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Something unusual is happening in Maine. For a state of roughly 1.4 million people, tucked into the northeastern corner of…
Lewiston voters will have a crowded choice for mayor this November, with five candidates, including incumbent Mayor Carl Sheline, a…
Brewer Police Chief Christopher Martin discussed Maine Wire Reporter Joe Sokol’s reporting on a three-year-old child who was stuck with…
Doctors in the large Central Maine Healthcare network that includes the Central Maine Medical Center are now asking if parents…
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) shut down MaineCare billing for the Augusta-based “Decent Health Care” operated…
Maine’s first affordable senior housing development designed specifically to provide an LGBTQ+-affirming community will celebrate its grand opening Wednesday in…
You cannot protest your way to a night-shift OB team The MaineHealth board has voted to end labor and delivery…
More than two years after 10-year-old Braxtyn Smith died following prolonged starvation, restraint and brutal abuse inside a Bangor home,…
Health insurance rates for Mainers are going up, again, according to guidance published by the Maine Bureau of Insurance. If…
A woman who lived under Canada’s “universal health care” system for three decades before moving to the U.S. just produced…
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey’s office is looking for a new director to lead the state’s Healthcare Crimes Unit at…
Maine is now part of the nationwide outbreak of the intestinal parasite Cyclospora linked to Mexican-produced iceberg lettuce, the Maine…
By Emily Kopp of the Daily Caller News Foundation Texts obtained from Dr. Anthony Fauci’s phone include a chat between…
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) suspended MaineCare payments to the allegedly fraudulent Maine Connect Care just…
Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) suspended Community Home Health Care, Maine’s largest home health care biller, from…
Twelve maternity units have closed since 2015. As Hannah Pingree calls for a moratorium, her six years inside the Mills…
The MaineHealth Board of Trustees voted Thursday to approve what is being referred to as a regional model for women’s…
By Jon Fetherston For years, Maine taxpayers were told everything was under control. This week, Washington made it clear it…
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) introduced legislation Friday aimed at strengthening oversight of the Medicare home health program, combating fraud,…
During an anti-fraud roundtable Wednesday, White House Domestic Policy Council Director Vince Haley outlined ten proposals aimed at combating fraud…
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted on Thursday to approve a resolution put forward by its chair,…
Two days after Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz visited Maine to meet with former…
From 2019 to 2025, Maine spent more than $22 million in state and federal tax dollars on syringe services programs…
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee is scheduled to vote Thursday on whether to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci…
AUGUSTA, Maine — Assistant Senate Republican Leader Matt Harrington is urging MaineHealth to halt any immediate decision to eliminate labor…
Editor’s Note: CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz met with Maine Wire reporter Jon Fetherston in Maine on Monday to discuss…
Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), is set to appear Tuesday in…
Maine Republican lawmakers are blaming years of Democratic healthcare policies for the proposed closure of the labor and delivery unit…
Former Gov. Paul LePage’s congressional campaign fired back Thursday after Democratic candidate Matt Dunlap used a Bangor press conference to…
Sen. Angus King (I) has introduced legislation that would expand access to mental health services in rural areas, including the…
Maine’s Congressional delegation has asked the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to clarify federal guidance that could potentially result in…
Former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci is scheduled to testify Wednesday morning before the…
Dr. Anthony Fauci will return to Capitol Hill this week for what could become one of the most closely watched…
Sen. Susan Collins announced Wednesday that the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee approved with bipartisan support a slate…
Former White House COVID-19 adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci is returning to Capitol Hill this week under subpoena, where he is…
By allowing the deadline to challenge the Maine Department of Health and Human Services’ finding of a “credible allegation of…
The Penobscot Valley Hospital in Lincoln began warning patients and employees on Tuesday that their personal information may have been…
AUBURN, Maine — Following more hours of testimony from state officials, healthcare providers, city staff, addiction recovery advocates and residents,…
AUGUSTA, Maine — A conservative advocacy organization founded, by state Rep. Laurel Libby, has released a detailed accounting of what…
A sharp increase in illnesses caused by a microscopic intestinal parasite has spread across much of the United States, prompting…
Bangor removed two downtown public restrooms this week after years of misuse by homeless drug users and tens of thousands…
For years, Mainers have been told everything is fine. If you question the direction of the state, you’re accused of…
Leftist Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) weighed in on Maine’s chaotic race on Thursday, reminding the public of Nirav Shah’s role…
After hearing passionate testimony from residents, elected officials and advocates, the Auburn City Council voted Monday night to table a…
The city of Bangor is spending $95,000 on a contract to rent a fleet of six robots to measure sidewalks…
The Auburn City Council is scheduled to consider final approval Monday night of a new ordinance regulating syringe service programs,…
An estimated 627 non-citizen MaineCare recipients are set to lose their taxpayer-funded healthcare on October 1 following changes made by…
A new Preble Street report identified more than 100 people experiencing unsheltered homelessness in a single section of Portland, raising…
Communities across Maine have opened cooling centers to provide relief from dangerously high temperatures and humidity expected to continue through…
