The Daily Caller News Foundation – John Hugh DeMastri on May 21, 2023 The Biden administration’s upcoming rules requiring stricter…
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On Thursday the Maine Legislature’s Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee held a public hearing on a proposal to pave the…
David Creech, the principal of the Marshwood Middle School, tendered his resignation this week citing health concerns. But the sudden…
Maine House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross (D-Portland) sponsored a bill Tuesday that would allow an “unhoused” person to avoid the…
In a public hearing by the Maine Legislature’s Judiciary Committee on Wednesday morning, Rep. Rebecca Millett (D-Cape Elizabeth) struggled to…
The city of Sanford — population: 22,000 — has been overrun with asylum-seekers who arrived throughout last week seeking General…
Tuesday marked National Fentanyl Awareness Day as the Maine Drug Data Hub’s March 2023 Overdose Report revealed a total of…
The State Senate voted 19-14 Tuesday to kill a proposal that would have lifted the 100-megawatt cap on electricity generated…
The Maine Democratic Party ended the first quarter of 2023 on far healthier financial footing than the Maine GOP, according…
AUGUSTA, Maine — Several lawmakers have joined a group of Maine residents in suing Maine’s top elected officials over unusual…
Employees of Maine’s state government received an email Friday from the Bureau of Human Resources that some state workers have…
(Update: The Education and Cultural Affairs Committee voted Thursday to recommend passage of LD 394, the bill that would ratify…
Gov. Janet Mills appears to have stretched the truth when she described the supposed outpouring of gratitude she received from…
The Yarmouth School Committee will consider Thursday a proposal to adopt new rules concerning transgender and “gender-expansive” students. The proposed…
Sen. Brad Farrin (R-Somerset) introduced his bill, LD 986, targeting traffickers of fentanyl and other synthetic opioids to the Legislature’s…
Gun rights advocates from across the state of Maine gathered Monday at the State House in Augusta to voice their…
As expected, Gov. Janet Mills on Friday signed the $9.9 billion biennial budget Democratic lawmakers approved late Thursday night, saying…
AUGUSTA, ME – On Monday, April 3rd, a coalition of gun rights groups and activists will be hosting a rally…
The Daily Caller Foundation – Katelynn Richardson on March 30, 2023 Lawsuits from landowners and fishing groups threaten to undermine the…
The top Republican in the House of Representatives is calling on Maine Education Commissioner Pender Makin to explain what she…
A legal challenge filed on behalf of Mainers who lost their jobs as a result of a COVID-19 vaccine mandate…
Rep. Gary Drinkwater (R-Milford) wants to bring back a provision of Maine law that allows employees at health care facilities…
Democratic lawmakers have rejected a Republican proposal to reduce taxes for low-income Mainers, setting the stage for a one-party budget…
The Maine Attorney General’s office issued a warning Thursday about an ongoing online scam involving the fraudulent sale of used…
For the first time in nearly two decades, leaders from Maine’s indigenous tribes came to the Maine State House on…
Traditional academic learning — like reading, writing, and math — should be a lower priority in Maine schools than social-emotional…
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has asked for $5,000 in fees before it will turn over…
In the news last week, President Joe Biden said he wants to increase taxes to “help save Medicare.” Maine Democrats…
If you believe everything you read, see or hear in the mainstream media today, you could be forgiven for thinking…
Newscenter Maine invited a former psychic medium on its talking head program “Political Brew” this weekend to criticize Republican state…
All across Maine, school boards are debating whether sexually explicit books should be available in public school libraries, especially books…
The majority of likely voters in Maine want Maine’s public schools to focus more on math, reading, and writing than…
Unlike its twin in Georgia, Augusta, Maine doesn’t have a literal swamp. But an increasing number of Mainers are concerned it’s…
The chaos surrounding the Mt. Ararat Schools (MSAD 75) continues this week following the revelation that School Board Chair Frank…
Republicans on the Maine legislature’s joint committee on education and cultural affairs today called on the University of Maine system…
Correction: In a 2/24 piece by Sam Patten entitled GOP Pushes for Parental Rights, Transparency in Maine Schools, the author…
Mother Jones magazine, a cornerstone of the progressive establishment, ran a lengthy piece today entitled: “To Save Whales, Should We Stop…
The Maine Republican Party is accusing U.S. Sen. Angus King of violating the First Amendment free speech rights of Maine…
If you were to rely just on University of Maine political science professor Amy Fried’s take, you could safely assume that…
Gov. Janet Mills made the case for her $10.3 billion biennial budget – almost one billion dollars and more than…
Students looking to enroll in Maine’s Community Colleges will have one less barrier to entry thanks to the system’s lifting…
Republican lawmakers held a press conference Tuesday to tout several welfare reform proposals, including the restoration of welfare work requirements…
Responding to recent cases first reported by The Maine Wire, several state representatives have introduced bills in the current legislative…
The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency arrested two Lawrence, Mass., women Thursday night for trafficking and attempting to distribute a massive…
Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME) said Thursday he will continue to serve on the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee. Golden…
Maine Wire Editor-in-Chief Steve Robinson joined WVOM’s George Hale and Ric Tyler to talk about the latest reporting on the…
Low-income Maine residents have begun receiving letters informing them that their Food Stamp benefits will be slashed in March. In…
The South Portland City Council met Tuesday night to work on rules that might resolve the ongoing refugee and homelessness…
The three challengers for chairperson of the Maine Republican Party’s seat traveled to the Phippsburg Sportsmen Association on Tuesday evening…
