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The distribution of Maine’s four presidential electoral votes was up for grabs in Augusta Monday morning, as lawmakers on the…
A new “Maine” paper claiming the name of an oldie but a goodie has announced its creation – as a…
Worcester, Massachusetts, is now mandating a new regimen of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) training for firefighters, just months after…
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) must resume federal education funding for Maine, according to a Friday ruling from…
Maine State Rep. Michelle Meyer (D-Eliot) introduced legislation in February, and carried over into the current emergency session last month,…
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A Republican lawmaker is looking to legally abolish the controversial practice of introducing placeholder legislation, known as a “concept draft,”…
The Portland City Council’s Health and Human Services Committee met on Thursday to discuss various options related to how the…
A public hearing has now been set for a bill seeking to revitalize a now-defunct property tax stabilization program for…
When Joe Biden’s would-be successor’s campaign was tanking, the now-retiree came up with a plan he thought would help rescue…
As the deadline set in a letter of impasse the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights had sent…
The Portland Police Department say they grappling with an “alarming” surge in drug overdoses, reporting very recent eight cases in…
Massachusetts State Rep. Chris Flanagan (D-Barnstable) was indicted by a Boston grand jury on Friday for an alleged fraud scheme…
A group of Republican lawmakers have introduced a bill that would improve transparency in Maine’s program allowing students to attend…
An Augusta father was silenced at a Wednesday public school board meeting when he used his testimony to criticize the…
President Donald Trump aims to restore U.S. maritime dominance with a Wednesday executive order promoting domestic shipbuilding in direct response…
After Democrats in Augusta passed a partisan biennial budget for an unprecedented third time in a row, Representative Gary Drinkwater…
An Ecuadorian national stopped by Brunswick Police in January for driving without a seatbelt has pleaded guilty in federal court…
In an effort to address the affordable housing crunch, the Maine State Housing Authority has awarded $23.5 million in Rural…
A new Democrat-led bill proposes a study of aligning the state’s procurement processes with the Mills’ administration’s climate action plan,…
As Congress fast-tracks the SAVE Act, which would require voters to provide proof of citizenship when they register, lawmakers in…
Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine) is poised to ignore the April 11 deadline set by the U.S. Department of Education (DOE)…
A group of Maine Democrats, led by Sen. Craig Hickman (D-Kennebec), began a push last week to lower the state’s…
A group of Democratic lawmakers are looking to give Mainers who do not have a permanent residence an alternative means…
Two brothers are both facing criminal charges for operating under the influence (OUI) after police say they admitted to driving…
The Sanford Police Department is investigating a Wednesday stabbing that left one victim with non-life threatening injuries. On Wednesday, April…
When Kevin Bell, 46, told a plainclothes law enforcement officer last weekend that he wanted to kill U.S. President Donald…
A Massachusetts man was arrested in Auburn this week after being found by police in possession of cocaine, fentanyl, a…
The Maine State Senate unanimously approved a bill Tuesday that aims to address the state’s indigent legal defense crisis, incorporating…
A traffic stop in South Portland and subsequent search led to the seizure of over 150 grams of fentanyl, two…
The ranking Republican lawmakers on the Maine Legislature’s Appropriations Committee have come out against a bill that would increase MaineCare…
The Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous & Tribal Populations (PCRITP), Maine’s taxpayer-funded racial equity board, is getting kicked…
Two Republican-led bills aimed at restoring religious exemptions for vaccine requirements for schools received a contentious joint public hearing in…
Bowdoin College, an elite liberal arts college on the coast of Maine, is coming under national scrutiny for its handling…
Statehouse Republicans blasted the Mills administration on Tuesday for what several suggested could be criminally-negligent stewardship of public funds in…
A Sudanese refugee with multiple prior convictions in Maine, including criminal threatening with a firearm, assault, driving while intoxicated and…
The Maine Senate GOP unanimously opposed the reappointment of Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) Chair Philip Bartlett on Tuesday, citing…
As Maine’s Department of Corrections (DoC) loses federal funding for transferring one transgender-identifying male murderer to a women’s prison, the…
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi pulled non-essential federal funding from the Maine Department of Corrections (DOC) on Monday in response…
House Minority Leader Billy Bob Faulkingham (R-Winter Harbor) has introduced legislation that aims to cap the share of state tax…
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services’ (Maine DHHS) Office of Aging and Disability Services (OADS) issued a no-bid…
The Department of the Maine Secretary of State, Bureau of Corporations and Commissions will be paying $10,000 in taxpayer funds…
Maine’s Legislature officially defeated efforts to eliminate ranked choice voting (RCV) following a nearly party-line vote in the Senate. Late…
A Maine man was taken into protective custody by law enforcement after witnesses reported that he had emerged naked from…
One Democratic lawmaker has proposed making major changes to how Maine’s primary elections are held by instituting a unique and…
The Maine House and Senate will both have session days on Tuesday with a full dance card of debates and…
Attorney General Aaron Frey joined the attorneys general of 20 other states on Friday in suing President Donald Trump’s administration…
Maine Attorney General (AG) Aaron Frey added to his growing list of lawsuits against President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday…
Maine’s Transportation Committee will hold a public hearing Tuesday on several bills that aim to amend the state’s vehicle inspection…
A Waldoboro man out on bail for charges of domestic violence strangulation and gross sexual assault against a child was…
