The American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds) released a statement Wednesday following a review of 60 studies that concluded “social transition,…
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Maine state legislators are continuing efforts to improve sexual assault kit testing in the state, as kits continue to go…
Portland Police are investigating a shootout between the occupants of two cars that occurred Tuesday evening in the city’s Sagamore…
The South Portland City Council approved an order Tuesday that freed up $150,000 in state funds that will be used…
Maine’s child welfare system has frequently come under fire in recent months for its failure to protect the state’s most…
Former Speaker of the House Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-California) has made staggering profits off of some suspect tech trading, according…
For the second time in less than three months, the Lewiston Police Department executed a search warrant at 149 College…
A trans-identifying biological male is expected to dominate at the New Hampshire Division II championship track meet this Sunday, where…
U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, (R-Ohio) took to X on Monday to reveal that the White House pressured Amazon to censor…
A bill aimed at establishing an state advisory board to facilitate renaming place names in Maine had a public hearing…
Maine, a state that has some of the highest taxes and electricity costs in the country, can also now count…
Editor’s Note: Following the publication of this story, a public affairs professional from Maine Health contacted the Maine Wire asking…
The Portland City Council unanimously approved an order Monday accepting a $364,000 grant from the Maine State Housing Authority (MaineHousing)…
Maine Sen. Angus King (I) joined a group of Democratic U.S. Senators on a letter calling on the Biden administration…
On Jan. 25, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Lynn, Mass. arrested an illegal alien with Mexican and…
New York resident Tyler Dean, 49, was sentenced on Monday for his role in the overdose deaths of a Rockland…
Russian media has confirmed that Tucker Carlson, a resident of Oxford County, was photographed over the weekend in Russia, has…
Maine’s congressional delegation renewed their call for federal action to be taken against a sprawling network of illegal Chinese-owned marijuana…
The First Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling last Friday declaring that Maine’s laws governing the use and dissemination…
The City of Portland Director of Permitting and Inspections (PID) Jessica Hanscombe sent a Jan. 25 letter to City Manager…
Last week, six pro-life activists were convicted following a peaceful protest outside a Tennessee abortion clinic, and now face up…
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Florida) announced last Thursday that Florida is willing to send a battalion, up to 1,000 soldiers, of…
President Joe Biden traveled to Michigan on Thursday to give a speech at the United Auto Workers (UAW) Union building…
Maine Attorney General (AG) Aaron Frey announced Friday that a coalition of AGs had reached a settlement with multinational marketing…
Three individuals who were previously arrested and charged in November 2023 in connection to a high-end brothel network operating out…
Eleven people were arrested Friday afternoon after a group of pro-Palestine protestors blocked both ramps at Exit 7 of I-295…
Lawmakers in Augusta are set to consider a bill that would provide additional funding to reimburse municipalities for the short-lived…
South Portland Police announced Friday morning that man has been arrested in connection to the robbery of Key Bank last…
A public high school in Maine is among the first in the state to adopt biometric scanning technology to track…
On Tuesday, reports emerged that Gov. Maura Healey turned a community center in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston into a makeshift residence…
A report by The Washington Post details how China is happy to host American mayors despite the continued decline in…
The U.S. House of Representatives held a vote on Wednesday for a bill meant to bar terrorists who participated in…
The majority of U.S. House Democrats opposed a bill that would prevent foreign nationals who have committed Social Security or…
The Portland City Council is set to consider an order Monday that would extend the 50-bed expansion of the city’s…
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek (D) declared a 90-day state of emergency Tuesday in response to a “public health and public…
Democratic Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) received donations to his 2024 campaign committee from several family members of billionaire left-wing megadonor…
A Portland homeless man is facing multiple charges for allegedly assaulting people with a machete, possessing scheduled drugs and trafficking…
Maine law enforcement agencies have seized more than 18,000 pounds of illegally grown marijuana from properties across rural Maine owned…
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey has joined twenty-three other governors in submitting an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court…
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Washington, D.C. announced Wednesday that four Chinese nationals have been charged for an alleged years-long…
Policies governing speech on Maine’s campuses need improvement to protect students’ freedom of speech, according to a new report from…
The Maine Office of Cannabis Policy is investigating a property in Turner after firefighters responding to a call at the…
A Lewiston man, Mark Burns, 61, was sentenced on Tuesday after he pled guilty to charges of possession of sexually…
FBI Director Christopher Wray, appeared before the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on Wednesday to testify…
Independent U.S. Senator from Maine Angus King announced Wednesday that he is cosponsoring legislation that would remove the green card…
The number of Chinese foreign nationals encountered attempting to illegally enter the United States reached an all-time high in December,…
Note: This story was updated to include data from Republican CD-2 candidate Mike Soboleski’s year-end FEC filing. State Rep. Austin…
President Joe Biden approved Maine’s request for a federal disaster declaration on Tuesday, a move that follows the severe storms…
Former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) contractor Charles Littlejohn was sentenced to five years in prison on Monday for leaking the-President…
On Monday, California State Sen. Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) introduced a bill she says will “protect children from the dangers associated…
