Compared to June of last year, home sales in Maine have decreased by more than 10 percent, while prices have…
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The Maine Department of Labor (MDOL) released the state’s June employment numbers Friday, revealing that while Maine’s unemployment rate is…
A catastrophic software error from the cybersecurity company CrowdStrike led to outages in major systems globally, grounding flights, impacting hospitals,…
Freeport-based L.L. Bean, one of Maine’s most iconic outdoors brands, has been sued in federal court by Skechers for allegedly…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) announced Wednesday that Maine technology companies may now apply for $7 million worth of federal taxpayers’…
A newly released internal email from the former lead of one of Microsoft’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) teams show…
The Portland Development Corporation (PDC), a division of the city’s Housing and Economic Development Department that is in charge of…
Members of the Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) have recommended that a formal investigation not be opened into the Casco…
Maxwell’s Farm of Cape Elizabeth announced Sunday that 2024 marked their final season after more than 50 years in business.…
On Tuesday, Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine) announced the recipients of $2.9 million in Domestic Trade Grants for Maine businesses intended…
Liberal media outlets have celebrated new data from the Department of Labor (DOL) that showed an unexpected growth in job…
The hardware giant Tractor Supply Company has promised to stop its LGBT pride and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs…
California’s job market isn’t as rosy as official state and federal employment figures suggested in 2023, according to a bombshell…
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a 2017 policy imposing a one-time tax on certain shareholders regardless of whether or…
A group of Congressional Republicans are taking steps to block a proposed federal regulatory scheme that would require the tracking…
Minimum wage hikes for fast food workers touted by California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and Democratic state lawmakers have caused…
A&D Mortgage, a Florida-based lender, announced Monday that it has increased the maximum loan limits for Foreign National and Foreign…
A new report from the Maine Department of Labor (MDOL) has revealed that the rise of remote work in recent…
Maine has the ninth worst economy in the country, according to a recent study by personal finance website WalletHub. This…
Just days after the First Circuit allowed for Bar Harbor’s daily 1,000 passenger limit on cruise ships to remain in…
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a lawsuit against Ticketmaster and its parent company Live Nation for…
The U.S. Department of the Interior has announced a series of public meetings following its Proposed Sale Notice (PSN) for…
Dozens of Mainers have signed onto a petition asking the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to investigate the rate hikes recently…
The Maine Department of Labor (MDOL) released the state’s April employment numbers Friday, revealing little change from March and a…
A recent study has found that electric vehicles (EVs) cost 63.6 percent more per 1,000 miles driven each year compared…
The legal battle against generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies continues as a group of eight newspapers files a lawsuit against…
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) called out President Joe Biden’s (D) Fiscal Year 2025 budget for not doing “nearly enough…
Lawmakers in Augusta voted nearly-unanimously this past Friday to advance a bill guaranteeing Mainers the right to repair their electronic…
A Republican bill passed the Maine House of Representatives late Thursday evening that will result in tax increases on high-earners…
Maine’s House of Representatives voted Tuesday to require that farmworkers be paid the state minimum wage despite concerns that artificially…
On Tuesday, the Maine Legislature sustained Gov. Janet Mills’ veto of a bill that would have placed restrictions on the…
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday that total nonfarm payroll employment in March rose by 303,000, with the…
The Sanctuary Inn, located in downtown Ellsworth, bills itself as a place for recovering drug addicts, people experiencing homelessness, and…
A Maine banking executive says that for the United States, “evolving to a cashless environment” should be a priority because…
All members of the Maine State Legislature’s Innovation, Development, Economic Advancement and Business (IDEA) Committee have supported the passage of…
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins is urging federal bureaucrats to avoid reclassifying the potato as a vegetable, a move which could…
A Chinese national living in the Guangdong Province, China, became the proud owner of a “fixer upper” in Penobscot County…
The proliferation of Asian Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs) in America — especially illicit drug trafficking groups operated by Chinese nationals…
In an unexpected development that could spell ongoing challenges for the U.S. economy, the U.S. Labor Department reported Thursday that…
Big Picture: A major bill that would overhaul Maine’s marijuana regulations is moving through the State House, with $100s of…
John Barnett, longtime employee of aircraft manufacturer Boeing who had turned whistleblower, was found dead from a gunshot wound in…
The last of four Dick’s Sporting Goods locations in Maine has stopped the sale of all firearms in the state,…
Maine lawmakers have approved a bill prohibiting many entities — including schools, grocery stores, and small businesses — from sending…
Maine’s new Director of Labor Standards wants to change the state’s Bureau of Labor Standards (BLS) into an enforcement agency,…
Following a mysterious cyberattack, Maine pharmacies have been instructed to fill prescriptions of MaineCare members without the ability to verify…
Republican lawmakers in Washington, D.C., are advancing an effort to ward off the potential threat of a Central Bank Digital…
Maine politicians announced Tuesday that the state has been awarded $10 million in taxpayer funding to subsidize the installation of…
Google’s parent company, Alphabet, lost roughly $90 billion in market value on Monday after the disastrous launch of its “Gemini”…
Early Thursday morning, thousands of cell customers reported that their phones were stuck on “SOS only” mode, meaning that they…
