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The former Bowdoin grad who’s on goal to become NYC’s next mayor should be well-equipped to handle the Big Apple’s…
State lawmakers have delayed deciding on a bill that ties the fate of Maine’s unique method of distributing its electoral…
Earlier this month, Maine lawmakers rejected along partisan lines a resolution that would have amended the state’s constitution to require…
New poll findings released on Thursday give former Maine Governor Paul LePage (R) a three-point lead over incumbent U.S. Representative…
Maine lawmakers have made a last-minute move putting the brakes on the controversial effort to expand the use of ranked…
A proposed tax hike on Maine’s millionaires designed to increase funding for public pre-K-12 education has been carried over into…
Maine’s House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to remove an effective gag order and restore the floor speaking privileges of…
When tragedy gives way to triumph, it can be a beautiful thing—not unlike a caterpillar transforming into a butterfly. That…
After receiving unanimous, bipartisan support, Maine lawmakers have largely reversed course on a series of programs designed to bolster the…
Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) voted with a minority of House Democrats against tabling a resolution to impeach President Donald Trump…
The likely next mayor of New York City who has recently tried to deny his alleged anti-semitism left an explosive…
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Mark Rutte, the Secretary General of NATO, called him “daddy” as a way…
Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine) expressed support on Tuesday for a Republican-led effort that would strengthen the state’s existing “Yellow Flag”…
Gubernatorial candidate and former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson, a Democrat, expressed his strong support on Monday for New York…
While the Maine chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) are busy lamenting the fact that their party’s national…
Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) reintroduced the “Organic Dairy Data Collection Act” on Tuesday with two Republican co-sponsors, aiming to help…
If you’re a ”New American” then Maine’s Democrat governor loves you. But if you’re Native American, don’t count on Janet,…
Maine Governor Janet Mills (D) nixed a bill from House Minority Leader Billy Bob Faulkingham (R-Winter Harbor) on Friday that…
By August of next year, all Maine school boards will be required to adopt a policy regarding the use of…
There’s an old Persian saying that goes “if either side walks away from a negotiation feeling good, it was a…
State Senator Rick Bennett (R-Oxford) announced on Tuesday that he will be running as an independent for Governor of Maine…
On Monday, June 20, Maine Governor Janet Mills, a Democrat, issued vetoes on three bills concerning tribal land rights, recovery…
Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) signed on as a co-sponsor of a Republican-led bill aimed at fighting Chinese Communist Party (CCP)…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) signed the $320 million supplemental budget into law Monday that contains a number of increased taxes…
Maine’s 132nd Legislature is winding down and set to conclude its special emergency session by Wednesday or Thursday, following two…
As the world waits to see the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s decision to bomb three of Iran’s nuclear facilities…
The Democratic Socialists of Maine criticized their national parent organization in an Instagram post on Sunday after the Democratic Socialists…
Maine Governor Janet Mills vetoed two bills Wednesday, June 18 targeting farmworker unionization and legal representation for indigent defendants, citing…
Mainers who subscribe streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, Disney Plus, and Spotify can likely expect to see a new tax…
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A Maine-based policy think tank has published an open letter urging Gov. Janet Mills (D) to veto a recently passed…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) has signed a bill into law prohibiting legislative staff from lobbying for at least a year…
Both the House and Senate have failed to adopt a measure that would have authorized cities and towns throughout Maine…
The controversy surrounding Rep. Laurel Libby’s (R-Auburn) censure continued on the House floor on Wednesday when House Speaker Ryan Fecteau…
What started out as a rebellion against their party, which they saw straying down the wrong path to ‘economic justice,’…
A contentious bill, essentially turning Maine into a sanctuary state for illegal immigrants by severely limiting local cooperation with Immigration…
Three protesters, including the Concord City Democrats chair, were arrested on Tuesday after they refused to leave a New Hampshire…
Maine will remain in the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, an agreement among the states that could bring about sweeping…
Lawmakers in Augusta are battling in Augusta this week over the second part of the state’s proposed biennial budget. But…
If the failed Canadian summit sponsored by Maine’s Democrat governor is any indication, she may want a reset on her…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) has signed a bill into law adding new penalties and enforcement measures to Maine’s new Paid…
Maine lawmakers appear to have put a pause on finalizing approval of a plan to restructure the state’s income tax…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) has signed a resolve into law directing the Maine Department of Labor (MDOL) to study the…
The Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous & Tribal Populations (PCRITP), Maine’s taxpayer-funded racial equity board, is looking…
High income Mainers may soon be paying a bit more in state taxes, thanks to revenue-hungry Democrats. After being held…
A powerful, pro-solar energy lobby group, the Coalition for Community Solar Access (CCSA), is using its national resources to urge…
Maine House Republicans teamed up with the Sportsmen’s Alliance of Maine (SAM) on Tuesday to propose a counter-measure to a…
