During the State of the Budget address in Augusta on Tuesday night, Gov. Janet Mills took the opportunity to defend Maine’s unique “yellow flag law” and swiped at a citizen-led effort to bolster the gun safety measure.

Mills authored the state's novel "yellow flag" law with a prominent gun rights group. She says a red flag proposal that would allow family members to petition a judge to remove a loved one's guns undermines that law.

Gov. Janet Mills addressed the state of Maine's economy during her State of the Budget address Tuesday evening.

The Democratic governor’s budget includes a proposed mix of tax hikes and cuts to health programs to close a $450 million spending gap.

Maine’s formal interest in developing ocean wind energy dates back to 2008, when former Gov. John Baldacci created an Ocean Energy Task Force to devise a strategy.

In response to the federal funding freeze, Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey announced he would join a multistate lawsuit against President Donald Trump.

AUGUSTA, Maine (WGME) -- Governor Janet Mills will deliver her annual State of the State address in Augusta on Tuesday. She's expected to focus a lot on the budget.

The governor is expected to focus on her proposed spending priorities during the final two years of her administration as lawmakers begin work on the state's next biennial budget.

Tuesday night in her “State of the Budget” address, Gov. Janet Mills made a point of saying that she’s opposing the effort to expand gun safety in Maine because, she says, enacting a red flag law “would directly undermine” her yellow flag law,

The order to freeze federal spending was quickly challenged by state attorneys general and suspended by a federal judge, before being rescinded by the Trump administration.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans that could total trillions of dollars and cause disruptions in health care research, education programs and other initiatives.