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The City of Portland Parks Division will be hosting its second annual “Tree Hugging Event” this May. The event is…
The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced today the awarding of $2,500 scholarships to 2,500 high school seniors nationwide, including…
The man who caused a four-car accident on I-95 in April, leaving an Albion woman dead and her husband in…
Maine Senators Susan Collins (R) and Angus King (I) questioned Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough on proposed…
The South Portland City Council on Tuesday will vote on an order directing city staff to spend over $1,500 on…
The Maine Department of Corrections (DOC) is looking to spend nearly $400,000 on sponsoring a “restorative justice” program for juvenile…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) has formally requested that President Joe Biden (D) issue a major disaster declaration for Cumberland and…
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey announced Friday that he has determined a York Sheriff’s Office deputy was acting in defense…
This past Friday, Gov. Janet Mills (D) vetoed a bill that would have restructured Maine’s income tax brackets, creating a…
Democratic Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) is urging the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) to delay a proposed increase to…
Public comment is now being accepted by the Secretary of State’s Office on the proposed ballot question wording for a…
The U.S. Department of the Interior on Tuesday announced their proposal to lease nearly one million acres in the Gulf…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills on Monday vetoed a bill that would ban the sale and possession bump stocks, while allowing…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) announced Friday that the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development has awarded $500,000 worth of…
Maine’s Republican delegates voted Saturday to add “Defend the Guard” to the party’s official platform after it was proposed by…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills on Friday signed into law her proposed legislation to expand background checks to advertised firearm sales…
Five people from Maine were arrested by Canadian authorities late Saturday night for the unauthorized fishing of elvers in the…
Portland city officials on Tuesday responded to a disturbing video published this week by a Bayside neighborhood landlord showing rampant…
Gov. Janet Mills on Tuesday vetoed her own proposed bill that aimed at establishing a minimum hourly wage for Maine’s…
A controversial “transgender trafficking” bill officially became Maine law on Monday after receiving the signature of Gov. Janet Mills. “This…
The City of Portland is set to begin considering ways to allocate nearly $750,000 in funds received from a 2022…
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) is calling for increased regular testing for HIV statewide for…
The U.S. Army will begin conducting cognitive assessments on new soldiers and is exploring ways to provide servicemembers who are…
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The Democrat-controlled Maine State Legislature elected on Patriot’s Day — the holiday that commemorates some of the first battles in…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) announced on Friday that she has appointed retired Air Force Colonel Alice Briones as Maine’s…
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey on Friday announced that he was filed a lawsuit against Monsanto alleging that the agricultural…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) and House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross (D-Portland) issued a joint statement on Thursday requesting that the…
Residents of New England are paying some of the highest taxes in the United States, according to a comprehensive study…
The City of Portland’s Social Services Division, in charge of administering the city’s General Assistance program, has nearly tripled its…
Early Saturday morning, when most Mainers were asleep or recovering from a blizzard which knocked out power across the state,…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) signed into law this past Wednesday a bill that implements new regulations on the fees that…
New Hampshire’s Republican-led Senate on Friday passed two bills that aim to protect young female athletes and provide parents with…
The City of Portland has announced that it is looking to hire a new director for their Department of Planning…
Amid the snow-covered debate on Friday over a bill that would allow the state to seize firearms from Maine residents…
On Tuesday, the Maine Legislature sustained Gov. Janet Mills’ veto of a bill that would have placed restrictions on the…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) issued a statement Saturday, mourning the passing of former Gov. Joseph Brennan, a Democrat who governed…
Rep. Lynn Williams (D-Bar Harbor) has quietly resigned from her position in the House of Representatives, shrinking the Democrat’s majority…
A Bangor Police officer was justified in shooting at a woman who was brandishing a pair of knives at two…
Democratic lawmakers in Augusta are plowing forward Friday with an attempt to impose a so-called “Red Flag” gun control bill,…
Maine’s House passed a controversial bill targeting “unauthorized paramilitary training” which has raised concerns with Second Amendment rights advocates, who…
Maine’s Judiciary Committee is pushing forward with its plan to hold a public hearing on a controversial gun-control bill as…
Earlier this week, lawmakers defeated a bill that would have allowed municipalities to impose a one percent sales tax on…
In the coming months, the state government will be studying ways to increase the use of renewable energy in and…
Former Maine Gov. Paul LePage announced on Tuesday that the fundraiser he hosted along with his wife Ann raised nearly…
The Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a train versus car collision on the Hammett Road in Enfield. On Monday,…
Mainers are some of the most heavily taxed citizens in the United States. According to a recent study conducted by…
Juan Bernal, Chief Patrol Agent of the U.S. Border Patrol’s Houlton Sector, is warning tourists who plan to come to…
The Independent Commission tasked by Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) with investigating the facts and circumstances surrounding the Oct. 25,…
