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In an interview with Maine’s taxpayer-funded radio network Thursday, Gov. Janet Mills denied a suggestion from a listener that her…
Free speech may not be so free on college campuses in Maine, according to a recent ranking done by College…
New York City Mayor Eric Adams declared in a town hall event Wednesday evening that the city’s migrant crisis “will…
Gov. Janet Mills commented briefly Thursday on the growing scandal that has surrounded Senate President Troy Jackson after an investigative…
A federal judge for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas handed the Biden Administration a victory…
On Maine’s taxpayer-funded Maine Calling radio program Thursday, Maine Gov. Janet Mills told host Jennifer Rooks that she has not…
The Maine State Police issued a statement Wednesday slamming the Bangor Daily News for their article covering the death in…
Portland Director of Health and Human Services Kristen Dow and Fire Chief Keith Gautreau joined the City Council during its…
Liberty Safe, a company that markets itself to conservative Americans as the patriotic way to safely store firearms, admitted Wednesday…
Maine Senate President Troy Jackson (D-Allagash) claimed Thursday morning that he never read the Federal Housing Authority (FHA)-backed loan agreement…
Many cities in Maine are facing dueling crises at the moment that are both drawing on largely the same pool…
Maine State Rep. John Andrews (R-Paris) filed an official written complaint Wednesday with Maine’s Attorney General’s Office and Ethics Commission…
The leader of Senate Democrats sent a “Dear Colleague Letter” touting his success steamrolling Senate Republicans in the first eight…
Over 1.2 million native born U.S. workers lost their jobs between July and August, while foreign born workers gained 668,000…
In 2020, 2021, and 2022, Senate President Troy Jackson (D-Aroostook) received more reimbursement via the State Legislature for travel, meals,…
Portland’s Public Health Division has been selected as a recipient of a $4 million grant from the Centers for Disease…
Shortly before 9 p.m. on Monday, Portland Police were dispatched to a Kennedy Park apartment building where it was reported…
The owner of Fogg Lighting, a store across from one of Portland’s largest homeless encampments at the Marginal Way Park…
The Windham Town Council is currently considering competing proposals for allowing members of the town to recall their elected officials…
Maine state workers have struggled all year long to get the Mills Administration to bring an acceptable pay increase to…
Maine’s Democratic Secretary of State Shenna Bellows and Attorney General Aaron Frey said Thursday that they are reviewing election laws…
In a Thursday letter to House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), Ranking Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) called for…
Photographs captured Wednesday morning outside an Augusta apartment complex add yet more evidence to the claim that Maine Senate President…
Government over-payment of food stamp benefits cost taxpayers a minimum of $11.2 billion in fiscal year 2022, according to a…
A University of New Hampshire (UNH) poll released Wednesday revealed that many Mainers are struggling financially and feeling much less…
The Maine Statistical Analysis Center, part of the University of Southern Maine’s Catherine Cutler Institute, published a report in July…
Maine Republicans called for investigations on Wednesday into Maine Senate President Troy Jackson following a Maine Wire exclusive report that…
A poll conducted earlier this month by the University of New Hampshire (UNH) reveals Mainers’ thoughts on Gov. Janet Mills’…
Maine Senate President Troy Jackson, a Democrat, agreed in a federally insured mortgage contract to make an Augusta house his…
Lincoln County District Attorney Natasha Irving dismissed five charges against a man who allegedly assaulted his fellow staff members at…
A District Court judge has denied Gov. Janet Mills’ (D) request to halt the First Amendment lawsuit filed against her…
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Monday a lawsuit to challenge the mandatory gender identity disclosure policy of the Chino…
The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office announced Sunday that the death of Republican legal activist Alexander Talcott, 41, in his…
Armed Fulton County Sheriff’s deputies approached former Florida Republican House candidate Laura Loomer and shut down her Thursday morning rally…
For the past three years, Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) has been locked in a legal battle with the Maine…
Instead of attending the first 2024 Republican presidential primary debate hosted by Fox News, former president and current primary frontrunner…
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) sent a letter Thursday to Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis demanding…
Maine State Representative Mike Soboleski (R-Phillips) is considering challenging Rep. Jared Golden in the 2024 race for Maine’s 2nd Congressional…
Going into Wednesday’s GOP Presidential Debate in Milwaukee, former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley is fundraising off the YouTube sensation…
According to the Congressional Budget Office, the Inflation Reduction Act, signed into law by President Joe Biden on Aug. 16,…
Former President Donald Trump says that he will surrender Thursday to authorities in Atlanta, Georgia, to face charges that he…
Maine’s liberals spent Friday bellyaching online because U.S. Rep. Jared Golden (ME-CD2), a Democrat, had the audacity to oppose President…
In his latest episode of “Tucker on Twitter,” Tucker Carlson sat down with 2024 Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy. Ramaswamy,…
The following is an op-ed submission from Jay T. Allen, a board certified medical doctor currently living in Maine. He…
Maine Policy Institute’s Director of Legislative Affairs Jacob Posik joined the Maine Wire podcast to review everything that has happened…
The Portland Press Herald collaborated with Gov. Janet Mills’ sister Dora Mills on Friday to hype a new COVID-19 variant…
AUGUSTA – Citizens turned out in droves Thursday morning to make their voices heard at the Maine Department of Environmental…
Through March of 2023, there were more than of 1.6 million pending asylum applications in the United States — a…
The “asylum seekers” that have been living in the Portland Expo were transported north this morning to their new accommodations.…
A Tuesday post on the subreddit community for Portland claims that residents in the city’s West End neighborhood received a…
