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As the saying goes “you can take the boy out of the country but you can’t take the country out…
He who pays the piper calls the tune, the old saying goes. Looking closely at the most recent dust-up under…
In Augusta these days, keeping up with the latest legislative head-scratchers can be a full-time job. But one proposal stands…
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South Portland residents are set to vote on a proposed $73 million school budget next Tuesday amidst concerns over public…
Maine’s largest paper buried the lead in announcing the retirement of a top veteran editor whose exit comes in the…
Maine’s House and Senate have been going back and forth for the past couple of weeks over whether or not…
House lawmakers engaged in a lengthy and impassioned debate Thursday morning over a bill requiring a photo ID to cast…
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Long Creek Youth Development Center in South Portland, Maine’s only juvenile correctional facility, will be spending nearly $30,000 to purchase…
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) on Friday issued a press release celebrating a record high…
The Maine State Legislature has unanimously approved a bill increasing the number of children for whom childcare providers may be…
A Guatemalan national was sentenced in a Maine federal court on Wednesday for illegal reentry into the U.S. after a…
The internet has blown up with speculators discussing how two Mount Katahdin hikers died amid obvious warning signs to abandon…
President Donald Trump (R) invoked federal law to block foreign students from entering the country to study at Harvard University…
The Democrats of the Kennebunks and Arundel (DKA) is looking to form a “Rapid Response Team” in case of U.S.…
An Egyptian national with alleged ties to a terrorist organization was arrested by U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) agents in Pittsfield…
Advocates of gun control measures often speak of a “cooling off period” — usually in reference to a delay on…
The Maine House passed a net neutrality bill Wednesday with bipartisan support, as three Republican lawmakers crossed party lines to…
The Maine State Legislature’s Judiciary Committee came to three different recommendations on Wednesday to three bills prescribing how state and…
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a list of jurisdictions with “sanctuary” policies that obstruct immigration enforcement late…
Long-time U.S. House Speaker Tip O’Neill famously said “all politics is local,” and he could just have easily been talking…
A Harpswell Democrat’s bill to levy an additional four percent tax on income earned over $1 million in order to…
The Maine State Police on Wednesday released the identity of a woman found dead at a home in Lewiston earlier…
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After rejecting a number of bills aimed at repealing or amending Maine’s new Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) Program…
A Portland homeless man was arrested Wednesday morning for allegedly stabbing another homeless man in the city’s downtown area. Portland…
The Maine Legislature’s Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee met Wednesday afternoon to finalize its recommendations on three hotly-debated firearm-related…
U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) in Maine is reporting a recent spike in apprehensions, including the removal of 42 illegal aliens…
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The FBI arrested two Chinese citizens, Yunqing Jian, 33, and Zunyong Liu, 34, on Tuesday after they were caught allegedly…
A left-leaning politician who said South Korea should not be as “antagonizing” toward communist U.S. adversaries has been elected as…
President Donald Trump issued a proclamation celebrating persecuted Christians on June 1, the start of Pride Month, marking a significant…
The Maine Department of Education (DOE) issued a no-bid contract this week spending nearly $30,000 on English language classes for…
One Maine GOP lawmaker has sought to establish a new special committee tasked with reviewing routine technical rule-making by state…
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), with the help of multiple federal agencies, arrested nearly 1,500 illegal aliens during the…
The Maine House of Representatives considered an additional series of bills during Monday’s session pertaining to the state’s new Paid…
A Portland sex offender, Steven Ricci, 61, is set to be released at the end of June despite what the…
Maine’s House of Representatives narrowly voted to decriminalize the possession of one ounce or less of psilocybin for persons 21…
A 30-year-old Lewiston man was arrested on Monday after an investigation showed that he allegedly used a social media account…
The Maine House narrowly passed a bill on Monday that will make life and work more difficult for Mainers employed…
The Opportunity Alliance, a homeless and substance abuse service provider based in South Portland, has agreed to a nearly $350,000…
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Early frontrunners in the 2026 Maine gubernatorial race suggest the field is still just beginning to develop on both the…
It may be a sign of the times that both chambers of the Maine Legislature passed a bill on Monday…
Tensions flared in the Maine House chamber Monday night as Republican lawmakers staged a walkout in protest over extended legislative…
Flight Deck Brewing in Brunswick is under investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division for…
House lawmakers in Augusta rejected two bills during Monday’s session taking aim at Maine’s new Paid Family and Medical Leave…
Who’s afraid of a public hearing? Maine legislative Republicans held a press conference on Monday to call out a move…
An effort to make the process of Maine public school students transferring from one district to another more transparent was…
Taking your car in every year for its inspection sticker is a familiar ordeal to all Maine drivers, and a…
