Author: Seamus Othot

Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine) will avoid making a decision on the controversial sanctuary state bill that passed through the legislature, according to her spokesman Ben Goodman on Tuesday, pushing the decision to the start of next legislative session. [RELATED: Maine to Become Sanctuary State for Illegal Alien Criminals Under Bill Heading to Janet Mills’ Desk…] Goodman told the Bangor Daily News that Gov. Mills had concerns with the current state of Rep. Deqa Dhalac’s (D-South Portland) LD 1971. That bill would essentially turn Maine into a sanctuary state by dramatically restricting local law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration authorities like…

A newly released memo from Assistant Attorney General Brent Shumate directed the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Division last month to prioritize stripping citizenship from naturalized citizens who commit heinous and serious crimes, among other priorities. [RELATED: Trump Admin Charges 324 – Including Lewiston Man – in $14.6 Billion Welfare Fraud Operation…] “The benefits of civil denaturalization include the government’s ability to revoke the citizenship of individuals who engaged in the commission of war crimes, extrajudicial killings, or other serious human rights abuses; to remove naturalized criminals, gang members, or, indeed, any individuals convicted of crimes who pose an ongoing…

The Senate narrowly passed President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” reconciliation spending package on Tuesday with a tie breaking vote from Vice President J.D. Vance and opposition from Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), whose proposed amendment failed earlier on the same day. “I strongly support extending the tax relief for families and small businesses. My vote against this bill stems primarily from the harmful impact it will have on Medicaid, affecting low-income families and rural health care providers like our hospitals and nursing homes,” said Sen. Collins, explaining her vote on X. https://twitter.com/SenatorCollins/status/1940083760340640138 “While I continue to support the tax relief…

Leo Anzivino, Jr., 34, of Teaticket, Massachusetts, is facing charges of healthcare fraud and money laundering for his alleged role in a New Hampshire-based scheme to defraud Medicare of over $6.3 million via a medical equipment company. “As part of making healthcare accessible and affordable to all Americans, HHS will aggressively work with our law enforcement partners to eliminate the pervasive health care fraud that bedeviled this agency under the former administration and drove up costs,” said Department of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. According to a federal indictment, Anzivino agreed to be listed on official documents…

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is revoking the temporary protected status from Haiti, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem announced on Friday, potentially impacting over 520,000 Haitian immigrants and opening them up to possible deportation. [RELATED: Biden Admin to Allow an Additional 309,000 Haitian Migrants to Seek Temporary Protected Status in US…] “The environmental situation in Haiti has improved enough that it is safe for Haitian citizens to return home. We encourage these individuals to take advantage of the Department’s resources in returning to Haiti, which can be arranged through the CBP Home app. Haitian nationals may pursue lawful status…

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino vowed to crack down on government corruption and root out Chinese Communist Party (CCP) influence schemes on Sunday in response to the additional charges filed against a New York official who allegedly acted as an unregistered CCP agent and defrauded state taxpayers. [RELATED: Angus King Co-Sponsors Republican-Led Bill Mandating Steps to Combat Chinese Espionage…] “The (FBI) Director (Kash Patel) and I are absolutely committed to cleaning up the plague of public corruption. We are also committed to weeding out CCP scheming and illicit influence campaigns. Corrupt public officials are on notice, this case is not…

The Regional School Unit (RSU) 73 School Board, serving Jay, Livermore, and Livermore Falls, voted on Thursday night to alter policies to comply with the federal interpretation of Title IX Antidiscrimination Laws and bar transgender-identifying males from female sports, locker rooms, and restrooms. [RELATED: Another Maine School District Removes Pro-Trans Policy after Overwhelming Board Vote…] “I find it so unfortunate that the conversation tonight seems to be about separating our kids, that’s not what this (is) considering what is fair, what’s healthy, what’s safe, for all students, not one particular group of students,” said Rep. Sheila Lyman (R-Livermore Falls) speaking…

18-year-old Divaris Ojani Ruiz of Manchester, New Hampshire, was arrested on Tuesday after he allegedly opened fire at Hampton Beach, shooting three people in a drive-by incident and sparking a manhunt involving backup from Massachusetts. [RELATED: Officer Involved Shooting Results in Three Bangor Police Placed on Temporary Leave…] Hampton Police responded to reports of a shooting and arrived at the scene at 333 Ocean Boulevard shortly after the incident. When they arrived, they learned that three people had been shot and sustained non-life-threatening injuries, and multiple vehicles had been damaged. Two people were shot in the foot, and another was…

Officers from the Rockland Police Department arrested Jose Henriquez-Paulino, 24, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, on Wednesday on drug trafficking charges following a routine traffic stop. [RELATED: Rockland Police Search for Man in Connection to Reported Assault…] Police were conducting routine proactive traffic enforcement on Old Country Road around 2:00 PM when they pulled over Henriquez-Paulino for a driving irregularity. During the stop, officers became suspicious that Henriquez-Paulino was trafficking drugs. A search reportedly revealed over 55 grams of illegal drugs, including cocaine, crack cocaine, and fentanyl, along with firearms and other evidence of drug trafficking. Officers arrested Henriquez-Paulino, and he is…

A China, Maine, man was arrested on Thursday after allegedly assaulting his parents, breaking into their house with a splitting maul, and threatening to murder them. Kennebec County Sheriff’s deputies responded to 51 14th Fire Road in China after a caller, presumably one of the victims, called 911, and dispatch heard a shouted threat of “I’m here to kill you,” shortly before the call was cut off. Deputies arrived and discovered that the 40-year-old Jacob Merrill, of China, had allegedly assaulted his parents outside by their fire pit, causing them to retreat inside their house. He then reportedly used a…

A Massachusetts man allegedly led the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Department on a multi-town chase on Wednesday after taking his friend’s car and driving it drunk and without a license while trying to escape law enforcement at dangerous speeds. [RELATED: Local Man Charged in Westbrook Bicycle Theft After Previous Arrest for Stolen Gun…] At around 9:00 p.m., deputies received a call warning that Edward Goodwin, 30, of Marshfield, Massachusetts, had taken his friend’s car and was driving drunk. Deputy Michael Pina spotted the vehicle in question driving on Route 15 in Abbot toward Monson. He turned on his lights and siren…

Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) voted against a resolution on Thursday condemning the violent anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) riots in Los Angeles, California, that began earlier this month, with rioters assaulting law enforcement and burning cars. [RELATED: Gov. Mills Joins Other Democrat Governors Condemning Trump’s Use of National Guard to Restore Order in Los Angeles During Anti-ICE Riots…] Rep. Pingree joined 194 other Democrats in opposing the resolution from Rep. Young Kim (R-CA). The resolution had four major parts: affirming the right to peaceful protest, condemning the violence committed against law enforcement, calling on state and local leaders to work…