The City of Portland will activate cooling centers this week as dangerous heat is expected to settle over the city…
Southern Maine Community College (SMCC) was inaccurately telling students in its health science program that they needed to receive a…
In one of the largest malpractice cases ever in Maine, a jury has sided with a victim of alleged hospital…
For the first time this year, a person in Maine has tested positive for the rare tick-borne illness known as…
Lewiston residents have gathered enough signatures to put a referendum question on the ballot to impose stricter rules on the…
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner on Monday received the endorsement of Planned Parenthood and used the occasion to sharpen…
Sen. Susan Collins (R) led a small group of lawmakers in urging Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator…
On her final day as Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard released a trove of newly declassified documents and publicly…
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) celebrated Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-Vt.) strong support for her bipartisan push for affordable insulin after the…
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has announced that it will be completely phasing out the issuance of paper checks by…
AUGUSTA – Maine lawmakers are calling for a formal investigation into the Maine Community Foundation after alleging that millions of…
When the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance challenges you, it’s apparently time to go on a crash diet. So…
The White House released an update on its war against fraud on Tuesday shortly before a press conference from Vice…
AUGUSTA, Maine – Tickborne illnesses are rising sharply across Maine and much of the United States, with state health officials…
The U.S. House scored a victory for parental rights on Wednesday, passing a bill to prevent schools from hiding gender…
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) sent a letter to the lawyer representing Gateway Community Services last…
A Maine church has filed a lawsuit against the federal government over alleged interference with members’ use of a hallucinogenic…
The plane that transported an American who tested positive for Ebola made a stop in Maine at Bangor International airport.…
A healthcare fraudster operating out of Massachusetts agreed on Monday to pay back $1.4 million to resolve allegations of Medicare…
The United States Supreme Court has moved to continue allowing women access to mifepristone, a drug used in medication-induced abortions,…
$1 billion in fraud. A non-verbal child found at a mosque. Maine law enforcement told to “stand down” on Chinese…
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey and Rep. Michele Meyer (D-Maine) announced a $1 million investment of opioid settlement funds on…
Sen. Susan Collins (R) has teamed up with Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) to encourage Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner…
The state’s largest halfway-house chain for the mentally ill had just hired a new executive director as a staffer was…
The United States Supreme Court issued an order Monday allowing for women to continue accessing mifepristone, a drug used in…
A new hub for Somali-run home healthcare businesses appears to be taking shape at 100 Larrabee Road in Westbrook, where…
InterMed has announced that it will no longer be accepting Martin’s Point Medicare Advantage plans starting in January of 2027.…
For eight years, the evidence has been piling up in plain view: MaineCare, the state’s $4-billion-and-growing Medicaid behemoth, has become…
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Saturday signed an executive order aimed at accelerating federal review of psychedelic drugs for…
The Auburn Police Department charged a man with aggravated assault on Tuesday after he allegedly stabbed someone on Goff Street.…
Amid a nationwide reckoning over Medicaid fraud committed largely by “New Americans,” Maine Gov. Janet Mills is taking the unprecedented…
The most recent Massachusetts abortion data revealed that the number of abortions provided in the state more than doubled from…
Applications for Maine’s new Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) Program opened Monday, allowing Mainers to take up to twelve…
Sen. Susan Collins (R) announced Friday that she was able to preserve $190 million in federal funding for Maine’s rural…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) learned the hard way Friday that President Donald J. Trump was serious about declaring War…
MaineCare auditors attempted to recoup nearly $450,000 from the Somali-run Affinity Homecare, co-located with Rep. Yusuf Yusuf’s (D-Portland) shady Care…
Thanks to the Trump Administration’s unprecedented release of Medicaid claims data, taxpayers may now get insight into how one of…
PORTLAND, Maine — More than a dozen residents at Portland Center for Assisted Living say they have been living with…
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has launched TrumpRx.gov, a new federal website pitched as a direct shot at what it…
The United States House of Representatives voted last week to advance a measure already rejected by the Senate that would…
Maine Republicans intensified their attack Tuesday over alleged MaineCare fraud tied to Gateway Community Services, warning that the case exposes…
Gov. Janet Mills (D), a candidate for the U.S. Senate, is trumpeting a $190 million federal health care award for…
U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) announced Monday that Maine will receive $190 million in first-year funding through the Rural Health…
The Togus Veterans Administration Medical Center is preparing to begin accepting veterans transported by ambulance starting January 1, 2026, after…
Influenza cases are surging across Maine far earlier and harder than health officials typically see, with new data showing infections…
Amid the Mills Administration’s unchecked spending, including thousands of pages and billions of dollars on no-bid contracts, it’s also expending…
A powerful congressional committee is demanding federal financial records tied to a Maine nonprofit that has come under scrutiny following…
Over the past five years, the Maine Attorney General’s Office, led by Aaron Frey (D) has secured more than $260…
The Portland City Council voted unanimously on December 15 to broaden how the city spends its Opioid Settlement Funds, expanding…
MaineHealth is not happy that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) took action to prevent hospitals that…