On Monday, state lawmakers in the House of Representatives advanced Gov. Janet Mills’ proposal to transfer millions out of the…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) announced Friday her plans to allocate millions in taxpayers’ dollars to a series of one-time initiatives…
The Maine Supreme Court has ruled that the state’s longstanding ban on Sunday hunting is constitutional despite the recently-enacted Right…
With less than 75 days to go before Maine Republicans in the Second Congressional District will pick a candidate to…
Elected Democrats in Augusta continue to leverage last year’s mass shooting in Lewiston in order to secure passage of long-sought…
Lawmakers have unanimously voted to advance a bill allocating additional state funding for homeless shelters, explicitly reserving a portion of…
The Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous, & Tribal Populations (PCRITP), which was established in 2019 by the…
Lawmakers in Augusta have advanced a bill that aims to prevent repeat offenders from being charged with felony theft if…
The Maine State Housing Authority will be financing the construction of 105 new affordable rental units in several towns throughout…
The Motel 6 in Portland has lost the lodging licenses for all but five of its rooms due to health…
The Sagadahoc County Budget Committee is considering a spending proposal that would bring about a massive 15 percent tax increase…
A Moscow court on Tuesday again extended the pretrial detention for Bowdoin graduate and Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich…
Maine lawmakers have approved along party lines a bill to implement new regulations on the fees that landlords can impose…
Linda Lorraine Bean, the granddaughter of L.L. Bean founder Leon Leonwood Bean and a force in Maine’s business and political…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills on Thursday signed into law a bill that will expand the availability of public defenders in…
The Maine Legislature’s Housing Committee has recommended that lawmakers reject a bill requiring the government to convene a stakeholder group…
Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine) issued a proclamation last week commemorating “Equal Pay Day,” while her female staff makes less than…
The conservative group Courage is a Habit is continuing its fight against LD 227, the so-called “transgender trafficking” bill, which…
The Independent Commission tasked by Maine Gov. Janet Mills with investigating the facts and circumstances surrounding the Oct. 25, 2023…
The State of Maine may soon begin taxing subscriptions to streaming services such as Netflix, Hulu, and Spotify. The proposed…
Michael Friedland of the Lumbery — a small business located in the Cape Elizabeth town center on Route 77 that…
The Legislature is considering a bill that would give state lawmakers the final say on the Maine Board of Environmental…
U.S. Senators from Maine Susan Collins (R) and Angus King (I) are backing a bill that would require automakers to…
A massive $2 billion energy transmission line through New England has been scrapped after the company undertaking the project deemed…
Maine’s far left lawmakers are advocating for a series of gun control bills in response to the Oct. 25 mass…
USA Today published an article blaming Chaya Raichik, operator of the anti-woke X account Libs of TikTok, for the bomb…
Maine’s State House was evacuated Friday morning following a bomb threat emailed to one legislator, which was quickly determined to…
Lewiston mass shooter Robert Card, who killed 18 people and injured more than a dozen others in two Oct. 25,…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) has signed into law a bill allocating more than $15 million to reimburse municipalities for the…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) signed into law this past Thursday a bill that requires internet providers to prorate for customers…
Leaked internal documents from the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), the leading global medical body behind developing “standards…
After the United States Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that individual states do not have the authority to bar former…
$5.4 million worth of grants from the state government have been awarded to municipalities throughout Maine to “protect vulnerable infrastructure…
A bill concerning the purchase and sale of single-use plastic water bottles by state and municipal governments — as well…
A conservative group, Advocates for Truth in Our Schools (ATOS) was barred from hosting an event at the Kennebunk Free…
A bill aiming to limit donations to political action committees (PACs) was introduced in the State Legislature Wednesday following the…
The Portland City Council’s Housing and Economic Development Committee recently released a draft of their 2024 Work Plan, which includes…
Maine’s Judiciary Committee met on Monday to Discuss a bipartisan bill on tribal sovereignty, which has resurfaced in the State…
The Maine Senate has officially defeated a resolution calling for a national convention under Article V to consider proposing amendments…
A citizens initiative aimed at changing Maine’s campaign finance law is likely to come before voters at the ballot box…
A Warren lawmaker who works for the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA) refused GOP requests to recuse himself…
Maine’s Legislative Council voted down a proposed bill to increase election security before the upcoming state primary and the potentially…
Maine Democratic lawmakers on the Legislative Council voted Thursday to reject an after-deadline emergency bill proposal that would restrict the…
A group of 47 Maine House Democrats penned an emotional letter in an attempt to leverage the tragic Oct. 25…
Update: Several hours after the Maine Wire broke this story, the Penobscot Sheriff’s Department posted new information on their Facebook…
The leadership Political Action Committee (PAC) led by Maine House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross (D-Portland) ended 2023 in a deficit…
Several recently acquired electric school buses have been pulled off the road as a result of potentially dangerous malfunctions and…
Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine) announced Tuesday that she had designated the historic, and undeveloped Sears Island for a 100-acre development…
On March 5, voters in the Town of Cumberland are set to weigh in on a controversial proposal to construct…
The Portland Museum of Art announced Thursday that it will be laying off thirteen employees, citing the continued impacts of…