A proposal by Rep. Barbara Bagshaw (R-Windham) of the Education and Cultural Affairs Committee to lift the enrollment cap on…
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East Millinocket Police are still attempting to learn the true identity of a “John Doe” arrested on drug trafficking charges…
Gov. Janet Mills and Maine’s congressional delegation sent a letter Thursday to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) urging…
The Maine Office of Cannabis Policy (OCP) has found a contamination rate of 42 percent in samples taken from the…
Just over a week ago, mobile sports betting apps went live. Mainers have already bet almost four million dollars –…
Legislators are poised to consider a bill concerning the purchase and sale of single-use plastic water bottles by state and…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) announced yesterday that she, alongside twenty-five other governors, is asking Congress to provide additional funding for…
Portland city officials provided updates regarding the homeless encampment below the Casco Bay Bridge during a Tuesday evening Health and…
Maine Senators Susan Collins (R) and Angus King (I) have co-sponsored legislation aimed at boosting export opportunities for the state’s…
Wiscasset Middle High School (WMHS) Principal Gina Stevens faces potential dismissal over accusations that she had a hidden camera installed…
Update: This story was updated to reflect a change in the location of the meeting. It will now be held…
The Cape Elizabeth Town Council voted unanimously to dismiss without prejudice the lawsuit filed more than a year ago against…
Following the Maine Wire’s Report on the Illegal Marijuana grow facilities throughout the state operated by Chinese criminals, Rep. Michael…
The Portland City Council voted Monday evening to declare a limited state of emergency in order to temporarily expand the…
Republican U.S. Senator from Maine Susan Collins has introduced a bipartisan bill, the “Working Waterfront Preservation Act,” alongside Sen. Jack…
Robert Cross, businessman and former U.S. Department of Agriculture employee, suspended his campaign Monday for the 2024 Republican primary race…
Asian transnational criminal organizations operate more than 270 illegal marijuana cultivation sites in Maine, according to a leaked U.S. Department…
Rep. Ann Fredericks (R-Sanford), Rep. Lucas Lanigan (R-Sanford), and Sen. Matt Harrington (R-York), submitted a formal letter Saturday objecting to…
Although homelessness featured prominently among the list of legislative requests made by lawmakers in advance of next session, none of…
The Portland City Council is set to consider Monday a proposed order that would amend city ordinances to allow homeless…
Kevin Kelley, spokesman of Maine Gov. Janet Mills’ Independent Commission to investigate the facts surrounding the Lewiston shooting, has clarified…
This week for the first time in U.S. history, the cost of interest on the national debt passed $1 trillion…
According to the yearly surveys conducted by the Maine State Housing Authority, homelessness has more than tripled throughout the state…
The Maine State Legislature next year will consider establishing a “Civil Rights Unit” to educate the public on hate and…
In a Nov. 6 letter to Portland’s State Senators and Representatives, Mayor Kate Snyder requested the lawmakers’ assistance in identifying…
The Sanford City Council is considering eliminating two polling locations in future elections, a move Republicans say will disproportionately inconvenience…
The Maine Legislature will consider a bill next year that aims to address the proliferation of illegal Chinese-owned marijuana growing…
A new 179-bed shelter for single asylum seekers in Portland’s Riverton neighborhood is set to open on Nov. 29. [RELATED:…
The Maine Republican Party announced Thursday that they will nullify the ranked-choice voting process for the upcoming 2024 GOP Presidential…
The federal National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) may become the subject of yet another lawsuit if it moves forward…
U.S. Senators from Maine Susan Collins and Angus King announced Wednesday that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the…
U.S. Congressman from Maine’s 2nd District Jared Golden was one of 22 House Democrats to vote Tuesday in favor of…
Maine’s electrical utilities will not be seized by the state and placed under the control of a quasi-governmental body following…
The City of Portland has elected City Councilor Mark Dion to be their new mayor. After no candidate crossed the…
More than 200 colleges across the country, including two in Maine, collectively received billions in funding from foreign powers, including…
Illegal Chinese marijuana grows have taken over much of rural Maine. The government is either incapable — or unwilling –…
In response to a Citizen’s Challenge of Educational Media complaint against the book “Gender Queer” by Maia Kobabe, an MSAD…
The U.S. dollar has lost more than one-fifth of its purchasing power since 2019, according to an email sent Monday…
A Waterville man who pledged his allegiance to the radical Islamist terrorist group ISIS and conspired to provide terrorists with…
Mainers will go to the polls Tuesday to make their voices heard on a series of eight ballot questions –…
A man who allegedly threatened to retrieve an AR-15 and shoot patrons at the South Portland Buffalo Wild Wings on…
Draft copies of proposed changes to City of Portland ordinances obtained by the organization “Enough is Enough” show city officials…
Three people are facing drug charges after a gang task force in Massachusetts seized more than 220 lbs. in suspected…
U.S. Senators from Maine Susan Collins and Angus King sent a letter Thursday to the Inspector General of the U.S.…
A marijuana dispensary in Portland that is owned by an Israeli immigrant was targeted last week with “Free Palestine” posters,…
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) announced a $14 million “port improvement project” at the Portland International Marine…
The Maine Democratic Party was the recipient of $100,000 in donations stemming from notorious fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried’s corrupt FTX cryptocurrency…
Democratic Congressman Jared Golden of Maine’s 2nd District slammed House Republicans Thursday after his proposed amendment to prohibit commercial offshore…
A Bangor woman was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday for numerous drug trafficking offenses, a sentence the Maine…