Three Bangor police officers are on leave following a Wednesday officer-involved shooting, after they returned fire at a suspect who allegedly first opened fire on them. [RELATED: Border Patrol Shuts Down Bangor Japanese Restaurant for Enforcement Operation…] According to Bangor Police Sgt. Jason McAmbley, speaking to the Bangor Daily News, officers responded to a house on Broadway at around 2:45 p.m., after receiving a call from a person at the house warning that another person there had a firearm and was threatening to commit suicide. When officers arrived, the suspect allegedly refused to drop his gun at their request. The…

Armed U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents, along with agents from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), raided the Kobe Ninja House Japanese Grill in Bangor on Thursday, potentially leading to arrests. [RELATED: ICE Agents Face a Massive Five-Fold Uptick in Assaults While Carrying Out Their Duties…] The restaurant, located at 829 Hogan Road, was closed during the operation on Thursday afternoon, and appeared to remain closed after law enforcement had left. Border Patrol agents were seen outside with guns, helmets, masks, and bulletproof vests, according to a reporter from the Bangor Daily News who was on site. Other agents can…

Biddeford drivers were delayed and their driving patterns disrupted Thursday when they were forced to find a way around Pomerleau Street, which was closed as authorities worked to deal with a flaming pile of garbage dumped in the road. [RELATED: Biddeford Big Shots Convicted on Drug Trafficking and Firearms Charges Following Violent Robbery…] At around 4:30 a.m., the Biddeford Regional Communication Center received a call informing them of a garbage truck catching fire on Pomerleau Street. Complying with protocol for a truck fire, the driver emptied his flaming load of trash onto the street. The Biddeford Fire Department arrived to…

Maine, New Hampshire, and nine other states now have more adults over 65 than minors, based on a Thursday report from the U.S. Census Bureau that also revealed that Maine has the oldest population of any state. [RELATED: Czech Study Finds Fertility Rate “Substantially Lower” in Women Vaccinated for COVID-19 Versus Those Not…] Using 2024 data, the Census Bureau revealed a significant increase in the percentage of the U.S. population over 65, which rose by three percent from 2023-2024 to 18 percent, while the percentage of minors nationwide dropped by 0.2 percent. In 2004, minors made up 25 percent of the…

A new study from the Czech Republic published last week found that the rate of successful conceptions resulting in the live birth of a child was “substantially lower” for women vaccinated against COVID-19 compared with unvaccinated women, based on nationwide data. [RELATED: Unanimous Bill Allowing Providers to Charge for COVID-19 Vaccine Goes Into Law Without Gov. Janet Mills’ Signature…] “We conclude that at least from June 2021, SC [successful conception] rates in the Czech Republic for women vaccinated against COVID-19 before SC were substantially lower than for those who were unvaccinated before SC. These hypothesis-generating and preliminary results call for…

Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) voted with a minority of House Democrats against tabling a resolution to impeach President Donald Trump on Tuesday, put forward by Rep. Al Green (D-Texas), based on his decision to bomb three of Iran’s nuclear facilities. [RELATED: UPDATED: Golden Finally Comments on US Strike on Iran, Statement Closer to that of Collins than Others…] Pingree joined 78 other Democrats in voting against a motion to table Rep. Green’s resolution, “Impeaching Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, for High Crimes and Misdemeanors.” Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) was one of the 128 Democrats to vote to…

Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine) expressed support on Tuesday for a Republican-led effort that would strengthen the state’s existing “Yellow Flag” gun laws instead of an effort led by gun control activists to implement stricter “Red Flag” measures. [RELATED: Republicans and Sportsmen Offer Competing Measure to “Red Flag” Bill That Strengthens Yellow Flag Law…] “The proposed competing measure enhances the current law without putting a burden on families and neighbors who want to keep themselves and others safe without putting themselves on the line,” said Gov. Mills in a statement acquired by the Bangor Daily News. Democrats in the legislature are…

Gubernatorial candidate and former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson, a Democrat, expressed his strong support on Monday for New York City’s likely future mayor, Zohran Mamdani, who wants to defund the police, create government-run grocery stores, and spend millions in taxpayer funds on transgender procedures. [RELATED: Socialist Zohran Mamdani Wins NYC Democrat Mayoral Primary, Besting Andrew Cuomo…] “I don’t know if you heard about what happened in New York City yesterday, but I could kiss everybody down there. The big-money elite, the people with all the power, didn’t win the mayor’s race,” said Jackson. https://twitter.com/TroyJackson207/status/1937863141905539558 Mamdani, a current NYC Assemblyman,…

Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) reintroduced the “Organic Dairy Data Collection Act” on Tuesday with two Republican co-sponsors, aiming to help organic dairy farmers by instructing the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to collect more data on production costs. [RELATED: Rep. Pingree Downplays Violating Law Governing Market Trades as an “Oversight”…] “Organic dairy farmers across the country are continuing to grapple with volatile markets, persistent inflation, and unfair trade practices that drive up costs and squeeze already-thin margins. Without targeted action, we risk more farm closures, weakened regional food systems, and fewer organic choices for consumers,” said Rep. Pingree. Reps. Tony…

Maine Governor Janet Mills (D) nixed a bill from House Minority Leader Billy Bob Faulkingham (R-Winter Harbor) on Friday that would have nipped in the bud the use of eminent domain to seize tribal land even after the bill passed through the legislature with strong bipartisan support. [RELATED: Public Hearing Reveals Bipartisan Support for Tribal Sovereignty Bill Opposed by Gov. Mills…] “L.D. 958 is a solution in search of a problem, and yet it could have serious unintended consequences years from now that are impossible to know today. It would be a mistake to permanently bar future generations from exercising…

State Senator Rick Bennett (R-Oxford) announced on Tuesday that he will be running as an independent for Governor of Maine in a clear departure from GOP he once chaired. His gambit comes with a rejection of partisan politics and is an apparent effort to follow in the footsteps of two men who managed to win the Blaine House without a party label in 1974 and 1994 respectively. [RELATED: Republican Senator Votes to Keep Transgender Policies in Schools While Democrat Senator Recites a Poem…] “A lot of the energizing elements in the Republican Party are not what I think respond to…

Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) signed on as a co-sponsor of a Republican-led bill aimed at fighting Chinese Communist Party (CCP) espionage by requiring a report on the Department of Justice (DOJ) efforts to counter Chinese covert activities. [RELATED: Former U.S. Army Intel Sergeant Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Transfer Military Secrets to China…] “For decades, the Chinese Communist Party has consistently worked to undermine our national security, weaken our economy and steal intellectual property,” said Sen. King in a statement last week. “The first step in combatting any threat is to ensure we have a clear understanding of the facts.…

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are facing a massive 500 percent increase in violent assaults against them while they carry out their duties and attempt to deport illegal immigrants, according to an exclusive Friday report from Breitbart. [RELATED: Worcester City Councilor Assaults ICE Officers in Attempt to Prevent Arrest of an Illegal Immigrant Who Assaulted a Pregnant Woman…] “The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released new data revealing ICE law enforcement is now facing a 500 percent increase in assaults against them while carrying out enforcement operations. Just this week, an ICE officer was dragged 50 yards by a…