The Wells Police Department became the first local Maine law enforcement agency to join a partnership program with Immigration and…
After fielding complaints from the community for several months about suspected drug trafficking out of a home in Auburn, police…
One of two Venezuelan nationals arrested by U.S. Border Patrol in Brunswick on March 30 was determined to be connected…
Politics is not a game, even if many “Progressive” Democrats think so. In Maine, one-party rule has distorted reality, as…
The Maine Legislature’s Judiciary Committee will hold a public hearing on a bill Monday intended to codify into law the…
Maine’s Constitutional Officers, including the Attorney General, Secretary of State, and Treasurer, are not elected by the people. Instead, the…
A Republican lawmaker has introduced a bill that would revitalize the now-defunct property tax stabilization program with several key amendments.…
As Maine’s Democrats resist efforts by the federal government to remove Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) ideology and radical gender…
Democrat Reps. Chellie Pingree (ME-CD1) and Jared Golden (ME-CD2) had very different outlooks after President Donald Trump announced his controversial…
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) has filed an amicus brief in support of Rep. Laurel Libby (R-Auburn)…
The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) announced the arrest of two men on Tuesday at a residence in Dixfield following…
Lawmakers on the Taxation Committee have unanimously rejected two bills that would have imposed new taxes on the cost of…
DeepAudit, a non-profit tech startup using artificial intelligence tools to root out Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and ideologically-charged language,…
A Portland homeless man is facing multiple charges after allegedly assaulting a victim with a brick and threatening another person…
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey has joined a coalition of twenty-three states in suing Department of Health and Human Services…
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) delivered remarks on the Senate floor Wednesday in support of a resolution sponsored by Senator Tim…
A group of Democrat Maine legislators, headed by Rep. Cheryl Golek (D-Harpswell), introduced a bill on Thursday that would require…
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins sent a letter to Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine) on Wednesday announcing…
A Venezuelan national believed to be affiliated with the transnational criminal street gang Tren de Aragua has been arrested in…
A Honduran national who was previously deported from the United States in 2015 after illegally crossing the southern border has…
A 33-year-old Portland man is facing multiple charges after allegedly attempting to stab a victim and steal the victim’s car…
Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) joined a group of nine Democrats on Wednesday in co-sponsoring Sen. Alex Padilla’s (D-Calif.) bill to…
Maine’s Office of New Americans is a state sanctioned cabal of non-governmental organization gate keepers and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion…
During tomorrow’s House session, legislators will tackle a 40-page calendar. Those pages are largely filled with bill references to committees,…
A solution to the long-standing challenge that has vexed every American president since Dwight D. Eisenhower may be at hand,…
Democratic Speaker of the House Ryan Fecteau (D-Biddeford) has filed his official response to Rep. Laurel Libby’s (R-Auburn) lawsuit against…
Maine Republicans have put forward two bills in recent days to remove the language in the Maine Human Rights Act’s…
The Maine Legislature’s State and Local Government Committee held a timely public hearing before on Wednesday to allow for input…
The Consensus Economic Forecasting Commission (CEFC) on April 1 revised its economic outlook for Maine, signaling slower growth ahead through…
In a textbook case of swallowing government spin whole, the Portland Press Herald on Tuesday published a story on the…
Three people were arrested and over 250 grams of cocaine were seized by police on Sunday after a search Portland…
Maine has been found to have the fourth highest total tax burden in the country, according to a new study…
Following a Maine Wire investigation into the man Gov. Janet Mills (D) tapped to run her controversial migrant resettlement office,…
A group of Republican Maine state senators on Monday sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi requesting an…
Republicans on the Maine Legislature’s Education and Cultural Affairs Committee reversed course on a bill last Tuesday that would have…
Radically different testimonies from a politician and a prosecutor before a legislative committee in Augusta this week cast doubt on…
A Medford man who is a lifetime Maine sex offender registrant for multiple convictions of sexual abuse against minors has…
The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) issued its final warning to the Maine Department of Education (MDOE) on Monday for…
A Saco man has been charged with felony theft after allegedly stealing an ATM from a business in Westbrook. “In…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) is shirking her duty to pay property taxes for a Salem Township lot she owns…
The Maine Judiciary Committee released updated language Monday morning for a bill aimed at addressing the lack of state-provided attorneys…
Secretary of State — and announced gubernatorial candidate — Shenna Bellows has officially notified the House of Representatives that anti-gun…
Maine lawmakers have introduced a bill that would exempt any money earned by kids from state income tax. This proposal…
A first-term Maine Democratic lawmaker has introduced a bill that would prohibit the state from investing public funds or entering…
Codee Houston, 33, of California, pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges on Thursday at the U.S. District Court in Bangor,…
A Hartford man was shot and killed by Oxford County Sheriff’s deputies during a domestic assault incident after the man…
A bipartisan group of state lawmakers in Maine have sponsored a bill that would decriminalize the possession of small amounts…
The Office of Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services referred the State of Maine to…
Portland Police say they are investigating a Sunday morning stabbing incident on Portland Street that left one man injured. Police…