The Maine House Democrats selected self-described “Transgender Death Educator” Quinn Gormley, former executive director of the far-left transgender advocacy group…
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Republican lawmakers are pushing for Maine to eliminate the state’s vehicle excise tax and replace it with an annual mileage-based…
The transgender-identifying Waterville City Councilor Rien Finch—formerly known as Hannah Heidt—resigned from her position without warning on Monday, claiming that…
Maine Democrats are spending money like crazy. Is anything in Maine actually getting better?Senator Matt Harrington and Maine Wire Editor-in-Chief…
With over 10,000 overdoses last year alone and fatalities — many of them adolescents — ranging from 40 to 70…
Senate Minority Leader Trey Stewart joined Maine Wire Editor-in-Chief Steve Robinson to describe the largest spending package in Maine history,…
Maine lawmakers are on track to reject a proposal to soften the restrictions surrounding candidates’ ability to communicate with voters…
The Maine Legislature’s Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Committee considered a bill from State Rep. Nina Milliken (D-Blue Hill) to restrict…
GOP lawmakers are looking to reinstate the property tax stabilization program for Maine’s older homeowners that previously had been repealed…
A new Republican-led bill introduced on Tuesday looks to amend the citizens petition process with respect to agency rule making…
Lawmakers on the Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee have unanimously voted to recommend that a bill allowing candidates for Attorney…
The next and perhaps final phase of the budget battle is starting to gear up in Augusta. This week the…
President Donald Trump made a bombshell announcement on Sunday night, declaring that all the pardons signed by former President Joe…
Maine Democrats have proposed levying an additional four percent tax on income earned over $1 million to fund public education.…
The public will now get a chance to weigh in on whether to give Maine voters the opportunity to approve…
The White House withdrew the nomination of President Donald Trump’s pick for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…
Lewiston’s Rep. Mana Abdi (D) has introduced a bill to allow state workers to get the Muslim holidays Eid al-Fitr…
A service provider for the state’s Office of MaineCare Services left several expletive-ridden voicemails for a Republican state senator early…
Legislative Democrats failed this week to secure a $120 million supplemental spending bill — thanks largely to Republicans in the…
Rep. Jared Golden (ME-CD2) explained why he was the only Democrat in the House to vote on Tuesday in favor…
Rahm Emanuel, an Obama-era White House chief of staff and former Chicago mayor, is seriously considering a bid for president…
New Hampshire’s senior senator and former governor, Jeanne Shaheen (D), announced on Wednesday that she will not seek another term…
During remarks on the Senate floor on Tuesday, U.S. Senator from Maine Susan Collins (R) claimed it was a “myth”…
Maine lawmakers are now looking to have the final say over what civil lawsuits are brought by the state’s Attorney…
A London-based Ukrainian intelligence group linked to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) labelled American politicians as “foreign propagandists,”…
The Maine House and Senate spent the second half of Tuesday passing different versions of the state’s supplemental budget between…
An amendment to Governor Janet Mills’ $120 million supplemental budget request passed the Senate on Tuesday afternoon that would place…
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard revoked the security clearance of a cadre of Democratic staffers, officials and lawyers associated…
Rep. Laurel Libby (R-Auburn) filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against Maine House Speaker Ryan Fecteau in the U.S. District Court…
Maine’s Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety held a public hearing on Monday for Rep. James White’s (R-Guilford) bill…
The Maine House and Senate will convene for legislative session at 10 am on Tuesday, as uncertainty over the supplemental…
Sen. Joe Baldacci (D-Penobscot) defended the highly controversial and nationally-publicized decision to censure Rep. Laurel Libby (R-Auburn) for posting a…
A Wisconsin school district agreed to pay out $20,000 to a teacher who was terminated for refusing to use preferred…
The Biden administration implemented hundreds of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives across a host of U.S. government agencies, according…
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins has joined a bipartisan group of senators in introducing the Northern Border Security Enhancement and Review…
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey, alongside a coalition of 21 other Democratic state attorneys general, on Wednesday were able to…
The New York Times, the official media organ for the Democratic National Committee and diehard Democratic voters, is sounding the…
Ever since President Donald Trump went full Don Rickles on Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) at the White House, Maine…
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)’s Office of Civil Rights has found Maine to be in violation…
A group of Republican lawmakers have introduced a bill aims to eliminate the eight percent sales tax on prepared food,…
Democratic Texas Rep. Al Green was kicked out of the chamber Tuesday evening after disrupting President Donald Trump’s speech. Trump…
U.S. President Donald Trump delivered his fifth State of the Union address and the first of his current administration on…
The Supreme Court sided with San Francisco on Tuesday in its challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). A majority…
Tuesday’s legislative session is shaping up to be a lively one. Representative Reagan Paul (R-Winterport) has snuck in a Joint…
Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) admitted during a 60 Minutes interview on Sunday that he “can’t think of a rational argument”…
Maine voters could soon have the opportunity to approve or reject pay raises for elected officials in the state, including…
In an interview published online last week, recently elected Portland City Councilor for District 2, Wes Pelletier, a longtime member…
Maine Democratic lawmakers have introduced a bill that would allow “clean elections” candidates running for state office to use taxpayer-funding…
Over the course of Maine Gov. Janet Mills’ six years in office, her administration has handed out millions of taxpayer…
