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Maine’s Congressional delegation announced Friday that two commercial fishing associations have been awarded an aggregate of more than $2 million…
Portland Police responded late Sunday night to reports of gunfire on Eleanor Street. At about 11:00 p.m. on Sunday, Oct.…
At a workshop on Tuesday the South Portland City Council will discuss a proposed ordinance that would eventually prohibit the…
A search of a Lewiston apartment by police and agents with the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) last week resulted…
Vice President Kamala Harris allegedly plagiarized significant portions of her 2009 book on criminal justice, according to an investigation conducted…
Just one day after the Maine Wire dropped a bombshell report on whistleblower records indicating multiple noncitizens have illegally voted…
A temporary injunction halting enforcement of a Maine law blocking foreign spending in local and state elections and referendums was…
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday morning in a case challenging the federal government’s 2022 rule aiming to…
A Cornville man will serve two years in prison after pleading guilty to multiple counts of sexual assault, following an…
An Afghan foreign national with ties to the terror group ISIS worked for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) before his…
A massive influx in non-English speaking students in Pennsylvania is overwhelming school districts across the state, and the logistical strain…
A Guatemalan national living illegally in the U.S. since at least 2011 has been arrested by U.S. Immigrations and Customs…
The trash fire which started at a trash facility in Orrington on October 1 has finally been extinguished, according to…
At their meeting next Tuesday, the Sanford City Council will consider adopting a resolution seeking to reform the city’s state-licensed…
The ex-wife of State Rep. Holly Eaton (D-Deer Isle) allegedly stole a political sign supporting the independent candidate trying to…
The Maine Department of Education (Maine DOE) entered into a “partnership” with the nonprofit Maine Trust for Local News in…
The Kamala Harris Campaign collaborated with a World of Warcraft streamer Wednesday night to provide commentary on a Gov. Tim…
Whistleblower records obtained by the Maine Wire, along with voter registration records from the Maine Secretary of State’s office, show…
The New England Fishermen’s Stewardship Association (NEFSA) will be sending Gov. Janet Mills a petition with over 2,500 signatures urging…
Law enforcement seized three firearms from an Ogunquit inn housing 20 noncitizen “scholar” visa holders after a report of shots…
The transgender Maine high schooler who assaulted a high school girl on Friday was the subject of previous sexual harassment…
A new database from Do No Harm has revealed the number of children across Maine who have undergone gender transition…
Multiple U.S. cities and counties across the country have stopped putting fluoride in their water supplies after a federal judge…
A Peru, Maine woman has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for drug trafficking charges after selling more…
At the close of a Monday evening forum between Maine’s Second Congressional District candidates Congressman Jared Golden (D) and State…
Police are actively looking for a suspect believed to be responsible for a stabbing at a dollar store in Sanford’s…
Kate Guenther | The Center Square (The Center Square) – Sex reassignment procedures and surgeries on children have gained national…
On the anniversary of terrorist attack against Israel carried out by the Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023,…
Maine’s Congressional delegation has sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare and medicaid Services (CMS) urging the creation of…
Shortly after Trump for President signs placed alongside Piscataquis County roads began disappearing, an amateur sleuth discovered the signs piled…
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced Thursday the results of ongoing efforts to test the surface water near…
The number of veterans experiencing homelessness in Maine nearly quadrupled from 2021 to 2022, and remains at levels higher than…
Federal tax dollars that could be supporting relief efforts in disaster-stricken parts of Appalachia were instead diverted resettle tens of…
The United States Supreme Court reconvened on Monday for the start of its October 2024 term. Among the cases on…
The FBI arrested 64-year-old Lewiston resident, Andre Maurice Bonneau, in Maine on Thursday for illegally entering the U.S. Capitol and…
According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, the share of Maine households using oil as their primary source…
The infamous Russian “Merchant of Death” who was released from custody by the Biden administration in a 2022 prisoner swap…
The second public comment period for Maine’s new Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) Program closed Monday after receiving nearly…
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced in September that it would be reducing certain Medicare prescription drug…
When LS Power withdrew its proposal to build a controversial high-power transmission line across Maine this summer, the news created…
Dallas police arrested four suspected Venezuelan gang members last week after they allegedly robbed a woman at gunpoint in her…
The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) on Friday announced that they have arrested 40 fugitives wanted for various violent offenses as…
The Biden-Harris administration has decided not to extend the temporary legal status for more than 100,000 Venezuelans brought into the…
Add Bath to the long and growing list of Maine towns set to see property taxes head higher. Residents of…
The Maine Labor Climate Council, a purported coalition of labor unions pushing for offshore wind development in the Gulf of…
Maine cities and towns — but not all of them — have already begun voting in the 2024 elections, with…
A political action committee (PAC) founded by the Maine Education Association this week spent $75,500 on digital advertisements in support…
The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) has agreed to suspend its strike for a massive pay increase, just three days after…
An Ellsworth man on federal supervised release for a previous conviction for possessing child pornography this week was sentenced to…
