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Gov. Janet Mills has thrown her support behind a bill from Sen. Anne Carney (D-Cumberland) that would eliminate the long-standing…
Where’s the “vision thing,” Joe? In a State of the Union speech that took President Biden 73 minutes to deliver…
New Hampshire residents overwhelmingly believe that parents — not school administrators — should have the final say when it comes…
A self-described queer former counselor from St. Louis is blowing the whistle on the gender clinic she worked at for…
Congress just bigfooted the District of Columbia’s city council by overturning its recent changes to its criminal justice law that…
Students looking to enroll in Maine’s Community Colleges will have one less barrier to entry thanks to the system’s lifting…
The state of Maine is extending a sole-source no bid contract with Ethos Marketing of Westbrook to promote COVID-19 mRNA…
Maine Senate Republicans launched an initiative on Wednesday to stabilize the sagging labor market in the state while taking aim…
Oklahoma lawmakers are considering several proposals that would protect parent’s rights in education and ban controversial sex-change procedures for minors.…
Maine’s prospects for adopting a voter identification law don’t look great for the current legislature. LD 34, “An Act to…
Responding to recent cases first reported by The Maine Wire, several state representatives have introduced bills in the current legislative…
A Maine mom is calling on the school board of the Great Salt Bay Community School in Damariscotta to investigate…
As temperatures plummeted on Friday, Maine residents and businesses relied mostly on nuclear energy, natural gas, and oil for their…
Gov. Janet Mills is looking to hire a consultant who will study potential ways Maine can “decarbonize.” For the uninitiated,…
The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency arrested two Lawrence, Mass., women Thursday night for trafficking and attempting to distribute a massive…
Have you heard how cold outside it is? Well, if you haven’t, it’s wicked cold. The National Weather Service out…
The Judiciary Committee rejected a bill Thursday that would have allowed victims of malicious vandalism by minors to collect up…
The U.S. Treasury Department has released an insane chart projecting U.S. debt-GDP ratio out to 2090. https://twitter.com/LynAldenContact/status/1620447620987785216 The chart shows…
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 WGAN’s Matt Gagnon Thursday morning to talk about the Maine Wire’s exclusive reporting on…
A New Jersey city councilwoman was shot dead in New Jersey Wednesday evening in what appears to be a targeted…
The Maine Department of Education makes certain data available through an online portal per the terms of the Every Student…
Former Republican President Donald Trump, currently the top announced candidate for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, released a video this…
State lawmakers in Virginia are debating a proposed law that would prevent schools from secretly transitioning the genders of students…
If you haven’t been following the Dead Whale Beat out of New Jersey and New York, then you might not…
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows is expected to testify at the State House on Feb. 6 when the State…
Federal employees in some ways got the easiest side of the pandemic: None of them missed a paycheck, they all…
City of Boston Mayor Michelle Wu on Thursday announced a special recognition for former Boston Globe editor Brian McGrory. January…
A top official at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) admitted in a presentation Thursday that the…
Maine Wire Editor-in-Chief Steve Robinson joined WVOM’s George Hale and Ric Tyler to talk about the latest reporting on the…
I have hesitated for months to write this. I know the hate and threats that will come my way. Even…
Undercover video released by Project Veritas on Wednesday showed a high-level employee at pharmaceutical giant Pfizer spilling company secrets. Now,…
So much for Mr. Nice Guy! California Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Hollywood) isn’t waiting around anymore to see if California Sen. Dianne Feinstein,…
Low-income Maine residents have begun receiving letters informing them that their Food Stamp benefits will be slashed in March. In…
Undercover video released by Project Veritas on Wednesday shows a high-level employee at pharmaceutical giant Pfizer spilling company secrets about…
A woman with dual citizenship in Canada and France pleaded guilty Wednesday to attempting to assassinate former President Donald Trump…
The South Portland City Council met Tuesday night to work on rules that might resolve the ongoing refugee and homelessness…
After surging briefly thanks to all the scared flatlanders fleeing the pandemic, Maine has once again dropped in U-Haul’s annual…
State lawmakers heard Tuesday from a staffer on a new state commission who advised them to oppose “race neutral” policies…
The three challengers for chairperson of the Maine Republican Party’s seat traveled to the Phippsburg Sportsmen Association on Tuesday evening…
Before writing anything further here, please excuse any saltiness in my take. Full disclosure: I pleaded guilty to failing to…
A substitute teacher at the King Middle School in Portland was removed from the classroom last week and banned from…
A Democratic State Representative and a former Republican candidate were both indicted in December for fraud related to Maine’s so-called…
A Maine business owner who used a fake email to threaten people who left him negative reviews on the Internet…
Famed anti-capitalist and environmentalist superstar Greta Thunberg refused to condemn oil producing nations in the Middle East or Russian President…
Who knew the U.S. government has a Chief Performance Officer? Until the White House announced on Sunday that the president has…
Maine Rep. Chellie Pingree is calling on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate whether the propane industry has been…
A Kennebunkport man was arrested for the second time in recent months Saturday in Atlanta following a terror campaign against…