A Kennebunkport man was arrested for the second time in recent months Saturday in Atlanta following a terror campaign against…
The Maine chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) will hold one of two annual meetings on Saturday and…
The Daily Caller News Foundation – Bronson Winslow on January 19, 2023 A recent rule by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,…
Apparently, Gov. Janet Mills is expecting a $2 billion visit from the tooth fairy. While introducing the third two-year budget…
A report published last week by the Maine Child Welfare Ombudsman, an independent government watchdog, revealed widespread failures at the…
Maine Wire Editor-in-Chief Steve Robinson joined WVOM’s George Hale and Ric Tyler Monday morning to tell listeners about his exclusive…
Maine’s political reporters rung in the New Year — and the official start of Democratic Gov. Janet Mills’ second term…
The school system in Maine’s largest city has is facing a civil rights complaint alleging the school has been discriminating…
Voters in Paris will decide Tuesday whether to recall two members of the Oxford Hills School Board in a vote…
From Maine to Washington, D.C., Republican Party officials, operatives, and activists are fighting a mild civil war to determine who…
A Maine State Senator has introduced a bill that would require an official declaration of war by the U.S. Congress…
The mother of a Damariscotta 13-year-old who public school officials encouraged to undertake a gender transition is filing a complaint…
The school system in Maine’s largest city has been operating a résumé coaching program that is only available to people…
The fate of more than $86,000 in campaign cash left unspent during the 2022 election provides a glimpse of Augusta’s…
A new research report on American welfare programs found that Mainers who take advantage of the full suite of state…
Republican state lawmakers condemned the actions of school officials at Great Salt Bay Community School in Damariscotta after The Maine…
Officials at a public school in Damariscotta won’t respond to The Maine Wire’s questions about a 26-year-old conditionally licensed social…
A public school worker at Great Salt Bay Community School who coached a 13-year-old girl into a gender transition without…
Posters displayed in Maine public schools explaining the various terms used by gender ideology advocates also smear heterosexual couples using…
UPDATE: Bangor Police Department Public Information Officer Sgt. Jason McAmbley said in an email that assault charges were filed against…
Maine and New Hampshire police played hot potato this weak with a woman experiencing homelessness in yet another sad episode…
Bowdoin College professor Jean Yarbrough, renowned scholar of American political thought, joined British author and podcaster Douglas Murray to discuss…
Prominent politicians who received heaps of money from Sam Bankman-Fried or his FTX associates are quietly trying to run the…
Mainers from across the state braved icy temperatures and gathered outside Whole Foods in Portland on Monday afternoon to protest…
Fox News host Tucker Carlson Monday night went to bat for the Maine lobster. He interviewed guest Rosie Moore, a…
Whether school bus drivers at several Maine public schools can celebrate the season by playing Rudolph the Rednosed Reindeer or…
Maine Wire Editor-in-Chief Steve Robinson filled in on WGAN’s Morning News for an hour this morning. He covered the “Twitter…
Just three-quarters of employees with Northern Light Health, a major hospital operator in Maine, said they would use the company…
Liberals in Brunswick are going to war with one another over a $70,000 painting that’s going to end up on…
Whenever someone promises two for the price of one, the savvy consumer is naturally suspicious. Should the same suspicion not…
Republican state lawmakers didn’t even show up for the fight to nominate Maine’s constitutional officers on Thursday. During the first…
Republican lawmakers introduced a plan Tuesday to change Maine tax law to punish any business that opts to boycott the…
Maine’s needle exchange program requires users to turnover one used needle in order to get one clean needle. But at…
The number of Maine high school students who identify as transgender more than doubled from 2019 to 2021, according to…
An alarming 30.9 percent of Maine high school students are overweight or obese, according to the 2021 Maine Integrated Youth…
Question are swirling among Maine Republican insiders following the transfer of more than $86,000 from a committee aimed at helping…
The New England states are facing a looming crisis over how to pay for housing for tens of thousands of…
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker and Dept. of Public Health Commissioner Margret R. Cooke are refusing to say who authorized the…
Former Secretary of State Matt Dunlap is making another run at the position of State Auditor after he was forced…
The cost for a gallon of heating oil in Maine has hit a record high. Mainers should expect to pay…
State Sen. Troy Jackson (D-Aroostook) will once again lead the Democratic caucus in the Maine Senate following leadership elections Thursday…
Less than two days after the 2022 midterm elections, the paper of record for the American left is already signaling…
Ken isn’t going to vote on Tuesday. Working in a hardware store in Northern New Hampshire, Ken points to the…
Democratic Gov. Janet Mills doubled down Thursday on her mandate that healthcare workers in Maine get the COVID-19 vaccination as…
Moderators in Thursday’s gubernatorial debate for some reason spent 4.5 minutes on the subject of the “gender pay gap” but…
Gov. Janet Mills said in a debate Thursday Maine needs more asylum seekers and refugees in order to provide businesses…
When a career politician takes multiple positions on the same issue, is it more confusing because of the head-spinning inconsistency…
If it’s brown, it’s down! Maine’s 2021 hunting season resulted in plenty of overstuffed deep freezers, according to the new…
The Maine Department of Corrections is providing padded bras to juvenile inmates without breasts and chest binders to juvenile inmates…
The Maine Department of Corrections (DOC) had employees take an hour off of work on Thursday for a lecture from…
Former Gov. Paul LePage and State Sen. Trey Stewart (R-Aroostook) are calling for an investigation into whether a phone call…