The Maine Board of Overseers of the Bar has dismissed a professional misconduct complaint against Kennebec and Somerset County District…
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China may be integrating advanced artificial intelligence technology into its illicit bioweapons programs, according to the State Department’s 2025 report…
There’s an old saying in Washington that goes “where you stand is where you sit,” which is to say too…
The federal jurist assigned to the federal lawsuit against Maine for refusing to bar transgender-identifying men from women’s sports, U.S.…
Duke superstar freshman and Newport native Cooper Flagg has confirmed that he is officially entering the NBA draft. Flagg, the…
The “non-profit” group running Maine’s largest newspaper is refusing to disclose the salary of the new CEO, amid executive-compensation issues…
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A group of renegades from Maine’s upper reaches tired of liberal Gov. Janet Mills (D) are forming their own faction…
The Winthrop and Monmouth Police Departments both rescinded their applications for an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) partnership program on…
U.S. State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce confirmed on Thursday that the Chinese satellite company, Chang Guang Satellite Technology, is “directly”…
Why would a nationally-recognized Democrat pollster pen an article about her political research in the state of Maine? It could…
Portland Police have made an arrest following a Sunday shooting that left a 36-year-old woman with non-life threatening injuries. Police…
A 39-year-old Portland man was arrested early Sunday after a nearly two-hour standoff with police, during which he threatened officers…
Pope Francis passed away early Monday morning at the age of 88 after a 12-year pontificate, just hours after making…
A bipartisan group of Maine lawmakers have introduced a bill aiming to increase the value of the state’s Property Tax…
Democrat lawmakers are looking to expand the use of ranked choice voting (RCV) to all Maine elections, including for the…
New Hampshire U.S. District Judge Joseph N. Laplante ruled on Wednesday that the Trump administration must give 72 hours’ notice…
Both nationally, and especially in places like Maine, housing is becoming unaffordable for too many. This trend kills the American…
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Maine’s House Democrats slipped a surprise vote onto Thursday’s legislative calendar to force through a proposed equal rights amendment to…
Democratic lawmakers in the Maine House of Representatives on Thursday voted down a bill that would have shifted the financial…
Rhode Island-based U.S. District Court Judge Melissa DuBose reportedly issued a ruling late on Friday denying Maine State Rep. Laurel…
The Auburn Police Department’s Proactive Community Enforcement (PACE) Unit this week executed a search warrant at a Seventh Street residence,…
If you wanted to build a name for yourself with Maine Democrats to lay the foundations to run against Republican…
President Donald Trump moved to reinvigorate the U.S. seafood industry and restore U.S. dominance on Thursday with an executive order…
A Rumford woman accused of elder abuse and financial exploitation for allegedly stealing more than $1,000 from an elderly relative…
When anti-Trump Maine businesses called a news conference recently to lobby against the administration’s proposed and imposed tariffs, the fawning…
Tarlan Ahmadov stepped down as director of the Maine Office of New Americans in early April — just three months…
Yet another bill aiming to allow Maine municipalities to adopt a local option sales tax has been introduced in Augusta…
It’s been a busy week for law enforcement in the Paris area. On Thursday, a Maine State Police tactical team…
The Maine Rail Group (MRG), a pro-railway non-profit lobbying organization, is presenting survey data claiming that 58 percent of Mainers…
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Over the past year, Maine has seen a series of high-profile raids on Chinese-run massage parlors suspected of operating as…
Maine lawmakers on the Taxation Committee have unanimously rejected three proposals to increase the state’s homestead exemption, a program designed…
Rep. Cheryl Golek (D-Harpswell) withdrew a bill from consideration on Monday that would have mandated LGBTQ education curriculum in all…
Rumford Police arrested both a fugitive who had been evading law enforcement for nearly a year and a domestic violence…
Maine Republicans are working to end some of the new restrictions placed on gun ownership in the state last year…
A report of shots fired in the Town of Paris on Wednesday led to a high-speed police chase involving multiple…
Yarmouth Police last week arrested a transgender-identifying man, Deserai Collins, 33, after he allegedly stole a van in Portland, led…
The Supreme Court in Britain ruled Wednesday that men identifying as trans women are not legally regarded as women under…
Mainers had the opportunity on Tuesday to testify on three Republican-led bills that aim to protect students from sexually explicit…
Maine’s Racial Equity Commission has emerged among the most frequent abusers of the sloppy no-bid contract system recently scrutinized in…
Is federal Medicaid spending, which last year amounted to over $580 billion, a virtual sacred cow for which reform or…
Two individuals out on bail were arrested in Rockland on Monday after police found fentanyl in their vehicle during a…
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It’s Easter weekend, but the only Easter egg to be found under the dome in Augusta is just another goose…
America’s youngest national security advisor, former Hillary Clinton and Amy Klobuchar aide Jake Sullivan, took center stage at Harvard University…
A Maine GOP lawmaker is looking to establish a new special committee tasked with reviewing routine technical rulemaking by state…
The Somerset County Sheriff’s Office arrested three people and seized $40,000 in drugs, including enough fentanyl to supply 185,000 lethal…
A Dominican illegal alien who was previously deported from the United States has been arrested in Massachusetts and charged with…
An Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agent who was the subject of retaliation by the agency for coming forward to Congress…
A Biddeford man will serve as long as a decade in federal prison for possessing hundreds of child sexual abuse…
U.S. Attorney General (AG) Pam Bondi, joined by women’s sports advocate Riley Gaines, Maine Rep. Laurel Libby (R-Auburn), Secretary of…
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) will begin chip production at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s (TSMC) facility in Arizona, marking the first…
The Department of Justice (DOJ) charged a self-professed “queer scientist” linked to the firebombing of a Tesla dealership and the…
Maine firearm dealers could be forced to hand out “public health brochures” with their firearms thanks to a bill from…
Lawmakers on the Taxation Committee have unanimously rejected a Democrat-led bill that would have revitalized a now-defunct property tax stabilization…
When the head-turning girlfriend of former New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick takes the stage in this year’s Miss…
President Donald Trump’s administration is taking new steps to crack down on illegal immigration this month, with fines of nearly…
Maine School Administrative District (MSAD) 70’s school board voted unanimously on Monday night to defy the Maine Principals’ Association (MPA)…
Just two weeks after Waldo County Hospital closed its maternity and birthing unit citing declining birth rates, on Monday Rep.…
A fugitive investigation by the U.S. Marshal’s Service (USMS) on Friday resulted in the arrests of three people in Biddeford…
Mainers weighed in Monday morning on a proposed amendment to Maine’s Constitution that would prohibit the governor from calling the…
A Chinese national who in 2023 was arrested for sexual assault at a massage parlor he owned in Ellsworth is…
The Buxton man accused of raping a 15-year-old female student in the unisex bathroom of Bonny Eagle High School in…
While Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro and his family slept after celebrating the Seder, a solemn Passover meal, at their home…
Maine’s Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee held a public hearing Monday morning for a proposal concerning Maine’s unique method of…
It’s Tax Day. Taxation is theft. With that grim reminder out of the way, let’s get down to the scouting…
The distribution of Maine’s four presidential electoral votes was up for grabs in Augusta Monday morning, as lawmakers on the…
A new “Maine” paper claiming the name of an oldie but a goodie has announced its creation – as a…
Worcester, Massachusetts, is now mandating a new regimen of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) training for firefighters, just months after…
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) must resume federal education funding for Maine, according to a Friday ruling from…
Maine State Rep. Michelle Meyer (D-Eliot) introduced legislation in February, and carried over into the current emergency session last month,…
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A Republican lawmaker is looking to legally abolish the controversial practice of introducing placeholder legislation, known as a “concept draft,”…
The Portland City Council’s Health and Human Services Committee met on Thursday to discuss various options related to how the…
A public hearing has now been set for a bill seeking to revitalize a now-defunct property tax stabilization program for…
When Joe Biden’s would-be successor’s campaign was tanking, the now-retiree came up with a plan he thought would help rescue…
Former President Donald Trump speaking at a press conference at a golf course near Los Angeles, Sept. 13, 2024.
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As the deadline set in a letter of impasse the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights had sent…
The Portland Police Department say they grappling with an “alarming” surge in drug overdoses, reporting very recent eight cases in…
Massachusetts State Rep. Chris Flanagan (D-Barnstable) was indicted by a Boston grand jury on Friday for an alleged fraud scheme…
A group of Republican lawmakers have introduced a bill that would improve transparency in Maine’s program allowing students to attend…
An Augusta father was silenced at a Wednesday public school board meeting when he used his testimony to criticize the…
President Donald Trump aims to restore U.S. maritime dominance with a Wednesday executive order promoting domestic shipbuilding in direct response…
After Democrats in Augusta passed a partisan biennial budget for an unprecedented third time in a row, Representative Gary Drinkwater…
An Ecuadorian national stopped by Brunswick Police in January for driving without a seatbelt has pleaded guilty in federal court…
In an effort to address the affordable housing crunch, the Maine State Housing Authority has awarded $23.5 million in Rural…
A new Democrat-led bill proposes a study of aligning the state’s procurement processes with the Mills’ administration’s climate action plan,…
As Congress fast-tracks the SAVE Act, which would require voters to provide proof of citizenship when they register, lawmakers in…
Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine) is poised to ignore the April 11 deadline set by the U.S. Department of Education (DOE)…
A group of Maine Democrats, led by Sen. Craig Hickman (D-Kennebec), began a push last week to lower the state’s…
A group of Democratic lawmakers are looking to give Mainers who do not have a permanent residence an alternative means…
Two brothers are both facing criminal charges for operating under the influence (OUI) after police say they admitted to driving…
Amidst President Donald Trump’s attempts to restore domestic manufacturing to the U.S. with his controversial tariffs, he took the time…
The Sanford Police Department is investigating a Wednesday stabbing that left one victim with non-life threatening injuries. On Wednesday, April…
When Kevin Bell, 46, told a plainclothes law enforcement officer last weekend that he wanted to kill U.S. President Donald…
While some Republicans work this legislative session to eliminate state vehicular inspections or at least make them less burdensome, Sen.…
