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Maine lawmakers have rejected a Harpswell Democrat’s bill to levy an additional four percent tax on income earned over $1…
Maine Civic Action, an organization focused on educating Mainers on free markets and individual liberties, announced on Friday that its…
In a series of votes reflecting Maine’s divided stance on gun control, the Maine Senate this week rejected a bill…
Reps. Jared Golden (D-Maine) and Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) joined every other House Democrat on Thursday in opposing President Donald Trump’s…
Sen. Rick Bennett (R-Oxford) voted with Democrats on Thursday night and became the only Republican to oppose a bill that…
Maine legislators have defeated a bill that sought to reverse the changes made by a controversial abortion law signed into…
Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) joined Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Thursday in co-sponsoring his bill, the “End Prescription Drug Ads…
Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) voted with the majority of House Democrats on Tuesday against a bill that would have stopped…
The upstart now surging ahead in polls to be top banana in New York City as the race to succeed…
The Maine State Legislature this week killed the effort to give Mainers the opportunity to directly elect their constitutional officers,…
Cape Elizabeth residents have narrowly approved an $86.5 million proposal to replace and repair the town’s aging middle and elementary…
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Both chambers of Maine’s legislature passed a bill on Tuesday banning “doxing” minors that could be applied in future instances…
Maine lawmakers have voted to expand the use of ranked choice voting to gubernatorial elections, as well as races for…
Businessman Owen McCarthy, 37, threw his hat into the widening ring for Maine governor on Wednesday, announcing the launch of…
Tensions are escalating in the Maine House of Representatives as minority Republicans push back against majority Democrats’ threats of extended…
Both chambers of the Maine Legislature reversed course on a controversial bill this week, ending an effort from Rep. Grayson…
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While a key committee in Augusta moved legislation to the floor that would make it more difficult for police in…
The United States Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that so-called “reverse discrimination” must be treated the same as any other…
A federal judge has temporarily blocked enforcement of President Donald Trump’s (R) executive order barring foreign students from entering the…
Former director of the Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the Future (GOPIF) and daughter of First District Congresswoman Chellie…
The political fallout stemming from the weekend revelation that the office of Secretary of State Shenna Bellows (D-Hallowell) has recalled…
He who pays the piper calls the tune, the old saying goes. Looking closely at the most recent dust-up under…
Maine’s House and Senate have been going back and forth for the past couple of weeks over whether or not…
House lawmakers engaged in a lengthy and impassioned debate Thursday morning over a bill requiring a photo ID to cast…
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President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, once allies, clashed publicly Thursday in a bitter dispute over the “One Big Beautiful…
The Democrats of the Kennebunks and Arundel (DKA) is looking to form a “Rapid Response Team” in case of U.S.…
Advocates of gun control measures often speak of a “cooling off period” — usually in reference to a delay on…
The Maine House passed a net neutrality bill Wednesday with bipartisan support, as three Republican lawmakers crossed party lines to…
The Maine State Legislature’s Judiciary Committee came to three different recommendations on Wednesday to three bills prescribing how state and…
Long-time U.S. House Speaker Tip O’Neill famously said “all politics is local,” and he could just have easily been talking…
A Harpswell Democrat’s bill to levy an additional four percent tax on income earned over $1 million in order to…
‘I’m Going to Be Really Crude’: Dem Rep Bluntly Says America Needs Migrants To Wipe Asses (Screenshot/YouTube/Representative Becca Balint)
You learn every day talking with people, listening to their stories, absorbing their anger, fear, and concerns and channeling that…
After rejecting a number of bills aimed at repealing or amending Maine’s new Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) Program…
The Maine Legislature’s Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee met Wednesday afternoon to finalize its recommendations on three hotly-debated firearm-related…
The latest version of a Maine political dynasty may be about to take down another electorally powerful family in the…
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A left-leaning politician who said South Korea should not be as “antagonizing” toward communist U.S. adversaries has been elected as…
President Donald Trump issued a proclamation celebrating persecuted Christians on June 1, the start of Pride Month, marking a significant…
One Maine GOP lawmaker has sought to establish a new special committee tasked with reviewing routine technical rule-making by state…
The Maine House of Representatives considered an additional series of bills during Monday’s session pertaining to the state’s new Paid…
Maine’s House of Representatives narrowly voted to decriminalize the possession of one ounce or less of psilocybin for persons 21…
The Maine House narrowly passed a bill on Monday that will make life and work more difficult for Mainers employed…
Early frontrunners in the 2026 Maine gubernatorial race suggest the field is still just beginning to develop on both the…
It may be a sign of the times that both chambers of the Maine Legislature passed a bill on Monday…
Tensions flared in the Maine House chamber Monday night as Republican lawmakers staged a walkout in protest over extended legislative…
House lawmakers in Augusta rejected two bills during Monday’s session taking aim at Maine’s new Paid Family and Medical Leave…
