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The Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of Energy (DOE) have funded more than 100 research projects using Chinese government…
President Donald Trump’s administration has removed the Biden-era Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) advisory designating gun violence as…
The Maine Legislature’s Committee on Environment and Natural Resources voted against two Republican-led bills that would prevent geo-engineering in the…
Majority Democrats in the Maine Legislature approved an $11.3 billion budget in the late hours of Thursday night after repeated…
An illegal alien was among two New York-based individuals who were arrested in Auburn on Thursday in connection to a…
Ryan McLaughlin, a sports reporter with The Ellsworth American, deleted his X account on Thursday following intense backlash after he…
Somali-American Abdullahi Ali has had a prolific life since arriving in Lewiston, Maine as a refugee in 2009. Ali has…
President Donald Trump signed an executive Thursday that represents the first step toward officially abolishing the federal Department of Education…
A new bill introduced this week looks to amend the laws governing Maine’s new Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML)…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed on Wednesday that the University of Maine system of state-funded schools will comply…
The Maine House Democrats endeavored to move forward with what will be a nearly $12 billion biennial spending program on…
Three illegal aliens from the People’s Republic of China are currently being held in the custody of U.S. Immigration and…
The Maine House Democrats selected self-described “Transgender Death Educator” Quinn Gormley, former executive director of the far-left transgender advocacy group…
A U.S. Department of Education’s (DOE) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) investigation found on Wednesday that the Maine DOE is…
A French member of European Parliament made headlines on Sunday when he said it was time for the United States…
Portland Public Schools Superintendent Ryan Scallon on Tuesday doubled down on the district’s commitment to “equity” and to continue allowing…
A Stoneham woman was arrested this week after allegedly speeding near an elementary school and leading an Oxford County Sheriff’s…
Republican lawmakers are pushing for Maine to eliminate the state’s vehicle excise tax and replace it with an annual mileage-based…
Sen. Joe Baldacci (D-Penobscot) wants the state to either purchase or use eminent domain to seize control of the Bangor…
The question now isn’t whether President Trump will ever invite the country’s top judge to his Mar-A-Lago hideout for a…
Madness comes in many forms. Maine seems to be ground zero for it. Despite historic support for mandatory minimum sentences…
The transgender-identifying Waterville City Councilor Rien Finch—formerly known as Hannah Heidt—resigned from her position without warning on Monday, claiming that…
Maine Democrats are spending money like crazy. Is anything in Maine actually getting better?Senator Matt Harrington and Maine Wire Editor-in-Chief…
The FBI successfully extradited Francisco Javier Roman-Bardales, 47, thought to be a key leader of the MS-13 terrorist gang, on…
Democrat lawmakers are now looking to extend funding that makes community college free for all Maine residents — a benefit…
With over 10,000 overdoses last year alone and fatalities — many of them adolescents — ranging from 40 to 70…
Senate Minority Leader Trey Stewart joined Maine Wire Editor-in-Chief Steve Robinson to describe the largest spending package in Maine history,…
Three Dominican nationals were arrested Wednesday morning and charged in connection to an alleged conspiracy to distribute cocaine and crack…
On Tuesday, Portland Police took three suspects into custody accused of displaying handguns and making threats against an individual at…
The State of Maine has now awarded the last of the $60 million relief package approved last year in response…
An investigation into a shoplifting complaint by the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office led to four arrests and the seizure of…
Maine lawmakers are on track to reject a proposal to soften the restrictions surrounding candidates’ ability to communicate with voters…
As Maine faces a potentially substantial loss of federal education funding for refusing to comply with one of President Donald…
The Maine Legislature’s Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Committee considered a bill from State Rep. Nina Milliken (D-Blue Hill) to restrict…
GOP lawmakers are looking to reinstate the property tax stabilization program for Maine’s older homeowners that previously had been repealed…
After failing to secure a $120 million MaineCare bailout package at the State house last week, the Democrat-controlled State Legislature…
Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to a limited 30-day ceasefire in the ongoing conflict with Ukraine after a nearly two…
A new Republican-led bill introduced on Tuesday looks to amend the citizens petition process with respect to agency rule making…
The City of Portland and Maine taxpayers will be footing a nearly $4.5 million annual bill for operating a 179-bed…
Maine’s legislature held a public hearing on Monday for a bill from Rep. Chad Perkins (R-Dover-Foxcroft) that would expand Mainers’…
A midcoast Maine homeowner who was annoyed his neighbor’s trees were ruining his harbor view may have found a solution…
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Rep. Kristen Cloutier (D-Lewiston) wants to put tampons in high school and middle school boys’ bathrooms with a new bill…
Lawmakers on the Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee have unanimously voted to recommend that a bill allowing candidates for Attorney…
A public hearing has been scheduled next week for a bill that aims to support Maine’s hospitality industry by eliminating…
The next and perhaps final phase of the budget battle is starting to gear up in Augusta. This week the…
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Friday announced that they have awarded the first border wall construction contract of…
The U.S. military began a large-scale operation Saturday against the Iran-backed Houthi terrorists in Yemen to defend American interests and…
President Donald Trump made a bombshell announcement on Sunday night, declaring that all the pardons signed by former President Joe…