One of Maine’s prominent left-wing television news stations, News Center Maine (WCSH-6), had a drag queen, Jake Boyce – using the stage name Chartreuse Money – present its weather forecast on Saturday in collaboration with Pride Portland. [RELATED: Trump Celebrates Persecuted Christians on First Day of Pride Month in Stark Contrast with Joe Biden…] “Honey it is 80 degrees in Portland now honey, and we are feeling the effects. The sun is out, all it took was a Pride Parade to bring the sunshine out today, but honey it is hot all over the state,” said Boyce. The broadcast, produced…

As the world waits to see the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s decision to bomb three of Iran’s nuclear facilities on Saturday, Maine’s congressional delegation provided varying reactions to the strikes. [RELATED: How Iran Could Shake Up Global Economy In Response To US Strikes…] Reactions ranged from condemnation of the strikes by Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) to strong support from Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), with a more nuanced response from Sen. Angus King (I-Maine). Rep. Golden did not comment until late on Monday in a statement that reads as generally supportive of the Trump administration’s action. Rep. Pingree accused President…

The Democratic Socialists of Maine criticized their national parent organization in an Instagram post on Sunday after the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) resolved that, from this point forward, masks will be strongly encouraged rather than required for their 2025 national convention. [RELATED: ‘In the Red’: Democratic Socialists of America Face 7-Figure Budget Cuts, Layoffs Due to $2 Million Deficit, Members Say…] “The National Political Committee’s decision to make masking optional, despite years of advocacy from DSA’s Disability Working Group puts members at risk, and has already had an impact on our delegation,” said the Maine DSA. “COVID is still…

Former U.S. Army Sergeant Joseph Daniel Schmidt, 31, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to attempting to transfer military secrets that he illegally retained to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). [RELATED: Chinese Nationals Caught Trying to Smuggle Dangerous Biological Agent Into the U.S…] Schmidt served in the Army from 2015 to 2020, where he was last stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) in Washington as a member of the 109th Military Intelligence Battalion. In his role with the Intelligence Battalion, Schmidt had access to top-secret information, which he illegally retained. After leaving the military, he attempted to contact the CCP via the…

Cumberland County District Attorney (DA) Jackie Sartoris took to Maine’s liberal news on Thursday to defend a county corrections officer, Gratien Milandou-Wamba, 32, after he was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for allegedly overstaying his visa. [RELATED: Cumberland County Corrections Officer Detained by ICE for Overstaying Visa is Being Held in New Hampshire…] “What we’re doing right now is taking people who have legitimate asylum claims, who have registered with the government, who are endangered in their country of origin, and we’re saying, ‘Well, sorry, we have now changed our minds because of this 3,000 quota,’” Sartoris told…

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) discovered a nearly 3,000-foot-long, sophisticated cartel drug smuggling tunnel that was actively under construction, extending from Tijuana, Mexico, over 1,000 feet into the suburbs of San Diego, California. [RELATED: National Guard Joins Feds in Massive California Marijuana Raid That Leads to Arrest of 70 Illegals…] “As we continue to strengthen the nation’s air, and maritime border security, it’s not surprising that foreign terrorist organizations would resort to underground routes,” said Jeffrey D. Stalnaker, Acting Chief Patrol Agent of the San Diego Sector. “Disruption of narcotics smuggling tunnels is critical to protecting American lives. I’m…

Previously sealed court documents have revealed shocking new information about a Portland woman and member of the Antifa New England “militia” arrested in May for allegedly threatening to murder law enforcement officers. [RELATED: Portland Woman Arrested for Alleged Threatening Phone Calls to Border Patrol Agent: DOJ…] The U.S. Department of Justice announced the arrest of 40-year-old Alice Jones on May 15, but provided scant details, only saying that she allegedly threatened the “Supervisory United States Border Patrol Agent and others.” A previously sealed search warrant application for Jones’s home on Washington Ave. in Portland from FBI Special Agent Andrew Allaire…

A combined force of 500 federal agents, law enforcement officers, and National Guardsmen carried out a massive enforcement activity in California on Wednesday at illegal marijuana grow sites spanning 787 acres, which led to the arrest of over 70 illegal immigrants. [RELATED: Illegal Chinese Neurotoxins Are Coming to Maine’s Blackmarket Cannabis Grows: Maine Threat Brief…] The operation targeted a grow site in the Southern California town of Thermal, and the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) requested assistance from a variety of agencies, including the National Guard, given to the magnitude of the operation. https://twitter.com/DEALOSANGELES/status/1935486892130345115 Footage from reporter Ali Bradley shows parts…

The controversy surrounding Rep. Laurel Libby’s (R-Auburn) censure continued on the House floor on Wednesday when House Speaker Ryan Fecteau (D-Biddeford) denied her the right to speak into the record on behalf of her constituents, who were for two months deprived of their voice when she could not vote. [RELATED: SCOTUS Restores Rep. Laurel Libby’s Right to Vote, Enjoins Maine Dems’ Censure of Her…] “There is no bill before us, thus I will not be participating in debate, I simply want to be heard on the record,” said Rep. Libby. https://twitter.com/laurel_libby/status/1935504254112018510 Libby was censured by Speaker Fecteau after she posted…

The U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ruled 6-3 on Wednesday to uphold a Tennessee ban on transgender surgeries and drugs for minors, setting an important precedent for the protection of children across the country and enraging LGBTQ activists. [RELATED: House Passes Bill to Bar Males from Girls’ Sports One Day After Senate Nixes Similar Bill…] “Contrary to the representations of the United States and the private plaintiffs, there is no medical consensus on how best to treat gender dysphoria in children,” said Justice Clarence Thomas in his concurring opinion. “There are particularly good reasons to question the expert class here, as…

A contentious bill, essentially turning Maine into a sanctuary state for illegal immigrants by severely limiting local cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), passed through the legislature on Tuesday, raising serious concerns for law enforcement. [RELATED: Maine to Become Sanctuary State for Illegal Alien Criminals Under Bill Heading to Janet Mills’ Desk…] Law enforcement officials and lawmakers with experience in the field, including Assistant Senate Minority Leader Matt Harrington (R-York), have warned against the negative impact of Rep. Deqa Dhalac’s (D-South Portland) LD 1971 that implements sanctuary city policies. “In plain English: it ties the hands of our officers,…

Three protesters, including the Concord City Democrats chair, were arrested on Tuesday after they refused to leave a New Hampshire legislative committee room while lying on the floor and staging a “die-in” to protest Medicaid cuts in the proposed state budget. [RELATED: Janet Mills Signs New Penalties into Law for Noncompliance with Maine’s Paid Family and Medical Leave Program…] “That is a Medicaid die-in because that’s what’s going to happen,” said Concord City Democrat chair Lisa Beaudoin, 54. “When New Hampshire’s Medicaid system gets slashed, people will die.” Beudoin, along with Sarah Chapman, 44, of Nottingham, and Juliana Good, 25,…

