Amid the blizzard of breaking news, a familiar irritation poked through: ethnic labeling. The issue unexpectedly emerged last week while the Senate considered a stopgap federal funding bill to keep ...

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer says he won’t resign his post, despite pressure from some in the party after he voted ...

Agencies that help the state's most vulnerable are feeling the pinch. Some worry they'll have to close if funding isn't ...

Sen. Teresa Pierce, D-Cumberland, put forth two initiatives this session that aim to tackle the teacher shortage, both of which she described as tried-and-true methods for building Maine’s teaching ...

Chuck Schumer, the Senate Minority Leader, is facing mounting discontent within his Democratic ranks after voting for a Republican-backed funding bill that aimed to avoid a government shutdown. In a ...

The bill would require classrooms to designate a secure, out-of-sight area to keep phones during instructional times.

Schumer said that while the Continuing Resolution was “certainly bad,” a shutdown “would be 15 or 20 times worse.” ...

Republicans on Capitol Hill are staring down a key three-week stretch in their effort to enact President Trump’s ambitious ...

Sen. Chuck Schumer will not resign as senate minority leader despite criticism from his party and the public for supporting Trump's spending bill.

The Senate minority leader responded to criticism from his party about his handling of a GOP government funding bill and ...