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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”…
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…