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While some Republicans work this legislative session to eliminate state vehicular inspections or at least make them less burdensome, Sen.…
Nearly two years after the mast of an historic excursion vessel splintered and fell onto the deck, killing a woman…
A Massachusetts man was arrested in Auburn this week after being found by police in possession of cocaine, fentanyl, a…
The Maine State Senate unanimously approved a bill Tuesday that aims to address the state’s indigent legal defense crisis, incorporating…
A traffic stop in South Portland and subsequent search led to the seizure of over 150 grams of fentanyl, two…
A transgender member of a cult-like group facing murder charges was ejected from a courtroom for a second time on…
The ranking Republican lawmakers on the Maine Legislature’s Appropriations Committee have come out against a bill that would increase MaineCare…
President Donald Trump announced a 90-day pause on tariffs for roughly 75 countries that did not issue retaliatory tariffs, and…
The Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous & Tribal Populations (PCRITP), Maine’s taxpayer-funded racial equity board, is getting kicked…
Two Republican-led bills aimed at restoring religious exemptions for vaccine requirements for schools received a contentious joint public hearing in…
Bowdoin College, an elite liberal arts college on the coast of Maine, is coming under national scrutiny for its handling…
Statehouse Republicans blasted the Mills administration on Tuesday for what several suggested could be criminally-negligent stewardship of public funds in…
The Maine House and Senate will be in session on Thursday beginning at 10am. Both calendars are fairly light and…
A Sudanese refugee with multiple prior convictions in Maine, including criminal threatening with a firearm, assault, driving while intoxicated and…
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled at the end of March that a Biden-era rule regulating so-called “ghost guns” may stand,…
The Maine Senate GOP unanimously opposed the reappointment of Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) Chair Philip Bartlett on Tuesday, citing…
As Maine’s Department of Corrections (DoC) loses federal funding for transferring one transgender-identifying male murderer to a women’s prison, the…
One of the biggest Congressional champions of President Donald Trump’s tariff policy hails from the Democratic Party. Democratic Rep. Jared…
Note: This story was updated after publication to include comments from a law firm representing Metrc who asked to be…
The White House’s Office of Management and Budget issued new policies on Monday intended to allow the federal government to…
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi pulled non-essential federal funding from the Maine Department of Corrections (DOC) on Monday in response…
House Minority Leader Billy Bob Faulkingham (R-Winter Harbor) has introduced legislation that aims to cap the share of state tax…
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services’ (Maine DHHS) Office of Aging and Disability Services (OADS) issued a no-bid…
The Department of the Maine Secretary of State, Bureau of Corporations and Commissions will be paying $10,000 in taxpayer funds…
Maine’s Legislature officially defeated efforts to eliminate ranked choice voting (RCV) following a nearly party-line vote in the Senate. Late…
A northern Maine nonprofit has accused the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) of violating state procurement policies…
A Maine man was taken into protective custody by law enforcement after witnesses reported that he had emerged naked from…
One Democratic lawmaker has proposed making major changes to how Maine’s primary elections are held by instituting a unique and…
The Maine House and Senate will both have session days on Tuesday with a full dance card of debates and…
Attorney General Aaron Frey joined the attorneys general of 20 other states on Friday in suing President Donald Trump’s administration…
Maine Attorney General (AG) Aaron Frey added to his growing list of lawsuits against President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday…
Maine’s Transportation Committee will hold a public hearing Tuesday on several bills that aim to amend the state’s vehicle inspection…
The Somerset County Sheriff’s Department executed a massive drug bust on Gagnon Road in Fairfield early Friday morning, leading to…
A Waldoboro man out on bail for charges of domestic violence strangulation and gross sexual assault against a child was…
The Wells Police Department became the first local Maine law enforcement agency to join a partnership program with Immigration and…
After fielding complaints from the community for several months about suspected drug trafficking out of a home in Auburn, police…
One of two Venezuelan nationals arrested by U.S. Border Patrol in Brunswick on March 30 was determined to be connected…
The Maine Legislature’s Judiciary Committee will hold a public hearing on a bill Monday intended to codify into law the…
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President Donald J. Trump has issued a 31-page manifesto, “National Strategy to End the Use of Paper Straws,” aiming to…
A Republican lawmaker has introduced a bill that would revitalize the now-defunct property tax stabilization program with several key amendments.…
Rhode Island-based U.S. District Court Judge Melissa DuBose presided Friday over the first hearing in Rep. Laurel Libby’s (R-Auburn) federal…
Maine’s highways could soon be monitored by automated speed-tracking cameras that could be used to issue tickets without a driver…
As Maine’s Democrats resist efforts by the federal government to remove Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) ideology and radical gender…
A female surgeon who proudly helped shatter the military glass ceiling did so while surreptitiously closeting gay women such as…
Democrat Reps. Chellie Pingree (ME-CD1) and Jared Golden (ME-CD2) had very different outlooks after President Donald Trump announced his controversial…
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) has filed an amicus brief in support of Rep. Laurel Libby (R-Auburn)…
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The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) announced the arrest of two men on Tuesday at a residence in Dixfield following…