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is poised to levy a $250,000 fine against the company responsible for Worcester…
MaineHousing is launching a pilot program that will help older homeowners list their spare rooms for rent online, an effort…
Three Maine airports have received a combined $18,024,800 in federal funding from the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Fiscal Year 2024…
The Maine State Legislature’s Judiciary Committee has voted nine-to-zero against a bill that would have amended the Maine Human Rights…
Maine lawmakers are considering a bill that would institute a statewide consumer products rule — dubbed the “right to repair”…
Maine Sen. Eric Brakey (R-Androscoggin) has scored a victory in his fight against the implementation of legislation that would pave…
The Maine State Senate rejected a bill Tuesday aimed at extending search warrant requirements to cover a wide range of…
U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, (R-Ohio) took to X on Monday to reveal that the White House pressured Amazon to censor…
As temperatures plunged below freezing for much of the country this week, there have been numerous reports of electric vehicles…
The Maine Department of Transportation (Maine DOT) announced Thursday that Maine will be receiving a $15 million taxpayer-funded grant from…
Rental car giant Hertz is looking to offload 20,000 Electric Vehicles (EVs) and reinvest the proceeds of those sales into…
The Maine Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) has been forced to delay development of the Aroostook Renewable Energy Gateway because the…
Google has reached a settlement in a lawsuit filed by all of the attorneys general in the U.S. — including…
U.S. Sen. John Fetterman (D-Penn.) said Monday that the U.S. government should not allow a Japanese company to move ahead…
Mainer’s online privacy was at the forefront of discussions in the State Legislature’s Judiciary Committee on Monday, as lawmakers discussed…
The Maine Public Utilities Commission (Maine PUC) is scheduled to hold two public witness hearings this month concerning Central Maine…
One of Maine’s largest healthcare providers threatened to terminate the employment of as many as 500 employees who had not…
On Tuesday, the Washington Post Guild made a post on their X account where they declared that on December 7…
The Maine Board of Environmental Protection (Maine BEP) is expected to discuss the proposed controversial, California-style vehicle emissions regulations at…
The Supreme Court will not be settling the Circuit Court dispute over the legal standing of self-proclaimed Americans with Disabilities…
The Cape Elizabeth Town Council has voted to approve a slate of changes to bring their zoning ordinances into compliance…
A Maine woman has sued Dollar Tree over injuries she suffered when a pick-up truck crashed through the front entrance…
The Maine State Chamber of Commerce recently held a closed-to-the-public meeting with the Mills Administration to receive an informational presentation…
Barstool Sports founder and owner Dave Portnoy is fighting a public battle against YouTube over the Google-owned video platform’s decision…
Nearly every resident of the state of Maine has had their personal data, including social security numbers and medical records,…
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Thursday that he is suing Pfizer, alleging the pharmaceutical giant unlawfully misrepresented the effectiveness…
Maine is set to receive millions of more dollars in federal funding to continue making eco-friendly changes to the Lincolnville…
Americans on average now need an additional $11,434 a year to afford the same standard of living they enjoyed in…
Law enforcement raided an illegal, industrial-scale marijuana grow operation Tuesday morning in Wilton, ME at 128 Weld Road, the former…
When the Legislature reconvenes early next, lawmakers are poised to consider several bills related to Mainers’ property taxes. According to…
A report published last week by the left-wing dark money-funded think tank the Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) advocates…
Several brands of cinnamon apple sauce pouches — typically served to children — have been recalled by the federal Food…
The Mainer who won $1.35 billion Mega Millions jackpot earlier this year has now filed a lawsuit against his daughter’s…
By Jennie Taer of the Daily Caller News Foundation PORTLAND, Maine — Illegal marijuana grows run by Chinese nationals have sprung…
Rumble, a video sharing site meant as an alternative to YouTube came under cyberattack Monday from China. Rumble hosts all…
With the Maine Wire’s recent investigative reporting into the “Triad Weed” operations that have overtaken rural Maine, there has been…
U.S. Sen. John Fetterman (D-Penn.) expressed his desire for a ban on entities affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)…
Rep. Michael Soboleski’s (R-Phillips) attempt to appeal his failed proposal to ensure enforcement of Maine’s cannabis laws once again failed…
The State of Maine intends to develop the untouched Sears Island in Searsport to build and ship offshore wind turbines,…
Just over a week ago, mobile sports betting apps went live. Mainers have already bet almost four million dollars –…
Maine Senators Susan Collins (R) and Angus King (I) have co-sponsored legislation aimed at boosting export opportunities for the state’s…
The Cape Elizabeth Town Council voted unanimously to dismiss without prejudice the lawsuit filed more than a year ago against…
Following the Maine Wire’s Report on the Illegal Marijuana grow facilities throughout the state operated by Chinese criminals, Rep. Michael…
Republican U.S. Senator from Maine Susan Collins has introduced a bipartisan bill, the “Working Waterfront Preservation Act,” alongside Sen. Jack…
Asian transnational criminal organizations operate more than 270 illegal marijuana cultivation sites in Maine, according to a leaked U.S. Department…
Democratic leaders on the Legislative Council opted Thursday to kill a bill that would have prohibited the sale of fetal…
Apple has reached a $25 million settlement agreement with the Justice Department over allegations that the tech giant illegally discriminated…
The Office of Cannabis Policy (OCP) has no authority to police or regulate illegal marijuana grows — whether operated by…
The federal National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) may become the subject of yet another lawsuit if it moves forward…
Illegal Chinese marijuana grows have taken over much of rural Maine. The government is either incapable — or unwilling –…
The United States Small Business Administration (SBA) has agreed to provide financial relief to businesses that were directly impacted by…