Ok, this is just getting silly – on Saturday, the Justice Department announced that the FBI found more documents in…
The U.S. Supreme Court announced Thursday that its investigation into the politically strategic leaking of a draft opinion on abortion…
The so-called Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was touted by Maine politicians, and especially Rep. Jared Golden (ME-2), as an economic…
Police in Paris, Maine, are investigating an Oxford Hills Middle School substitute teacher over allegations that he inappropriately touched a…
Americans are pessimistic about what the economy will bring in 2023, with large numbers fearing inflation and a looming recession…
The Daily Caller News Foundation – John Hugh DeMastri on January 19, 2023 Facebook made content moderation decisions based on communications…
The Daily Caller News Foundation – Bronson Winslow on January 19, 2023 A recent rule by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,…
Maine’s Republican lawmakers say the systemic — and sometimes deadly — failures of Maine’s child welfare agency require the state…
Does the fact that George Soros is skipping the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland this year a signal that…
If you saw the original Top Gun with Tom Cruise, released in 1986, you know what a Flat Spin is,…
Rep. Mana Abdi (D-Lewiston) has submitted a bill that would end the practice of cash bail, a longtime goal of…
A pair of bills submitted to the 131st Legislature this year would bring competitive kickboxing and other martial arts events…
Rep. Nathan Carlow (R-Buxton) has submitted a bill that would prohibit state employees from using state-owned devices to access TikTok,…
UPDATE: On Jan. 27, Ahmed posted to Twitter an image of a letter from the Portland Housing Authority confirming that…
Hillary and Barack had Saul Alinsky with his “Rules for Radicals,” but the Democratic Socialists of America’s Maine chapter have…
Federal health officials said Friday COVID-19 injections prepared by Pfizer Inc and its European partner BioNTech may increase the risk…
The Daily Caller News Foundation – Jennie Taer on January 16, 2023 Democratic New York City Mayor Eric Adams said his…
The city of Boston unveiled a bronze statue on Friday that was supposed to honor the legacy of Martin Luther…
I write today in defense of “Many Stitches Hold Up the Sky” — the controversial mural that will soon grace…
The Daily Caller News Foundation – Laurel Duggan on January 13, 2023 Republican Texas Sen. Bob Hall introduced legislation Thursday barring…
The Daily Caller News Foundation – Harold Hutchison on January 13, 2023 The New York Times on Wednesday confirmed another detail…
The Daily Caller News Foundation – Jack McEvoy on January 13, 2023 The federal government has seized thousands of Chinese solar…
Dr. Nirav Shah, former head of the Maine Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, announced Thursday that he was resigning…
Attorney General Merrick Garland, once a hero of the left-wing media for his investigations of former President Donald Trump, has…
The Daily Caller News Foundation — Micaela Burrow on January 12, 2023 Top officers in the U.S. Navy warned that the…
The Daily Caller News Foundation – Harold Hutchison on January 12, 2023 “The View” co-host Sunny Hostin questioned Thursday whether Republicans…
Parental rights advocates are urging Maine parents to opt out of a school survey that will be administered on Jan.…
Dr. Nirav Shah, who served Gov. Janet Mills as director of Maine’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the…
A Damariscotta public school social worker who attempted to secretly transition a 13-year-old female student into a boy without her…
The Bureau of Labor Standards on Wednesday released inflation numbers for the month of December, and while some trumpeted the…
Gov. Janet Mills on Wednesday proposed a $10.3 billion budget that will largely shape political negotiations in Augusta and state…
Paris residents voted Tuesday night to recall a pair of school board officials who drew the community’s ire by pushing…
A Lewiston lawmaker has proposed a bill that would make it a crime for any adult to leave a child…
Disclosure: The Maine Wire is a project of the the Maine Policy Institute, a 501(c)3 non-profit dedicated to advancing free…
Gov. Janet Mills on Tuesday announced the hiring of two well-connected Maine Democratic Party operatives to her gubernatorial staff. In…
A report published last week by the Maine Child Welfare Ombudsman, an independent government watchdog, revealed widespread failures at the…
The Daily Caller News Foundation – Micaela Burrow on January 10, 2023 The Department of Defense (DOD) is now prioritizing space…
The Daily Caller News Foundation – Reagan Reese on January 9, 2023 Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares is opening an investigation…
Maine Wire Editor-in-Chief Steve Robinson joined WVOM’s George Hale and Ric Tyler Monday morning to tell listeners about his exclusive…
A bill proposed in the Maine State Legislature would grant in-state tuition to any student registered to vote in the…
The Daily Caller News Foundation – Kate Anderson on January 8, 2023 Conservative organizations told the Daily Caller News Foundation that…
As the state committee of the Maine Republican Party prepares to elect a chairperson at the end of this month,…
Maine’s political reporters rung in the New Year — and the official start of Democratic Gov. Janet Mills’ second term…
A Maine child was born into a household with parents who neglected him, restrained him for long periods of time,…
The foreign firm supplying solar power modules for a Maine Department of Transportation (MDOT) project in Augusta has been linked…
A Maine man who murdered both of his parents in cold blood has been relocated to the women’s prison in…
State lawmakers returned to the State House Wednesday for the first session of 2023 to put the final rubberstamp on…
[UPDATE: The Maine Wire has learned that all Maine lawmakers obtain stationary and business cards from the same New Jersey…
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…