Attorneys from the Democrat Party-aligned Elias Law Group filed a lawsuit against the Trump Administration’s new election integrity efforts on…
Lawmakers on the Taxation Committee have unanimously rejected two bills that would have imposed new taxes on the cost of…
DeepAudit, a non-profit tech startup using artificial intelligence tools to root out Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and ideologically-charged language,…
A Portland homeless man is facing multiple charges after allegedly assaulting a victim with a brick and threatening another person…
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey has joined a coalition of twenty-three states in suing Department of Health and Human Services…
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) delivered remarks on the Senate floor Wednesday in support of a resolution sponsored by Senator Tim…
A group of Democrat Maine legislators, headed by Rep. Cheryl Golek (D-Harpswell), introduced a bill on Thursday that would require…
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins sent a letter to Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine) on Wednesday announcing…
A Honduran national who was previously deported from the United States in 2015 after illegally crossing the southern border has…
A 33-year-old Portland man is facing multiple charges after allegedly attempting to stab a victim and steal the victim’s car…
Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) joined a group of nine Democrats on Wednesday in co-sponsoring Sen. Alex Padilla’s (D-Calif.) bill to…
During tomorrow’s House session, legislators will tackle a 40-page calendar. Those pages are largely filled with bill references to committees,…
A solution to the long-standing challenge that has vexed every American president since Dwight D. Eisenhower may be at hand,…
Democratic Speaker of the House Ryan Fecteau (D-Biddeford) has filed his official response to Rep. Laurel Libby’s (R-Auburn) lawsuit against…
The Trump administration says it’s broken a record for all-time lowest border encounters in a single month, marking a dramatic…
Maine Republicans have put forward two bills in recent days to remove the language in the Maine Human Rights Act’s…
The Maine Legislature’s State and Local Government Committee held a timely public hearing before on Wednesday to allow for input…
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The Consensus Economic Forecasting Commission (CEFC) on April 1 revised its economic outlook for Maine, signaling slower growth ahead through…
In a textbook case of swallowing government spin whole, the Portland Press Herald on Tuesday published a story on the…
Three people were arrested and over 250 grams of cocaine were seized by police on Sunday after a search Portland…
Maine has been found to have the fourth highest total tax burden in the country, according to a new study…
A group of Republican Maine state senators on Monday sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi requesting an…
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday intended to combat ticket scalpers and predatory practices by online concert…
Republicans on the Maine Legislature’s Education and Cultural Affairs Committee reversed course on a bill last Tuesday that would have…
Radically different testimonies from a politician and a prosecutor before a legislative committee in Augusta this week cast doubt on…
A Medford man who is a lifetime Maine sex offender registrant for multiple convictions of sexual abuse against minors has…
The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) issued its final warning to the Maine Department of Education (MDOE) on Monday for…
A Saco man has been charged with felony theft after allegedly stealing an ATM from a business in Westbrook. “In…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) is shirking her duty to pay property taxes for a Salem Township lot she owns…
A new bill from Rep. Gary Drinkwater (R-Milford) could give Mainers a better sense of how much of their tax…
The Maine Judiciary Committee released updated language Monday morning for a bill aimed at addressing the lack of state-provided attorneys…
Secretary of State — and announced gubernatorial candidate — Shenna Bellows has officially notified the House of Representatives that anti-gun…
Maine lawmakers have introduced a bill that would exempt any money earned by kids from state income tax. This proposal…
A first-term Maine Democratic lawmaker has introduced a bill that would prohibit the state from investing public funds or entering…
Codee Houston, 33, of California, pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges on Thursday at the U.S. District Court in Bangor,…
A Hartford man was shot and killed by Oxford County Sheriff’s deputies during a domestic assault incident after the man…
A bipartisan group of state lawmakers in Maine have sponsored a bill that would decriminalize the possession of small amounts…
New details have emerged about Ronald Joseph, 43, the illegal Haitian immigrant, who allegedly raped and impregnated his 14-year-old daughter…
The Office of Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services referred the State of Maine to…
Portland Police say they are investigating a Sunday morning stabbing incident on Portland Street that left one man injured. Police…
A state senator apparently forgot to stop, look and listen before trying to name a Maine railroad crossing for a…
U.S. law enforcement arrested an alleged top MS-13 gang leader and Salvadoran illegal immigrant, Henrry Josue Villatoro Santos, 24, on…
A Winterport Republican has introduced a bill that limits the immunity of the state’s education system. The bill’s public hearing…
A Hallowell Democrat has introduced a bill to expand the use of overseas absentee ballots for local elections. In last…
The Kennebec County Sheriff’s Department arrested Jason A. Rocque, 47, after he was allegedly found with multiple firearms in his…
An Auburn Democrat has introduced a bill that would prevent Maine voters in the northern, more rural part of the…
A public hearing is now on the books for a series of constitutional amendments that would give Mainers the right…
Nearly two-thirds of Mainers agree with President Donald Trump (R) that biological men should be barred from participating in women’s…
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, who just this week announced her candidacy for governor, has “serious concerns” about the…
