By Jon Fetherston “Harm reduction.” Sounds good, right? Who could oppose reducing harm? Who doesn’t want fewer overdose deaths, fewer…
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Sen. Susan Collins (R) has praised the Canadian government’s decision to exclude Maine lobster from upcoming retaliatory tariffs on U.S.…
Maine is a small state about to experience an enormous political war. Political advertising surrounding the state’s 2026 U.S. Senate…
Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Troy Jackson is embracing the far-left flank of Maine politics just weeks after being tapped to…
Republican gubernatorial nominee Bobby Charles has put election integrity and immigration enforcement squarely at the center of Maine’s gubernatorial race…
Agreement could give the United States access to one of the world’s largest pools of petroleum reserves as Trump promises…
Democrat leaders called a news conference to criticize Bobby Charles – but ended up with a major-league PR gaffe. Charles,…
Late Thursday night, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani issued a 14-day temporary restraining order blocking the Postal Service from enforcing…
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins has agreed to participate in four televised debates this fall, setting up an early test for…
Portland Hearts of Pine’s ambitious plan to transform an industrial section of the city’s western waterfront into a $50 million-plus…
Following a ruling from the United States Supreme Court, a Massachusetts judge lifted her temporary injunction blocking the Postal Service…
Maine lobster is now set to be excluded from Canada’s tariffs on U.S. goods, imposed in response to tariffs President…
Federal immigration arrests in Maine have surged in 2026, already surpassing the previous two years combined, according to newly released…
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows is taking the Trump administration back to court, joining a multistate lawsuit challenging new…
What was shaping up to be a head-to-head November battle between Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins and Democratic challenger Troy…
Attorney Emma M. Sisti of Shaheen & Gordon sent Lewiston Corporation Counsel Michael Carey a six-page letter on Aug. 26…
The Lewiston City Council voted 4-0 Wednesday night to extend a moratorium on mobile home park lot-rent increases, but the…
Portland city councilors received the final report of the city’s Social Housing Task Force Monday, concluding a year-long effort examining…
A Lewiston man will spend three years in federal prison after prosecutors say he stole another person’s identity and used…
When Vice President J.D. Vance paid his second visit to Maine, he was there in Brewer to bang the drum…
Inflation may no longer dominate the headlines the way it did several years ago, but for millions of Americans, the…
Iran’s effort to exert control over the Strait of Hormuz is beginning to change how major oil companies and refiners…
Governor Janet Mills’ (D-Maine) controversial $300 “affordability” checks, ostensibly intended to provide financial relief to struggling Mainers, are now going…
Might be time for Zohran Mamdani to go back to Bowdoin to brush up on his socialist management skills. Best…
Iranian propaganda claims the president’s 20-year-old son is being “fully monitored” and references $10 million reward as threats against Trump…
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday morning that the U.S. Navy has cleared the international waters of the Strait of Hormuz…
The United States Postal Service finalized a rule Friday tightening requirements for mail-in voting ahead of the upcoming midterm election,…
Governor Janet Mills lashed out at Vice President JD Vance on Monday, calling him a “neutered lapdog for Donald Trump”…
The United States Supreme Court issued an order Monday clearing the way for the federal government to begin implementing parts…
BREWER, Maine — Vice President JD Vance returned to Maine on Monday with a message that blended manufacturing, border security…
In this episode of The Pastor’s Office, Travis sits down with his father, Steve Carey, just weeks before Steve’s 70th…
Vice President JD Vance on Monday sharply criticized Democratic state auditor Matt Dunlap for failing to stop taxpayer fraud while…
An online news outlet that got a tip about a virtual garbage pit of drug detritus in southern Maine has…
Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins and Democratic Rep. Chellie Pingree rarely approach President Donald Trump from the same political direction,…
Maine voters will elect all 151 state representatives and 35 state senators on Nov. 3. With the deadline for declared…
U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Massachusetts, now has a three-peat. He failed to oust House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, failed to gain…
Something unusual is happening in Maine. For a state of roughly 1.4 million people, tucked into the northeastern corner of…
By Jon Fetherston “You know they hate you, right?” That sentence stopped me the first time I heard it. It…
For more than two decades, Troy Jackson argued that government had failed American workers by allowing foreign labor to take…
Lewiston voters will have a crowded choice for mayor this November, with five candidates, including incumbent Mayor Carl Sheline, a…
Call it the Sedate Debate. Former First Lady Jill Biden has a new whopper – that someone may have laced…
A new analysis of a former Maine candidate for U.S. Senate says Democrat Graham Platner’s flaws were readily apparent but…
U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton tore into 80-year-old U.S. Sen. Ed Markey for being too elderly for a third term during…
For most Americans, the bond market is something that happens somewhere on Wall Street, far removed from the monthly mortgage…
Timberlake says donors believed their money was going to the right places as lawmakers push for clarity on whether OPEGA…
Brewer Police Chief Christopher Martin discussed Maine Wire Reporter Joe Sokol’s reporting on a three-year-old child who was stuck with…
The Senate Leadership Fund has released a new ad in Maine gouging U.S. Senate candidate Troy Jackson’s cozy legislative relationship…
BREWER, Maine – Vice President JD Vance is scheduled to deliver remarks at noon Monday, Aug. 24, at CompoTech, a…
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), a left-wing super PAC, finally decided to add Matt Dunlap to its Red to…
A so-called political info site apparently based in Florida posted a new Collins vs. Jackson U.S Senate poll with mug…
A U.S. senator among the first Democratic stalwarts to support Graham Platner’s nascent Senate bid used campaign funds for family…
Maine has suddenly become a regular stop for some of the most powerful figures in President Donald Trump’s administration and…