32-year-old Gratien Milandou-Wamba, a Cumberland County Corrections Officer, is currently being held in a New Hampshire prison after being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in April while driving to work. [RELATED: Illegal Alien Previously Hired by York County Jail Arrested by ICE After Jail Set Goal of Hiring ‘New Americans’…] Cumberland County Manager Jim Gailey confirmed on Tuesday that one of their corrections officers had been detained by ICE and stated that he is no longer employed by the county. Gailey provided little additional information. More details emerged when Milandou-Wamba told the Portland Press Herald that he…

Travis Bessey, 30, of Sedgwick, was sentenced to 60 years in prison after he pleaded guilty last year to two counts of producing child pornography in what Judge Lance Walker called “the most thoroughly disturbing case I have ever seen.” [RELATED: Husband of Hermon Middle School Teacher Arrested on Child Pornography Charges…] In May 2021, Bessey was a part of an online chatroom on Kik—a Canadian-based messaging app—where he and other participants shared child sexual abuse material. A Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agent was monitoring the chat room and saw Bessey sharing images of a man sexually abusing two children.…

A powerful, pro-solar energy lobby group, the Coalition for Community Solar Access (CCSA), is using its national resources to urge Mainers to oppose a bipartisan bill that would mitigate some of the economic hardships caused by pro-solar net energy billing (NEB) policies. [RELATED: Mainers Overflow Hearing to Speak Out on Both Sides of Proposed Net Energy Billing Repeal…] “CCSA strongly opposes providing the PUC broad retroactive rate setting authority for existing projects. Projects that are bound to existing contracts, are already constructed, have paid for the capital expenditures to build the project, and now have debt obligations and other firm…

The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office responded to a home at 6 Wogan Road in Raymond on Sunday following reports of a domestic disturbance involving a firearm. [RELATED: Saco Man Leads Police on Multi-Town Chase…] The alleged victim, whom the Sheriff’s Office did not name, told officers that his live-in girlfriend, Erika Frank, 54, of Raymond, threatened him with a firearm. He was able to leave their home in order to alert authorities. When deputies arrived, Frank refused to leave the residence or be taken into custody, sparking a standoff as she had access to multiple firearms inside the building. During…

Two leading members of the House Committee on Homeland Security began an investigation last week into 215 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) suspected of illegally using taxpayer funds to aid illegal aliens who entered the country under former President Joe Biden. [RELATED: Portland Resettled Nearly 1,000 Migrants in City in 2024, Including Hundreds at $4.5 million per Year Shelter…] “The open-borders, anti-enforcement policies of the Biden Administration, supplemented by nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), helped fuel the worst border crisis in our nation’s history,” said the congressmen. Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green (R-Tenn.) and Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability Chairman Josh…

The Maine House voted narrowly on Friday evening to pass a bill that will ban transgender-identifying males from girls’ sports across Maine schools, with support from three Democrats, just one day after a similar bill failed in the Senate with the help of Sen. Rick Bennett (R-Oxford). [RELATED: Republican Senator Votes to Keep Transgender Policies in Schools While Democrat Senator Recites a Poem…] “I have talked to some of my coaching colleagues, and had numerous conversations with my constituents, overwhelmingly they are against having biological males play on girl’s sport’s teams. The biggest issues are fairness and safety,” said Rep.…

The Portland Police Department arrested two people on Saturday after they allegedly assaulted police officers at the city’s “No Kings” protest held to show opposition to President Donald Trump on his birthday. [RELATED: Portland Resettled Nearly 1,000 Migrants in City in 2024, Including Hundreds at $4.5 million per Year Shelter…] Liberal activists staged No Kings protests across the country, including multiple in Maine, to coincide with President Trump’s birthday and the Army 250th birthday military parade with Washington, D.C. The Portland No Kings protest was held in two locations, Monument Square and Lincoln Park, and the Portland Police Department described…

Maine Civic Action, an organization focused on educating Mainers on free markets and individual liberties, announced on Friday that its inaugural event for 2025 will feature Charlie Kirk, a top conservative influencer and founder of Turning Point USA. [RELATED: ‘It’s So Ridiculous’: Bill Maher And Charlie Kirk Torch Dems Over Wildly Unpopular Stance On Trans Athletes…] “The future of our state and nation depends on training the next generation to be active members of their communities and to advance liberty,” said Maine Civic Action’s announcement. Kirk has been a popular advocate for President Donald Trump among younger voters in particular,…

Reps. Jared Golden (D-Maine) and Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) joined every other House Democrat on Thursday in opposing President Donald Trump’s rescission package that would have codified $9.4 billion in proposed cuts to foreign aid and public broadcasting. [RELATED: Pingree Split with Golden and Votes Against Bill to Stop Non-Citizens from Voting in D.C. Elections…] “I just voted against the president’s bill to clawback $9.4 billion in congressionally approved funding, which would have zeroed out funding for Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which supports PBS KIDS educational programming and life-saving emergency alerts at Maine Public,” said Rep. Golden on X. https://twitter.com/RepGolden/status/1933257440419852326 A…

Sen. Rick Bennett (R-Oxford) voted with Democrats on Thursday night and became the only Republican to oppose a bill that would have barred transgender-identifying males from women’s sports, locker rooms, and restrooms. During testimony on the same bill, Sen. Craig Hickman (D-Kennebec) performed a dramatic reading of his poem “Little Black Girl.” [RELATED: Most Maine Voters Back Trump Over Mills in Transgender Sports Spat…] “We are being asked to decide whether our laws will affirm the dignity of every child in Maine or diminish it,” said Sen. Bennett testifying on the Senate floor. “This legislation isn’t about fairness, it’s about…

Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) joined Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Thursday in co-sponsoring his bill, the “End Prescription Drug Ads Now Act,” which would codify one of Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s priorities. [RELATED: Angus King Co-Sponsors Bill to Block Trump’s Election Integrity Executive Order…] “With the exception of New Zealand, the United States is the only country in the world where it is legal for pharmaceutical companies to advertise their drugs on television. It is time for us to end that international embarrassment. The American people don’t want to see misleading and deceptive prescription…

Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) voted with the majority of House Democrats on Tuesday against a bill that would have stopped non-citizens from voting in local Washington, D.C. elections after a 2022 policy allowed it. [RELATED: Non-Citizens Will be Able to Vote in Washington D.C. Elections This November…] Rep. Pingree was one of 148 Democrats to vote against a bill from Rep. August Pfluger (R-Tex.) that would have repealed Washington D.C.’s 2022 Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act, which allowed non-citizens to vote for local positions such as Mayor, City Councilor, and Attorney General. Though Pingree and the majority of Democrats…

The Maine State Police arrested 69-year-old Bonnie Coombs of Garland on Wednesday after she allegedly murdered her 78-year-old sister, Velma Withee, at her home in April. [RELATED: Intoxicated Juvenile Attempted to Gatecrash Oceanside High Graduation before Robbing Vehicle: Rockland PD…] In April, the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office discovered Withee dead with gunshot wounds at her home on Canaan Rd in Hartland. Following an autopsy on April 14, the death was determined to be a homicide caused by multiple gunshot wounds. The investigation continued until Wednesday, when the Maine State Police Major Crimes Unit Central arrested Coombs at 8:00 p.m. and…

Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) returned to one of his favorite legislative priorities during Tuesday’s meeting of the Senate Armed Services Committee, advocating for increased spending on directed energy weapons while criticizing the Biden administration. [RELATED: Angus King Invokes Genghis Khan in Renewed Call for Increased DoD Focus on Laser Beams…] “It’s unclear in the budget where the directed energy money is if it’s in there. Those missiles that we’re using in the Red Sea to knock down $20,000 Yemen drones cost $4 million apiece. Directed energy is an incredibly important priority. The prior administration grossly underfunded it. I hope this administration…

The Regional School Unit (RSU) 4 school board voted on Wednesday, near the end of the school year, to remove their “Transgender and Gender Expansive Students” policy that allows transgender-identifying males into girls’ spaces and allows teachers to keep secrets from parents. RSU 4 straddles Androscoggin and Kennebec counties. [RELATED: Gardiner School Board to Hold Vote on Contentious School-Based Medical Clinic On the Last Day of School…] “By permitting and protecting through policy the withholding of information or keeping of secrets from parents regarding their children, the RSU is in direct violation of the Supreme Court and the Constitution of…

Both chambers of Maine’s legislature passed a bill on Tuesday banning “doxing” minors that could be applied in future instances such as Rep. Laurel Libby (R-Auburn) criticizing transgender-identifying males competing in girls’ sports. [RELATED: SCOTUS Restores Rep. Laurel Libby’s Right to Vote, Enjoins Maine Dems’ Censure of Her…] “I’m just very cautious about this bill because it sounds like one that could be abused, and I’m just in fear of that,” said Sen. Scott Cyrway (R-Kennebec). The bill, LD 537, was put forward by Rep. Melanie Sachs (D-Freeport) in February, notably before Rep. Libby was censured in the House after…

Two law enforcement sources, who spoke with the Maine Wire on the condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to speak publicly about the incident, believe that multiple large institutions in Maine suffered from a ransomware-style cyberattack thought to originate from a foreign adversary. [RELATED: Maine Pharmacies Giving Out Prescriptions Without Verifying MaineCare Coverage Amid Weeks-Long System Outages…] Multiple hospitals across the state appear to be suffering from technical issues, possibly caused by a cyberattack. As of Wednesday afternoon, the Central Maine Medical Center’s (CMMC) entire website is inaccessible. St. Joseph Healthcare and St. Mary’s Health System both currently…

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) suffered a legal loss on Tuesday when a federal judge denied his request for an immediate restraining order against President Donald Trump to prevent him from using the California National Guard to restore order in Los Angeles. [RELATED: Gov. Mills Joins Other Democrat Governors Condemning Trump’s Use of National Guard to Restore Order in Los Angeles During Anti-ICE Riots…] U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer, appointed to serve as a federal judge for the Northern District of California by former President Bill Clinton, rejected Newsom’s request, arguing that the Trump administration deserved time to respond to Newsom’s…

Both chambers of the Maine Legislature reversed course on a controversial bill this week, ending an effort from Rep. Grayson Lookner (D-Portland) to legalize the possession of psilocybin, often called “magic mushrooms.” [RELATED: Flipping and Tripping, the House Votes by a Margin of One to Legalize Magic Mushrooms…] In House and Senate votes on Monday and Tuesday, respectively, each chamber narrowly voted against the enactment of the bill. Those votes came just one week after the House voted 70-69 and the Senate voted 17-16 to accept the Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety’s minority “Ought to pass” recommendation. The…

While a key committee in Augusta moved legislation to the floor that would make it more difficult for police in Maine to cooperate with federal authorities enforcing immigration law, councilors in the Knox County seat of Rockland shot down a similar measure this week in a signal that state and local officials may not be on the same page on the question. The Maine Legislature’s Committee on the Judiciary voted on Monday in favor of a bill aimed at hindering local law enforcement’s cooperation with immigration authorities like Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), on the same day that the Rockland…

As rioters overrun the streets of Los Angeles, California, waving foreign flags while burning cars and assaulting federal officers, Gov. Janet Mills signed on to a statement criticizing President Donald Trump for using the National Guard to restore order. “President Trump’s move to deploy California’s National Guard is an alarming abuse of power. Governors are the Commanders in Chief of their National Guard and the federal government activating them in their own borders without consulting or working with a state’s governor is ineffective and dangerous,” said the statement from the Democratic Governors Association (DGA). President Trump ordered the deployment of…

Maine School Administrative District (MSAD) 11 is poised to approve or deny an extremely controversial school-based medical clinic on Thursday, the last day of the school year, during a special school board meeting. [RELATED: Rep. Soboleski Reveals Gardiner School Is Not Zoned for Controversial Clinic on Site, School Board Balks…] “This is one of the most sleazy, non-transparent school boards I’ve ever seen,” parents rights activist Alvin Lui, president of Courage Is A Habit, told The Maine Wire. MSAD 11, which serves Gardiner, West Gardiner, Pittston, and Randolph, has become embroiled in a variety of controversies in recent months, not…

Jon Fetherston, the whistleblower who exposed the heinous crimes committed by illegal immigrants in Massachusetts’ “Healy Hotel” shelters, requested on Saturday that Attorney General (AG) Pam Bondi initiate a federal investigation into the shelter program. [RELATED: Horrifying New Details Emerge on Illegal Immigrant Who Impregnated His 14-Year-Old Daughter While Living in Marlborough, Mass “Healy Hotel”…] “I am writing to you not as a political figure, but as a whistleblower, a witness, and most importantly—as someone who cannot remain silent while criminality, negligence, and fraud continue unchecked under the banner of state-sponsored “humanitarian care,” Fetherston wrote in his letter to AG…

The Satanic Temple’s abortion branch, TST Health, announced the creation of a new telehealth abortion provider serving Maine, deliberately set to open on President Donald Trump’s birthday, June 14, and named to mock the president. [RELATED: NH Satanic Holiday Display Destroyed and Removed Just Days after it was Erected…] The telehealth clinic will be called the “President’s Yuge Most Beautiful Tremendous Satanic Abortion Clinic.” “We hope he receives this clinic’s distinguished title as the magnificent, regal birthday present it is intended to be,” said Satanic Temple executive director Erin Helian in a press release. Helian expressed “heartbreak” over the closure…

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a list of jurisdictions with “sanctuary” policies that obstruct immigration enforcement late last week, including three in Maine, before removing the list on Sunday following backlash from cities objecting to their inclusion. [RELATED: Nearly 1,500 Illegals Arrested in Massachusetts as Part of Month Long ‘Operation Patriot’…] “We are exposing these sanctuary politicians who harbor criminal illegal aliens and defy federal law. President Trump and I will always put the safety of the American people first. Sanctuary politicians are on notice: comply with federal law,” said DHS Secretary Kristi Noem. The now-deleted list…

