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The following is a letter to the editor: During my 33 years specializing in Pediatric care my first motto was…
Maine’s K-12 Transgender Express encountered a speed bump last week just north of Bangor, jarring one of the wheels loose.…
On Saturday the Bangor Daily News published an article from opinion contributor and former Washington Post reporter Gordon Weil in…
The editorial writers for the Portland Press Herald have never been known for having original ideas or coherent policy recommendations.…
Riding what they believe is a surge of enthusiasm in favor of permissive abortion laws, Maine Democrats are moving to…
Maine Wire Editor-in-Chief joined WVOM’s George Hale and Ric Tyler Show this morning to discuss the Maine Wire’s reporting on…
LD 1735 is a proposed piece of legislation that has garnered national attention for its potential to allow the state…
If you’re on this media platform reading this piece of commentary, my guess is that you’re just as fed up…
The Maine Wire reported Friday about the $1.26 million settlement involving Dr. Shannon Carr, a Maine OB/GYN tapped by Gov.…
Barely half of Americans believe our country’s intelligence agencies do a good job safeguarding citizens’ privacy and civil liberties, a…
Taxation without representation! This was the most often remembered outcry in the years leading up to the outbreak of war…
Jessica Vaughan, director of policy studies for the Center for Immigration Studies, joins Maine Wire TV to discuss Maine’s ongoing…
The following is a commentary submission from Ray Thombs, a small businessman from Union. He is a member of Speak…
On Tuesday, we reported on the allegation that Yarmouth 5th graders had engaged in one of the gravest possible sins in modern…
The following post by Forrest Robinson has been republished in part with the permission of the author and IM–1776. To…
WGAN commentator and MSAD 75 School Board Member Eric Lusk joins Maine Wire TV to provide an inside perspective on…
Recent headlines show that another nursing home has closed, the state is on its way to setting its fifth straight…
Alvin Lui, President of Courage is a Habit, joins Maine Wire TV to talk about a proposed rule from the…
State Sen. Erica Brakey (R-Androscoggin) joins Maine Wire TV to talk about his 2018 campaign against U.S. Sen. Angus King…
Dr. Meryl Nass joins Maine Wire TV to tell the story of her fight against the Mills Administration, the medical-political…
Rick Savage, the former owner of Sunday River Brewing Company, joins Maine Wire TV to talk about his experience running…
Does Maine need more welfare? Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) seems to think so. Last week, the Congresswoman shared a clip…
For nearly seven years now, advocates and opponents have struggled in legal and political venues over a corridor of land…
On Thursday evening Elon Musk’s Twitter went on a rampage of sorts, taking away the last vestige of Old Twitter:…
The following is a speech given by Rep. John Andrews (R-Paris) for Maine Taxpayers United. It is republished here with…
The issue of the state legislatures holding an Article V convention to propose amendments has divided people that typically agree…
In 1958, The U.S. Supreme Court issued one of the most important rulings in its history. By throwing out the…
A team of researchers investigating anti-white sentiments set out to answer an interesting question: How would people react if we…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills has thrown the full weight of her office behind the effort to make Maine’s abortion laws…
In the inaugural episode of Maine Wire TV, Editor-in-Chief Steve Robinson interviews Amber Lavigne, the mother of a 13-year-old girl…
“A school counselor or school social worker may not be required to divulge or release information gathered during a counseling…
Most Mainers have probably never heard of Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss. The dark money groups influencing Maine politics would probably…
With the indictment of former President Donald Trump by Manhattan District Attorney (DA) Alvin Bragg, the United States has crossed…
It’s no secret that Reade Brower’s MaineToday Media empire – five daily newspapers and 25 weeklies across the state –…
Democratic Gov. Janet Mills, with an assist from Senate President Troy Jackson (D-Aroostook) and House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross, has…
Maine Wire Editor-in-Chief Steve Robinson joined WVOM’s Ric Tyler on Wednesday morning to cover a host of topics in Maine…
On September 9, 2022, six months ago and one year after Gov. Janet Mills announced the nation’s harshest COVID-19 vaccine…
Maine’s immigration crisis is only getting worse. On Friday, news broke that the city of Portland will once again open…
The Nazis burned books. You might have heard those words uttered at a school board meeting recently. Or perhaps they…
“We need to tax the wealthy more. We need to increase taxes on those wealthy individuals and those wealthy and profitable…
It’s unfortunate that Republican legislators at the Statehouse in Augusta have thrown in the towel and joined with left-wing, open-borders…
Maine Wire Editor-in-Chief Steve Robinson joined PJ Media’s Megan Fox this week to discuss Maine’s education system and recent Maine…
A most basic right, that of fair and honest elections, is the cornerstone of our representative form of government. A…
If there was a trap set for you, would you want to know how to identify it? Homeschoolers and those…
This weekend marked the twentieth anniversary of America’s invasion of Iraq, and for those of us who spent time in…
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen was in Congress Thursday to provide information regarding the extraordinary decision to rescue depositors at the…
From 1984 to 2022, Maine’s legislature passed more than 40 resolutions featuring foreign nations. Ireland, Israel, Taiwan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Greece,…
In the news last week, President Joe Biden said he wants to increase taxes to “help save Medicare.” Maine Democrats…
