The United States Climate Alliance — of which Gov. Janet Mills (D) is a co-chair — announced today a new…
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Unanswered questions linger regarding a July 911 call to the South Portland Police Department asking police to respond to the…
Maine school libraries are stocking a children’s graphic novel meant to teach “news literacy” that contains thinly veiled allusions to…
There were approximately 320 students from homeless families enrolled in the Portland Public School (PPS) system during the 2022-2023 school…
Maine State Rep. Mike Soboleski (R-Phillips) announced Thursday that he is officially entering the Republican primary election for a chance…
As part of the nearly $1 billion in federal funds Maine received from the 2021 American Rescue Plan Act, Gov.…
The Bar Harbor Town Council voted unanimously earlier this week to dissolve the Council’s cruise ship committee. The committee was…
Mainers learned this week that left-wing mega donor Johann Georg Wyss, known as Hansjörg Wyss, bankrolled a national nonprofit’s purchase…
“How does a boy become a man?” Out of the blue, that question was put to my middle-aged son by…
Parents in the Maine School Administrative District #51 (MSAD #51) pushed back against pornographic books in the district’s school libraries…
Confused Mainers watched as pink vapor billowed out the chimney of the EcoMaine waste management plant in Portland back in…
The majority of daily news outlets in Maine are now bankrolled by some of the country’s largest donors to the…
The Communist Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL), the Maine Democratic Socialists of America (MDSA), the Maine People’s Alliance (MPA),…
The sole study purporting to show that a massive $4.9 billion Aroostook County wind power project will benefit Maine ratepayers…
House lawmakers in Washington D.C. voted 222-190 in favor of a bill blocking states from attempting to eliminate the sale…
Portland’s now-largest homeless encampment at the Marginal Way Park and Ride has approximately doubled in size since August, with a…
When the 170-turbine 1,000 megawatt King Pine Wind Farm in Aroostook County becomes operational near the end of the decade,…
In advance of Hurricane Lee’s projected landfall Friday evening, Maine Gov. Janet Mills declared a State of Emergency Thursday and…
An excerpt of a new biography of Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) published in The Atlantic Wednesday tells the story of…
The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) unveiled the names of over 16,000 semifinalists in the 69th annual National Merit Scholarship…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills announced Wednesday that her administration has awarded $3.7 million in grant funding to projects that will…
Florida Governor and current second-place 2024 Republican presidential primary candidate Ron DeSantis announced the formation of his campaign’s Maine leadership…
The State Legislature’s payments for travel and lodging to Maine Senate President Troy Jackson (D-Allagash) surged drastically after he and…
U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree’s personal wealth has swelled over her decade in a half as a Member of Congress, according…
The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) announced Tuesday the arrest of a South Portland man on drug trafficking charges that…
Despite some economists’ predictions that inflation in the U.S. economy had been tamed, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced…
It has been confirmed that the former Ramada Inn in Lewiston will not become a “transitional housing” facility for those…
South Portland Police officers were dispatched to the Pine Haven Motel on Main St. in the early hours of Tuesday…
The Department of Administrative and Financial Services (DAFS) announced Monday that it has filed a request for mediation to help…
The Second Baptist Church in Palermo was vandalized Saturday night with pro-abortion slogans and red paint. The vandals painted “abortion…
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey released a report on his office’s investigation into the 2021 death of a man who…
In an interview with Maine’s taxpayer-funded radio network Thursday, Gov. Janet Mills denied a suggestion from a listener that her…
The Falmouth-based mortgage broker accused of abetting an apparent mortgage fraud by Senate President Troy Jackson (D-Aroostook) denied any wrongdoing…
Free speech may not be so free on college campuses in Maine, according to a recent ranking done by College…
New York City Mayor Eric Adams declared in a town hall event Wednesday evening that the city’s migrant crisis “will…
Gov. Janet Mills commented briefly Thursday on the growing scandal that has surrounded Senate President Troy Jackson after an investigative…
On Maine’s taxpayer-funded Maine Calling radio program Thursday, Maine Gov. Janet Mills told host Jennifer Rooks that she has not…
The Maine State Police issued a statement Wednesday slamming the Bangor Daily News for their article covering the death in…
The subject of property taxes has become increasingly prevalent in recent weeks, with discussions ranging from the repeal of the…
Portland Director of Health and Human Services Kristen Dow and Fire Chief Keith Gautreau joined the City Council during its…
Maine Senate President Troy Jackson (D-Allagash) claimed Thursday morning that he never read the Federal Housing Authority (FHA)-backed loan agreement…
Many cities in Maine are facing dueling crises at the moment that are both drawing on largely the same pool…
Maine State Rep. John Andrews (R-Paris) filed an official written complaint Wednesday with Maine’s Attorney General’s Office and Ethics Commission…
The leader of Senate Democrats sent a “Dear Colleague Letter” touting his success steamrolling Senate Republicans in the first eight…
Over 1.2 million native born U.S. workers lost their jobs between July and August, while foreign born workers gained 668,000…
In a CNN interview Saturday, Former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) Director Dr. Anthony Fauci defended the use…
In 2020, 2021, and 2022, Senate President Troy Jackson (D-Aroostook) received more reimbursement via the State Legislature for travel, meals,…
Portland’s Public Health Division has been selected as a recipient of a $4 million grant from the Centers for Disease…
Shortly before 9 p.m. on Monday, Portland Police were dispatched to a Kennedy Park apartment building where it was reported…
The owner of Fogg Lighting, a store across from one of Portland’s largest homeless encampments at the Marginal Way Park…
