Town Hall

More people will be allowed in public buildings such as town halls and libraries in Maine in the coming weeks. The state has limited attendance at public buildings to 50% of permitted occupancy or 50 people, whichever is greater. The Maine Department of Economic and Community Development said that will rise to 75% of permitted occupancy or 50 people, whichever…

Maine has opened the second FEMA mobile vaccine site in all of New England Monday, and it could make an impact in underserved communities.

Due to the pandemic, town hall meetings in Vermont look different this year.

President Joe Biden is promising a majority of elementary schools will be open five days a week by the end of his first 100 days in office.

An intense blaze burned through the Town Hall in Jefferson, New Hampshire Monday night. The flames were so hot they damaged part of exterior of the Fire Department’s building, according to a member of the town’s select board, and the building is a complete loss. No one was inside the building at the time because the select board now...

President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden squared off, in a way, in dueling televised town halls that showcased striking differences in temperament, views on racial justice and approaches to a pandemic that has reshaped the nation.

NBC News says it’ll host President Donald Trump for a town hall-styled event on Thursday, after the president submitted to a coronavirus test administered by the National Institutes of Health. The network’s decision received a strong backlash on social media, where a call to boycott NBC trended on Twitter.

President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden will take part in dueling televised town halls Thursday evening, instead of a previously scheduled debate. Trump dropped out of the debate after organizers attempted to switch to a virtual format when he was diagnosed with COVID-19.

NBC 6’s Steve Litz has more on what to expect when the President makes another stop in South Florida with just weeks before election day.

Joe Biden’s foray into virtual campaigning has gotten off to a rocky start

President Donald Trump defended his administration’s response to the coronavirus and his confrontational style of name-calling political opponents as he fielded questions from the public in his first TV town hall of the 2020 election cycle.

Presidential candidates and students from New Hampshire high schools, universities and graduate programs will share the stage at a Youth Climate & Clean Energy Town Hall in Concord.

Google has terminated four employees for allegedly sharing sensitive information after weeks of internal dissent related to the mistrust of leadership. At least one of the employees was at the center of recent worker protests in San Francisco. In a memo sent to staffers on Monday, three members of Google’s Security and Investigations Team wrote that the four workers were...

A project to replace the Commonwealth Avenue Bridge in Boston this summer is expected to have significant impact to all modes of transportation in the area.

Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont appeared in New Hampshire Tuesday as he sought votes in the first-in-the-nation primary state. From his Town Hall at Nashua Community College, Sanders spoke with confidence.

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg has jabbed at President Donald Trump, saying he understands why people are mesmerized by the president’s tweets because “it is the nature of grotesque things that you can’t look away.” Buttigieg spoke Sunday during a Fox News town hall. Asked about how he responds to Trump’s tweets and name-calling, Buttigieg said, “I don’t care.” He...

A look at who will last and who won’t as a large field of Democratic candidates vie in the 2020 election.

Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren on Monday embraced a congressional proposal to study a framework for reparations to African-Americans hurt by the legacy of slavery as the best way to begin a “national, full-blown conversation” on the issue. Warren first voiced support for reparations last month, becoming one of three 2020 Democratic candidates to do so. But her comments about...

Oprah Winfrey’s stake in Weight Watchers fell by almost $48 million, at least on paper, after the dieting company released a weak earnings results Tuesday. Shares of the company cratered 30 percent after it reported disappointing fourth-quarter earnings and gave investors a weak outlook for 2019. Winfrey owns more than 5 million shares of Weight Watchers, or about 8 percent...

Maine officials say they can’t release information about individuals pardoned by former Republican Gov. Paul LePage, who pardoned a former lawmaker against a clemency board’s recommendation. Democratic Secretary of State Matt Dunlap’s spokeswoman Kristen Muszynski said Thursday state law says information about a person’s pardon is confidential.