If you believe everything you read, see or hear in the mainstream media today, you could be forgiven for thinking…
The Maine Wire has obtained a new letter Maine Sen. Angus King is sending to constituents to explain why he…
The recent announcement by Maine’s second largest union, MSEA-SEIU Local 1989, that it has filed a prohibited practices complaint with…
Have you noticed the narrative around “disinformation” changing recently? In his new, self-styled outlet Racket News, Twitter Files journalist Matt…
Curse or proverb? That is the question often attached to an ancient Chinese saying, “May you live in interesting times.”…
From 2018 to the present, a powerful, out-of-state group played a huge role in influencing Maine elections using a kind…
You can put away your tin-foil hat now, the public service announcement advised. Those things we told you were ‘conspiracy…
The outcry over Maine Sen. Angus King’s scheme to censor anyone on social media who is critical of him is…
Back on Valentine’s Day, Maine Governor Janet Mills gave her biennial State of the Budget Address. In it, she outlined…
Alex Cornell du Houx, a former Democratic state lawmaker from Brunswick, took to the pages of the Sun Journal this…
Maine Sen. Angus King found himself ensnared this week by a bonafide scandal of his own making. For those who…
A fresh, bold voice from Hollywood is clearing the path for U.S. President Joe Biden to seek a second-term. Princess…
U.S. Sen. Angus King’s office responded Monday to the online leaking of an “enemies list” the King campaign provided to…
The Bangor Daily News, as part of its intrepid coverage of the enemies list Sen. Angus King provided to large…
There are a number of infrastructure projects that could help create jobs for Mainers, spur American innovation, strengthen U.S. energy…
Sen. Angus King’s office claimed Monday, in a statement to the Bangor Daily News, that Twitter employees in 2018 invited…
Maine has the lowest rate of violent crime in the entire nation. Not one of the lowest, but the lowest.…
Maine’s international reputation as a welfare magnet continues to draw large numbers of illegal immigrants here, much to the delight…
Maine high school students identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender at far higher rates than similarly aged students outside…
The fate of President Joe Biden’s nominee to serve on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s could rest in the hands…
If you were to rely just on University of Maine political science professor Amy Fried’s take, you could safely assume that…
One of the best ways to “modulate the behavior” of the media in a free(ish) society is to take control…
You’re fed up. Maybe the local school is trying to brainwash your kids into little left-wing foot soldiers. Or the…
Does the Philadelphia Eagles loss in last night’s Super Bowl cast a shadow over the future prospects of their number…
Eighty year old President Joe Biden delivered his first State of the Union Address Tuesday evening — the first time…
How should Mainers grade President Joe Biden when he delivers his State of the Union Address to Congress Tuesday night?…
Around seven or eight years ago, I was sitting in the room in which the Legislature’s Education and Cultural Affairs…
The 1956 French classic “The Red Balloon” tells the tale of a young boy who befriends a stray gasbag and…
Like a sleeping giant awoken from its stupor, Hunter Biden’s legal team snapped into action on Wednesday as it filed a flurry…
It was nine years ago today that New York City Mayor Warren Wilhelm, Jr. (pseudonym: “Bill of Blasio”) strode to…
Speaking to graduates of the school of journalism at the University of California at Berkeley in 2019, New York Times…
Maine’s top newspaper editors joined Maine Public Broadcasting’s Jennifer Rooks for a “month in review” segment last Friday in which…
My friend Richard is what I guess you would call a centrist Democrat, though he doesn’t like party labels. But…
“With an eye toward protecting this special place for future generations, I have made this decision.” So said U.S. Interior…
Maine Wire Editor-in-Chief Steve Robinson joined WVOM’s George Hale and Ric Tyler to talk about the latest reporting on the…
Democratic politicians and activists appear to have coordinated a nationwide campaign to mislead taxpayers about a proposal from Republican lawmakers…
News Center Maine, the Portland-based NBC affiliate owned by Tegna Inc., cribbed the Maine Wire’s exclusive reporting on the abrupt…
Before writing anything further here, please excuse any saltiness in my take. Full disclosure: I pleaded guilty to failing to…
In a video posted to Youtube on Saturday, Senate President Troy Jackson (D-Aroostook) said all income tax cuts are essentially…
On June 1, 2020, Gov. Janet Mills used taxpayer funded resources, including her staff’s time, to arrange a press event during which…
Ok, this is just getting silly – on Saturday, the Justice Department announced that the FBI found more documents in…
Are NPR listeners and readers living in a different reality than the rest of us? A news piece the taxpayer-funded…
Just after the disastrous Bay of Pigs operation in 1961, the newly-inaugurated President John F. Kennedy called Richard Bissell, the…
Throughout last year, Democratic Gov. Janet Mills stated repeatedly in her debates with former Republican Gov. Paul LePage that she…
Hillary and Barack had Saul Alinsky with his “Rules for Radicals,” but the Democratic Socialists of America’s Maine chapter have…
Recently the SAD 17 school district in western Maine, my kid’s school district, tried to enact a policy based on…
Apparently, Gov. Janet Mills is expecting a $2 billion visit from the tooth fairy. While introducing the third two-year budget…
I write today in defense of “Many Stitches Hold Up the Sky” — the controversial mural that will soon grace…
Attorney General Merrick Garland, once a hero of the left-wing media for his investigations of former President Donald Trump, has…
The news cycle is familiar: 1) A government bureaucracy proposes some ridiculous progressive idea based on equity, gender ideology, climate…
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