Maine’s House Democrats slipped a surprise vote onto Thursday’s legislative calendar to force through a proposed equal rights amendment to…
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Democratic lawmakers in the Maine House of Representatives on Thursday voted down a bill that would have shifted the financial…
Rhode Island-based U.S. District Court Judge Melissa DuBose reportedly issued a ruling late on Friday denying Maine State Rep. Laurel…
If you wanted to build a name for yourself with Maine Democrats to lay the foundations to run against Republican…
President Donald Trump moved to reinvigorate the U.S. seafood industry and restore U.S. dominance on Thursday with an executive order…
When anti-Trump Maine businesses called a news conference recently to lobby against the administration’s proposed and imposed tariffs, the fawning…
Tarlan Ahmadov stepped down as director of the Maine Office of New Americans in early April — just three months…
Yet another bill aiming to allow Maine municipalities to adopt a local option sales tax has been introduced in Augusta…
Rep. Cheryl Golek (D-Harpswell) withdrew a bill from consideration on Monday that would have mandated LGBTQ education curriculum in all…
Maine Republicans are working to end some of the new restrictions placed on gun ownership in the state last year…
Maine’s Racial Equity Commission has emerged among the most frequent abusers of the sloppy no-bid contract system recently scrutinized in…
Is federal Medicaid spending, which last year amounted to over $580 billion, a virtual sacred cow for which reform or…
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It’s Easter weekend, but the only Easter egg to be found under the dome in Augusta is just another goose…
An Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agent who was the subject of retaliation by the agency for coming forward to Congress…
Lawmakers on the Taxation Committee have unanimously rejected a Democrat-led bill that would have revitalized a now-defunct property tax stabilization…
Mainers weighed in Monday morning on a proposed amendment to Maine’s Constitution that would prohibit the governor from calling the…
While Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro and his family slept after celebrating the Seder, a solemn Passover meal, at their home…
Maine’s Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee held a public hearing Monday morning for a proposal concerning Maine’s unique method of…
The distribution of Maine’s four presidential electoral votes was up for grabs in Augusta Monday morning, as lawmakers on the…
Worcester, Massachusetts, is now mandating a new regimen of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) training for firefighters, just months after…
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A Republican lawmaker is looking to legally abolish the controversial practice of introducing placeholder legislation, known as a “concept draft,”…
Former President Donald Trump speaking at a press conference at a golf course near Los Angeles, Sept. 13, 2024.
Massachusetts State Rep. Chris Flanagan (D-Barnstable) was indicted by a Boston grand jury on Friday for an alleged fraud scheme…
After Democrats in Augusta passed a partisan biennial budget for an unprecedented third time in a row, Representative Gary Drinkwater…
A new Democrat-led bill proposes a study of aligning the state’s procurement processes with the Mills’ administration’s climate action plan,…
As Congress fast-tracks the SAVE Act, which would require voters to provide proof of citizenship when they register, lawmakers in…
A group of Maine Democrats, led by Sen. Craig Hickman (D-Kennebec), began a push last week to lower the state’s…
The ranking Republican lawmakers on the Maine Legislature’s Appropriations Committee have come out against a bill that would increase MaineCare…
The Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous & Tribal Populations (PCRITP), Maine’s taxpayer-funded racial equity board, is getting kicked…
Two Republican-led bills aimed at restoring religious exemptions for vaccine requirements for schools received a contentious joint public hearing in…
Statehouse Republicans blasted the Mills administration on Tuesday for what several suggested could be criminally-negligent stewardship of public funds in…
One of the biggest Congressional champions of President Donald Trump’s tariff policy hails from the Democratic Party. Democratic Rep. Jared…
Note: This story was updated after publication to include comments from a law firm representing Metrc who asked to be…
The liberal political preferences of a Portland Press Herald writer later credited with Angus King’s political fortunes have finally been…
House Minority Leader Billy Bob Faulkingham (R-Winter Harbor) has introduced legislation that aims to cap the share of state tax…
The Department of the Maine Secretary of State, Bureau of Corporations and Commissions will be paying $10,000 in taxpayer funds…
Maine’s Legislature officially defeated efforts to eliminate ranked choice voting (RCV) following a nearly party-line vote in the Senate. Late…