The Democratic Party has dropped to a new record low among Americans, reaching only a 29% favorability rating, according to…
Maine Democrats have proposed levying an additional four percent tax on income earned over $1 million to fund public education.…
The Oxford County Sheriff’s Department conducted a raid on a large-scale illegal marijuana operation in Dixfield on Friday, seizing over 1,600 illegally cultivated plants. The Sheriff’s Department procured a search warrant after receiving information that a house on Porter Rd. in Dixfield had been converted into an illegal marijuana grow site. The address — 142
A Portland man accused of throwing a rock through the window of a motor vehicle was arrested on Sunday and…
Images from Houlton Sector Border Patrol
Update: After the publication of this article, Rep. Reagan Paul (R-Winterport) contacted The Maine Wire saying that she has reconsidered…
The public will now get a chance to weigh in on whether to give Maine voters the opportunity to approve…
Democrat lawmakers in Augusta have introduced a bill that aims to prohibit “housing discrimination” based on a person’s source of…
Online Satanist networks targeting children for sexual abuse keep gravitating toward a gaming site that has pledged to crack down…
Protest at Cornell University in 2023 (Screenshot/YouTube/ NewsChannel 9 WSYR Syracuse)
A 13-year-old Cassidy Carlisle got an unwelcome shock when she encountered a biological male in the girls’ locker room at…
The White House withdrew the nomination of President Donald Trump’s pick for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…
The third rail of life in summertime Maine – competition for limited beach parking – is heating up in one…
Lewiston’s Rep. Mana Abdi (D) has introduced a bill to allow state workers to get the Muslim holidays Eid al-Fitr…
Mainers gathered in Augusta Wednesday for a public hearing on two bills that look to allow cities and towns throughout…
A political science professor at the University of Maine (UMaine) sent out a recruitment flyer for the UMaine Orono Students…
A service provider for the state’s Office of MaineCare Services left several expletive-ridden voicemails for a Republican state senator early…
The number of migrants crossing from South to North America through what had been a highly-trafficked corridor on Panama’s southern…
The young Maine child who was given a controversial and experimental Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA injection at a public school without his…
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that they will be repurposing the Biden administration’s “CBP One” phone…
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Terri Cooper, the superintendent of the RSU 21 district that includes the town of Kennebunk, ended her controversial five years…
Legislative Democrats failed this week to secure a $120 million supplemental spending bill — thanks largely to Republicans in the…
Maine State Police are investigating the death of a Massachusetts man who was found deceased from a gunshot wound at…
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has begun reducing the number of temporary soft-sided illegal immigrant processing facilities this…
Northern Light Inland Hospital and its associated Waterville clinics are slated to be shut down and will halt patient care…
Dr. Nirav Shah, former head of the Maine Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC), will be joining the…
Protecting Sears Island from exploitative development has been a mission of its Waldo County defenders for decades, and the latest…
The Maine Democrats’ failed to advance a $120 million MaineCare bailout plan after Democratic lawmakers rejected modest welfare reforms proposed…
Maine’s Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs voted in favor of a bill legalizing home alcohol distilling with a positive,…
The City of Portland will be saddled with providing services at the city’s 179-bed shelter for single asylum-seeking migrants after…
The Portland Press Herald published the same unredacted photo of a transgender-identifying male minor on Tuesday that they slammed Rep.…
Funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for Maine universities was restored Wednesday following a brief pause by the…
The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office announced on Wednesday that following a multi-day search they have arrested a suspect accused of…
Rep. Jared Golden (ME-CD2) explained why he was the only Democrat in the House to vote on Tuesday in favor…
Under the Trump administration, Border Patrol apprehensions are sinking to levels never before experienced in Customs and Border Protection (CBP)…
A senior aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin threw cold water on a ceasefire overture that U.S. Special Envoy Steven…
The fentanyl crisis in North America is not just a drug problem—it is deeply intertwined with a sophisticated international money…
Maine’s leading Democratic figures have recently condemned the act of posting pictures of minors on Facebook as a serious political…
Democrat lawmakers in Maine are looking to impose an additional four percent tax on capital gains earned by residents over…
A Maine church embroiled in a legal dispute with the Hermon School System has claimed that Drummond Woodsum—the law firm…
As a result of every federal judge in Maine recusing themselves from a Republican State Representative’s case against the Democratic…
The Maine State Police and Attorney General’s Office on Wednesday announced that they have concluded the investigation into the deaths…
Cumberland Police on Wednesday announced the arrest of a man accused of orchestrating a sophisticated online fraud scheme targeting a…
New Hampshire’s senior senator and former governor, Jeanne Shaheen (D), announced on Wednesday that she will not seek another term…
During remarks on the Senate floor on Tuesday, U.S. Senator from Maine Susan Collins (R) claimed it was a “myth”…
Maine lawmakers are now looking to have the final say over what civil lawsuits are brought by the state’s Attorney…
Maine Wire Editor-in-Chief Steve Robinson contributed to this report. UPDATE: The Maine Wire has learned the likely explanation for the…
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The Lewiston Police Department on Tuesday issued an update on their investigation into a shooting that occurred outside of a…