Maine legislators have killed a bill that would have abolished the state’s income tax and required agencies to regularly engage…
Ogunquit police officers will be wearing new “LGBTQ+ pride patches” throughout June for “Pride Month,” which is typically celebrated through…
Portland Police last week apprehended a fugitive wanted by federal law enforcement after officers chased him down and found him…
The Maine Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) sent 42 illegal immigrants out of state for further deportation proceedings on a…
South Portland’s People’s Inclusive Welding (PIW) held a rally with other groups on Friday to protest the arrest of two…
Lawmakers in Maine’s House of Representatives voted unanimously on Monday to pass “An Act to Adopt Eastern Daylight Time Year-round…
The Maine School Administrative District (MSAD) 52 school board voted Thursday night to send a potential change to its transgender…
An Egyptian man using a makeshift flamethrower and incendiary devices attacked a peaceful event on Boulder, Colorado’s Pearl Street pedestrian…
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On Monday, the Maine House of Representatives will meet for a legislative session to tackle a whopping 45 divided reports…
A proposal by a Knox County Democrat legislator for a “regional living wage” – supposedly to help people afford housing…
Maine House Republicans have called upon Democratic lawmakers to produce their proposed budget documents, including the details of their plan…
A Linneus man on Tuesday became the 20th person to be sentenced for his role in a northern Maine drug…
Maine’s attempt to establish a so-called student wage has been rejected along nearly partisan lines in the State Legislature. Under…
Maine lawmakers have officially shot down a proposed constitutional amendment that would have effectively prevented future Legislatures from engaging the…
Democratic lawmakers on the Maine Legislature’s Judiciary Committee on Friday afternoon chose to carry over two bills that would abolish…
The Heritage Foundation has filed a lawsuit against Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) for allegedly violating the state’s Freedom of…
A joint operation by the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) and the Washington County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday at two…
U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) agents from Maine’s Rangeley Station last week arrested a Salvadoran illegal alien gang member wanted by…
A public school in Maine has suspended a middle school student for barking like a dog at another student who…
A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that President Donald Trump (R) will temporarily be allowed to continue collecting tariffs under…
The United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of an oil railroad expansion in Utah Thursday in a decision…
Maine lawmakers appear poised to reject a bill directing the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to reimburse hospitals…
Sen. Susan Collins weighed in on Tuesday on President Donald Trump’s highly controversial “Big Beautiful Bill” spending package, which is…
Three 18-year-olds have been arrested in connection to a December 2024 shooting at Portland’s Peppermint Park, including two suspects who…
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) announced recently it will open its doors to foreign Harvard students…
Out Maine, an LGBTQ non-profit that pushes radical gender ideology on children, received three new grants this month to help…
Remember the good ole days in Maine when would-be politicians would run for office on nothing but grit – knowing…
A Mexico man with an extensive criminal history in Maine described by police as a “known menace” has been arrested…
The upcoming June 10 election for the Regional School Unit (RSU) 40 school board could have significant consequences for girls…
Remember the Disinformation Complex that thrived under the Biden administration and effectively throttled conservative media online? Three years ago this…
A man accused of firing a gun at passing vehicles in Lewiston on Tuesday evening was arrested after a standoff…
Billionaire Elon Musk announced Wednesday on X that his time working in the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has officially…
The FBI is investigating possible “targeted violence against religious groups” in Seattle after leftists crashed two Christian events over the…
President Donald Trump’s (R) approval rating is holding steady at 47 percent, while a strong majority of Americans have expressed…
A Lewiston woman is facing a slate of drug charges after being found with over 20 grams of fentanyl during…
California made a minor but potentially significant policy change to mitigate the damage done by allowing transgender-identifying males to compete…
The Maine Department of Corrections (DOC) has denied access to the Supervised Community Confinement Program (SCCP) for Mark Cardilli, a…
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other federal law enforcement agencies on Tuesday conducted an immigration enforcement operation on…
On the evening of Tuesday, May 27th shortly before 7pm, the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office made a routine stop for…
Starting this month, the state of Maine has begun rolling out new license plates featuring a nod to the 1901…
In what is appearing increasingly to be a personally-driven showdown, President Donald Trump vowed this week to strip America’s oldest…
President Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Tuesday to celebrate Maine fishermen and to discuss his work to remove…
A Maine man on the run from New Hampshire authorities due to a probation violation stemming from a domestic violence…
Four years ago, a founder of Maine Stands Up addressed a standing room only crowd in a Topsham church during…
A former Maine Medical Center finance director has thrown his hat into the ring with a growing field of Republicans…
How long is the line between James Comey and Elias Rodriguez, the 31-year-old Chicago man accused of murdering two young…
