The 19th installment of the Twitter Files courtesy of independent journalist Matt Taibbi came out Friday. The new information expands…
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As one-size-fits-all COVID vaccine mandates sweep government, academia, and corporate America, new data are emerging that undermine the public health…
Amidst the chaos under the dome yesterday surrounding the Democrat’s new “welfare reform that works” proposal, the Health and Human…
As promised in part four, this fifth installment explores how the courts have made it impossible for states to implement…
One of the most common criticisms lauded against state TANF drug-testing programs is their consistent failure to effectively identify sufficient…
This is the first installment of a weekly series focused on discussing how drug-testing programs for TANF recipients benefit the…
Are Maine’s cash welfare recipients gambling with taxpayer money? According to The Maine Wire’s investigation into the Temporary Assistance for…
A counselor working for the non-profit Sweetser has told House Speaker Mark W. Eves (D-North Berwick) that she has witnessed…
Joseph Bankman, the father of the infamous former crypto entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried, allegedly held a role on the advisory board…
Maine’s municipal welfare spending, known as General Assistance, has been dominated by the city of Portland over the last four…
A federal judge issued an injunction Tuesday that blocks members of the Biden Administration and several federal agencies from working…
In a speech Monday concerning the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), President Joe Biden praised the health of the…
The Daily Caller News Foundation – Laurel Duggan on March 12, 2023 Adolescents with autism are overrepresented in the youth transgender…
Republican lawmakers held a press conference Tuesday to tout several welfare reform proposals, including the restoration of welfare work requirements…
The Bangor Daily News was raked over the coals Monday by social media users following the discovery that the paper…
Sam Bankman-Fried is a name you’re going to hear a lot about over the next year – and rightly so.…
In August 2021 Science Magazine, a peer-reviewed academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, highlighted groundbreaking…
On May 14, 18-year-old Payton Gendron traveled more than 200 miles from his hometown to a predominantly Black neighborhood of…
The following is Maine Gov. Janet Mills’ State of the State Address as prepared for delivery on February 10, 2022:…
It takes incredible arrogance for lawmakers and bureaucrats to assume they know what’s best for us. But that quality—arrogance—is precisely what we’ve seen since the start of the pandemic.
On Wednesday, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provided new research showing that, during the recent Delta…
With President Biden’s federal vaccine mandate and local government employment mandates looming, the future of countless workers is up in…
This fall may be the biggest moment of truth for public education since the 1970s. After seeing enrollment in government-run…
The ACLU on Tuesday announced it is bringing a lawsuit against South Carolina over its mask policy. The Palmetto State…
Over a recent 12-day period the Milwaukee Brewers had nine players test positive for COVID-19. While we don’t know the…
Last week I received a letter from my children’s school district. “We will start the school year this fall -…
The controversy over a hazardous-duty supplement to the minimum wage required by the recent referendum results in Portland is only…
Three leading epidemiologists gathered in Massachusetts on Sunday to sign the Great Barrington Declaration, a public call to end lockdown…
The announcement of an early conclusion to Maine’s legislative session amid public health concerns surrounding the coronavirus outbreak could stop…
Laura Catevenis, a resident of Lewiston, was close to rock bottom. She was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and, two years…
Lawmakers on the Energy, Utilities and Technology committee on Thursday, Feb. 28 will hold a public hearing on LD 434,…
When I first started serving in Augusta, in 2005, there was a long standing joke. Why are there no stone…
State Representative Michael Brennan of Portland recently introduced a pair of bills concerning the future of virtual schooling in Maine.…
The Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) recently released an analysis of interstate migration, attacking the idea that Maine’s exceptionally…
The biggest flaw in most social assistance programs — including TANF, SNAP, Medicaid, and WIC — is that they undermine…
Medicaid-expansion advocates plan to bring busloads of able-bodied adults to DHHS offices on July 2 to enroll in MaineCare. But the Legislature…
Advocates of ranked-choice voting (RCV) commonly claim that their preferred method of deciding elections boosts civic engagement, channels the true…
Maine Democrats want welfare dollars, collected from the hardworking taxpayers of Maine, to be spent outside of our state. Maine…
Mary Mayhew, former commissioner of Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services, announced her candidacy for governor Tuesday morning on…
In the course of his tenure, Gov. Paul LePage and conservatives in Augusta have implemented reforms to Maine’s welfare system…
Speaker of the House Sara Gideon is trying to pull a fast one on Mainers. She is pushing a bill…
Over the past six years, welfare reform has been at the forefront of my agenda as your Governor. Some of…
Gov. Paul LePage’s biennial budget has been released for only a matter of days and already we are hearing the…
It is day seven into Trump’s America, yet the sky hasn’t fallen. In fact, the world looks much as it…
Winners of $5,000 or more will be removed from SNAP when they win AUGUSTA— Under a new rule established by…
It was stunning to read headlines accusing the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) of misappropriation regarding the TANF…
Today, LifeZette brought to light the story of a massive welfare and tax fraud case from Portland, Maine, highlighting a…
As many may have seen, this week the Cato Institute published their 13th biennial report on fiscal policy of US…
Madawaska has unfortunately decided to postpone its common-sense proposal to randomly drug test welfare recipients and ensure our tax dollars…
April fool’s month starts off briskly on opening day: President Obama coins a new euphemism when he referred to an…