House Speaker Ryan Fecteau (D-Biddeford) has slipped a tax change into the spending bill Democrats will pass before adjourning the…
Jordan Wood, a progressive Democratic candidate running to unseat Republican U.S. Senator Susan Collins, last week boasted that his campaign…
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The mark of a real politician is their ability to eat your lunch while still smiling as if you’re best…
Two leading members of the House Committee on Homeland Security began an investigation last week into 215 non-governmental organizations (NGOs)…
If you’re going to get caught breaking a law that you claim to support, make sure the news breaks going…
The Maine House voted narrowly on Friday evening to pass a bill that will ban transgender-identifying males from girls’ sports…
Mainers will not be seeing the full price tags on their ballots when they go to the polls to vote…
The Portland Police Department arrested two people on Saturday after they allegedly assaulted police officers at the city’s “No Kings”…
The 132nd Maine Legislature’s special session, absent a statutory adjournment date, is set to conclude this week. Democratic leaders want…
Lawmakers have voted this week to restructure the Maine’s income tax brackets to impose a higher tax rate on the…
Maine lawmakers have rejected a Harpswell Democrat’s bill to levy an additional four percent tax on income earned over $1…
Maine Civic Action, an organization focused on educating Mainers on free markets and individual liberties, announced on Friday that its…
In a series of votes reflecting Maine’s divided stance on gun control, the Maine Senate this week rejected a bill…
Reps. Jared Golden (D-Maine) and Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) joined every other House Democrat on Thursday in opposing President Donald Trump’s…
Sen. Rick Bennett (R-Oxford) voted with Democrats on Thursday night and became the only Republican to oppose a bill that…
Maine legislators have defeated a bill that sought to reverse the changes made by a controversial abortion law signed into…
Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) joined Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Thursday in co-sponsoring his bill, the “End Prescription Drug Ads…
Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) voted with the majority of House Democrats on Tuesday against a bill that would have stopped…
The upstart now surging ahead in polls to be top banana in New York City as the race to succeed…
The Maine State Legislature this week killed the effort to give Mainers the opportunity to directly elect their constitutional officers,…
Cape Elizabeth residents have narrowly approved an $86.5 million proposal to replace and repair the town’s aging middle and elementary…
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Both chambers of Maine’s legislature passed a bill on Tuesday banning “doxing” minors that could be applied in future instances…
Maine lawmakers have voted to expand the use of ranked choice voting to gubernatorial elections, as well as races for…
Businessman Owen McCarthy, 37, threw his hat into the widening ring for Maine governor on Wednesday, announcing the launch of…
Tensions are escalating in the Maine House of Representatives as minority Republicans push back against majority Democrats’ threats of extended…
Both chambers of the Maine Legislature reversed course on a controversial bill this week, ending an effort from Rep. Grayson…
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While a key committee in Augusta moved legislation to the floor that would make it more difficult for police in…
The United States Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that so-called “reverse discrimination” must be treated the same as any other…
A federal judge has temporarily blocked enforcement of President Donald Trump’s (R) executive order barring foreign students from entering the…
Former director of the Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the Future (GOPIF) and daughter of First District Congresswoman Chellie…
The political fallout stemming from the weekend revelation that the office of Secretary of State Shenna Bellows (D-Hallowell) has recalled…
He who pays the piper calls the tune, the old saying goes. Looking closely at the most recent dust-up under…
Maine’s House and Senate have been going back and forth for the past couple of weeks over whether or not…
House lawmakers engaged in a lengthy and impassioned debate Thursday morning over a bill requiring a photo ID to cast…
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President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, once allies, clashed publicly Thursday in a bitter dispute over the “One Big Beautiful…
The Democrats of the Kennebunks and Arundel (DKA) is looking to form a “Rapid Response Team” in case of U.S.…
Advocates of gun control measures often speak of a “cooling off period” — usually in reference to a delay on…
The Maine House passed a net neutrality bill Wednesday with bipartisan support, as three Republican lawmakers crossed party lines to…
The Maine State Legislature’s Judiciary Committee came to three different recommendations on Wednesday to three bills prescribing how state and…
Long-time U.S. House Speaker Tip O’Neill famously said “all politics is local,” and he could just have easily been talking…
A Harpswell Democrat’s bill to levy an additional four percent tax on income earned over $1 million in order to…
‘I’m Going to Be Really Crude’: Dem Rep Bluntly Says America Needs Migrants To Wipe Asses (Screenshot/YouTube/Representative Becca Balint)
You learn every day talking with people, listening to their stories, absorbing their anger, fear, and concerns and channeling that…
After rejecting a number of bills aimed at repealing or amending Maine’s new Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) Program…
The Maine Legislature’s Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee met Wednesday afternoon to finalize its recommendations on three hotly-debated firearm-related…
The latest version of a Maine political dynasty may be about to take down another electorally powerful family in the…
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A left-leaning politician who said South Korea should not be as “antagonizing” toward communist U.S. adversaries has been elected as…