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Gov. Janet Mills (D) announced earlier this week that Madison will be getting a new 36 unit affordable housing development…
Republican U.S. Senator from Maine Susan Collins, alongside a bipartisan delegation of Senators, gave remarks at a press conference Sunday…
Maine’s community colleges saw historically high enrollment this fall, surpassing the previous record which had been set in 2011, according…
A Missouri man accused of illegally crossing the U.S.-Canada border in Hodgdon, Maine, in an attempt to smuggle his wife…
A Norway man accused of having filed multiple fraudulent loan applications to gain over $240,000 from a pandemic-era loan program…
Two more of Portland’s homeless encampments are set to be cleared on November 1 in addition to the one located…
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released operational statistics Saturday for fiscal year 2023 showing just over two million total…
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced a draft Wind Energy Area (WEA) on Thursday identifying over 3.5 million…
Municipalities throughout Maine have been struggling to accommodate the state’s rapidly growing refugee and asylum seeker populations — and things…
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) is officially no longer in the running for Speakership after failing to prevail in three chamber-wide…
Chick-fil-A has agreed to pay out $4.4 million to customers after facing accusations of covertly inflating food prices on their…
The Mills Administration released a report Wednesday detailing how the governor has spent the nearly $1 billion in COVID-era relief…
The Maine Department of Education (MDOE) is currently accepting public comment on its revised learning standards for Science as part…
The current death toll in Israel from the terrorist attack perpetrated by Hamas and Islamic Jihad continues to rise to…
Maine is expected to continue doling out 207 area codes until September of 2032 — three and a half years…
A Brunswick pastor preaching outside Portland’s Planned Parenthood abortion clinic Tuesday was told by police that he was violating the…
Portland Police announced Wednesday that a juvenile has been arrested in connection to a drive-by shooting that occurred in Kennedy…
UPDATE: This story has been updated to include comments from Harold Pachios. The City of Portland’s Committee on Sustainability and…
Gov. Janet Mills declared at a Tuesday afternoon ceremony held at the Blaine House that October is now Domestic Violence…
York County now has plans to spend $45 million in an effort to address Maine’s opioid epidemic through the construction…
The Maine Department of Education (MDOE) is currently accepting public comment on its revised Social Studies learning standards as part…
Maine State Rep. Ann Fredericks (R-Sanford) has submitted a request for a resolution in the second legislative session that would…
The leader of a Democratic Socialists of America rally in Maine that called Hamas’s terror attacks in Israel a “morally…
Throughout the country, most people saw increased earnings this past spring — except for in Maine. Nationwide, personal income reportedly…
Drug store chain Rite Aid filed for bankruptcy on Sunday and announced plans to close a number of its locations…
The Maine State Legislature’s Judiciary Committee is scheduled to meet tomorrow to discuss two pieces of data privacy legislation up…
The Portland City Council is set to reconsider declaring a state of limited emergency to expand capacity at the city’s…
Two Lewiston teens were arrested late Saturday night after a traffic stop led to the discovery of a stolen firearm…
All four members of Maine’s Congressional delegation have issued public statements in recent days concerning Hamas’ attacks on Israel, strongly…
The House GOP caucus has officially nominated Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) for the Speakership over Rep. Austin Scott (R-GA). An…
Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) officially withdrew his bid for Speaker of the House just over twenty-four hours after the Republican…
Maine lawmakers are poised to once again consider increasing the state minimum wage during their next legislative session. This past…
School board meetings have become a source of heated and highly contentious debate in recent years with parents and community…
A man was arrested Thursday near Portland’s largest homeless encampment at the Marginal Way Park and Ride after reportedly entering…
Charter schools may once again be a topic of discussion in Augusta next year. A bill lifting the enrollment cap…
As the death toll in the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict continues to rise, the Maine Democratic Socialists of America (Maine DSA)…
Maine State Rep. Katrina Smith (R-Palermo) has requested to introduce a bill in the second legislative session restricting the sale…
Republicans in Washington nominated Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) to be the Speaker of the House in a secret ballot vote…
Aidan Kearney, the blogger behind “Turtleboy Daily News,” was arrested Wednesday morning on several counts of witness intimidation and one…
The City of Auburn saw a 330 percent increase in residents seeking aid from the city’s General Assistance program in…
State lawmakers are currently poised to consider a number of changes to the laws surrounding homelessness — an issue that…
Washington D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb has issued subpoenas to the liberal dark money giant Arabella Advisors and its multibillion-dollar…
The following op-ed was submitted to the Maine Wire by the Republican members of the Energy Committee and reflects the…
A Moscow court on Tuesday rejected an appeal of the detention of Wall Street Journal reporter and Bowdoin graduate Evan…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills committed an apparent social media blunder on Monday evening, posting images of Portland, Maine’s notorious Marginal…
Oral arguments took place this morning before Boston’s First Circuit Court of Appeals in the case against the Maine Secretary…
Schools in the Bonny Eagle School District (MSAD #6) have begun taking steps to ensure that underage students are not…
A South Thomaston man was sentenced to one-and-a-half years in prison earlier this week for fraudulently obtaining over $1 million…
Maine’s three refugee resettlement agencies have been approved to resettle double the amount of refugees in fiscal year 2024 (FY24)…
The State of Maine, alongside 49 other states, has reached a settlement with the software company Blackbaud after a 2020…