Long-time U.S. House Speaker Tip O’Neill famously said “all politics is local,” and he could just have easily been talking about mounting distemper in Maine over school boards and state educational associations that silence parents and promote left-of-center ideologies as the wards of Boston. As Virginia showed the nation four years ago when Loudon County education administrators tried to stifle news about serious abuses of their transgender bathroom policy, school board politics can transform a state. Voter anger about that issue fueled conservative Glenn Youngkin’s victory over Clinton moneyman “Good Times” Terry McCauliffe in the governor’s race. In recent months,…

The FBI arrested two Chinese citizens, Yunqing Jian, 33, and Zunyong Liu, 34, on Tuesday after they were caught allegedly trying to smuggle a potentially devastating fungal “agroterrorism weapon” into the U.S. [RELATED: China May Be Integrating AI into its Bioweapons Program. What Could Go Wrong?…] “This case is a sobering reminder that the CCP is working around the clock to deploy operatives and researchers to infiltrate American institutions and target our food supply, which would have grave consequences… putting American lives and our economy at serious risk. Your FBI will continue working tirelessly to be on guard against it,”…

President Donald Trump issued a proclamation celebrating persecuted Christians on June 1, the start of Pride Month, marking a significant change from President Joe Biden’s time in office when the White House held elaborate pro-LGBTQ celebrations. [RELATED: Ogunquit Police Officers Will be Wearing Pride Patches for June…] “Today, I join the Coptic Orthodox Christian community in observing Global Coptic Day—a celebration of the ancient heritage, rich culture, and reverent worship of the Coptic Orthodox Church,” said President Trump. “In 2015, 21 Coptic construction workers were brutally executed by ISIS terrorists in Libya. Like persecuted Christians all around the world, these…

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), with the help of multiple federal agencies, arrested nearly 1,500 illegal aliens during the month-long Operation Patriot, which targeted illegal alien criminal offenders across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. [RELATED: ICE Arrests 40 Illegal Aliens, Including MS-13 Member and Child Sex Offender, in Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard Sweep…] “Make no mistake: Every person that we arrested was breaking our immigration laws, but most of these individuals had significant criminality. They are criminal offenders who victimized innocent people and traumatized entire communities — murderers, rapists, drug traffickers, child sex predators and members of violent transnational criminal…

A Portland sex offender, Steven Ricci, 61, is set to be released at the end of June despite what the Portland Police Department described as a “high risk to re-offend,” following a lengthy history of sex crimes, many targeting children. [RELATED: Jay Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Sexually Assaulting a Child Starting When She Was Just Six…] Ricci, who has an extensive history of indecent conduct, is set for release on June 29. The Portland Police warned that Ricci will not be required to appear on the sex offender registry but said that the likelihood of his…

The Maine House narrowly passed a bill on Monday that will make life and work more difficult for Mainers employed in building trades by imposing licensing requirements on residential construction contractors and creating yet another governmental board. [RELATED: Maine’s Private Sector Workers Are Paying the New 1% Paycheck Tax. They’re Also Paying the Tax for State Employees…] “Affordable housing is what we need. This does not help us achieve that at all. The cost of building houses today is only going to go up if we license the contractors,” said Rep. John Blier (R-Buxton) speaking on the House floor. “Do…

It may be a sign of the times that both chambers of the Maine Legislature passed a bill on Monday allowing a limited amount of home distilling of spirits for personal consumption, legalizing it at the state level while it remains illegal federally. [RELATED: Committee Votes in Favor of Home Distilling Law Despite Opposition from Four Skeptical Reps…] The bill, LD 631, was passed in both the House and Senate “under the hammer” without the need for a roll-call vote, with both chambers accepting the majority “ought to pass as amended” recommendation from the Veterans and Legal Affairs (VLA) Committee…

Ogunquit police officers will be wearing new “LGBTQ+ pride patches” throughout June for “Pride Month,” which is typically celebrated through corporate and government publicity activities, parades, and a variety of public events that promote alternative sexual lifestyles. [RELATED: Cumberland Town Council Votes to Paint Crosswalk Rainbow for Pride Month…] “We are dedicated to celebrating diversity and fostering an environment of acceptance and understanding. Our department values the opportunity to show solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community and to promote a welcoming and inclusive atmosphere for all,” Ogunquit Police Chief John Lizanecz in a Facebook post. https://twitter.com/TheMaineWire/status/1929603380990607706 According to Chief Lizanecz’s post,…

The Maine Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) sent 42 illegal immigrants out of state for further deportation proceedings on a single flight on May 23, following a record number of arrests in April. [RELATED: Maine Border Patrol Arrests Hit Near Quarter Century High as Southern Crossings Remain at Historic Low…] “Houlton Sector Border Patrol Agents work tirelessly to keep our nation and communities secure. The rise in apprehensions over the course of this year reflects the hard work credited to the men and women of the U.S. Border Patrol in carrying out national security priorities with inter-agency partners,” said Acting…

South Portland’s People’s Inclusive Welding (PIW) held a rally with other groups on Friday to protest the arrest of two Brazilian nationals in the U.S. illegally who have been transferred into Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody and are currently being processed for removal. [RELATED: Worcester City Councilor Assaults ICE Officers in Attempt to Prevent Arrest of an Illegal Immigrant Who Assaulted a Pregnant Woman…] The two Brazilians, Marcos Henrique, 28, and Lucas Segobia (age unknown), were arrested last week when they were pulled over by the Maine State Police while driving into Maine because the officer noticed an off-center…

The Maine School Administrative District (MSAD) 52 school board voted Thursday night to send a potential change to its transgender policy for review by its legal counsel, drawing opposition from pro-trans board members and some students. [RELATED: Another Maine School District Removes Pro-Trans Policy after Overwhelming Board Vote…] The MSAD 52 school board, which serves Turner, Greene, and Leeds, voted to instruct the superintendent to consult two law firms about the legal implications of changing school policy to recognize only biological sex rather than self-identification. “What are the legal implications for changing MSAD 52 school board policies to recognize only…

Sen. Susan Collins weighed in on Tuesday on President Donald Trump’s highly controversial “Big Beautiful Bill” spending package, which is currently facing some resistance from both parties in the Senate. [RELATED: “One Big Beautiful Bill” of Tax and Spending Provisions Passes House in Late Night Vote, Condemned by Maine Reps Golden and Pingree…] “I do not want to see a tax increase go into effect for our small businesses, for example, and for middle and lower income families. I want to see the doubling of the child tax credit remain and not revert to where it was. So, there is…

Out Maine, an LGBTQ non-profit that pushes radical gender ideology on children, received three new grants this month to help fund its “Read the Rainbow” program that distributes pro-transgender books to children as young as kindergarteners. [RELATED: Maine Corporations, Once Proud Progressive Donors, Tread Lightly Amid Gov. Mills’ Clash with President Trump…] “This upcoming school year, we’re going to be able to offer an expanded list of diverse stories and book sets across all grade levels. Previously, the program was only offered to Maine public school librarians, but now we’re going to be able to offer it to all public…