President Donald Trump on Wednesday signaled that his Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may be poised to make major job cuts.…
Latin American migrants are turning around in droves and expressing regret at attempting to cross unlawfully into the United States…
Maine House Speaker Ryan Fecteau (D-Biddeford) deleted his X account in the wake of intense backlash following his decision to…
Former Bangor Mayor, Democrat state senator and state representative Sean Faircloth won Maine House District 24 on Tuesday, holding the…
Rep. Richard Campbell (R-Orrington) introduced a bill to bar males from women’s sports at Maine schools last summer and again…
A new petition on Change.org to recall Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine) from office has already garnered over 13,000 signatures just…
Gov. Janet Mills’ approval rating has hit an all-time low, according to the Pine Tree State Poll fielded just before…
After a vacation week that ended with Maine at the middle of a national political firestorm, lawmakers will return to…
President Donald Trump announced Sunday evening that he has named former Secret Service agent and podcast host Dan Bongino as…
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel, National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard, and the State Department have told…
Gov. Janet Mills’ (D-Maine) Chief of Staff, Jeremy Kennedy, swore at White House Director of Intergovernmental Affairs Alex Meyers on…
Given the high-level fireworks between Maine Governor Janet Mills (D) and U.S. President Donald Trump over the state’s refusal to…
The Maine Legislature returns to work on Monday after a week of vacation, and it is expected to have a…
The president of the Armenian Cultural Association of Maine on Thursday sent a letter to Gov. Janet Mills calling for…
In the wake of President Donald Trump’s threat to pull over $280 million in federal funding from Maine schools if…
The Maine Secretary of State’s Office pressured Meta, the parent company of Facebook, to remove posts that they flagged as…
With just under a month in office, Mainers are largely split along party lines when it comes to gauging job…
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) alerted providers last week that unless lawmakers approve the proposed supplemental…
As Armenian-Americans in Maine voice their outrage with past anti-Armenian advocacy by Gov. Janet Mills’ (D) newly appointed Director of…
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), chair of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, suggested during a recent interview with Politico that President…
Several members of Maine’s Armenian community are calling for the resignation of the director of the Maine Office of New…
Frenchville resident and Voice of the People radio host Dan Smeriglio calls himself “an activist first,” so he was ready…
Travis Mills, a retired United States Army staff sergeant, motivational speaker and author, known for his advocacy for wounded veterans,…
Maine politicians love to brag that 67 percent of our electricity comes from renewable sources. Sounds impressive, right? It’s a…
When you run for office without the backing of a political party, it can seem like a steeper climb so…
Governor Janet Mills’ (D) Office of Policy, Innovation and the Future (GOPIF) announced on Friday thirteen new appointees for the…
A Democrat lawmaker has proposed allowing candidates for Attorney General and Secretary of State to participate in the Maine Clean…
The Trump administration has fired Darcie McElwee, the Biden-appointed U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine, according to the U.S.…
Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) chief Elon Musk released new information about the U.S. Social Security database on Sunday, showing…
President Donald Trump is on track to have all of his Cabinet nominees confirmed despite a slim Republican majority in…
Maine state Rep. Randall Hall (R-Wilton) is facing multiple forgery charges after an Oxford County grand jury indicted him on…
The push for boilerplate ‘Red Flag’ laws that would give authorities the ability to remove firearms and deny Second Amendment…
Judge Lance Walker issued a federal preliminary injunction on Thursday, halting Maine’s recently established 72-hour waiting period between purchasing and…
The Maine Legislature’s Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs held a public hearing on Wednesday to consider Rep. Benjamin Hymes’…
The Senate confirmed Director of National Intelligence (DNI) nominee Tulsi Gabbard Wednesday morning. She was confirmed in a vote of…
Worcester, Massachusetts’ city council voted 9-2 on Tuesday to declare their city an official sanctuary city for transgender and “gender…
Tired of your straw decomposing before you’re halfway through your drink? Sick of only being able to buy LED bulbs?…
Elon Musk’s visit to the Oval Office on Tuesday was no simple courtesy call, a new executive order setting strict…
U.S. Senator from Maine Angus King (I) is renewing his push for his “Kids Off Social Media Act,” a bipartisan…
After reaching the next-to-last step in passing a $120 million supplemental spending package, Democratic leaders put off a final vote…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills and her Democratic allies in the Legislature were poised Monday afternoon to once again invoke an…
Republican U.S. Senator from Maine Susan Collins has stated that she will be voting to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr.…
A Maine Democratic lawmaker made a Facebook post for Black History Month celebrating Assata Shakur, an FBI’s most wanted terrorist…
A Maine Democratic lawmaker has introduced a bill that would launch a two-year, state-funded pilot program to provide inmates recently…
President Donald Trump proclaimed the first ever Gulf of America Day from Air Force One on Sunday while en route…
David Asher, a long-time U.S. advisor on national security, appeared on Canada’s state-funded CBC news on Sunday to defend Trump’s…
A group of Republican lawmakers are looking to end the controversial practice of same-day voter registration in Maine. Rep. Barbara…
As Maine faces an impending half-billion dollar budget shortfall, and Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine) considers a flurry of tax increases…
The annual tradition of visiting an auto mechanic to get an inspection sticker could come to an end if a…
Democratic Maine Rep. Jared Golden urged his party to pump the brakes on their reflexive, hair-trigger responses to Republican advances…
The Mills administration is seeking an organization to award $300,000 to administer the state’s “social equity program,” a taxpayer-funded affirmative…