Supreme Court upholds Maine cable-customer protection law

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Published
January 10, 2023

Supreme Court upholds Maine cable-customer protection law

The court declined to hear an appeal in a suit seeking to overturn the law, which requires cable companies to prorate customers' bills for a final month of service.
Published
December 12, 2022

U.S. Supreme Court to resume issuing decisions in courtroom

For the past 2 years, the court has issued opinions exclusively on its website.
Published
September 23, 2022

Arizona judge ruled state can enforce near-total abortion ban

The only exemption to the ban is if the woman’s life is in jeopardy.
Published
July 15, 2022

Maine, N.H. and Vermont see rising number of out-of-state patients seeking abortions

More than a dozen patients have come to northern New England from Georgia, Texas, Ohio and other states with new abortion restrictions, and some patients also are coming from other states in the Northeast where appointments are harder to get.
Published
June 30, 2022

Supreme Court ruling limits EPA’s power to combat climate change – but not Maine’s

The 6-3 decision Thursday will have few direct effects on Maine’s ambitious climate change efforts.
Published
June 24, 2022

Maine reproductive rights advocates say they’ll keep fighting in wake of Supreme Court decision

Despite the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade on Friday, Maine law will continue to protect access to abortion. But that legislation could come under scrutiny after the November election.
Published
June 24, 2022

More than 1,000 march in Portland to protest abortion ruling

The ruling means women no longer have a constitutional right to abortion, but Maine state law protects that right within state borders.
Published
June 24, 2022

In historic ruling, Supreme Court overturns abortion rights, freeing states to enact bans

The decision, unthinkable just a few years ago, was the culmination of decades of efforts by abortion opponents, made possible by an emboldened right side of the court.
Published
June 21, 2022

U.S. Supreme Court strikes down Maine ban on public funds for religious school tuition

The ruling on a program for rural communities that do not have their own public high schools could create opportunities for school choice programs in other states.
Published
June 6, 2022

Supreme Court expected to soon rule on Maine school voucher case

Carson v. Makin centers around whether students in mostly rural districts can use state education vouchers to attend religious-based schools.