Who’s afraid of a public hearing? Maine legislative Republicans held a press conference on Monday to call out a move…
An effort to make the process of Maine public school students transferring from one district to another more transparent was…
Taking your car in every year for its inspection sticker is a familiar ordeal to all Maine drivers, and a…
Maine legislators have killed a bill that would have abolished the state’s income tax and required agencies to regularly engage…
Lawmakers in Maine’s House of Representatives voted unanimously on Monday to pass “An Act to Adopt Eastern Daylight Time Year-round…
On Monday, the end of the legislative session could be in sight, or then again it could be extended The…
On Monday, the Maine House of Representatives will meet for a legislative session to tackle a whopping 45 divided reports…
A proposal by a Knox County Democrat legislator for a “regional living wage” – supposedly to help people afford housing…
Maine House Republicans have called upon Democratic lawmakers to produce their proposed budget documents, including the details of their plan…
Maine’s attempt to establish a so-called student wage has been rejected along nearly partisan lines in the State Legislature. Under…
Maine lawmakers have officially shot down a proposed constitutional amendment that would have effectively prevented future Legislatures from engaging the…
Democratic lawmakers on the Maine Legislature’s Judiciary Committee on Friday afternoon chose to carry over two bills that would abolish…
The Heritage Foundation has filed a lawsuit against Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) for allegedly violating the state’s Freedom of…
Maine lawmakers appear poised to reject a bill directing the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to reimburse hospitals…
Sen. Susan Collins weighed in on Tuesday on President Donald Trump’s highly controversial “Big Beautiful Bill” spending package, which is…
Remember the good ole days in Maine when would-be politicians would run for office on nothing but grit – knowing…
The upcoming June 10 election for the Regional School Unit (RSU) 40 school board could have significant consequences for girls…
Remember the Disinformation Complex that thrived under the Biden administration and effectively throttled conservative media online? Three years ago this…
Billionaire Elon Musk announced Wednesday on X that his time working in the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has officially…
President Donald Trump’s (R) approval rating is holding steady at 47 percent, while a strong majority of Americans have expressed…
California made a minor but potentially significant policy change to mitigate the damage done by allowing transgender-identifying males to compete…
On the evening of Tuesday, May 27th shortly before 7pm, the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office made a routine stop for…
In what is appearing increasingly to be a personally-driven showdown, President Donald Trump vowed this week to strip America’s oldest…
President Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Tuesday to celebrate Maine fishermen and to discuss his work to remove…
Four years ago, a founder of Maine Stands Up addressed a standing room only crowd in a Topsham church during…
A former Maine Medical Center finance director has thrown his hat into the ring with a growing field of Republicans…
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Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine) approved a series of financial orders between May 13 and 14 to keep payrolls and other…
Magistrate Judge Karen Wolf heard arguments Thursday morning in a lawsuit filed against members of the state’s ethics commission and…
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The United States House of Representatives passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, including provisions for tax cuts, welfare reform,…
Democrats on the state legislature’s Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety (CJPS) teamed up on Monday to kill a…
Governor Janet Mills (D-Maine) is signaling her disapproval of the Trump Administration’s rocky relationship with Canada by using taxpayer funds…
Maine Democratic lawmakers are seeking to prevent the state’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) from reducing its reimbursement…
The Maine House passed a bill on Tuesday that will allow providers of chemical abortion pills, such as mifepristone, to…
A coalition of groups that received lucrative no-bid contracts from the Mills Administration from 2022 to 2024 — funded by…
A new poll from the Congressional Leadership Fund, first released to Notus on Wednesday, gives former Maine Republican Gov. Paul…
U.S. Senator from Vermont, two-time presidential candidate and self-described democratic socialist Bernie Sanders has endorsed former Maine Senate President Troy…
A bill sponsored by Senate President Mattie Daughtry (D-Cumberland) aiming to provide millions of dollars in continuing support for the…
A decision by the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) on Tuesday in favor of state Rep. Laurel Libby (R-Auburn) that restored…
Realtor and developer David Jones announced his candidacy for Maine governor on Tuesday, joining a field that currently includes former…
Rep. Reagan Paul (R-Winterport) presented a bill at a public hearing on Monday in the Judiciary Committee, which would define…
House Majority Leader Matt Moonen (D-Portland) has introduced a bill that would amend the laws governing how Maine’s legislators are…
The bill that would have established “hope accounts” for Maine students who either are home-schooled or attend a private school…
A public hearing on two bills aimed at hindering Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in Maine drew dozens of…
The Maine House of Representatives has voted to withdraw from the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, an agreement into which…
Lawmakers in Augusta have unanimously rejected the Democrat-led effort to eliminate a clause in the state’s new Paid Family and…
Maine Rep. Laurel Libby’s (R-Auburn) right to vote in the Maine House of Representatives has been temporarily reinstated by the…
An effort to draft the leadership of the Wabanaki Alliance into taking a position on the war in Gaza is…