One Democratic lawmaker has proposed making major changes to how Maine’s primary elections are held by instituting a unique and…
The Maine House and Senate will both have session days on Tuesday with a full dance card of debates and…
The Maine Legislature’s Judiciary Committee will hold a public hearing on a bill Monday intended to codify into law the…
President Donald J. Trump has issued a 31-page manifesto, “National Strategy to End the Use of Paper Straws,” aiming to…
Democrat Reps. Chellie Pingree (ME-CD1) and Jared Golden (ME-CD2) had very different outlooks after President Donald Trump announced his controversial…
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) has filed an amicus brief in support of Rep. Laurel Libby (R-Auburn)…
A group of Democrat Maine legislators, headed by Rep. Cheryl Golek (D-Harpswell), introduced a bill on Thursday that would require…
During tomorrow’s House session, legislators will tackle a 40-page calendar. Those pages are largely filled with bill references to committees,…
Democratic Speaker of the House Ryan Fecteau (D-Biddeford) has filed his official response to Rep. Laurel Libby’s (R-Auburn) lawsuit against…
Maine Republicans have put forward two bills in recent days to remove the language in the Maine Human Rights Act’s…
The Maine Legislature’s State and Local Government Committee held a timely public hearing before on Wednesday to allow for input…
Following a Maine Wire investigation into the man Gov. Janet Mills (D) tapped to run her controversial migrant resettlement office,…
A group of Republican Maine state senators on Monday sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi requesting an…
Radically different testimonies from a politician and a prosecutor before a legislative committee in Augusta this week cast doubt on…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) is shirking her duty to pay property taxes for a Salem Township lot she owns…
A new bill from Rep. Gary Drinkwater (R-Milford) could give Mainers a better sense of how much of their tax…
Secretary of State — and announced gubernatorial candidate — Shenna Bellows has officially notified the House of Representatives that anti-gun…
Maine lawmakers have introduced a bill that would exempt any money earned by kids from state income tax. This proposal…
A first-term Maine Democratic lawmaker has introduced a bill that would prohibit the state from investing public funds or entering…
A bipartisan group of state lawmakers in Maine have sponsored a bill that would decriminalize the possession of small amounts…
A Hallowell Democrat has introduced a bill to expand the use of overseas absentee ballots for local elections. In last…
An Auburn Democrat has introduced a bill that would prevent Maine voters in the northern, more rural part of the…
Nearly two-thirds of Mainers agree with President Donald Trump (R) that biological men should be barred from participating in women’s…
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, who just this week announced her candidacy for governor, has “serious concerns” about the…
Secretary of State Shenna Bellows (D) revealed Thursday — unintentionally — why President Donald Trump is almost certain to prevail…
Democrat Rep. Jared Golden (ME-CD2) urged U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer to crack down on ascendant Chinese shipbuilding in…
Maine lawmakers in the state Senate have rejected a push to call for an Article V Convention to amend the…
Maine’s Judiciary Committee is set to hold a massive public hearing this Friday on a slate of abortion-related legislation. The…
As Secretary of State Shenna Bellows launches her campaign to succeed Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine) in 2026, she has not…
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday cracking down on voter fraud through a slew of election integrity…
The U.S. reached agreements with Ukraine and Russia on Tuesday to stop attacks on maritime traffic in the Black Sea…
China’s growing foothold over the Panama Canal isn’t just fueling its own commercial interests, it also appears to be helping…
As U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pushes forward with his Make America Healthy Again…
A group of Maine House Democrats is working to enshrine the commemoration of the January 2021 Capitol protests into law…
Lawmakers on the Veterans and Legal Affairs (VLA) Committee are divided along partisan lines over whether or not to advance…
This past week in Augusta, Democrat lawmakers pursued a relatively obscure parliamentary maneuver to pass an $11.3 billion spending bill…
Tarlan Ahmadov, the director of the Maine Office of New Americans (ONA) who has recently faced calls for his resignation…
Former President Joe Biden has offered to come back into politics after dropping out of the 2024 presidential race to…
The Maine House Democrats selected self-described “Transgender Death Educator” Quinn Gormley, former executive director of the far-left transgender advocacy group…
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”…