U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree (D) has co-sponsored a bill introducing a Constitutional amendment that would reverse the Supreme Court’s recent…
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The Portland Police Department is investigating an apparent shooting that occurred near Morrill’s Corner Tuesday evening that resulted in four…
A former basketball coach at a Massachusetts high school is facing federal charges for allegedly transporting a former student across…
On Monday, South Portland Police released the identities of one of the two male teens who escaped from South Portland’s…
The public comment period for a set of rules proposed by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has now…
A Westbrook man pleaded guilty in federal court in Portland on Monday to robbing a bank in South Portland in…
A Portland man is facing a charge of attempted murder after allegedly shooting a woman in the arm early Monday…
A crowd of pedestrians leaving an event at Portland’s Merrill Auditorium narrowly avoided being struck by a habitual offender driving…
Law enforcement are still searching for two minors who escaped from South Portland’s Long Creek Youth Development Center on Friday and…
Gov. Janet Mills (D), alongside several members of the federal government, announced Friday that Maine has been awarded a $69…
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced Friday that Maine will be receiving a total of $4.3 million in federal…
The Rowe Auto Group will be holding a memorial golf tournament in September to benefit the children of a couple…
The Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine (HHRC Maine), a nonprofit organization that describes itself as an “educational resource…
The Town of Cape Elizabeth is now considering two separate proposals aimed at addressing the aging buildings that currently house…
Oral arguments were heard Thursday by the First Circuit Court of Appeals in a lawsuit against the Department of the…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) announced Tuesday that Maine is expected to receive between $45 million and $72 million in federal…
During a new interview with Axios, Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) refused to commit to voting for Vice President Kamala Harris…
Compared to June of last year, home sales in Maine have decreased by more than 10 percent, while prices have…
Five people were arrested after police raided a Lewiston drug house for the third time in eight months, Lewiston Police…
While correctional facilities across the State of Maine are providing Medical Assisted Treatment (MAT) aimed at reducing recidivism of inmates…
The Maine Democrat’s candidate for State Senate District 19 was charged with Operating Under the Influence (OUI) in May, according…
The Maine Department of Corrections (DOC) will be launching a prison rehabilitation program specifically tailored for Muslim inmates, aimed at…
A New Jersey man pleaded guilty in federal court in Portland on Tuesday to his role in burglarizing several Maine…
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will travel to Maine this Saturday to hold rallies in Portland and Bangor “to organize…
The Mills administration is set to spend $130,000 on a taxpayer-funded public service announcement (PSA) campaign pushing Maine parents to…
A man has been arrested after firing a gun during an altercation at a house in Portland Friday morning, police…
Maine politicos have long complained that some lawmakers abuse “concept drafts” to skirt transparency, but a meeting in Augusta Thursday…
The Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC), a 501(c)4 nonprofit that litigates against governments and left-wing activists in defense of American civil…
A nationwide search of prospective candidates who might turnaround the struggling Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has…
Three people were arrested on drug charges on Tuesday after police found a large quantity of fentanyl, methamphetamine and a…
Documents obtained by the Maine Wire via a Freedom of Access Act show that Gov. Janet Mills’ personnel referred social…
Democratic U.S. Rep Jared Golden (ME-02) has recently taken thousands of dollars from corporate Political Action Committees (PACs) and other…
Two people were arrested over the past week after an East Millinocket Police K-9 was able to alert officers to…
A Maine man pleaded guilty on Monday in U.S. District Court in Portland to filing fraudulent applications for over $215,000 COVID-19…
State Sen. Joe Baldacci (D-Penobscot) is among vehement critics of former President Donald Trump now sending his prayers to the…
The Portland Development Corporation (PDC), a division of the city’s Housing and Economic Development Department that is in charge of…
The Maine Department of Education (DOE) is planning to spend $26,000 on an online English language learning platform to assist…
The Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce released a statement on Friday slamming two minimum wage-related ballot question proposals sponsored by…
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to endorse President Joe Biden’s (D) nominee for Maine’s U.S. District Court. Stacey Neumann,…
Four fishermen from Maine and one from New Hampshire were sentenced in federal court in Portland this week for their…
Sen. Susan Collins (R) and Sen. Angus King (I) issued a joint press release Thursday applauding the federal government’s decision…
Sen. Angus King (I) announced Thursday that he has signed onto a bill encouraging owners of manufactured housing parks to…
In response to several incidents of break-ins, vandalism and a recent arson incident, the Rockland Police Department has issued a…
Portland City Manager Danielle West has nominated a member of an international humanitarian non-governmental organization (NGO) to serve as the…
Portland Police Chief Mark Dubois on Tuesday provided an update regarding police presence in the city’s Bayside neighborhood, a crime…
The Portland Police Department is seeking approval from the Portland City Council to purchase a $39,000 Unmanned Aerial System (UAS),…
Lewiston residents narrowly approved the town’s proposed school budget Tuesday after rejecting two previous iterations. The now-approved version of the…
The Maine Department of Labor (MDOL) announced Tuesday that 300 individuals submitted public comment concerning a proposed set of rules…
Lewiston voters are set to go to the polls Tuesday to weigh in for a third time on the town’s…
Gorham’s $53 million school budget — and the accompanying 9.05 percent property tax rate increase — was approved by just…
