The executive editor of Maine’s largest paper has taken a page from a former Democrat White House aide who famously…
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Imagine spending your Saturday afternoon outside in 8-degree cold, holding signs and chanting hatred at the very people whose job…
124,000 vs. 92,000. That would be the numbers of Facebookers who follow The Maine Wire and the Portland Press Herald,…
Maine’s largest paper has outdone even itself in the self-loathing sphere, begging readers for encrypted ICE tips. But judging from…
Maine lawmakers are now considering LD 838 titled “An Act to Establish the Maine Clean Energy Authority,” a bill sponsored…
Jon Reisman The new year opened with a roar — Mamdani, Trump, Venezuela, Minnesota, Collins, Mills, Platner, Lewiston, and Fraud…
Maine’s moribund economy could certainly use a boost in the form of a new Coast Guard training center. But the…
Maine’s shrewd senior U.S. senator may be able to play off President Trump’s anger towards her to win re-election. If…
If the Maine newspaper guild wants to find out what happens when you force a company’s hand, it should take…
The awful day is upon us. It is a day Democrats tell us is right up there with Dec. 7,…
Aging “No Kings” Boomers and nose-ring Columbia Intifada enthusiasts alike have a new boyfriend and his name is Nicolás Maduro.…
As 2025 winds down, one-word towers above the rest in American public life: fraud. Not inflation. Not immigration. Not even…
Dozens of federal agents working with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security probed multiple locations in Lewiston on Tuesday that…
Every generation in American life is marked by a crime that captures its dark side and because of that becomes…
Across Maine, unanswered questions are no longer isolated mysteries but instead form a pattern, one marked by official silence, selective…
A state senator who was a Republican before he decided the only ostensible way to win the governor’s office was…
By Brooke Thompson Often when the topic of homeschooling comes up, skeptic rolls their eyes as if they know more…
Governor Mills, Is It Me — or Is It You? Governor, I’ve asked myself this question more than once over…
Just when you thought a young Mainer might be catching a break, The Establishment struck back with a new poll…
Critics abound, and they always will. They should. Pursuing truth is a high calling. Our Founders urged us to test…
By Owen McCarthy I grew up in a trailer in Patten, the son of a logger and a lunch lady.…
A liberal political lobby announced Wednesday it’s going after Maine’s Angus King for going soft on President Trump. But in…
“Two things for you to think about,” the high-priced, quite possibly best in the business First Amendment lawyer told me.…
It is now a national news story, even in the liberal media: a massive Somali-linked welfare fraud scandal. This troubling…
A federal judge today dismissed the government’s case against former FBI director James Comey, whose strained relationship with the truth…
By Lauren LePage For too long, American politics has drifted toward tribalism. Democrats talk toDemocrats, Republicans talk to Republicans. Look…
Maine will have a host of political primaries next June that should be entertaining,consequential and interrelated. Turnout and demographic differences…
A few years back, a man who was then a state representative shared with me a frustration he had about…
New York just elected a communist, antisemitic, Muslim mayor, and Maine is tipping that way. There is plainly trouble in…
Earlier this week, The Maine Wire ran an op-ed by Larry Lockman entitled “Ballot Box Boomerang: Will Maine Republicans Overcome…
The day before the crushing defeat of Question One on November 4th— which would have reformed absentee voting and mandated…
Fur better or fur worse, the Democrat state rep and congressional hopeful looking to skin incumbent Chellie Pingree alive was…
By Paul T. McCarrier Maine’s October 27 recall of Yani vape cartridges wasn’t a fluke—it was a warning. The Office…
For all the sound and fury surrounding Question 1 on Tuesday’s ballot, Question 2 seems like a forgotten sibling about…
It takes a surfeit of sympathy really to feel badly for a Member of Congress, but when one votes for…
It’s easy to see why President Trump wants to ban illegals from driving tractor-trailer trucks. If you can’t speak English…
An old Maine saying counsels “if you don’t like the weather, wait a minute.” If any real stock is to…
Pine Tree State Polls are rarely as interesting as the most recent one. As the current occupant of the Blaine…
Maine is promulgating climate, energy and equity policies that have had an adverse disparate impact on rural Maine and the…
I have studied Maine history my entire adult life and spent 20 years in state government and politics, and it…
Most of us who won’t be voting in the Democrat primary next year noticed something interesting this week: within 24…
When the late, one-term U.S. Senator Bill Hathaway passed away a little more than a decade ago, Mainers were too…
By Robert Wessels In light of everything that has unfolded over the past few weeks, including the discoveryof hundreds of…
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Is the push and pull in the energy and climate regulatory environment hurting the ability for companies to finance and…
Steve Robinson talks about the documentary he published with the Tucker Carlson Network (TCN) — High Crimes: The Chinese Mafia’s Takeover…
The scourge of antisemitism has been on the rise for several years in the U.S., most recently on college campuses, and perhaps…
A box containing 250 blank Maine voter ballots was mistakenly delivered to a woman’s home in an Amazon package this…
By Robert Wessels I believe in protecting our communities. I believe in preserving the Constitution. Those two goals are not…
By Ben Midgley For too many Mainers, the opportunity to achieve the American Dream is passing by. As a father…