President Trump’s ex-lawyer, who flipped on his longtime client in the Stormy Daniels hush-money scandal, is now back in the…
The legacy liberal journalistic Bible of Massachusetts has abandoned U.S. Sen. Ed Markey in favor of his much-younger fellow Democrat.…
President Donald Trump is dramatically escalating economic pressure on Iran, threatening severe consequences for countries, banks and businesses that continue…
President Donald Trump stepped back into a familiar role Wednesday — builder and real estate developer — as he led…
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) announced on Wednesday that she has secured taxpayer funding to build 3D-printed houses for homeless people…
President Donald Trump dramatically escalated the war of words surrounding the Strait of Hormuz this week, posting an image portraying…
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R) traveled to Maine Monday to campaign alongside former Gov. Paul LePage (R), bringing one…
BIDDEFORD, Maine — Inside the Little Theater at Biddeford High School Monday, the conclusions came quickly. Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero…
U.S. Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Massachusetts, does U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine’s efforts at a nonpartisan probe into ICE no favors,…
Democratic members of Congress held a field hearing Monday at Biddeford High School examining the fatal July 13 shooting of…
Maine congresswoman previously called for a “thorough, objective accounting” of the fatal shooting, but Democrats will convene a hearing Monday…
Former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson received tens of thousands of dollars in taxpayer-funded travel and lodging payments while maintaining…
Former Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Graham Platner is preparing to return to the public stage, reportedly reaching out to former…
Screenshot MADAWASKA, Maine — U.S. Sen. Susan Collins will take her reelection campaign deep into northern Maine on Sunday, walking…
A Bridgton man who spent nearly seven months in federal immigration detention after being pulled over during a January ICE…
After the U.S. Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order ending automatic citizenship for those born on American…
Federal court clears Trump administration to terminate protections for nearly 1,100 Somalis nationwide, but officials have yet to say how…
Now that Graham Platner is out as the Democrat nominee for U.S. Senate following a former girlfriend’s rape allegation, the…
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has increased its presence at Portland International Jetport, where immigrant advocates say federal agents have…
Former Maine Gov. Paul LePage picked up a major business endorsement Thursday as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce threw its…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Kentucky woman is facing two federal felony charges after authorities say she spray-painted the World War…
By Jon Fetherston Walk into almost any restaurant today and look around. A family of four sits together, but all…
Accused rapist and former Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner is making his return to the public stage next month as…
AUGUSTA, Maine — As Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Troy Jackson faces fresh scrutiny over allegations of past violence and abuse,…
After months of shootings, juvenile arrests and growing concern over repeat offenders, Lewiston officials are moving toward a more visible,…
The Ellsworth City Council is poised to vote Monday on a proposed preemptive AI data center moratorium following a public…
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins will hit the road Friday morning for the latest edition of her traditional “All of Maine”…
An Allagash man who has known Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Troy Jackson for decades says he personally witnessed Jackson strike…
U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree’s decision to exclude GOP lawmakers from a congressional hearing into the recent killing by ICE agents…
The Justice Department has dramatically expanded its criminal case against the Southern Poverty Law Center, arresting a former senior official…
Maine election officials have repeatedly assured voters that the state’s elections are secure, pointing to paper ballots, offline vote-counting machines…
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday on social media that White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will step down from her…
Sen. Susan Collins (R) announced Friday that a bipartisan bill she introduced allowing early childhood educators to obtain the same…
Democrats in Maine thinking they can go after Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins for alleged duplicity on abortion better do…
‘Rules for thee but not for me.’ – Troy Jackson Chace Jackson, the son of then-Maine Senate president Troy Jackson,…
A Thomaston woman was sentenced to spend just nine months in prison on Monday after attempting to run over an…
By Emily Kopp of the Daily Caller News Foundation Texts obtained from Dr. Anthony Fauci’s phone include a chat between…
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) suspended MaineCare payments to the allegedly fraudulent Maine Connect Care just…
Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) suspended Community Home Health Care, Maine’s largest home health care biller, from…
Paradise Residential Services CEO Jocelyne Ininahazwe and her family enjoyed luxury Mercedes brands while the disabled Mainers who relied on…
Israeli prime minister refuses Gaza withdrawal until Hamas is fully disarmed as Washington confronts simultaneous crises involving Iran, the Strait…
Lorri Nandrea’s writings for Communist Party USA include pieces on Marxist theory, “green socialism” and class consciousness; Jackson is now…
Twelve maternity units have closed since 2015. As Hannah Pingree calls for a moratorium, her six years inside the Mills…
By Jon Fetherston For years, Maine taxpayers were told everything was under control. This week, Washington made it clear it…
The U.S. Senate narrowly confirmed Todd Blanche as attorney general in a 50-49 vote at approximately 4:31 a.m. Saturday, elevating…
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) introduced legislation Friday aimed at strengthening oversight of the Medicare home health program, combating fraud,…
The two leading U.S. betting markets show the Democrat U.S. Senate candidate in Maine shellacking the veteran Republican incumbent. Polymarket…
Biddeford Mayor Liam LaFountain is calling on a regional land-use board to determine if it mistakenly granted University of New…