On June 20th, 2019, Governor Janet Mills (D) signed LD 534, a bill to make ballot initiative questions easier to…
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During the bad old days of the Soviet Union, a state official could legally shirk punishment by pretending to sick…
As a conservative lawmaker, I am deeply troubled by the growing trend to label the United States a “democracy” rather…
Rep. Katrina Smith (R-Palermo) presented a bill on Monday on behalf of House Minority Leader Billy Bob Faulkingham (R-Winter Harbor),…
An unidentified man was caught on camera allegedly keying a Tesla on Sunday outside a Portland Hearts of Pine soccer…
Eastern European elections rarely make headlines in the U.S., but when Vice-President JD Vance spoke to the Munich Security Conference…
Sen. Anne Beebe-Center wants to limit celebrations and curtail Mainers’ fun with a bill to reduce the hours allowed for…
The Legislature’s Taxation Committee has unanimously rejected a bill exempting any money earned by Maine kids from state income tax.…
A bill that aims to abolish Maine’s income tax and require state agencies to regularly engage in “zero-based budgeting” may…
Once again, a Maine transgender-identifying male athlete seized victory over girls at a high school track meet on Friday, as…
There’s a new Angus in Maine’s political arena and he’s gunning for the seat his father held for two terms…
When the House gavels in on Tuesday, it is looking at a 60-page calendar with 20 divided reports, or bills…
Members of the Legislature’s Education and Cultural Affairs Committee have unanimously voted against a Democrat-led proposal to make community college…
The Maine Legislature’s Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife voted on Wednesday in favor of a bipartisan proposed constitutional amendment…
Lawmakers on the state legislature’s Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee held public hearings Friday afternoon on several proposed voter ID…
In two days, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will begin enforcing a long-expected deadline for airline travelers to producer Read…
Former two-term Republican Governor Paul LePage has filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission and is expected to announce his…
A disciple of a legendary Washington sports reporter originally from Maine has manufactured a new arena for bashing Trump -…
A progressive Maine law firm that represents several school districts throughout the state issued a memo alongside the Maine School…
It appears Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey has been taking counsel from the late troubadour Kenny Rogers, who famously sang:…
Over her term in office to date, Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has changed the way that Maine runs its…
The attorney who filed a recently dismissed professional misconduct complaint against Kennebec County District Attorney Maeghan Maloney (D) has landed…
Thursday saw an array of anti-gun bills debated in public hearings before the Maine State Legislature’s Judiciary Committee, but an…
Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) formally notified the City of Portland of multiple violations in its General…
The Maine Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee held a work session April 30 at which it considered slate of…
In recognition of the Maine Legislature’s passing a law to recognize the Seppala Sled Dog as the state’s official canine…
Twenty-five years ago famed conservative David Horowitz got invited to lecture at Bates College – and then got scolded by…
While Maine already has in place a Yellow Flag law that includes a due process element before authorities may strip…
An English teacher at Waterville Senior High School took a break on Tuesday from instructing students on grammar and syntax…
More than a quarter of Mainers feel that the most important problem facing the state right now is the political…
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Maine’s Secretary of State will imminently release the ballot wording for a referendum question to go before voters this November…
The Maine Legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee held a public hearing Monday on a bill that proposes to increase…
A bipartisan group of Maine representatives joined together on Thursday to kill a “Defend the Guard” bill from Rep. Benjamin…
The New Hampshire Free State Project (FSP) hosted its annual NH Liberty Forum this past weekend, featuring presentations from a…
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A proposed constitutional amendment requiring at least two-thirds support to increase Mainers’ taxes is up for a public hearing early…
The Maine state GOP lawmaker who got officially silenced by Democrats for defending girls’ high-school sports is now fighting her…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) on Thursday signed a proclamation recognizing the Armenian genocide just months after appointed a now-resigned…
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President Donald Trump an executive order on Thursday to end “disparate-impact liability,” which essentially compels employers to consider race when…
A Democrat-led bill aimed at softening the criminal possession thresholds for crack cocaine was advanced by the Maine Legislature’s Criminal…
After Russia escalated its assault on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv overnight, U.S. President Donald Trump appeared to be shifting…
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Rep. Kristen Cloutier (D-Lewiston) withdrew a bill earlier this month that would have put taxpayer-funded tampons in public school boys’…
The Maine legislature will meet Thursday for the third session day in a row. Thursday’s calendar is light in both…
Rep. Mike Soboleski (R-Phillips) penned a letter to U.S. Attorney General (AG) Pam Bondi, signed by nearly every Republican in…
U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) is undeterred by the “No Kings” signs that have become prominent at recurring ‘Hands Off’…
Maine Rep. Laurel Libby (R-Auburn) has filed an emergency appeal of an April 19 ruling on her lawsuit against Maine…
A reclusive Swiss liberal billionaire whose cash helped buy Maine’s largest paper is now being targeted by several states over…
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The Montreal Canadiens are in a playoff series and Wednesday is Franco-American Day in the legislature. It’s a good week…
The federal jurist assigned to the federal lawsuit against Maine for refusing to bar transgender-identifying men from women’s sports, U.S.…
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A group of renegades from Maine’s upper reaches tired of liberal Gov. Janet Mills (D) are forming their own faction…
Why would a nationally-recognized Democrat pollster pen an article about her political research in the state of Maine? It could…
Democrat lawmakers are looking to expand the use of ranked choice voting (RCV) to all Maine elections, including for the…
Maine’s House Democrats slipped a surprise vote onto Thursday’s legislative calendar to force through a proposed equal rights amendment to…
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…