Democratic Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) issued a statement Monday calling upon Congress to pass the border security deal negotiated between…
Republican Maine Sen. Susan Collins announced Monday that 15 Maine organizations and state agencies aimed at combatting homelessness have been…
On Monday, John Raymond, 36, was sentenced to 4 years in prison for his role in an attempted robbery of…
The Maine State Legislature’s Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs (VLA) is split on a resolution calling for a national…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills’ proposed migrant resettlement plan received a public hearing Tuesday afternoon before the Legislature’s State and Local…
A federal jury in Oklahoma City has convicted two Chinese nationals, Jeff Weng and Tong Lin, of a major drug…
A group of Maine lobstermen have asked the United States District Court for the District of Maine to temporarily block…
U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME) is supporting the effort to approve a $7 billion extension of the federal Affordable Connectivity…
According to an 80-page report published by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Inspector General, the White House’s private pharmacy…
A new study from Definitive Healthcare shows that from 2018-2022 the number of people suffering from gender dysphoria in Maine…
A Connecticut woman was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Bangor Friday to a year-and-a-half in prison for trafficking cocaine…
On January 17, the Judiciary Committee held a work session for LD1696. This bill proposes holding “firearm industry members” civilly…
On Tuesday Rep. John Andrews (R-Paris) testified in front of the Committee on State and Local Government regarding LD 2150,…
The Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC) announced Friday that Maine Gov. Janet Mills has been elected by her fellow governors…
The Lewiston Police Department announced Friday that a man has been arrested in Lewiston in connection to an ongoing sexual…
The College Board has weighed in on two data privacy bills currently under consideration by the Maine Judiciary Committee, urging…
Many Congressional Republicans are speaking out against a child tax credit bill that was recently passed by the House Ways…
The United States Supreme Court vacated an injunction Monday that blocked federal border patrol officials from cutting or removing the…
The City of Portland’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Allocation Committee revealed on Thursday that they have made a preliminary…
Ohio’s Republican legislature successfully passed a bill on Wednesday which bans sex change surgeries, including mastectomies and genital mutilation, for…
A proposal to prohibit natural gas companies from installing new natural gas infrastructure for Maine homes has resurfaced in the…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) and Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey have introduced legislation to grant subpoena power to the commission…
A counselor from Corinna, Maine was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Bangor Wednesday for falsifying treatment records in order…
Former President Donald Trump bashed his GOP primary opponent Nikki Haley Wednesday evening and warned that anyone who contributes to…
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services’ (Maine DHHS) Office of Child and Family Services (OCFS) introduced a new…
The Independent Commission tasked by Maine Gov. Janet Mills with investigating the facts and circumstances surrounding the Oct. 25 mass…
Mainers appeared in Augusta on Wednesday to defend their right to private property during a public hearing on a bill…
[UPDATED: Wednesday evening, the Maine Supreme Court ruled that the U.S. Supreme Court will have the final say on whether…
Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins has said she will not be endorsing Donald Trump in 2024, even if the former…
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has collected the 3,000 signatures required to qualify for the 2024 general election…
New Hampshire held its first-in-the-nation primary on Tuesday, following shortly after Iowa’s caucus declared for former Republican President Donald Trump…
Democratic State Rep. Benjamin Collings of Portland is seeking to amend Article I of the Constitution of Maine to include…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) has officially come out in support of an amendment to the state’s constitution that would codify…
Maine State Rep. Colleen Madigan (D-Waterville) has sponsored a bill that would provide the state’s “low-barrier” homeless shelters with a…
A Lewiston man was killed Sunday night during a firefight with five police officers in Augusta. “Several officers fired upon…
Portland’s Arts and Technology and Casco Bay High Schools were put on lockdown Monday afternoon over alleged threatening comments made…
U.S. Sen. John Fetterman (D-Penn.) doubled down on his calls for a secure border despite receiving strong criticism from his…
Portland Police announced Monday that a man has been arrested in connection to the ransacking of a downtown Portland building…
A 31-year-old Haitian national who is unlawfully present in the United States, and who was recently charged with raping a…
Former Maine Republican Party Chair Demi Kouzounas announced last week that she will run for U.S. Senate against Sen. Angus…
The Portland City Council held a workshop Tuesday to discuss the challenges the city expects to face in crafting their…
Maine’s Committee on Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry (ACF) failed to confirm the nomination of yet another member of the state’s…
On Monday, the White House issued two statements commemorating what would have been the 51st anniversary of Roe V. Wade,…
The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) are in a “financial crisis” amid a $2 million budget deficit which may require…
According to the U.S. Justice Department, former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) contractor Charles Littlejohn took his job with the tax…
Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has appealed the Kennebec County Superior Court’s ruling in the case concerning former President Donald…
A Maine man pleaded guilty Thursday in a Washington, D.C. federal court to assaulting law enforcement during the breach of…
Portland Police announced Thursday that a suspect has been arrested in connection to multiple recent burglaries in the Portland area…
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) announced Thursday that it will be making “structural changes” to the…
Argentinian President Javier Milei, who was elected last month after promising a radical departure from the socialist policies that have…