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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…
A state senator apparently forgot to stop, look and listen before trying to name a Maine railroad crossing for a…
A Winterport Republican has introduced a bill that limits the immunity of the state’s education system. The bill’s public hearing…
A Hallowell Democrat has introduced a bill to expand the use of overseas absentee ballots for local elections. In last…
The Kennebec County Sheriff’s Department arrested Jason A. Rocque, 47, after he was allegedly found with multiple firearms in his…
In a scathing audit of Maine’s 2024 spending, Maine’s Office of the State Auditor has revealed systemic financial mismanagement, cronyism-friendly…
A public hearing is now on the books for a series of constitutional amendments that would give Mainers the right…
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, who just this week announced her candidacy for governor, has “serious concerns” about the…
A federal appeals court has reinstated a lawsuit brought by a Maine substance abuse counselor who alleges a state judge…
Republican lawmakers are taking steps to make Maine’s new Paid Family and Medical Leave Program voluntary. Currently, all employers and…
Maine lawmakers in the state Senate have rejected a push to call for an Article V Convention to amend the…
Maine’s Judiciary Committee is set to hold a massive public hearing this Friday on a slate of abortion-related legislation. The…
Republican lawmakers in Maine have proposed an amendment to the state’s constitution that would prohibit the governor from calling the…
The Legislative Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety voted unanimously on Monday in favor of a bill from Rep.…
As Secretary of State Shenna Bellows launches her campaign to succeed Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine) in 2026, she has not…
Democrat lawmakers are now looking to amend Maine’s constitution to cap property tax increases for senior homeowners. Sponsored by Sen.…
The Portland Public School Board will be considering changes to its multiple equity-related policies in order to avoid an appearance…
Chief Patrol Agent Juan Bernal, the U.S. Border Patrol’s top official in Maine’s Houlton Sector, on Monday released a promotional…
An Eddington man was arrested on Tuesday in connection to social media posts in which he allegedly made threats against…
The Maine Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) has sponsored a pilot computer programming training project specifically targeted to…
A Maine Republican representative has filed an application to begin collecting signatures for a People’s Veto of the $11.3 billion…
Maine House Democrats voted again on Tuesday to impose controversial rules on Rep. Laurel Libby (R-Auburn) that deprive her of…
Lawmakers on the Veterans and Legal Affairs (VLA) Committee are divided along partisan lines over whether or not to advance…
This past week in Augusta, Democrat lawmakers pursued a relatively obscure parliamentary maneuver to pass an $11.3 billion spending bill…
A former student at Bonny Eagle High School in Standish is facing two counts of gross sexual assault for allegedly…
Tarlan Ahmadov, the director of the Maine Office of New Americans (ONA) who has recently faced calls for his resignation…
The Maine Legislature’s Committee on Environment and Natural Resources voted against two Republican-led bills that would prevent geo-engineering in the…
Majority Democrats in the Maine Legislature approved an $11.3 billion budget in the late hours of Thursday night after repeated…
An illegal alien was among two New York-based individuals who were arrested in Auburn on Thursday in connection to a…
Ryan McLaughlin, a sports reporter with The Ellsworth American, deleted his X account on Thursday following intense backlash after he…
A new bill introduced this week looks to amend the laws governing Maine’s new Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML)…
An illegal alien from Uganda who was released into the U.S. under the Biden administration after trying to enter illegally…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed on Wednesday that the University of Maine system of state-funded schools will comply…
Three illegal aliens from the People’s Republic of China are currently being held in the custody of U.S. Immigration and…
The Maine House Democrats selected self-described “Transgender Death Educator” Quinn Gormley, former executive director of the far-left transgender advocacy group…
A U.S. Department of Education’s (DOE) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) investigation found on Wednesday that the Maine DOE is…
Portland Public Schools Superintendent Ryan Scallon on Tuesday doubled down on the district’s commitment to “equity” and to continue allowing…
A Stoneham woman was arrested this week after allegedly speeding near an elementary school and leading an Oxford County Sheriff’s…
Republican lawmakers are pushing for Maine to eliminate the state’s vehicle excise tax and replace it with an annual mileage-based…
Sen. Joe Baldacci (D-Penobscot) wants the state to either purchase or use eminent domain to seize control of the Bangor…
The question now isn’t whether President Trump will ever invite the country’s top judge to his Mar-A-Lago hideout for a…
The transgender-identifying Waterville City Councilor Rien Finch—formerly known as Hannah Heidt—resigned from her position without warning on Monday, claiming that…
Democrat lawmakers are now looking to extend funding that makes community college free for all Maine residents — a benefit…
With over 10,000 overdoses last year alone and fatalities — many of them adolescents — ranging from 40 to 70…
Three Dominican nationals were arrested Wednesday morning and charged in connection to an alleged conspiracy to distribute cocaine and crack…
On Tuesday, Portland Police took three suspects into custody accused of displaying handguns and making threats against an individual at…
The State of Maine has now awarded the last of the $60 million relief package approved last year in response…
An investigation into a shoplifting complaint by the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office led to four arrests and the seizure of…
Maine lawmakers are on track to reject a proposal to soften the restrictions surrounding candidates’ ability to communicate with voters…
The Maine Legislature’s Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Committee considered a bill from State Rep. Nina Milliken (D-Blue Hill) to restrict…
GOP lawmakers are looking to reinstate the property tax stabilization program for Maine’s older homeowners that previously had been repealed…
A new Republican-led bill introduced on Tuesday looks to amend the citizens petition process with respect to agency rule making…
The City of Portland and Maine taxpayers will be footing a nearly $4.5 million annual bill for operating a 179-bed…
Maine’s legislature held a public hearing on Monday for a bill from Rep. Chad Perkins (R-Dover-Foxcroft) that would expand Mainers’…
A midcoast Maine homeowner who was annoyed his neighbor’s trees were ruining his harbor view may have found a solution…
Lawmakers on the Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee have unanimously voted to recommend that a bill allowing candidates for Attorney…
A public hearing has been scheduled next week for a bill that aims to support Maine’s hospitality industry by eliminating…