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The State of Maine and Secretary of State Shenna Bellows have filed a motion to dismiss the case brought recently…
Ex-Senate President Troy Jackson has a sexy idea designed to appeal to your wallet. That’s right, a Democrat who says…
Maine elections chief Shenna Bellows has a new ally trying to stop the federal government from making sure illegals aren’t…
President Donald Trump said Monday that he plans to classify the deadly drug fentanyl as a “weapon of mass destruction,”…
Iman Osman quietly completed his term on the Lewiston School Committee Monday night, attending his final meeting without participating as…
Portland Mayor Mark Dion warned Monday night that looming federal budget cuts could strain city services while raising sharp concerns about the…
Despite claims from two Rockland councilors that they have received threats in the wake of their anti-ICE votes, police say…
Gov. Janet mills (D) announced on Monday she will allow a bill restricting how Maine law enforcement may cooperate with U.S. Immigration…
No human is garbage. No human should ever be treated badly or cast out because of their country of origin.…
Governor Mills, Is It Me — or Is It You? Governor, I’ve asked myself this question more than once over…
A legal challenge over voter participation rules ahead of a Democratic caucus in Lewiston moved into court Friday, adding tension…
The United States Senate considered two proposals this week to extend the expanded health insurance tax credits first introduced during…
Twenty House Republicans joined their Democratic colleagues Wednesday to rebuke the Trump administration on federal union organizing. The bipartisan legislation, spearheaded…
A Democrat U.S. Senate contender from Maine is suddenly showing off a new suit, while taking a dig at a…
New accounts from former Bates College classmates are raising serious questions about the past conduct and political character of Democratic…
Just when you thought a young Mainer might be catching a break, The Establishment struck back with a new poll…
A citizen’s initiative aimed at ending the sale and production of recreational cannabis in Maine can now begin collecting signatures…
The Trump Administration has rolled out TrumpCard.gov, a new federal portal outlining the structure of the high-dollar immigration initiative known…
The nomination of Judge Andrew Benson to serve as U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine cleared a major hurdle…
Critics abound, and they always will. They should. Pursuing truth is a high calling. Our Founders urged us to test…
Having disastrously failed at a job promotion, ex-VP Kamala Harris is nonetheless trying to be stone-cold serious about her legacy.…
A new omnibus poll from Pan Atlantic Research, a Portland-based research company headed by former Maine Democratic Party chair Victoria…
Sen. Susan Collins (R) and Sen. Angus King (I) announced Tuesday that ten Maine organizations will be receiving a combined…
The political firestorm surrounding Gateway Community Services, the Somali-run nonprofit accused of defrauding Maine’s Medicaid system, is rapidly escalating, and…
Current Maine State Auditor Matt Dunlap, now running for the Second Congressional District House seat soon to be vacated by…
Another day in Lewiston brought yet another cascade of questions, contradictions, and controversies, from nonprofit leaders refusing to comment, to…
On Monday, a federal judge struck down President Donald Trump’s (R) Executive Order pausing wind energy projects that he signed…
U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) has reached out to members of the Trump Administration urging them to provide relief to…
A member of the Goffstown, New Hampshire, school board claimed that allowing a Turning Point USA (TPUSA) chapter would cause…
By Owen McCarthy I grew up in a trailer in Patten, the son of a logger and a lunch lady.…
Illegal border crossers who need sanctuary from U.S. limits on their conveniently discovered “freedoms” have a home in Rockland, Maine.…
The Trump administration on Monday rolled out a $12 billion relief package, funded by tariff revenue, aimed at farmers who…
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) is partnering with Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) on new legislation aimed at reshaping Affordable Care…
Education Secretary Linda McMahon announced late last month that the Department of Education (DOE) will be outsourcing several of its…
Led by Sen. Susan Collins (R) and Rep. Chellie Pingree (D), Maine’s Congressional delegation has joined together to introduce a…
Governor Janet Mills (D) will soon learn whether she’s really political bedfellows – even though odd ones – with the…
State Sen. Matthew Harrington (R) is demanding immediate transparency from Gov. Janet Mills (D) after what he describes as a…
A growing chorus of frustrated Lewiston residents is demanding accountability from City Hall, accusing city leaders of failing to enforce…
Multiple national news outlets published reports on Monday citing whistle-blower allegations about fraud and corruption by the Maine-based Gateway Community…
Bates College faculty have unanimously voted to delay a sweeping new mandatory curriculum on race, power, privilege, and colonialism, pushing…
Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar appeared to suggest Sunday on CBS News that the victims of a massive COVID relief…
Lewiston residents will get a new primary in how the criminal justice process and local politics can intersect as a…
As Lewiston plunges deeper into the scandal surrounding councilor-elect Iman Osman, attorney and Democratic legislative hopeful Kiernan Majerus-Collins is once…
A Republican candidate for governor is pushing back after the Maine Democratic State Committee accused him of racism in response…
The board of the Spruce Mountain school district, or RSU 73, voted on Thursday night to stick with their amended…
President Donald Trump scored another major political victory Thursday after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Texas to move forward with…
Democrats on Thursday proposed a three-year extension of the soon-to-expire enhanced Obamacare premium subsidies despite the measure’s near-certain failure to…
Democratic Virginia Sen. Mark Warner expressed bitterness on Thursday about President Donald Trump’s administration celebrating the capture of the man…
A political firestorm in Lewiston is intensifying as Councilor-elect Iman Osman, now indicted on theft-related charges, insists he will take…
