Asian transnational criminal organizations operate more than 270 illegal marijuana cultivation sites in Maine, according to a leaked U.S. Department…
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Rep. Ann Fredericks (R-Sanford), Rep. Lucas Lanigan (R-Sanford), and Sen. Matt Harrington (R-York), submitted a formal letter Saturday objecting to…
Although homelessness featured prominently among the list of legislative requests made by lawmakers in advance of next session, none of…
The Supreme Court has — for the first time — officially adopted a Code of Conduct in light of recent…
On Nov. 9, Maine Gov. Janet Mills signed an Executive Order establishing an “Independent Commission” to investigate the facts surrounding…
The Maine State Legislative Council rejected a bill proposed by Rep. Barbara A. Bagshaw (R-Windham) of the Education and Cultural…
The Portland City Council is set to consider Monday a proposed order that would amend city ordinances to allow homeless…
Kevin Kelley, spokesman of Maine Gov. Janet Mills’ Independent Commission to investigate the facts surrounding the Lewiston shooting, has clarified…
The Maine State Legislative Council voted Thursday to reject a bill proposed by Rep. Joshua Morris (R-Turner) that would have…
Democratic leaders on the Legislative Council opted Thursday to kill a bill that would have prohibited the sale of fetal…
Apple has reached a $25 million settlement agreement with the Justice Department over allegations that the tech giant illegally discriminated…
This week for the first time in U.S. history, the cost of interest on the national debt passed $1 trillion…
UPDATE: Kevin Kelley, spokesman for the Independent Commission, has provided a statement to the Maine Wire clarifying that the Commission…
According to the yearly surveys conducted by the Maine State Housing Authority, homelessness has more than tripled throughout the state…
The Maine State Legislature next year will consider establishing a “Civil Rights Unit” to educate the public on hate and…
The Office of Cannabis Policy (OCP) has no authority to police or regulate illegal marijuana grows — whether operated by…
The following is on op-ed submission from Bates Alumnus Roy Mathews At private schools, like Bates College, free speech is…
In a Nov. 6 letter to Portland’s State Senators and Representatives, Mayor Kate Snyder requested the lawmakers’ assistance in identifying…
Independent 2024 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confronted by a pro-Palestine heckler calling for a ceasefire between Israel…
The Sanford City Council is considering eliminating two polling locations in future elections, a move Republicans say will disproportionately inconvenience…
The Maine Legislature will consider a bill next year that aims to address the proliferation of illegal Chinese-owned marijuana growing…
A new 179-bed shelter for single asylum seekers in Portland’s Riverton neighborhood is set to open on Nov. 29. [RELATED:…
The Maine Republican Party announced Thursday that they will nullify the ranked-choice voting process for the upcoming 2024 GOP Presidential…
Members of Maine’s congressional delegation are renewing their call for a federal investigation into illegal Chinese-owned marijuana growing operations following…
The federal National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) may become the subject of yet another lawsuit if it moves forward…
U.S. Senators from Maine Susan Collins and Angus King announced Wednesday that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the…
U.S. Congressman from Maine’s 2nd District Jared Golden was one of 22 House Democrats to vote Tuesday in favor of…
Mainers resoundingly voted to approve a citizens’ initiative instituting an automotive “right to repair” in the state in Tuesday’s elections.…
Maine’s electrical utilities will not be seized by the state and placed under the control of a quasi-governmental body following…
The City of Portland has elected City Councilor Mark Dion to be their new mayor. After no candidate crossed the…
Congressional Democrats are reportedly circulating a draft of a letter calling upon the Biden Administration to extend certain protections from…
More than 200 colleges across the country, including two in Maine, collectively received billions in funding from foreign powers, including…
The number of Chinese nationals entering the U.S. illegally across the southern border has exploded this year, according to data…
State and federal law enforcement agencies have known about the existence of a sprawling network of Chinese-owned marijuana grows in…
Illegal Chinese marijuana grows have taken over much of rural Maine. The government is either incapable — or unwilling –…
Polls have closed, and the results are in. Maine voters have officially rejected the establishment of Pine Tree Power. The…
The United States Small Business Administration (SBA) has agreed to provide financial relief to businesses that were directly impacted by…
In response to a Citizen’s Challenge of Educational Media complaint against the book “Gender Queer” by Maia Kobabe, an MSAD…
The federal government worked extensively with Stanford University and other entities to censor American’s speech in the lead-up to the…
A new statewide organization has formed in Maine to support parents who choose to educate their children at home rather…
The U.S. dollar has lost more than one-fifth of its purchasing power since 2019, according to an email sent Monday…
A Waterville man who pledged his allegiance to the radical Islamist terrorist group ISIS and conspired to provide terrorists with…
Mainers will go to the polls Tuesday to make their voices heard on a series of eight ballot questions –…
A man who allegedly threatened to retrieve an AR-15 and shoot patrons at the South Portland Buffalo Wild Wings on…
Draft copies of proposed changes to City of Portland ordinances obtained by the organization “Enough is Enough” show city officials…
Five members of the Maine Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America were arrested Friday for criminal trespassing after they…
Three people are facing drug charges after a gang task force in Massachusetts seized more than 220 lbs. in suspected…
More than a year after being approved by lawmakers, legalized sports betting in Maine officially launched this past Friday, with…
U.S. Senators from Maine Susan Collins and Angus King sent a letter Thursday to the Inspector General of the U.S.…
A leaked copy of three pages from the alleged manifesto of transgender Nashville school shooter Audrey Hale obtained by Louder…
