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President Joe Biden finally addressed the anti-Israel protestors illegally occupying and vandalizing college campuses across the country. [RELATED: Biden Lashes…
The U.S. House voted Wednesday to define antisemitism for the purpose of enforcing antidiscrimination laws, “and for other purposes.” The…
This past Friday, Gov. Janet Mills (D) vetoed a bill that would have restructured Maine’s income tax brackets, creating a…
In a Wednesday hearing of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower, Maine Sen. Angus King (I) pressed senior U.S.…
In April, Former President Donald Trump sat down with Time Magazine for a lengthy interview discussing the policies he plans…
The U.S. has unveiled new rules for auto manufacturers, requiring all new cars to be fitted with automatic emergency braking…
President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday that he has unilaterally decided to cancel another $6.1 billion in student debt as…
A Maine man pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Bangor to the armed robbery of an Augusta bank.…
Democratic Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) is urging the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) to delay a proposed increase to…
The Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday announced the arrest of a Glenburn man who was allegedly found in possession…
The legal battle against generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies continues as a group of eight newspapers files a lawsuit against…
A massive illegal marijuana growing facility at a residence in Madison was raided by law enforcement Tuesday, the latest in…
OnlyFans model and social media influencer Farha Khalidi claimed during a recent interview that she was paid to spread “propaganda”…
Public comment is now being accepted by the Secretary of State’s Office on the proposed ballot question wording for a…
The U.S. Department of the Interior on Tuesday announced their proposal to lease nearly one million acres in the Gulf…
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Monday announced the seizure of more than $750,000 worth of cocaine hidden within…
U.S. intelligence agencies believe that Russian President Vladimir Putin did not order the assassination of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny,…
A new CNN poll published on Sunday places Former President Donald Trump far ahead of President Joe Biden, particularly if…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills on Monday vetoed a bill that would ban the sale and possession bump stocks, while allowing…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) announced Friday that the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development has awarded $500,000 worth of…
Maine’s Republican delegates voted Saturday to add “Defend the Guard” to the party’s official platform after it was proposed by…
Police are requesting that Portland residents check their cars and homes for damage from gunfire to assist in their investigation…
The Holden Police Department on Monday announced the arrest of a Bangor man after he allegedly robbed a store and…
The Casco Bay Island Transit District (CBITD) has approved its first rate hike in more than a decade, increasing the…
An Ecuadorian national who was previously deported from the U.S. four times has been sentenced to just over a year…
Ford has suffered astronomical losses from its electric vehicle (EV) unit in the first four months of 2024 following a…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills on Friday signed into law her proposed legislation to expand background checks to advertised firearm sales…
President Joe Biden’s average approval rating is lower than any other modern U.S. president at the same point in their…
Maine’s Supreme Judicial Court decided on Thursday to uphold a COVID vaccine mandate for emergency workers, which was originally instituted…
Several environmental groups have sued the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the Maine Board of Environmental Protection (BEP)…
Maine will soon be transferring a total of $60 million out of the Budget Stabilization Fund (BSF) in response to…
New provisional data published by the U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC) shows that the U.S. birth rate has hit…
Former President Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Wednesday to acknowledge an endorsement from his former Attorney General (AG)…
Five people from Maine were arrested by Canadian authorities late Saturday night for the unauthorized fishing of elvers in the…
Following a three-month investigation, the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) and Portland Police Department on Thursday announced the arrest of…
Disclosure: The Maine Wire is a project of the Maine Policy Institute, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that works to expand individual…
Last week saw more illegal Chinese marijuana grow sites being busted in Somerset and Franklin Counties. Somerset Sheriff Dale Lancaster…
State lawmakers have rejected Gov. Janet Mills’ (D) proposal to impose sales tax on Mainers’ streaming service subscriptions for platforms…
Portland city officials on Tuesday responded to a disturbing video published this week by a Bayside neighborhood landlord showing rampant…
The U.S. House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) published a report last week confirming the Chinese government’s…
UPDATE: President Joe Biden (D) signed HR 815 — the Legislature’s foreign aid package that includes the potential ban on…
Gov. Janet Mills on Tuesday vetoed her own proposed bill that aimed at establishing a minimum hourly wage for Maine’s…
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted 3-2 Tuesday in favor of banning non-compete agreements nationwide, calling them an “unfair method…
Maine has received $62 million in federal funding to increase the accessibility of solar power for low-income households throughout the…
A controversial “transgender trafficking” bill officially became Maine law on Monday after receiving the signature of Gov. Janet Mills. “This…
The Biden Admin announced on Monday that it is awarding millions of dollars in taxpayer funding to help Maine defend…
The United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday morning in a case concerning the constitutionality of municipal bans on…
Baizou: A Chinese term used to deride white Western liberals.
