A new Pine Tree State Poll from the University of New Hampshire Survey Center sought to discern Mainers’ opinions on…
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The landscape is littered with self-described political wannabes thinking they can take on the party elites to win the big,…
A judge issued a temporary ruling Wednesday that the State of Texas cannot require the Ten Commandments to be displayed…
Peter Velanzon took citizen activism to a new level this year when he appealed to the Maine State Legislature for…
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Portland Mayor Mark Dion has denied claims that the City agreed to cooperate with federal ICE agents in order to…
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Mainers have until August 26 to submit statements for inclusion in the 2025 Citizens’ Guide to the Referendum Election, the…
Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro issued multiple provocative statements as U.S. naval vessels reportedly sail towards the coast of the South…
Famed “Hot Mics” host Billy Bush has announced a new iteration of his podcast – “Morning Mics” – coming live…
Senior American intelligence officials concealed classified intelligence that COVID-19 came from a lab from the president and the public, granting…
Debate in the Texas House of Representatives kicked off Wednesday on the Republican-backed redistricting plan as Democratic lawmakers returned to…
Maine Governor Janet Mills and her administration have refused to follow President Donald Trump’s executive order interpreting Title IX to…
With all eyes on Washington as President Donald Trump seeks to secure a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, it’s…
Former Maine Center for Disease Control (CDC) Director Dr. Nirav Shah, who headed the state’s COVID-19 pandemic response, told the…
A 40-year-old oyster farmer from Sullivan announced on Tuesday that he will seek the Democrat nomination to challenge U.S. Senator…
President Donald Trump (R) indicated Monday morning that he intends to sign an executive order ending “mail-in voting” ahead of…
Every self-proclaimed Russia-expert in America — including the collective mainstream media whose finger in the wind on such questions has…
A Republican state senator’s unprompted proposal for western Canadian provinces to join the U.S. is drawing sharp rebukes from liberals…
If you’re in the Midcoast region and you’re looking for some family-friendly fun this Saturday afternoon, you might check out…
China’s economy showed signs of weakening in July, with Beijing openly acknowledging that U.S. tariffs are taking a toll, multiple…
The chair of the Anson Board of Selectmen, Arnold P. Luce, 68, resigned from his post after he allegedly assaulted…
One candidate for governor of Maine was recently in the peculiar position of having to ask another about the role…
The mainstream gubernatorial hopefuls better watch their hind quarters – the fangs are now out in Maine’s hottest political race.…
Despite being the oldest state in America, Maine has in recent years been surprisingly tolerant of young candidates seeking election…
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Two big-name Bushes are coming to the aid of their cousin, who’s toying with seeking Maine’s GOP gubernatorial nomination. Former…
The First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston has found that Maine’s law prohibiting foreign governments — and companies owned…
Tuesday, Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows formally rejected the federal Department of Justice’s (DOJ) request for access to the…
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Maine Secretary of State and Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Shenna Bellows assured a Maine-based news outlet aimed at African immigrants that…
Republican gubernatorial candidate Ben Midgley called on Monday for the immediate removal of Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)…
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A Milford firefighter who pleaded guilty to beating his baby ten years ago has won a seat on the town’s…
A leading NYC tabloid newspaper is calling out Bowdoin grad Zohran Mamdani for lying on a competing college’s application by…
Public corruption is here. In Maine’s race for Governor, the entire Democrat caucus – Maine’s House Speaker and all Democrat…
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Washington County’s Baileyville School Department voted overwhelmingly at a Tuesday meeting to move towards compliance with federal Title IX antidiscrimination…
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows this week announced the order in which the two statewide referendum questions will appear…
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President Donald Trump revealed on Thursday that he has ordered his administration to create a new census, in which illegal…
Maine’s Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) Benefits Authority announced Thursday that it will be holding a meeting next month…
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey has responded to the Trump Administration’s effort to reverse course on the regulation of greenhouse…
Former fitness executive Ben Midgley announced his gubernatorial run in Kennebunkport on Tuesday, pledging to commit 100 percent of his…
As speculation grows over possible 2026 Democrat candidates for U.S. senator from Maine, one most-obvious name hardly ever comes up.…
As the Trump administration wages a war against foreign nationals daring to vote in American elections, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration…
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When Washington, DC super-lawyer Marc Elias gleefully “threaded” a story about Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows telling the U.S.…
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A Texas-born former FBI agent has joined the crowd of Democrats seeking to become Maine’s next chief executive officer. Jason…
As the 2025 Fiscal Year came to a close last month, Maine’s General Fund turned out to have a $152.2…
Substandard repairs and a slow bureaucracy have caused U.S. Navy ships to sit in repair yards for years without being…
