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The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) told 8 Investigates that a records request aimed at exposing the agency for failing to pay thousands of dollars it owed to day care providers would…
Democratic Maine Rep. Jared Golden urged his party to pump the brakes on their reflexive, hair-trigger responses to Republican advances in an interview with The Washington Post on Friday. Golden expressed frustration with Democrats’ tendency…
In the face of a new executive order issued by President Donald Trump on Wednesday imposing significant penalties on schools that allow males to compete in girls’ sports, the Maine Department of Education (DOE) maintained…
Over a year after the tragic mass shooting that rocked Lewiston in October 2023, scrutiny has emerged over how one Maine nonprofit organization distributed funds raised in response to the tragedy. While more than two-thirds…
A man previously arrested for a stabbing in Portland is now being accused of trying to grab, kiss and give alcohol to a 13-year-old girl who was walking home in Westbrook on Wednesday. Westbrook Police…
The Mills administration is seeking an organization to award $300,000 to administer the state’s “social equity program,” a taxpayer-funded affirmative action business development initiative for disproportionately incarcerated, racial, ethnic or tribal populations, according to state…
The Portland International Jetport has been ordered to stop cutting trees near the runways until authorities can determine whether the project went too far. Neighbors sounded their vehement opposition to the tree-cutting before city councilors,…
The South Portland Police announced late Thursday afternoon that they had arrested 20-year-old Ahmed Basheer Awad, who is suspected of injuring a man in a Wednesday shooting at the Maine Mall. South Portland Police, along…
An automotive trade association based out of Washington D.C. has sued Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey over the enforcement of a “right to repair” law approved by voters in 2023. The complaint alleges that enforcement…
Maine Attorney General Aaron M. Frey has joined a coalition of 12 state attorneys general in opposing the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s decision to grant Elon Musk and his newly established Department of Government…
DCNF EXCLUSIVE: GOP Rep Unveils Bill To Prevent ‘Left-Wing Lunatics’ From Holding US Highways Hostage

Republican Georgia Rep. Mike Collins reintroduced legislation Thursday to criminalize protests that block highways. Collins’ Safe Passage on Interstates Act would make intentionally blocking interstate highways a crime, according to background information on the bill…
California Democratic Rep. Jared Huffman protested the National Prayer Breakfast Thursday, claiming it violates the separation between church and state. The congressman said in an X video that “Christian prayer” should not be allowed in…
The Kennebec County Democratic Committee pulled its support from a planned protest outside the State Capitol in Augusta on Wednesday that was held as part of a “50 Protests, 50 States, 1 Day” movement nation-wide…
NH Bill Would Revoke Tax Exemptions from Non-profits that Re-Settle Illegal Immigrants in the Granite State

New Hampshire State Rep. Travis Corcoran (R-Weare) is working to pass a bill through the state’s Republican-controlled legislature that would revoke the tax-exempt status from any non-profits that resettle illegal immigrants in the Granite State.…
A Maine-based nonprofit funded entirely by U.S. taxpayers is using its social media presence to teach illegal aliens tips and tricks for evading Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Maine. The nonprofit, Presente! Maine,…
Maine may gradually increase its current limit on charter schools if lawmakers pass a Republican-led bill introduced in late January. Several Republican lawmakers have proposed a bill that would increase the state’s limit on charter…
Mills Admin Partners with Woke Brunswick Nonprofit to Train Maine Students to be Climate Change Activists

Maine Gov. Janet Mills’ (D) Office of Policy Innovation and the Future (GOPIF) is partnering with a Brunswick-based nonprofit organization to fund the training of Maine students to be climate change activists. [RELATED: Hack-o-Rama: Longtime…
The Maine Trust for Local News, already reeling from a string of executive resignations, is now losing the publisher of one of its largest papers. Jody Jalbert, publisher of the Lewiston Sun Journal and the…
The Trump Administration’s rapid moves to impose fiscal restraint on the sprawling federal bureaucracy will hit at least one governmental organization in Maine: Medical Care Development, a 501(c)3 group that pulled in $37 million in…
Police have identified but are still attempting to locate the individual suspected of shooting another person inside the Maine Mall Wednesday afternoon. In a Thursday morning press release, police identified 20-year-old Ahmed Basheer Awad of…
The Trump administration is reportedly developing a plan to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria, marking an end to the decade-long excursion in the region, two defense sources told NBC News on Wednesday. The Department of…
By choosing the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) as its first target for demolition, Elon Musk’s DOGE made a savvy political decision. While the federal government’s gravy train of spending largesse usually has a…
Elon Musk’s Claim Linking USAID To Bioweapons Isn’t As Far-Fetched As The Deep State Wants You To Think

As Elon Musk moves to shutter the U.S. Agency for International Development, the agency’s support for the discovery of novel viruses in collaboration with the Wuhan Institute of Virology has come under an intense new…
The Maine Legislature’s Judiciary Committee held public hearings on Wednesday regarding two bills that would bring Maine’s public record laws into line with government transparency statutes in other states. The bills’ respective sponsors, Sen. Rick…