Maine’s Democratic Governor and Secretary of State attended an event last year hosted by a progressive lobbying organization that was…
Maxwell’s Farm of Cape Elizabeth announced Sunday that 2024 marked their final season after more than 50 years in business.…
A Republican member of Maine’s Government Oversight Committee (GOC) has criticized the state’s recent taxpayer-funded effort to “identify institutional and…
Biddeford is taking action to clear homeless encampments throughout the city following an influential U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) decision allowing…
On Tuesday, Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine) announced the recipients of $2.9 million in Domestic Trade Grants for Maine businesses intended…
As most Mainers were celebrating Independence Day with patriotic parades, barbecues, and fireworks displays, Bangor’s parade saw patriotism of another…
Sen. Angus King (I) and Rep. Chellie Pingree (D) announced this past Friday that Downeast Transportation Inc. (DTI) has received…
The Sanford City Council on Tuesday discussed a request from a City Councilor for the yellow Gadsden Flag to be…
The Mills Administration is seeking to pay $485,000 in taxpayer funds to a nonprofit in order to pilot a “Progressive…
State of Maine employees will no longer be in charge of landscaping at the State House after Bureau of General…
The new gun control regulations coming to Maine’s firearms dealers and users were shrouded in a sense of urgency and…
The Maine Wire, Maine’s fastest growing digital news and investigative reporting outlet, announced Monday that it has filed a lawsuit…
Natasha Irving has been serving as District Attorney of Maine’s Sixth Prosecutorial District, which covers Sagadahoc, Knox, Lincoln and Waldo…
2024’s first presidential debate has caused shockwaves throughout the political landscape, as President Biden put on a historically dreadful performance…
Despite a disastrous performance by President Joe Biden at the first presidential debate versus former President Donald Trump that sent…
A fatal single-vehicle crash involving a Tesla on Thursday in Naples, Maine, resulted in a significant firefighter response due to…
The Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention (Maine CDC) is looking to spend $200,000 on a marketing campaign focused…
A state committee formed in 2005 to ensure compliance with Maine’s government transparency law — the Freedom of Access Act…
Former Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives Rachel Talbot Ross (D-Portland) has been absent from the meetings of the…
A dispute over a state contract for courier services has led to the disruption of a popular program used by…
A recount will be conducted in Gorham after the town’s $53 million school budget — and its accompanying 9.05 percent…
Mainers were evacuating flooded homes, long lines were forming at gas stations, and more than half the state was without…
On Maine’s June 11 primary election day, a conservative political action committee says it collected more than 40,000 signatures on…
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R) expressed support Tuesday for Stacey Neumann’s nomination to serve as a U.S. District Court Judge…
Visit Portland, a tax-exempt nonprofit organization that promotes tourism in the greater Portland area, is set to launch a $74,500…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) announced this past Wednesday that $8.6 million worth of high-speed electric vehicle (EV) chargers will be…
Maine’s plan to “expand access to high-speed, reliable, and affordable internet across the state” using a $272 million federal grant…
Secretary of State Shenna bellows announced Friday that a recount has been requested for the State Senate District 24 Democrat…
With the 2024 presidential election just a few months away, now is the time for Mainers to begin taking steps…
Secretary of State Shenna Bellows announced Friday the final question wording for a citizens’ initiative that is set to go…
The Portland Board of Public Education next week will consider a resolution to form a committee that would evaluate and…
A Holiday Inn in Marlborough, Massachusetts, has become a hotbed of domestic abuse and child sexual assault since it became…
Maine taxpayers may have to foot the more than $20,000 bill for a motivational speaker to deliver a keynote address…
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey announced on Wednesday that he, alongside 42 other attorneys general, reached a $700 million settlement…
The Portland City Council’s Health and Human Services and Public Safety Committee on Tuesday voted to recommend repealing the city’s…
One of the three Democrats running for the Maine House of Representatives seat left vacant by House Speaker Rachel Talbot…
The South Portland City Council is set to discuss a proposal to allow a nonprofit to operate a transitional housing…
A homeless encampment located at Heritage Crossing in Sanford, the site of a large abandoned mill complex, is scheduled to…
The Board of Directors of Maine’s Regional School Unit 40 (RSU 40) on Thursday evening voted to delete a transgender…
After four terms serving in the Maine House of Representatives, Republican State Rep. David Haggan is looking to move into…
The left-wing Maine American Civil Liberties Union (Maine ACLU) has come out in opposition to a proposed ordinance in the…
The Cumberland Town Council on Monday voted in favor of painting a crosswalk with a rainbow pallet of colors in…
On Monday the Portland City Council will vote on extending an emergency order for the third time to prolong a…
A police department in southern Maine is seeing an “uptick” in the number of driver’s licenses issued by the Bureau…
Maine’s Democratic Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (CD-01) on Wednesday applauded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for announcing a $7.7 million…
Among the thirty-five bills passed on Veto Day that Gov. Janet Mills (D) did not sign into law was a…
A year ago this month, over one hundred asylum-seeking migrants unexpectedly arrived in the city Sanford seeking welfare benefits and…
Maine House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross (D-Portland) recently appointed a new commissioner to the state racial equity commission, the Permanent…
Audit results acquired by The Maine Wire have revealed that the taxpayer funded migrant resettlement non-profit Maine Immigrant and Refugee…
The Maine Wire has acquired an internal Maine State Government Document intended to push supervisors working for the state to…