The group behind last fall’s ballot initiative placing new limits on Super PAC contributions has appealed a federal judge’s ruling…
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Fresh on the heels of blocking The Maine Wire from one of his “public” events, Democrat Senate hopeful Jordan Wood…
Anyone who thinks Augusta is woefully out-of-shape with ballooning state budgets and piddling performance on everything from the quality of…
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey has joined a coalition of twenty-one Democrat-led states in suing the Trump Administration over a…
Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) signed on to co-sponsor a Democrat-led bill late last month that would make it easier for…
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) announced a contract awarded to Bath Iron Works on Thursday for the construction of a new…
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Update: After the publication of this article, the owner of Blaze Bangor, Matthew Haskell, spoke with The Maine Wire, informing…
Eric Small is not a typical politician. When he decided to run for Congress earlier this week, there was no…
Jordan Wood, a longtime Washington, D.C. staffer running as a Democrat to unseat Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) displayed the true…
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has refused a request from the Trump Administration to turn over the state’s voter…
U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) wants the U.S. government to suspend its assistance to Israel, America’s key ally in the…
A Republican state legislator who bravely sponsored bills to keep boys out of women’s sports and bathrooms quickly found out…
Maine Sen. Susan Collins (R) announced Friday that the Trump Administration has agreed to release the rest of Maine’s public…
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A Phillips community activist played ‘Karen’ earlier this month and hectored Franklin County State Representative Michael Soboleski (R-Phillips) out of…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) has signed a bill into law prohibiting pharmacies from selling tobacco products beginning in April…
Maine Rep. Deqa Dhalac (D-South Portland), a Somali immigrant and Maine politician, has garnered national attention in recent days after…
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Rising violent extremism linked to leftist and pro-Palestinian suspects in the U.S. flies in the face of legacy media narratives…
Excerpt from congressional report detailing Hunter Biden’s relationship with Chinese-communist linked corporations and agents. Photo of a business card Mervyn…
President Donald Trump (R) signed a bill Thursday eliminating $9 billion worth of already approved federal spending, including $1.1 billion…
The Trump Administration is aiming to drastically alter the way the U.S. deals with homelessness with a Thursday executive order…
Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) demanded the release of the Epstein files on Thursday as controversy mounts over President Donald Trump’s…
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’ transition advisory team enlisted two Chinese intelligence-tied bankers who have fundraised for her and a…
Ever since Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine in late February 2022, the former comedian and current Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy…
A state representative from Hancock County responded on Wednesday to a new national report from CNBC that ranked Maine as…
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey has once again joined a coalition of states, this time in suing the federal Department…
Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) is outraged that CBS has decided to cancel its failing “Late Show” hosted by leftist Stephen…
A non-citizen living in New Hampshire was arrested on Tuesday and faces charges for allegedly illegally voting in three elections…
Democrat Gov. Janet Mills naively picked a berry real fight hopping into a farmer’s field to promote blueberry weekend. When…
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Gov. Janet Mills (D) signed a bill into law earlier this month that expanded eligibility for free hospital care, raising…
A small group of Maine protestors set sail in kayaks and other small craft on Saturday, braving the roughly one…
About a year ago, disgraced former CIA director John Brennan was scheduled to give a talk in Damariscotta about ‘Navigating…
The Trump Administration is now expected to release $1.3 billion worth of federal funds for before- and after-school programming, multiple…
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said Sunday that whistleblowers were coming forward since the release of documents and a…
Republican Maine Sen. Susan Collins’ approval rating has fallen amid a tense summer session where she repeatedly broke away from her party and President Donald Trump on multiple crucial votes. The results were released by Morning Consult as a part of its quarterly poll of senators’ approval ratings, and it shows the favorability of the longtime Maine
A group of ten Republican senators, including Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, have sent a letter to the Trump Administration…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) has joined her counterparts in sixteen states in calling on Secretary of Education Linda McMahon…
The Trump Administration has delayed distributing $6.8 billion worth of federal funding for certain education programs it is currently reviewing…
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The United States Senate voted early Thursday morning to pass President Donald Trump’s (R) plan to cut $9 billion in…
Congressional Republicans have renewed calls to revoke the federal charter for the nation’s largest teachers union on the grounds that…
Portland City Councilor Kate Sykes, self-described socialist and former co-chair of the Maine Democratic Socialists of America, gave a speech at…
The United States Senate narrowly cleared the first procedural hurdle for President Donald Trump’s (R) plan to reverse $9.4 billion…