The Windham Town Council is currently considering competing proposals for allowing members of the town to recall their elected officials…
In a letter sent Wednesday to the Biden Administration, several key Congressional committees, and Maine’s Congressional Delegation, Gov. Janet Mills…
Maine state workers have struggled all year long to get the Mills Administration to bring an acceptable pay increase to…
The Lewiston Housing Authority’s plan to purchase and convert the Ramada Inn into transitional housing appears to have been halted…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills attended a remembrance ceremony Thursday, Aug. 31, on International Overdose Awareness Day — as the total…
Maine’s Democratic Secretary of State Shenna Bellows and Attorney General Aaron Frey said Thursday that they are reviewing election laws…
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey announced Wednesday that he has filed a civil rights complaint seeking an injunctive order against…
Government over-payment of food stamp benefits cost taxpayers a minimum of $11.2 billion in fiscal year 2022, according to a…
The Daily Caller News Foundation – Nick Pope on August 30, 2023 A Danish offshore wind company with major projects…
A Texas man has been arrested and charged with aggravated drug trafficking as well as being a fugitive from justice…
The Maine Statistical Analysis Center, part of the University of Southern Maine’s Catherine Cutler Institute, published a report in July…
Maine Republicans called for investigations on Wednesday into Maine Senate President Troy Jackson following a Maine Wire exclusive report that…
The Daily Caller News Foundation – Jennie Taer on August 30, 2023 Three illegal migrants from Mexico assaulted a Border…
A poll conducted earlier this month by the University of New Hampshire (UNH) reveals Mainers’ thoughts on Gov. Janet Mills’…
Maine Senate President Troy Jackson, a Democrat, agreed in a federally insured mortgage contract to make an Augusta house his…
In a less than 24-hour span this weekend, two more dead whales have been discovered off the northern Atlantic coast…
A District Court judge has denied Gov. Janet Mills’ (D) request to halt the First Amendment lawsuit filed against her…
Police in Portland, Maine were called Saturday to the house of a recently-deceased man whose daughter found three explosive devices…
Only eight U.S. states can boast that all-electric vehicles exceed 1 percent of all vehicles registered there. None are greater…
The Daily Caller News Foundation – Lillian Tweten on August 28, 2023 Nordstrom permanently closed its San Francisco location after 35…
York County residents are being targeted with unsolicited purchase agreements by a Utah real estate investment company, but county officials…
The Maine State Police has dispatched its bomb squad to Walgreens in Topsham in response to the discovery of a…
Port City Flooring, a business directly across from one of the city’s largest homeless encampments at the Maine Department of…
Officers from the South Portland Police Department were dispatched at approximately 4 a.m. Friday to Summit Terrace apartments for a…
For the past three years, Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) has been locked in a legal battle with the Maine…
The Cumberland Police Department has found that the Greely High School library is not in violation of Maine state laws…
Maine’s Congressional Delegation is urging the U.S. Department of Justice to shut down numerous illegally operated Chinese marijuana growing operations…
Riding the ferry may become more expensive for tourists and Maine’s island residents alike. The Casco Bay Transit District (CBITD)…
Maine State Representative Mike Soboleski (R-Phillips) is considering challenging Rep. Jared Golden in the 2024 race for Maine’s 2nd Congressional…
A MaineHealth executive hosted an antiracist prayer service in which he had a group of White people apologize for their…
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled in favor of a non-profit prisoner advocacy organization Tuesday, finding that Maine County Commissioners…
Amidst Maine’s push to adopt California-style vehicle emissions standards, the manufacturer that produced the electric buses used by Maine’s major…
According to the Congressional Budget Office, the Inflation Reduction Act, signed into law by President Joe Biden on Aug. 16,…
Maine Policy Institute’s Director of Legislative Affairs Jacob Posik joined the Maine Wire podcast to review everything that has happened…
AUGUSTA – Citizens turned out in droves Thursday morning to make their voices heard at the Maine Department of Environmental…
Gov. Janet Mills announced Thursday that the state’s Budget Stabilization Fund, commonly known as the “Rainy Day Fund,” has reached…
The Daily Caller News Foundation – By Jennie Taer on August 16, 202 https://twitter.com/JennieSTaer/status/1691972541257007194?s=20 The state of Maine has become…
The “asylum seekers” that have been living in the Portland Expo were transported north this morning to their new accommodations.…
Portland Department of Health and Human Services Director Kristen Dow updated the City Council Monday on the progress of the…
A Tuesday post on the subreddit community for Portland claims that residents in the city’s West End neighborhood received a…
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection (Maine DEP) is set to hold a public hearing at 9am on August 17…
Abortion has been at the forefront of politics in Maine this past year. From the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn…
On Monday U.S. Senators from Maine Susan Collins, Angus King, and Congressman Jared Golden announced a $194,000 federal grant from…
From statewide mandates coming down from Augusta to municipal-level initiatives, affordable housing has become a priority for elected officials in…
The $445 million Fiscal Year 2024-2025 supplemental budget passed by the Maine Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Janet…
The Mills Administration has made it a top priority to get Mainers driving electric vehicles (EVs) as part of its…
On Saturday, New Jersey lifeguards discovered a dead humpback whale washed ashore, the latest in a string of unexplained deaths…
The Daily Caller News Foundation – Jennie Taer on August 13, 2023 Even as southern border communities deal with an influx…
On Thursday, Maine Wire Editor-in-Chief Steve Robinson and reporter Edward Tomic visited Portland’s largest three homeless encampments and spoke with…
Maine’s municipal welfare spending, known as General Assistance, has been dominated by the city of Portland over the last four…