An Auburn law firm took out a full-page ad in the Lewiston Sun Journal last week advertising a roundtable discussion…
A marijuana dispensary in Portland that is owned by an Israeli immigrant was targeted last week with “Free Palestine” posters,…
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) announced a $14 million “port improvement project” at the Portland International Marine…
Chipotle and McDonald’s locations in California will be raising their menu prices next year to offset a minimum wage increase…
Democratic Congressman Jared Golden of Maine’s 2nd District slammed House Republicans Thursday after his proposed amendment to prohibit commercial offshore…
A Bangor woman was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday for numerous drug trafficking offenses, a sentence the Maine…
A Connecticut Superior Court judge has overturned the results of the City of Bridgeport’s Democratic mayoral primary election over the…
Mainers’ data privacy is once again set to be a focal point for lawmakers in Augusta. Next Wednesday, members of…
A Newcastle woman who discovered that public school officials were facilitating the social transition of her 13-year-old daughter behind her…
Democratic U.S. Congressman from Maine’s 2nd District Jared Golden joined 31 of his fellow House Democrats Wednesday in voting against…
[UPDATE: The shelter in place order for all MSAD 75 schools has now been lifted after the Caribou man who…
Maine State Police Col. William Ross faced tough questions Thursday morning regarding the manhunt for Lewiston shooter Robert Card during…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills announced Wednesday her intent to form an “independent commission of experts” in the coming days to…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills on Wednesday said she would be forming an independent commission to examine the failures and oversights…
Portland’s largest homeless encampment at the Marginal Way Park and Ride is being cleared out Wednesday by city officials and…
On November 7, Mainers will be asked to go to the ballot box to weigh in on eight referendum questions…
An international wind power company is pulling the plug on a major offshore wind development favored by the Biden Administration,…
The ACLU of Maine sent a letter last week warning Portland City Manager Danielle West and Maine Department of Transportation…
As details surrounding the mental health history of the Lewiston mass shooter Robert R. Card, Jr., continue to come to…
Last Wednesday, eighteen people between the ages of 14 and 76 were killed in a mass shooting in Lewiston. Thirteen…
Living downriver and across Merrymeeting Bay from accused mass murderer Robert Card II, the last couple days have been as…
Republican Maine State Rep. Laurel Libby of Auburn announced Monday that she has submitted a bill proposal for the second…
Wednesday night in Lewiston, eighteen people between the ages of 14 and 76 were killed in the worst mass shooting…
The Army Reserve unit that mass murderer Robert R. Card Jr. served in since 2002 also contains several members of…
Last week’s mass murder in Lewiston claimed the lives of eighteen Mainers and injured thirteen more, three of whom are…
A Jewish lawyer who has been practicing law in southern Maine since 1979 had his Portland office targeted this weekend…
In a letter to his constituents published Sunday to his “Dear Mainer” Substack, Democratic Congressman from Maine’s 2nd District Jared…
The Army Reservist who brutally murdered 18 Mainers in Lewiston on Wednesday evening has been found dead, multiple Maine officials…
The Maine State Police lifted the stay-at-home-order for southern Maine counties and disclosed the names of the remaining victims of…
Although law enforcement officials have yet to confirm any specific details, preliminary information about the note found in the residence…
The invisible shield that has always protected the people of Maine from the insanity of modern American life has been…
The day after a mass shooting in Lewiston claimed the lives of 18 people, Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Golden of…
Shortly after 10am Friday morning, law enforcement officials in Lewiston held a press conference to update the public with the…
Correction: This article originally misstated the boat launch where police found Robert Card’s abandoned vehicle. It has been edited for…
A city councilor from Maine’s largest city has blamed the single largest shooting of white people in Maine’s modern history…
The Maine Wire reached out to Maine’s top Republican lawmakers Thursday morning to get their thoughts on Wednesday evening’s shooting…
Wednesday night Lewiston saw the worst mass shooting in Maine’s history. As of Thursday afternoon, the suspect in the murders…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills confirmed Thursday that 18 people were killed and 13 injured in Wednesday night’s mass shooting in…
The alleged shooter in Wednesday’s attack in Lewiston that left 18 dead and 13 injured was evaluated by police and…
As hundreds of law enforcement officers scour Maine in search of alleged Lewiston shooter Robert R. Card II, 40, of…
Robert R. Card II, 40, of Bowdoin, is the primary person of interest in the largest mass shooting in Maine’s…
Mills:"I have spoken twice with President Biden, I've spoken with VP Harris, secretary of Homeland Security Mayorkas, and Secretary of…
Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) was elected as the new Speaker of the House with unanimous support from the Republican caucus.…
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey joined 42 attorneys general across the U.S. Tuesday in suing Meta, the parent company of…
Democratic U.S. Rep. for Maine’s First Congressional District Chellie Pingree announced Wednesday that she mended a staffers jeans in order…
Earlier this year, the State Legislature passed one of the least restrictive abortion laws in the nation — as of…
The Maine Ethics Commission voted unanimously Wednesday to take no further action in an investigation into whether Senate President Troy…
House Republicans have nominated Rep. Mike Johnson for the Speakership, making him the caucus’ fourth nominee for the position in…
Maine is soon to join California in the adoption of stringent mandates requiring a hefty percentage of new car sales…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) announced earlier this week that Madison will be getting a new 36 unit affordable housing development…