Maine’s Revenue Forecast Committee delivered a fresh projection Monday showing state revenues continuing to climb over the next two fiscal…
Beginning on January 1, Mainers who subscribe to streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, and Spotify may see a new charge…
A liberal political lobby announced Wednesday it’s going after Maine’s Angus King for going soft on President Trump. But in…
Four members of the Lewiston School Committee on Thursday called for Ward 5 representative Iman Osman to resign following his…
The U.S. House of Representatives acted to combat the influence of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on American schools on…
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has joined eleven of her counterparts in sending a letter to the Department of…
If it seems Senate hopeful Janet Mills is stepping up her social-media campaign, there may be a reason. The Hermon…
President Donald Trump took action on Wednesday to repeal the burdensome fuel standards imposed by the Biden Administration that, according…
Democrat Senate hopeful Graham Platner has weathered the news about his tattoo and past Reddit posts, as a new poll…
Lewiston, Maine, once stood as a monument to American resilience, a booming mill city powered by the Androscoggin River, strengthened…
Portland Public Schools Superintendent Ryan Scallon issued a forceful statement Wednesday denouncing President Donald Trump’s recent comments about Somali immigrants,…
Former Portland cop and Cumberland County Sheriff Mark Dion fancies himself as Maine’s next governor. After all, the law-school grad…
A Lewiston city councilor is sharply criticizing the city’s School Committee after it voted last Monday to block an investigation…
Iman Osman, 36, who was elected in November to represent Ward 5 on the Lewiston City Council, was indicted Wednesday…
Trump administration officials said Tuesday they will move to withhold SNAP food aid from recipients in most Democratic-controlled states starting…
Maine lawmakers have scheduled a work session for a bipartisan bill that would subject state agencies to zero-based budgeting once…
Nearly $40 million in long-awaited home heating aid is finally headed to Maine after the Department of Health and Human…
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is now making relief available to small businesses and private nonprofit (PNP) organizations in…
The controversy surrounding Ward 5 school committee member Iman Osman’s residency erupted into a full-scale public reckoning Monday night, as…
Eligible Lewiston residents will have the chance to go to the polls on February 24 to participate in a special…
It is now a national news story, even in the liberal media: a massive Somali-linked welfare fraud scandal. This troubling…
William F. Buckley was once seated at a conference table taking questions from an audience when a man asked him,…
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has signed onto a letter with a handful of her counterparts in blue states…
The White House debuted a new page on its website Friday aimed at lambasting media outlets over “fake news” coverage…
An Army veteran from East Machias has entered the race for Maine’s Second Congressional District, joining the field challenging Democratic…
President Donald Trump declared Friday that he is nullifying a broad slate of executive actions issued under President Joe Biden,…
In a salute to the recent election of Bowdoin College’s most famous socialist alum as mayor of America’s largest city,…
A Calais city worker says he has no plans to resign from the city council despite voters deciding he should.…
The State of Maine has joined a coalition of 20 other states in suing the U.S. Department of Housing and…
A former director of the state forestry division who also served on two Maine city councils is being remembered for…
Did a powerful state council charged with setting the legislative agenda act in haste last month when it summarily tossed…
The Lewiston School Committee on Monday conducted a closed door executive session listed on the agenda as “to enter into…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) is championing her decision to force female high school athletes to compete against males who…
Southern Maine Community College’s new Turning Point USA chapter made its public debut Monday, hosting its first tabling event amid…
Maine’s largest union representing state employees has filed a formal complaint accusing the Mills administration of refusing to negotiate in…
Conservative activist Nicholas Blanchard, known to many online Mainers as “Corn Pop”, is pushing ahead with a bid for the Augusta…
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) joined tens of thousands of Maine voters on Sunday when she signed a petition to place…
A federal judge today dismissed the government’s case against former FBI director James Comey, whose strained relationship with the truth…
President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mandami met at the White House on Friday in a session…
A headline-grabbing, conservative congresswoman surprised the nation on Friday by calling it quits after a high-profile tiff with President Donald…
Former University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines told a large crowd in Maine that allowing transgender women to compete in…
More than 700 people turned out Sunday for the first annual “Tailgate for Common Sense,” the event held at Aquaboggan…
Maine Senators Susan Collins (R) and Angus King (I) sent a joint letter to several key Trump Administration officials seeking…
Senate candidate Graham Platner (D) on Saturday called for the abolition of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) and the Maine State Housing Authority announced Friday that the state has secured financing for 311…
President Donald Trump faced sharp pushback from Maine’s congressional delegation after he accused several Democratic lawmakers of “seditious behavior ……
The University of Southern Maine’s (USM) Huskies for Life, a pro-life organization, is facing online hatred and backlash for opposing…
California Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell launched his governor bid Thursday night on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”, portraying himself as the Golden…
A Cumberland County judge is now deciding whether the state can force a longtime street preacher to stay 500 feet…
Maine’s Democratic leadership slammed the brakes Thursday on a slate of Republican proposals aimed at cutting taxes, improving public safety,…