During an appearance on the George Hale Ric Tyler (GHRT) Rewind radio show, Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) elaborated on the…
A Massachusetts man was sentenced to 30 years in prison Monday after a being found guilty by a federal jury…
A foot chase through Portland Monday led to the arrest of an 18-year-old Yarmouth man and the seizure of drugs…
Just five American governors are more unpopular than Maine. Gov. Janet Mills (D), according to the Morning Consult analysis released…
The Maine State Housing Authority (MaineHousing) announced earlier this month that a pilot program aimed at helping older homeowners list…
Reps. Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden (D-Maine) voted with the majority of the house over the weekend to send billions…
The City of Portland is set to begin considering ways to allocate nearly $750,000 in funds received from a 2022…
A former New Hampshire man has been arrested in relation to a series of robberies at southern Maine churches, authorities…
The American Parents Coalition (APC), a group dedicated to promoting parental rights and defending America’s children, launched a campaign on…
A Chinese national arrested at an illegal marijuana grow site in February has become the first person to face federal…
Homes in Maine are significantly more expensive than they were a year ago. At the same time, however, more people…
U.S. Attorney General (AG) Merrick Garland could not provide an answer when asked by Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) about the…
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) is calling for increased regular testing for HIV statewide for…
The U.S. Army will begin conducting cognitive assessments on new soldiers and is exploring ways to provide servicemembers who are…
Maine’s senate approved a bill on Wednesday, the final day of the legislative session, which will require a 72-hour waiting…
Nine individuals were arrested Thursday following a joint operation by the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) and the Berwick Police…
The Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) announced Thursday that the North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA) now predicts that the…
A Buxton man was sentenced Thursday to just over a year in prison following his December conviction for posting a…
Authorities discovered a “massive marijuana grow” operation Wednesday at a farmhouse on Route 133 in Jay, according to the Franklin…
A Mexican non-government organization was caught handing out fliers on the Mexican side of the border, telling immigrants to vote…
Independent Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed on Monday that he was approached by representatives of Former President Donald…
Democratic Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) on Wednesday introduced a bill alongside a bipartisan group of his House colleagues that would…
Democrat legislators on Maine’s Appropriations and Financial Affairs (AFA) Committee reversed course on multiple controversial measures following criticism for their…
A proposed “red-flag” bill will not be signed into law this session despite support from Cumberland County’s District Attorney (DA)…
Maine legislative Democrats forced through a controversial measure on the final day of the legislative session by hiding it inside…
The United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a case concerning a man who was indicted for his…
Democratic Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) took to X Wednesday to slam the Biden administration’s recent approval of a massive foreign-owned…
A shipment originating from China containing over 1,000 pounds of a methamphetamine precursor powder was intercepted by U.S. Customs and…
A South Berwick man formerly employed by the U.S. Postal Service as a postal carrier in southern Maine has pleaded…
Somerset County Sheriff Dale Lancaster’s office took down yet another illegal cannabis cultivation and processing hub on Tuesday located in…
Beginning in August of this year, Maine lawmakers will again have oversight of agency rulemaking related to vehicle emissions standards,…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) announced Monday that she will be allowing the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact — an agreement…
Disclosure: The Maine Wire is a project of the Maine Policy Institute, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that works to expand individual…
The Maine House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a proposal to implement a required 72-hour waiting period between the sale…
A Brazilian national charged with raping a minor in Massachusetts has been arrested by U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE)…
CBS News Investigations ran a segment Tuesday highlighting the proliferation of Asian transnational criminal organizations throughout rural Maine, including an…
The 87-year-old self-described “frontman” for an elaborate Chinese-run drug trafficking organization active in rural Maine told the Maine Wire that…
The Democrat-controlled Maine State Legislature elected on Patriot’s Day — the holiday that commemorates some of the first battles in…
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) called out President Joe Biden’s (D) Fiscal Year 2025 budget for not doing “nearly enough…
The U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) decided Monday that it would not hear an appeal from Black Lives Matter (BLM) activist…
The extreme left-wing bias of NPR’s new CEO has added to the controversy surrounding the taxpayer-funded outlet, which began when…
Four Illegal Immigrants have been arrested and face federal charges for their involvement with a group which has stolen from…
Lawmakers in Augusta voted nearly-unanimously this past Friday to advance a bill guaranteeing Mainers the right to repair their electronic…
A Skowhegan courtroom devolved into an all-out brawl during the sentencing of Jason Servil for the 2022 murder of Alice…
Numerous Democrat representatives walked out of the House on Thursday when Rep. Heidi Sampson (R-Alfred) delivered a speech meant to…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) signed into law a bill last week repealing limitations on municipal property tax collection that have…
Smith and Wesson has threatened to shutter its 44,000-square-foot Houlton facility if a Democratic gun control bill under consideration in…
Maine’s House unanimously passed a bill forbidding state and local government from contracting with businesses affiliated with hostile foreign governments,…
Lawmakers in Augusta have approved legislation changing how medical debt is handled in the State of Maine. LD 2115 —…
A month-long joint investigation between the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) and the Portland Police has led to the arrest…
The Legislature voted Wednesday to sustain Gov. Janet Mills’ (D) veto of a bill preventing repeat offenders from being charged…