A Newburgh resident expecting an Amazon delivery of rice, paper plates and a toy lightsaber instead opened a box to…
As if it were not enough that Charlie Kirk was cut down on a college campus in Utah by a…
The NBC cable network’s canned political analyst who mocked Charlie Kirk’s murder says it’s more worried about ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel’s…
By Paul Mills As someone who has spent a career protecting the most vulnerable in our community, from the elderly…
The Portland Press Herald has been outed in a sitcom – emphasis on ‘com’ – about a failing newspaper. “We’re…
By David Bossie Forever the happy warrior, my good friend Charlie Kirk was tragically assassinated yesterday doing his life’s work…
“What is more dangerous in Ukraine than in Washington or Chicago?” Andrey Baida, a Ukrainian, commented on the Facebook post…
(Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, before the ‘Karen’ haircut)
We are in a nuclear renaissance, whether you like it or not. If you’re skeptical, it’s likely because you’re stuck…
By Ray Richardson Bill Diamond’s life was a study in devotion—devotion to family, to his community of Windham, to the…
Some say even a broken clock is right twice a day, while others suggest that Washington, DC has a moderating…
Please, get it right. The Maine Trust for Local News (MTLN) seem not to like Republicans, or at least those…
Susan Collins is probably used to getting a lot of free advice from various people by now, many of whom…
The heir to the Angus King name and fortune is so generous he’s sharing his tips on wealth with Joe…
The landscape is littered with self-described political wannabes thinking they can take on the party elites to win the big,…
Is the Maine Trust for Local News staff, threatening to expand its union, preparing for a ‘strike’ if it doesn’t…
Maine Governor Janet Mills and her administration have refused to follow President Donald Trump’s executive order interpreting Title IX to…
With all eyes on Washington as President Donald Trump seeks to secure a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, it’s…
If your only news sources were the Bangor Daily News, the Maine Trust for Local News, or Maine Public, then…
Despite being the oldest state in America, Maine has in recent years been surprisingly tolerant of young candidates seeking election…
Beyond Big Balls and the beating he received while defending his date last week, the federal government’s recent move at…
A well-known liar from Massachusetts’ biggest legacy rag is actually questioning the honesty of an Irish murder suspect from Maine.…
By now, you’ve seen the Axios report that shows Maine’s electricity costs increasing by 36.3% over the last year, in…
Public corruption is here. In Maine’s race for Governor, the entire Democrat caucus – Maine’s House Speaker and all Democrat…
By Kendall Tietz Maine was one of the first states to publicly denounce President Trump’s executive actions on gender policy.…
About a year ago, disgraced former CIA director John Brennan was scheduled to give a talk in Damariscotta about ‘Navigating…
Midcoast Mainers breathed a collective sigh of relief on Thursday to learn that Sunny Stewart’s killer was in custody, but…
Maine’s Democrat governor is touting her drug-overdose accomplishments amid growing public scrutiny on China’s invasion of the Pine Tree State.…
New Maine Energy Law Promises Ratepayer Relief, but Instead Delivers Political Cover for Democrats in the 2026 Midterms. Maine’s ratepayers…
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In 1991, the Republican Party faced a daunting challenge. A former Ku Klux Klan leader, David Duke, had made it…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills lost her cool on a Fox News reporter who asked her about re-surfaced allegations that she…
There is no polite way to say this: Democrat income tax increases, which the Maine’s legislature passed in the eleventh…
Cling though one might to the old saying ‘you can’t judge a book by its cover,’ it’s difficult to look…
Thirty-seven year-old allegations of cocaine abuse have returned to haunt Maine Gov. Janet Mills thanks to a resurfaced U.S. Department…
Probably the most likable candidate for governor of Maine last time won less than two percent of the vote. Sam…
By Chief Eric H. Small I’ve worn a badge in Maine for decades, but never have I felt more powerless…
When tragedy gives way to triumph, it can be a beautiful thing—not unlike a caterpillar transforming into a butterfly. That…
If you’re a ”New American” then Maine’s Democrat governor loves you. But if you’re Native American, don’t count on Janet,…
There’s an old Persian saying that goes “if either side walks away from a negotiation feeling good, it was a…
The mark of a real politician is their ability to eat your lunch while still smiling as if you’re best…
By Chad Grignon Ask any Maine business owner, and they’ll tell you one of the hardest parts of operating in…
Israel’s remarkable series of strikes against Iranian military targets — including nuclear sites — early Friday morning elicited simultaneous feelings…
by Zoe Scontras I attended Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) in Virginia from eighth grade through high school. I had…
Facts are stubborn things, as John Adams said. No John Adams they, Portland Press Herald editors are now embarking on…
In Augusta these days, keeping up with the latest legislative head-scratchers can be a full-time job. But one proposal stands…
Maine’s largest paper buried the lead in announcing the retirement of a top veteran editor whose exit comes in the…
You learn every day talking with people, listening to their stories, absorbing their anger, fear, and concerns and channeling that…
The latest version of a Maine political dynasty may be about to take down another electorally powerful family in the…
In a democratic republic, such as ours, power is vested in the people. And the people are guided by a…