U.S. Senators from Maine Angus King and Susan Collins, alongside Democratic District 1 Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, sent a letter Wednesday…
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In a Wednesday op-ed in the Portland Press Herald, Cumberland County District Attorney Jackie Sartoris expressed her concern over rampant…
Portland Fire Chief Keith Gautreau joined Maine Public Broadcasting’s Jennifer Rooks on Monday’s Maine Calling program to discuss the city’s…
The Cape Elizabeth Town Council has voted to approve a slate of changes to bring their zoning ordinances into compliance…
Portland’s Encampment Crisis Response Team (ECRT) has started implementing a plan to move homeless individuals from the Harbor View Park…
The Portland Police Department announced Friday morning that they are investigating a death at the city’s largest homeless encampment underneath…
A man and woman were arrested in Westbrook last Friday after allegedly trespassing into a home and setting up a…
A black public housing tenant and her family have filed a lawsuit against the Auburn Housing Authority (AHA) and two…
A report published last week by the left-wing dark money-funded think tank the Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) advocates…
Two people are dead after two separate incidents of tent fires in Portland and Sanford over the weekend. A Portland…
The Maine American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) put out a press release Tuesday claiming that the rejected Portland City Council…
The Portland City Council voted against an order to legalize homeless camps in public parks through the winter months after…
A proposal to amend the City of Portland’s loitering and camping ordinances to allow for homeless individuals to camp in…
Today, the Legislative Council considered appeal requests from a handful of Democrat lawmakers who had proposed bills concerning the homelessness…
Housing availability and affordability was a common theme at today’s Legislative Council appeals hearing. Last week, the Council voted down…
Republican U.S. Senator from Maine Susan Collins was briefed Thursday by Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator Anne Milgram on efforts…
Portland city officials provided updates regarding the homeless encampment below the Casco Bay Bridge during a Tuesday evening Health and…
The Portland City Council voted Monday evening to declare a limited state of emergency in order to temporarily expand the…
The cost to U.S. taxpayers of providing housing, education, health care, and other benefits to migrants who entered the country…
Asian transnational criminal organizations operate more than 270 illegal marijuana cultivation sites in Maine, according to a leaked U.S. Department…
Although homelessness featured prominently among the list of legislative requests made by lawmakers in advance of next session, none of…
The Portland City Council is set to consider Monday a proposed order that would amend city ordinances to allow homeless…
According to the yearly surveys conducted by the Maine State Housing Authority, homelessness has more than tripled throughout the state…
The Maine State Legislature next year will consider establishing a “Civil Rights Unit” to educate the public on hate and…
In a Nov. 6 letter to Portland’s State Senators and Representatives, Mayor Kate Snyder requested the lawmakers’ assistance in identifying…
A new 179-bed shelter for single asylum seekers in Portland’s Riverton neighborhood is set to open on Nov. 29. [RELATED:…
Illegal Chinese marijuana grows have taken over much of rural Maine. The government is either incapable — or unwilling –…
Draft copies of proposed changes to City of Portland ordinances obtained by the organization “Enough is Enough” show city officials…
Portland’s largest homeless encampment at the Marginal Way Park and Ride is being cleared out Wednesday by city officials and…
The ACLU of Maine sent a letter last week warning Portland City Manager Danielle West and Maine Department of Transportation…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) announced earlier this week that Madison will be getting a new 36 unit affordable housing development…
Two more of Portland’s homeless encampments are set to be cleared on November 1 in addition to the one located…
UPDATE: This story has been updated to include comments from Harold Pachios. The City of Portland’s Committee on Sustainability and…
A man was arrested Thursday near Portland’s largest homeless encampment at the Marginal Way Park and Ride after reportedly entering…
The City of Auburn saw a 330 percent increase in residents seeking aid from the city’s General Assistance program in…
State lawmakers are currently poised to consider a number of changes to the laws surrounding homelessness — an issue that…
Maine’s three refugee resettlement agencies have been approved to resettle double the amount of refugees in fiscal year 2024 (FY24)…
Residents of Portland’s largest homeless encampment at the Marginal Way Park and Ride lot now have less than a month…
Portland Mayor Kate Snyder delivered her final State of the City Address as mayor Monday afternoon, focusing primarily on the…
Portland business owners and retail workers joined the organization “Enough is Enough” to release a video Thursday drawing attention to…
The ACLU of Maine joined the Communist Party for Socialism and Liberation and other advocacy groups Tuesday to urge the…
Information released this month by Portland officials revealed that the city’s effort to place roughly 100 homeless individuals in shelters…
The Democratic Mayor of San Francisco announced a plan Tuesday morning to address the city’s drug and homelessness crises that…
The Portland City Council will host a second public workshop Tuesday on possible policy solutions to the city’s homeless encampment…
Data from the Maine Judicial Branch shows that evictions in the state have increased dramatically since the end of the…
There were approximately 320 students from homeless families enrolled in the Portland Public School (PPS) system during the 2022-2023 school…
Maine State Rep. Josh Morris (R-Turner), ranking Republican member of the Legislature’s Insurance Committee, sent a letter Wednesday to Acting…
Portland’s now-largest homeless encampment at the Marginal Way Park and Ride has approximately doubled in size since August, with a…
It has been confirmed that the former Ramada Inn in Lewiston will not become a “transitional housing” facility for those…
The Falmouth-based mortgage broker accused of abetting an apparent mortgage fraud by Senate President Troy Jackson (D-Aroostook) denied any wrongdoing…
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…
On Maine’s taxpayer-funded Maine Calling radio program Thursday, Maine Gov. Janet Mills told host Jennifer Rooks that she has not…
Portland Director of Health and Human Services Kristen Dow and Fire Chief Keith Gautreau joined the City Council during its…
Maine Senate President Troy Jackson (D-Allagash) claimed Thursday morning that he never read the Federal Housing Authority (FHA)-backed loan agreement…
The owner of Fogg Lighting, a store across from one of Portland’s largest homeless encampments at the Marginal Way Park…
The Lewiston Housing Authority’s plan to purchase and convert the Ramada Inn into transitional housing appears to have been halted…
A University of New Hampshire (UNH) poll released Wednesday revealed that many Mainers are struggling financially and feeling much less…
York County residents are being targeted with unsolicited purchase agreements by a Utah real estate investment company, but county officials…
Gov. Janet Mills announced Thursday that the state’s Budget Stabilization Fund, commonly known as the “Rainy Day Fund,” has reached…
The “asylum seekers” that have been living in the Portland Expo were transported north this morning to their new accommodations.…
Portland Department of Health and Human Services Director Kristen Dow updated the City Council Monday on the progress of the…
From statewide mandates coming down from Augusta to municipal-level initiatives, affordable housing has become a priority for elected officials in…