Maine Democrats who welcomed Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff to Maine and appeared alongside him at a Portland abortion clinic for…
Incumbent Democrat U.S. Rep. Jared Golden faced off against State Rep. Austin Theriault (R-Fort Kent) last night in the first…
The National Border Patrol Union endorsed State Rep. Austin Theriault (R-Fort Kent) Thursday in his bid to unseat incumbent Democrat…
A Democratic State Representative published an op-ed bragging about the 2023-2024, Democrat-led state spending spree just hours before the Mills…
In the fall of 2023, Efficiency Maine announced that it would not be requiring homeowners to disconnect their older heating…
The Gorham Police Department is warning residents to lock their cars after responding to more than 20 motor vehicle burglaries…
Prosecutors in the case against Ryan W. Routh — the suspect in the second assassination attempt on former President Donald…
Former First Lady Melania Trump has expressed support for abortion in her soon-to-be-released memoir, a position that conflicts with her…
A member of Venezuelan transnational criminal organization Tren de Aragua was free in New York City for three weeks in…
The federal Department of Environmental Protection (EPA) sent a letter on September 26 directing the U.S. Navy to “take any…
Five Chinese nationals have been charged after they were caught spying on Camp Grayling, a National Guard training facility located…
The Maine State Library is spending nearly $13,000 in taxpayer funds to create a toolkit meant for “caregivers” to teach…
A Lewiston man was sentenced to 35 years in prison on Tuesday in a Portland federal court for sexually exploiting…
The State of Maine is projected to face a massive shortfall of nearly $1 billion for fiscal years 2026 and…
The following article was prepared by the Maine Issues & Action PAC, a political advocacy committee formed by Rep. Mike…
Only 5.49 of university and college professors working in Maine are registered Republicans, according to an analysis of professorial political…
An organization under investigation by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation received financial backing from a group of Democratic donors,…
Electric Vehicles (EVs) have become a flashpoint in Maine politics over the past year thanks to an effort by the…
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) lax information requirements for recipients of the Biden-Harris administration’s home energy rebates have left…
A fire broke out Tuesday night around 8:21pm at a trash facility in Orrington, causing Orrington Fire and Rescue to…
A September report published by a state-level advisory committee argues that Maine must “incrementally increase the number of housing units…
The Lewiston Police Department on Tuesday announced that they had executed two search warrants, resulting in the seizure of a…
The Rockland Police Department announced on Tuesday that their officers will now be equipped with a new Kevlar cord restraint…
According to the Public Access Ombudsman’s 2023 Report, state-level agencies received nearly three thousand requests under the Maine’s Freedom of…
Businesses throughout Maine are preparing for the state to implement its new payroll tax and a complex series of rules…
A Lewiston man pleaded guilty on Friday in a Bangor federal court to filing a fraudulent application to obtain an…
President Joe Biden’s specially selected Envoy for Climate, former Mass. Senator and failed presidential candidate John Kerry, wants a way…
What started in 2008 as a small school for orphaned refugees living in Uganda is an operation that now provides…
The Winthrop School District is facing a nearly $700,000 budget deficit for the current school year. According to Winthrop Superintendent…
Maine’s Right to Know Advisory Committee (RTKAC) — a government body designed to advise on government transparency and public record…
More than half a million illegal immigrants with pending immigration cases with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have a…
A member of a Portland Public Schools committee charged with redrawing the school district’s attendance boundaries in order to address…
A longtime Democratic politician and government employee has been hired in a $121,000-a-year position at the Maine Department of Education…
The Vermont State Police and the Maine State Police both detained investigative journalist James O’Keefe while he was investigating a…
U.S. Sen. Angus King (I-Maine), who has for years fashioned himself as an “independent” or a “moderate” despite backing exclusively…
A homeless man who earlier this year was charged with assaulting people with a machete, and who a month ago…
Former President Donald Trump called for criminal charges to be brought against U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for insider trading…
The U.S. Congress approved a Continuing Resolution this week that will provide ninety days worth of funding for the government,…
The City of Portland is set to conduct a revaluation of residential properties over the course of next year, the…
York County District Attorney Kathryn Slattery this week touted the sentencing of a Maine man convicted of manslaughter in connection…
An investigation into a string of over 20 package thefts from a Westbrook senior citizen living facility has led to…
Former President Donald Trump has a nearly 11-point lead over Vice President Kamala Harris, according to an eye-popping new analysis…
The Biden-Harris Administration signed on to a radical United Nations agenda calling for zero-carbon emissions and an end to fossil…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D), who during the COVID-19 pandemic implemented stringent prohibitions on public gatherings and stay-at-home directives, will…
Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.) went viral on Saturday after claiming that Americans “can’t afford four more…
Lewiston was rocked by a series of violent incidents Tuesday evening, with police responding to two separate reports of gunfire…
While the mayor of South Portland recently recommended that elderly residents reverse mortgage their homes to handle a growing property…
A Lisbon man with multiple previous state convictions for possessing and distributing child pornography pleaded guilty this week to a…
In a win for religious freedom, a federal judge has ruled that the government cannot force Catholic employers to pay…
New York Archbishop Timothy Cardinal Dolan went viral with a statement calling out Vice President Kamala Harris for her plan…