Lawmakers in Augusta considered a series of bills Thursday afternoon pertaining to the regulation of Maine’s sometimes corybantic cannabis industry.…
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Biddeford High School was put on lockdown Friday morning after a reported threat that led to the arrest of an…
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) announced on Thursday that the U.S. Department of Justice has selected Lewiston’s Maine Resiliency Center to…
Detectives from the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office arrested three people early Friday morning after they were allegedly caught tearing down…
Maine’s Regional School Unit (RSU) 24 school board voted on Tuesday to join the Hodgdon School Board in defying Gov.…
Maine State Attorney General Aaron Frey filed an 11-page response on Thursday to the civil action the U.S. Department of…
U.S. Border Patrol agents in Maine have arrested over a dozen illegal aliens from Ecuador in recent weeks as a…
A man convicted of murder in Brazil who illegally entered and hid out in the United States under the Biden…
Second District Congressman Jared Golden (D-ME) is taking friendly fire from a national group that commits itself to resisting the…
An ex-Portland Press Herald scribe who calls Trump “an authoritarian threat” will soon be joined on a Maine stage by…
Augusta hosted a showdown on May 7 between proponents of measures to restore girls’ school sports to biological females and…
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R) on Thursday issued her strongest call yet for President Donald Trump and federal law enforcement…
Cannabis took center stage in Augusta Thursday afternoon before the Legislature’s Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee, which heard public testimony…
The Legislature’s Transportation Committee voted unanimously Thursday morning to reject a bill proposed by Rep. Laurel Libby (R-Auburn) intended to…
Biddeford’s hard work to usher in an urban renaissance has been challenged of late by one family where murder appears…
When Wells town officials tried to defend being the only Maine town working with federal immigration officials, guess who quickly…
Lewiston Police on Monday night responded to a shots fired incident at an affordable housing complex that witnesses described as…
Rep. Laurie Osher (D-Orono) presented a bill before the Committee on Housing and Urban Development on Tuesday that would establish…
A bill repealing the prohibition against charging uninsured patients for COVID-19 vaccinations that received unanimous support in the Legislature became…
Maine lawmakers are divided over a bill that would require state agencies and officials to fulfill Freedom of Access Act…
Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has released the final question wording for the voter ID citizens initiative introduced in Augusta…
On June 20th, 2019, Governor Janet Mills (D) signed LD 534, a bill to make ballot initiative questions easier to…
By Matthew Cortez As inflation cuts into Mainers’ savings, individuals and businesses are actively seeking ways to protect their hard-earned…
During the bad old days of the Soviet Union, a state official could legally shirk punishment by pretending to sick…
Portland Police on Tuesday arrested a homeless man who had 18 outstanding warrants for his arrest, including for four felony…
The Maine District of the U.S. Marshals Service issued an arrest warrant on Tuesday for Kristofer G. Haken, 46, an…
A midcoast Maine city that went from raucous motorcycle gangs to boutique coffee houses has now once again flipped the…
The Committee on Environment and Natural Resources voted unanimously last month in favor of a bill from Rep. Arthur Bell…
The Maine State Legislature’s Housing and Economic Development Committee heard public testimony Tuesday on a bill that would make it…
Rep. Katrina Smith (R-Palermo) presented a bill on Monday on behalf of House Minority Leader Billy Bob Faulkingham (R-Winter Harbor),…
A traffic stop in Medway late last month led to two arrests and the seizure of over 30 grams of…
An unidentified man was caught on camera allegedly keying a Tesla on Sunday outside a Portland Hearts of Pine soccer…
A homeless man who had eight outstanding warrants for his arrest was taken into custody on Monday after allegedly assaulting…
Sen. Anne Beebe-Center wants to limit celebrations and curtail Mainers’ fun with a bill to reduce the hours allowed for…
Maine Attorney General (AG) Aaron Frey has joined a group of twenty attorneys general in filing a lawsuit against Secretary…
Border Patrol agents in Maine arrested nearly a dozen illegal aliens who were found in a vehicle during a traffic…
The Legislature’s Taxation Committee has unanimously rejected a bill exempting any money earned by Maine kids from state income tax.…
A bill that aims to abolish Maine’s income tax and require state agencies to regularly engage in “zero-based budgeting” may…
Once again, a Maine transgender-identifying male athlete seized victory over girls at a high school track meet on Friday, as…
The Maine Department of Corrections (DOC), through its Division of Juvenile Services, has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) to…
There’s a new Angus in Maine’s political arena and he’s gunning for the seat his father held for two terms…
When the House gavels in on Tuesday, it is looking at a 60-page calendar with 20 divided reports, or bills…
A top Maine Democrat raised red flags in 2024 regarding the Mills Administration’s handling of non-competitive, no-bid contracts more than…
Members of the Legislature’s Education and Cultural Affairs Committee have unanimously voted against a Democrat-led proposal to make community college…
The Maine Legislature’s Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife voted on Wednesday in favor of a bipartisan proposed constitutional amendment…
Lawmakers on the state legislature’s Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee held public hearings Friday afternoon on several proposed voter ID…
Three juvenile suspects are facing felony charges after allegedly participating in an armed robbery at an apartment building in Auburn…
A Dominican national who in 2022 was one of a dozen people charged in a major drug trafficking bust in…
In two days, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will begin enforcing a long-expected deadline for airline travelers to producer Read…