The 127th Maine Legislature has now adjourned for good and House Republicans are proud to say we have led the…
In a BDN column earlier this month, David Farmer attacked the LePage administration and the Department of Health and Human Services…
I must say, as a conservative, I found parts of Rep. Archie Verow’s April 11 BDN OpEd on the Democrats’…
This week, the Maine Department of Health and Human Service announced that they are on track to break last year’s…
America’s $700 billion per year welfare system is actually doing more harm than good, and is hurting the very people…
AUGUSTA – The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) announced yesterday its ongoing plan to use more than $89…
Due to pressure from some socialist legislators and progressive lobbyists, Senator Nathan Libby (D-Androscoggin) intends to introduce an amendment to…
It’s an election year, so Democrats in the State Legislature are again feigning support for welfare reform. They’ve rolled a…
For a number of years, Maine law has been more lenient than federal law in regard to work readiness requirements…
The Maine Republican Party is pushing a two-part ballot initiative for the next election cycle that aims to reduce the…
The debate over Question 1’s tweaking of the Maine Clean Elections Act (MCEA) has largely turned into a debate over the…
After a thoroughly objective evaluation of the many aspects and implications surrounding state TANF drug-testing programs, this series has reached…
Mainers for Accountable Elections, operating as a front for Maine Citizens for Clean Elections (MCCE), is the organization that collected…
There is a heavy dose of irony in the efforts of those who actively oppose policies for drug screening/testing programs…
Following the first phase of screenings in Maine’s new drug-testing program for TANF recipients with prior felony drug convictions, state…
On Monday, Gov. LePage is expected to veto the legislature’s $6.7 biennial state budget, and force lawmakers to either over-ride…
Details on the latest state budget deal emerged on Tuesday morning, after Republican and Democratic legislative leaders reached a deal…
Governor LePage promised the people of Maine while campaigning for both of his gubernatorial elections that he would do his…
On behalf of our children, Maine has made a major positive step forward by initiating the removal of the Smarter…
In a state where nearly half of its population is enrolled in some form of government assistance program, welfare reform…
There is no doubt a large number of Maine people have seen the need for real welfare reform. As Maine’s…
Freshman Senator Eric Brakey (R-Auburn) is continuing the effort to mandate that new Maine citizens live in the state for…
Late last October, a political pundit turned to me and said “You know the Democrats are struggling when they start…
On Friday, Governor Paul R. LePage released his biennial budget. The highly anticipated budget includes significant changes to the state’s…
Monday marked the 50th anniversary of President Ronald Reagan’s famous speech, “A Time for Choosing,” delivered on October 27, 1964,…
Every election year Mainers can count on a handful of desperate political campaigns that rely on confusion and deception in…
Mainers are familiar with S. Donald Sussman — the billionaire hedge fund manager whose largesse has propped up the liberal-leaning…
AUGUSTA – The administration of Gov. Paul LePage on Wednesday released information regarding new welfare reforms and enforcement procedures. “In…
Ray Richardson, conservative radio show host for the LOB statewide Lobster Radio Network, has published this week a new book,…
Greetings from Amherst to all readers of the Maine Wire: With fewer than 90 days to Election Day, it’s time…
AUGUSTA – The Department of Health and Human Services will begin drug testing convicted felons who receive cash welfare benefits…
AUGUSTA – The Maine Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday it will require nearly 12,000 able-bodied Food Stamp recipients…
The LePage administration’s decision to crackdown on municipalities that give General Assistance (GA) to undocumented immigrants has created a firestorm…
Maine GOP Communications Director David Sorensen clashed with former Democratic Gov. John Baldacci over welfare reform Wednesday morning. A clearly…
Maine Attorney General Janet Mills makes no attempt to conceal her contempt for Republican Gov. Paul R. LePage or her wish…
A new report released Thursday has identified numerous problems with Maine’s various welfare programs and identified several potential avenues for…
Maine’s congressional delegation does not fare well in the Republican Liberty Caucus’ 2013 Liberty Index – a comprehensive measure of…
The Maine State Senate is one of the top 5 electoral battlegrounds in the country, according to a recent Wall…
AUGUSTA – The state of Maine will begin putting photo identification on the Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards used to…
The following is a speech prepared by Rep. Sharri MacDonald (R-Old Orchard Beach) to be given on the floor of…
From Republican House Communications Director David Sorensen: AUGUSTA – The Democratic majority in the Maine House of Representatives late Tuesday prevented a…
AUGUSTA – Republican efforts to reform Maine’s welfare system have likely failed this year following the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives’…
From House Communications Director David Sorensen AUGUSTA – House Republican Leader Ken Fredette (R-Newport) and Assistant Leader Alex Willette (R-Mapelton)…
AUGUSTA – Democrats on the Health and Human Services Committee gutted two of Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s welfare reform proposals…
On Tuesday the usual cast of welfare industry characters came out to attack the bipartisan effort to fix Maine’s Temporary…
AUGUSTA – The talk was all about welfare Tuesday as the Legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee debated four bills…
AUGUSTA – Republican leaders gathered at the State House on Monday to call on Democrats to support an effort to…
AUGUSTA – Public hearings have been scheduled for a full slate of welfare reform proposals introduced by House Republican Leader…
Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart blasted Fox News for reporting on welfare abuse. For Stewart, it is beyond the pale to…
Cumberland County GOP: Talk radio legend Howie Carr headlined the Cumberland County Republican convention Saturday. Carr told an audience of…