Allen became Bowdoin's third president, serving, with one interruption, from 1820 to 1839. He worked to establish the Medical School of Maine and to lead the College through the formation of the new ...

A petition to recall Gov. Janet Mills gathers nearly 30,000 signatures, but state law blocks the process as there's no ...

There’s also been scrutiny on the censure itself, which prevents Libby from speaking or voting on the House floor unless she ...

Maine was simultaneously admitted to statehood, which enabled the Senate to maintain the balance between slave and free state representation -- twelve of each. The enabling act of March 6, 1820 ...

President James Monroe signed the Missouri Compromise, which allowed Missouri to join the Union as a slave state and Maine to join as a free state, while banning slavery in the northern portion ...