working families an  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * World War II Veteran Co-Founds Nurse Practitioner Program A nationwide shortage of physicians in rural areas spurred a World War II nurse to work with a pediatrician and create the nurse practitioner program in 1965. Loretta Ford, a native of the Bronx, New York City, earned her nursing diploma in 1941 and was working at Middlesex General Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey, when her fiance was killed du  more