The upcoming June 10 election for the Regional School Unit (RSU) 40 school board could have significant consequences for girls in the district, who like many in Maine currently have to share their private spaces with transgender-identifying males. [RELATED: Another Maine School District Removes Pro-Trans Policy after Overwhelming Board Vote…] The school district, encompassing Friendship, Union, Waldoboro, Warren, and Washington, has four school board seats up for election next month, including the seat of board chair Danny Jackson. School board elections across the state have taken on even more significance since the feud between Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine) and President…

California made a minor but potentially significant policy change to mitigate the damage done by allowing transgender-identifying males to compete in girls’ sports, in a possible attempt to placate President Donald Trump, who has recently turned his attention to the Golden state. [RELATED: Most Maine Voters Back Trump Over Mills in Transgender Sports Spat…] “Please be hereby advised that large scale Federal Funding will be held back, maybe permanently, if the Executive Order on this subject matter is not adhered to. The Governor, himself, said it is “UNFAIR.” I will speak to him today to find out which way he…

The Maine Department of Corrections (DOC) has denied access to the Supervised Community Confinement Program (SCCP) for Mark Cardilli, a veteran serving a seven year prison sentence following a manslaughter conviction that he maintains was self-defense, according to documents and Cardilli’s family. [RELATED: Crimes Committed by Perpetrators on Bail or Early Release Continue as Some Seek More Leniency…] “He’s at the time where he can apply for SCCP, and they don’t want him out. We don’t know why. Why don’t they want my son out? Everybody else is getting out,” said Cardilli’s mother, Sue Cardilli, told The Maine Wire. The…

President Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Tuesday to celebrate Maine fishermen and to discuss his work to remove Obama-era restrictions on fishing off Maine’s coast, while hinting at resistance from Maine’s political leaders. [RELATED: New England Fishermen Celebrate Trump Executive Order Aimed at Restoring the U.S. Seafood Industry…] “I approved FULL Fishing Rights in the Ocean Waters, directly off the Coast of Maine, that were viciously taken away from them by the Obama/Biden Administration. They were not allowed to fish in those waters, and it would take them more than a day to get into areas, less fertile,…

Kenneth Marin, 61, of Jay, was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Friday following a February conviction for repeatedly sexually assaulting a young girl, starting when she was just six years old and continuing until she was 12. The crimes occurred in Augusta, court records show. [RELATED: Topsham Teacher Under Investigation But the School is Providing Scant Details…] Superior Justice Daniel Mitchell issued the 25-year sentence, with no time suspended, making it likely that Marin will actually spend the next 25 years in prison. There is a good chance that Marin will die in prison, as he will be…

Maine State Police arrested the husband of a Hermon Middle School teacher, Aaron M. Pinette, 42, on Friday on child pornography charges after executing a search warrant. [RELATED: Topsham Teacher Under Investigation But the School is Providing Scant Details…] Hermon School Superintendent Barbara Sargent sent a letter to parents, obtained by WABI, addressing the arrest of the spouse of one of their teachers. Sargent reportedly confirmed in the letter that Pinette had not volunteered at the school in the last two years, suggesting that he might have volunteered there in the past. She affirmed that all school employees undergo strict…

Topsham’s Mt. Ararat High School is losing its athletics director at the end of the school-year, according to a resignation letter submitted on Thursday, just days after the school revealed a police investigation into a different, now former, teacher. [RELATED: Topsham Teacher Under Investigation But the School is Providing Scant Details…] “This is not a decision I have made lightly, but I feel it is best for me and my family that I step aside from the rigors of this very demanding position and pursue other professional opportunities,” said athletics director Geoff Godo in his resignation letter. “I look forward…

Reya N. Jasmin, 36, a transgender-identifying New Hampshire man, is facing charges for allegedly stabbing his wife to death on Sunday in an apparent murder-suicide attempt. He had previously headlined the local library’s “Ask a Transgender Woman Anything” event. [RELATED: NH School Officials Are Trying to Hide DEI Material from The Public Eye…] The NH Attorney General’s (AG) office first reported the incident through a Sunday press release, explaining that local law enforcement responded to a home on Old Country Road in Plaistow, NH, and discovered a deceased woman, Margaret Jasmin, 39, and Reya Jasmin who was suffering from injuries.…

Special agents with the FBI in Boston arrested Brian Hargraves, 54, of Albany, New Hampshire, on Tuesday after he allegedly posed as a teenager online to solicit sexually explicit images from a teenage girl. [RELATED: Topsham Teacher Under Investigation But the School is Providing Scant Details…] Law enforcement received a citizen complaint regarding Hargraves in April. On April 29, officers searched one of Hargraves’ multiple cell phones and, according to charging documents, discovered sexually explicit images and videos of a 16-year-old girl. Hargraves allegedly met the girl online and posed as a teenage boy while communicating with the victim. He…

The Mount Desert Island (MDI) Hospital is taking disciplinary action against five nurses who participated in a Maine State Nurses Association (MSNA)/National Nurses Organizing Committee (NNU) union protest on May 8 against the hospital’s decision to close its labor and delivery unit. [RELATED: Reagan Paul’s Bill Would Count Unborn Children as Persons When It Comes to Prosecuting Violent Crime…] “Instead of working with nurses toward solutions that could save Bar Harbor’s obstetrics unit, MDI Hospital’s management is resorting to lowbrow tactics. Labelling a peaceful assembly of nurses and community members as an ‘unruly mob’ is an attempt to distract from…

Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine) approved a series of financial orders between May 13 and 14 to keep payrolls and other government programs funded through the end of the fiscal year on June 30 in the face of an impending budget deficit. [RELATED: Mills Approves Financial Orders to Address Payroll Shortfalls, Fund State Programs…] In the two-day period, Gov. Mills approved 60 financial orders, surpassing last month’s flurry of 40 orders, approved for many of the same reasons as the most recent batch. Last week’s orders also focused primarily on meeting payroll needs, largely due to unbudgeted collective bargaining agreements that…

Democrats on the state legislature’s Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety (CJPS) teamed up on Monday to kill a bill from their fellow party member Sen. Joe Baldacci (D-Penobscot) that would have instituted harsher penalties for parents who negligently harm children by allowing them to be exposed to deadly fentanyl. The committee ultimately voted to neuter the bill by creating an amendment to study the possibility of increasing penalties without actually increasing them. [RELATED: Reagan Paul’s Bill Would Count Unborn Children as Persons When It Comes to Prosecuting Violent Crime…] “I talk about my experience with my cases and…