A Connecticut Superior Court judge has overturned the results of the City of Bridgeport’s Democratic mayoral primary election over the…
Mainers’ data privacy is once again set to be a focal point for lawmakers in Augusta. Next Wednesday, members of…
Democratic U.S. Congressman from Maine’s 2nd District Jared Golden joined 31 of his fellow House Democrats Wednesday in voting against…
[UPDATE: The shelter in place order for all MSAD 75 schools has now been lifted after the Caribou man who…
Maine State Police Col. William Ross faced tough questions Thursday morning regarding the manhunt for Lewiston shooter Robert Card during…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills announced Wednesday her intent to form an “independent commission of experts” in the coming days to…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills on Wednesday said she would be forming an independent commission to examine the failures and oversights…
Portland’s largest homeless encampment at the Marginal Way Park and Ride is being cleared out Wednesday by city officials and…
On November 7, Mainers will be asked to go to the ballot box to weigh in on eight referendum questions…
An international wind power company is pulling the plug on a major offshore wind development favored by the Biden Administration,…
The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) and the Sabattus Police Department announced Thursday the arrest of two individuals on drug…
Wednesday night in Lewiston, eighteen people between the ages of 14 and 76 were killed in the worst mass shooting…
The Army Reserve unit that mass murderer Robert R. Card Jr. served in since 2002 also contains several members of…
A Jewish lawyer who has been practicing law in southern Maine since 1979 had his Portland office targeted this weekend…
In a letter to his constituents published Sunday to his “Dear Mainer” Substack, Democratic Congressman from Maine’s 2nd District Jared…
The Maine Wire reached out to Maine’s top Republican lawmakers Thursday morning to get their thoughts on Wednesday evening’s shooting…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills confirmed Thursday that 18 people were killed and 13 injured in Wednesday night’s mass shooting in…
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey joined 42 attorneys general across the U.S. Tuesday in suing Meta, the parent company of…
Earlier this year, the State Legislature passed one of the least restrictive abortion laws in the nation — as of…
The Maine Ethics Commission voted unanimously Wednesday to take no further action in an investigation into whether Senate President Troy…
Maine is soon to join California in the adoption of stringent mandates requiring a hefty percentage of new car sales…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) announced earlier this week that Madison will be getting a new 36 unit affordable housing development…
Republican U.S. Senator from Maine Susan Collins, alongside a bipartisan delegation of Senators, gave remarks at a press conference Sunday…
Maine’s community colleges saw historically high enrollment this fall, surpassing the previous record which had been set in 2011, according…
A Missouri man accused of illegally crossing the U.S.-Canada border in Hodgdon, Maine, in an attempt to smuggle his wife…
A Norway man accused of having filed multiple fraudulent loan applications to gain over $240,000 from a pandemic-era loan program…
Two more of Portland’s homeless encampments are set to be cleared on November 1 in addition to the one located…
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced a draft Wind Energy Area (WEA) on Thursday identifying over 3.5 million…
Municipalities throughout Maine have been struggling to accommodate the state’s rapidly growing refugee and asylum seeker populations — and things…
The Mills Administration released a report Wednesday detailing how the governor has spent the nearly $1 billion in COVID-era relief…
The Maine Department of Education (MDOE) is currently accepting public comment on its revised learning standards for Science as part…
Maine is expected to continue doling out 207 area codes until September of 2032 — three and a half years…
A Brunswick pastor preaching outside Portland’s Planned Parenthood abortion clinic Tuesday was told by police that he was violating the…
Portland Police announced Wednesday that a juvenile has been arrested in connection to a drive-by shooting that occurred in Kennedy…
UPDATE: This story has been updated to include comments from Harold Pachios. The City of Portland’s Committee on Sustainability and…
Gov. Janet Mills declared at a Tuesday afternoon ceremony held at the Blaine House that October is now Domestic Violence…
York County now has plans to spend $45 million in an effort to address Maine’s opioid epidemic through the construction…
The Maine Department of Education (MDOE) is currently accepting public comment on its revised Social Studies learning standards as part…
Maine State Rep. Ann Fredericks (R-Sanford) has submitted a request for a resolution in the second legislative session that would…
The leader of a Democratic Socialists of America rally in Maine that called Hamas’s terror attacks in Israel a “morally…
Throughout the country, most people saw increased earnings this past spring — except for in Maine. Nationwide, personal income reportedly…
The Maine State Legislature’s Judiciary Committee is scheduled to meet tomorrow to discuss two pieces of data privacy legislation up…
The Portland City Council is set to reconsider declaring a state of limited emergency to expand capacity at the city’s…
Two Lewiston teens were arrested late Saturday night after a traffic stop led to the discovery of a stolen firearm…
All four members of Maine’s Congressional delegation have issued public statements in recent days concerning Hamas’ attacks on Israel, strongly…
Maine lawmakers are poised to once again consider increasing the state minimum wage during their next legislative session. This past…
School board meetings have become a source of heated and highly contentious debate in recent years with parents and community…
A man was arrested Thursday near Portland’s largest homeless encampment at the Marginal Way Park and Ride after reportedly entering…
Charter schools may once again be a topic of discussion in Augusta next year. A bill lifting the enrollment cap…
As the death toll in the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict continues to rise, the Maine Democratic Socialists of America (Maine DSA)…
Maine State Rep. Katrina Smith (R-Palermo) has requested to introduce a bill in the second legislative session restricting the sale…