A 34-year-old Oregon man was arrested in Bangor on Wednesday after allegedly assaulting a police officer during an altercation at…
Former two-term Republican Governor Paul LePage has filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission and is expected to announce his…
A progressive Maine law firm that represents several school districts throughout the state issued a memo alongside the Maine School…
A Rumford man being held at the Oxford County Jail following his arrest earlier this month on drug charges is…
It appears Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey has been taking counsel from the late troubadour Kenny Rogers, who famously sang:…
The number of homes available for sale in Maine has increased substantially since last year, and home prices have also…
The Portland Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a man who allegedly lunged out of his car…
The Portland City Council at their next meeting will consider launching a $40,000 indoor soccer program for the asylum-seeking migrants…
Over her term in office to date, Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has changed the way that Maine runs its…
A violent male criminal using the name Ashley Lynn Bushey, 54, is currently being housed in a women’s prison following…
The attorney who filed a recently dismissed professional misconduct complaint against Kennebec County District Attorney Maeghan Maloney (D) has landed…
Thursday saw an array of anti-gun bills debated in public hearings before the Maine State Legislature’s Judiciary Committee, but an…
Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) formally notified the City of Portland of multiple violations in its General…
Rep. John Edar (R-Waterboro) is working to ensure that Maine schools never repeat the dangerous precedent set during the COVID-19…
The Maine Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee held a work session April 30 at which it considered slate of…
Catholic Charities Maine, one of three refugee resettlement agencies in the state, announced last week that it plans to close…
The Manchester, New Hampshire school district is working to conceal its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) related materials from the…
In recognition of the Maine Legislature’s passing a law to recognize the Seppala Sled Dog as the state’s official canine…
Twenty-five years ago famed conservative David Horowitz got invited to lecture at Bates College – and then got scolded by…
The Portland homeless man who became a media darling and was featured in well over a dozen articles in Maine…
A Portland woman has been charged with terrorizing after being accused of impersonating a cop and threatening to shoot an…
While Maine already has in place a Yellow Flag law that includes a due process element before authorities may strip…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) has signed a bipartisan bill into law prohibiting banks from charging customers a fee for opting…
An English teacher at Waterville Senior High School took a break on Tuesday from instructing students on grammar and syntax…
Is the generous application of bail in pre-trial criminal cases, or early release when it comes to convicted and incarcerated…
The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF) announced on Tuesday $3 million in grants for research supporting farmers…
Two 18-year-old suspects who were charged with multiple felony level counts after allegedly robbing two victims at gunpoint at Bug…
Two juvenile suspects were arrested and charged this week in connection to a robbery of a residence in South Portland…
More than a quarter of Mainers feel that the most important problem facing the state right now is the political…
A Maine “journalist” who says he “goes places – and tells stories – that other media won’t” also does something…
Maine’s Secretary of State will imminently release the ballot wording for a referendum question to go before voters this November…
Portland residents and business owners are speaking out and asking the City Council for help to address what they say…
The body found in the attic of a Grant Street apartment building more than two weeks ago has been identified…
Does your heart pound with dread every time the electric bill lands in your mailbox? If so, you’re not alone.…
If the Portland Press Herald could credibly blame the vice president of the United States for banning adults from a…
The Maine Legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee held a public hearing Monday on a bill that proposes to increase…
“Material weaknesses” and “significant deficiencies” are the worst possible items an auditor can find in any financial organization. Yet when…
A bipartisan group of Maine representatives joined together on Thursday to kill a “Defend the Guard” bill from Rep. Benjamin…
Republican lawmakers have introduced a bill that would exempt Maine seniors from paying property taxes. LD 1541 was sponsored by…
The New Hampshire Free State Project (FSP) hosted its annual NH Liberty Forum this past weekend, featuring presentations from a…
Maine Rep. Laurel Libby’s (R-Auburn) has filed an emergency petition to the United States Supreme Court, asking for their intervention…
A Maine man accused of carrying out a violent carjacking in Massachusetts over the weekend has been apprehended in New…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) approved 40 financial orders on April 24 to adjust state budgets for the fiscal year…
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Don’t you wish there were cameras set up on Maine highways to catch you speeding, so you can get tickets…
A 67-year-old Wesley man and former school bus driver for the Machias Bay Area School System (AOS 96) has been…
A proposed constitutional amendment requiring at least two-thirds support to increase Mainers’ taxes is up for a public hearing early…
A bipartisan group of lawmakers have introduced a bill that aims to provide property tax relief to Maine homeowners, as…
A 15-year-old has been arrested in connection to a Tuesday shooting on Bartlett Street in Lewiston. Lewiston Police announced on…
The Maine state GOP lawmaker who got officially silenced by Democrats for defending girls’ high-school sports is now fighting her…
The owner of a plant store in Lewiston is facing aggravated drug trafficking charges after a search of the property…