Former President Donald Trump and 18 of his allies were indicted by a grand jury in Georgia on Monday on…
The Daily Caller News Foundation – Brandon Poulter on August 14, 2023 Colleges and universities have started implementing questions about identity…
The Daily Caller News Foundation – Mary Lou Masters on August 15, 2023 Republicans launched an organization Tuesday to advocate for…
The Daily Caller News Foundation – Kate Anderson on August 15, 2023 Texas is looking to regain millions of dollars in…
Abortion has been at the forefront of politics in Maine this past year. From the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn…
On Monday U.S. Senators from Maine Susan Collins, Angus King, and Congressman Jared Golden announced a $194,000 federal grant from…
From statewide mandates coming down from Augusta to municipal-level initiatives, affordable housing has become a priority for elected officials in…
On Saturday, New Jersey lifeguards discovered a dead humpback whale washed ashore, the latest in a string of unexplained deaths…
The Daily Caller News Foundation – Reagan Reese on August 13, 2023 In July, California’s Senate Bill 596, which would make…
The Daily Caller News Foundation by Will Kessler on August 14, 2023 The Inflation Reduction Act did nothing to address the…
U.S. Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.) has filed four articles of impeachment against President Joe Biden for alleged high crimes and…
On Thursday, Maine Wire Editor-in-Chief Steve Robinson and reporter Edward Tomic visited Portland’s largest three homeless encampments and spoke with…
Maine’s municipal welfare spending, known as General Assistance, has been dominated by the city of Portland over the last four…
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Friday that he will be appointing the U.S. Attorney from Delaware, David Weiss, as…
Child labor violations are on the rise in Maine, according to a report released earlier this week by the Maine…
Tucker Carlson released an interview Thursday with the former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund to discuss the intelligence and security…
Rep. Jared Golden (D) of Maine’s Second Congressional District took over as a co-chair of the Blue Dog Coalition earlier…
The Maine Municipal Association (MMA) is hosting a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Cohort Program aimed at providing “a more…
Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability James Comer (R-Ky.) released a third bank records memorandum Wednesday which…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Wednesday the suspension of State Attorney Monique Worrell of the 9th Judicial Circuit for dereliction…
This story by Michael Graham was originally published by the NH Journal and is republished here with permission. When Donald…
The Maine Department of Public Safety provided an update to a July shooting in Lewiston that resulted in the deaths…
In a letter sent Tuesday to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey (D) declared a state of…
In an interview this weekend with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, NBC Reporter Dasha Burns falsely characterized efforts by state-level Democrats…
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services began “unwinding” MaineCare’s 400,000-plus enrollment two months ago by “redetermining” all recipients’…
Data available from the Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices reveals what organizations are spending the most money…
“The allegations against Hunter Biden are serious, and they do deserve the same kind of in-depth investigation, particularly since in…
Chair of the House Judiciary Committee Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) shared newly subpoenaed internal notes of meetings between Facebook executives…
In the final installment of a three-part interview series with former Trump lawyer John Eastman, Chairman of the Board of…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills signed an executive order Wednesday intended to establish a new migrant resettlement office, telling the Portland…
Fitch Ratings downgraded the U.S. debt rating on Tuesday from the highest rating of AAA to AA+, citing “expected fiscal…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills signed an executive order Wednesday that will lead to the creation of a new state office…
Maine Sen. Susan Collins was among 15 Republican U.S. Senators who voted in favor of the “Bipartisan Safer Communities Act”…
Ousted Fox News primetime star Tucker Carlson released an interview Wednesday with Devon Archer, an ex-business partner of Hunter Biden…
The FBI announced Tuesday that its “Operation Cross Country” identified and rescued 200 victims of sex trafficking. The operation, which…
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has called on the Biden Administration to control the border and provide more aid…
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday that President Donald Trump has been indicted for his role in encouraging his…
A state commission created to address “structural racism” in Maine prohibited Mainers of “dominant racial groups” from speaking or asking…
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) announced Saturday that he has sent an official criminal referral against Dr. Anthony Fauci to the…
An insider at MaineHealth, the state’s largest healthcare organization, is sounding the alarm on the frequency with which transgender children…
Hunter Biden’s former best friend and business partner Devon Archer sat down Monday for a closed-door transcribed testimony before the…
On Friday, Gov. Janet Mills (D) signed LD 1364 into law, officially establishing a working group to study the potential…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills sent an email Friday letting subscribers know that she signed a bill that will allow 16-year-olds…
Last week city officials in Sanford suspended a syringe exchange program and cleaned up a homeless encampment at Heritage Crossing…
President Joe Biden made his first visit as president to Maine on Friday, giving a short speech at an Auburn…
Maine State Sen. Eric Brakey (R-Androscoggin), one of a select few Republican state officials invited to President Joe Biden’s event…
In her most recent public speaking opportunity since she told her supporters to “storm the capitol” on Juneteenth, Maine House…
The following is an op-ed submission from Joel Stetkis, Chairman of the Maine Republican Party: Growing up here in Maine,…
When a flyer produced by the Maine Attorney General’s Office on the state’s abortion laws became politically problematic for Gov.…