Governor Janet Mills (D-Maine) is signaling her disapproval of the Trump Administration’s rocky relationship with Canada by using taxpayer funds to put up welcome signs in French for Canadians in the hope that the welcoming message will encourage them to vacation in Maine. [RELATED: Mills Admin Gave $1B+ Contract to Out-of-State Firm Now at Severe Bankruptcy Risk and NASDAQ Delisting, Prompting Lawsuit from Maine-based NGO…] “Maine and Canada share deep cultural, economic, and family ties. As uncertain federal policy and harsh words toward Canada test those ties, we want our Canadian friends to know that they are always welcome in…

The Portland Police Department arrested 20 pro-Palestine protesters on Wednesday afternoon after they allegedly refused to stop blocking a major road, despite multiple warnings that they would be arrested if they did not comply. [RELATED: ‘March Against Mills’ Draws Large Protest to Augusta…] The protest began at roughly 3:45 p.m. and encompassed Commercial Street and Pearl Street. Protesters chose the location because of the U.S. Customs House that lies at the intersection of the two streets. A group of protesters began blocking Commercial St. with traffic cones and sitting in the road. At 4:15 p.m., police warned the protesters that…

Bowdoin College is now facing a civil rights complaint from the Equal Protection Project (EPP) filed on Wednesday, after it allegedly discriminated on the basis of race and sex in 18 separate scholarships and programs. [RELATED: House Committee Demands Answers from Bowdoin College Over Antisemitism Concern…] “Bowdoin should know better than to run scholarships or programs that treat students differently based on race, color, national origin, or sex. Where were the administrators and staff whose jobs supposedly are devoted to preventing discrimination? Why was there no intervention to uphold the legally required equal access to education,” said EPP founder William…

The Maine House passed a bill on Tuesday that will allow providers of chemical abortion pills, such as mifepristone, to put the name of their medical facility, rather than their own name, on the labels of prescription bottles. The Senate passed the same bill on Wednesday. [RELATED: Rep Paul Proposes New Restrictions on Chemical Abortions, Scripts by Mail and Handling of Unused Pills and Fetal Remains…] “This is not a neutral administrative change, it is a deliberate move to shield prescribers from accountability and in doing so, in compromises patient safety, regulatory oversight, and public trust. Every other category of…

A new poll from the Congressional Leadership Fund, first released to Notus on Wednesday, gives former Maine Republican Gov. Paul LePage a notable lead over incumbent Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) in the race for Maine now highly contested Second Congressional District (CD2) House seat. [RELATED: Rep. Golden Will Fight to Hold His 2nd District Seat Against Former Gov. LePage’s Challenge…] The poll found that Gov. LePage is leading Rep. Golden by five points among likely voters. Forty-eight percent of respondents said they would support the former governor, while just 43 percent said they would vote for the incumbent. The Republican…

Rep. Reagan Paul (R-Winterport) presented a bill at a public hearing on Monday in the Judiciary Committee, which would define unborn children as persons in the criminal code for charging and adjudication in murder, manslaughter, and assault cases. [RELATED: Calling America a Democracy Undermines Our Republic and Erodes Individual Liberty: Reagan Paul…] “This bill closes a glaring gap in Maine’s criminal law by protecting unborn children at every stage of gestation, from conception to birth. By defining an unborn child as a ‘person’ under sections 201 to 203 and 207 to 208-F, it holds perpetrators accountable for harming both a…

A public hearing on two bills aimed at hindering Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in Maine drew dozens of in-person testimonies and hundreds of written testimonies on Thursday in the Judiciary Committee. [RELATED: Democrats Opposed to Immigration Enforcement Put Forward Bill to Stop Local Police from Aiding Feds…] The Judiciary Committee held a joint hearing for Rep. Deqa Dhalac’s (D-South Portland) LD 1971 and Rep. Ambureen Rana’s (D-Bangor) LD 1259. Both bills aim to severely limit the ability of local police departments to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement authorities. Though both bills aim at the same thing, Rep. Dhalac’s…

Mainers on social media are voicing their acute disapproval of the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (IFW) in response to a Monday hiring ad posted on Facebook after a former game warden revealed the department’s left-wing agenda. [RELATED: Former Game Warden Calls Out the Political Agenda Taking Hold of Maine’s Fish & Wildlife Service…] “My son wants to be a game warden but I told him no one wants to work in that hostile environment the best applicant should get the job no mater there [sic] sex or race or how gay they are,” said one Facebook user, Travis…

A Topsham teacher at Mt. Ararat High School and Middle School is no longer a school employee after the Portland Police Department began an investigation into alleged misconduct at the start of the month. The school didn’t comment on the situation until Monday. [RELATED: Waterville Teacher Calls on the Secret Service to Assassinate Trump, Says She’d Do It Herself if She Could…] “To be very clear, as of today, this person no longer works for the district. They have not been charged with a crime, and we are told the police investigation is ongoing. After we were notified, the person…

Sen. Matt Harrington (R-York) presented a bill on Thursday that would prevent Maine from using financial institutions’ merchant category codes (MCCs) to track and potentially freeze purchases at firearm dealers. [RELATED: Maine’s Gun Grabbers Propose New Legislation to Crack-Down on Firearms, Including a Ban on Magazines That Hold Over 10 Rounds…] “If a firearm-specific MCC were to be put into place, any large purchase could be flagged as suspicious by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCen); and transactions could be denied,” said Sen. Harrington during his testimony. “Lawful transactions made by law-abiding gun owners could be reported…

Former Maine Assistant Attorney General James M. Cameron, 62, was released from a Colorado prison on Friday, where he had spent the past 11 years following numerous child pornography charges and a cross-country escape attempt. [RELATED: Portland Homeless Man Arrested While Selling Stolen GPS Is Lifetime Sex Offender Who’s Free Thanks to Lax Sentence…] The Maine State Police began an investigation into Cameron, who primarily prosecuted drug-related cases, in 2007 while he was still a prosecutor. Cameron uploaded, received, and transported child pornography, sometimes trading his images with other pedophiles for child sexual abuse material in their possession, court records…

The Maine State Legislature’s Judiciary Committee held a public hearing on Friday for a “common sense and natural order” bill from Rep. Elizabeth Caruso (R-Caratunk) that would codify into law the fundamental right of parents to direct their children’s upbringing, education, and care. [RELATED: Hearing Held on Three Republican-Led Bills Aimed at Protecting Students and Increasing Parental Rights…] “[The bill] seeks to establish that parents have the right and the responsibility to make decisions that are in the child’s best interest without undue interference from the government. It’s the parents, not governments or industries, who know and love their individual…

Rep. Josh Morris (R-Turner) appeared on the Ray Richardson radio show on Monday morning and sharply criticized former Democratic Senate President and newly announced gubernatorial candidate Troy Jackson. [RELATED: Holy Smokes, Batman: Troy Jackson Is Running for Governor!…] Richardson and his guests discussed the 2026 gubernatorial election that is now beginning to intensify. As the number of declared candidates for the Blaine House grows, Jackson formalized the start of his anticipated campaign on Monday. “This guy admits that he didn’t read a freaking mortgage document, didn’t understand what he was signing, and he wants to be governor? You don’t think…