A Maine cross country runner who competed last year in the Western Maine Conference (WMC) Boys Cross Country meets is…
A Maine sex offender out on probation was arrested in Lewiston Wednesday after he allegedly aggressively exposed himself and attempted…
Residents of Portland’s largest homeless encampment at the Marginal Way Park and Ride lot now have less than a month…
Parents of Hermon High School students were asked earlier this year to decide whether their student should be allowed access…
Hunter Biden pleaded not guilty to three felony firearm possession charges during his arraignment in a Delaware federal court on…
Portland Mayor Kate Snyder delivered her final State of the City Address as mayor Monday afternoon, focusing primarily on the…
Most Americans are inclined to trust Republicans over Democrats to effectively deal with the myriad of problems facing the country…
The Portland City Council rejected a proposal to add bunk beds to one of the city’s homeless shelters in an…
The Maine State Law Enforcement Association (MSLEA) ratified a two-year contract with the State of Maine over the weekend, granting…
Roughly twenty-four hours after the House of Representatives voted to remove Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) from the speakership, Rep. Jim…
Cumberland County District Attorney Jackie Sartoris joined Matt Gagnon on Newsradio WGAN Monday morning to discuss Portland’s encampment crisis and…
Later this week, the Supreme Court will be hearing a case that originated in Maine several years ago — Acheson…
Parents across Maine have been left confused in recent days by their children receiving Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards in…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills announced Friday the latest round of grants awarded through the state’s Community Resilience Partnership, which since…
The impending federal government shutdown was averted late Saturday after President Joe Biden signed a temporary funding bill that passed…
The Sanford Police Department announced Friday that two men were arrested in connection to the non-fatal stabbing of homeless man…
South Portland High School (SPHS) went into lockdown this morning while the South Portland Police Department (SPPD) investigated a suspicious…
U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) — the longest-serving woman in the United States Senate — has died at the age…
Maine Sen. Angus King and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W. Va.) earlier this week introduced a bipartisan resolution to designate…
The United States Senate has unanimously reversed course today by officially codifying a business casual dress code days after moving…
Portland business owners and retail workers joined the organization “Enough is Enough” to release a video Thursday drawing attention to…
Job approval ratings for Congress and President Joe Biden remain low ahead of an impending government shutdown, according to polling…
A Sanford man is in stable condition after being stabbed multiple times early Thursday morning by two men who stole…
The ACLU of Maine joined the Communist Party for Socialism and Liberation and other advocacy groups Tuesday to urge the…
A South Portland Police K-9 team successfully located a burglary suspect Wednesday who had fled the scene and hidden himself…
A flyer advertising a sex therapist’s “Raising Sexually Healthy Children” workshop hosted by the Greely Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) was…
The Maine State Police announced Wednesday that they have made three arrests in relation to an arson, robbery, and homicide…
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced Tuesday that it has taken legal action — alongside a number of state attorneys…
Information released this month by Portland officials revealed that the city’s effort to place roughly 100 homeless individuals in shelters…
When the State Legislature reconvenes next year, Maine lawmakers will consider two proposals that would strengthen Mainers’ right to privacy…
A Cumberland, Maine, Town Council meeting became heated Tuesday evening when a parent confronted the Councilors with sexually explicit images…
The Democratic Mayor of San Francisco announced a plan Tuesday morning to address the city’s drug and homelessness crises that…
The former Longley Elementary School in Lewiston — currently being used for adult education classes — was broken into and…
A Portland Police response to report of an attempted burglary ended in a man’s suicide early Tuesday morning, according to…
The Daily Caller News Foundation Kate Anderson on September 26, 2023 Almost half of parents turning to homeschooling today say they…
The Daily Caller News Foundation – Frank Lasee on September 26, 2023 National Lobster Day is a good time to…
House Republicans announced Tuesday that they have launched an investigation into President Joe Biden’s Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm over…
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced Monday that Maine taxpayers affected by Hurricane Lee will now have until Feb. 15,…
The Portland City Council will host a second public workshop Tuesday on possible policy solutions to the city’s homeless encampment…
Sam Patten had to survive getting nearly stabbed to death, twice, in order to live long enough to write the…
The new Director of the Maine Center for Disease Control (CDC) Dr. Puthiery Va joined the taxpayer-funded Maine Calling radio…
Canadian Speaker of the House of Commons Anthony Rota issued an apology Sunday for recognizing a 98-year-old Nazi Waffen-SS veteran…
The field for the Republican primary race in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District grew Monday when former NASCAR driver and State…
The Bar Harbor Town Council is currently considering a proposal to temporarily ban the construction of new hotels in the…
The Portland Police Department issued a warning Monday regarding an extortion scheme scammers are using to take people’s money using…
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has encountered more Chinese foreign nationals attempting to enter the country illegally in fiscal year…
A school teacher at private school in Maine was fired after he vocally criticized so-called “diversity, equity, and inclusion” programming…
Data from the Maine Judicial Branch shows that evictions in the state have increased dramatically since the end of the…
U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, a Democrat from New Jersey, and his wife were indicted Friday on federal bribery charges for…