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The Maine Democratic Party Platform Committee revealed during a remote meeting Wednesday night that “Strong Maine Communities” and an accompanying…
A staffer for U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Maryland) was fired for filming himself having anal sex with another man in…
Almost half of Mainers — 44 percent — say they will spend less on Christmas presents this year than they…
Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine) finally issued a press conference on the devastating storm that left hundreds of thousands of Mainers…
Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine), who in 2018 received an A+ rating from the National Rifle Association, is now open to…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) announced this week that six educational institutions in Maine will be receiving a combined total of…
Amid an ongoing and worsening migrant crisis, Republican Maine Sen. Susan Collins delivered remarks Tuesday calling for bipartisan solutions to…
Winthrop Public Schools (WPS) is struggling to keep its fleet of four electric school buses on the road due to…
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed three bills into law Monday which will allow Texas to enforce the U.S. border with…
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced Monday the beginning of a naval operation in the Red Sea and the…
The Portland City Council voted Monday evening to pass a resolution expressing opposition to a planned sweep of the city’s…
Google has reached a settlement in a lawsuit filed by all of the attorneys general in the U.S. — including…
A Biddeford man was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in Portland for the theft of 22 firearms from a…
A federal judge nominated by President Donald J. Trump issued a stay Monday delaying the Army from stripping the bronze…
Portland Police announced Monday that a 70-year-old Westbrook man has been arrested in connection to several reports of a man…
U.S. Sen. John Fetterman (D-Penn.) said Monday that the U.S. government should not allow a Japanese company to move ahead…
Following the Black Lives Matter (BLM) riots of 2020, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Melville W. Fuller – the only Mainer…
Maine’s legislature will consider a bill proposed by Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross (D-Portland) that would help former convicts and “disinvested”…
Maine has received more than $17 million from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to improve data on the…
Following a period of public confusion, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) officially announced on Friday that the “winter energy relief…
U.S. Senators from Maine Susan Collins and Angus King announced Friday that they have joined a bipartisan resolution condemning the…
A man was shot and killed by Portland Police officers Sunday night after reportedly pointing a gun at officers during…
A Massachusetts man described by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maine as a “career offender” was sentenced…
Maine’s legislature will consider a bill proposed by Sen. Eloise Vitelli (D-Sagadahoc) that would enshrine abortion in the State’s constitution…
Maine’s Board of Licensure in Medicine (BOLIM) on Tuesday extended the suspension of Dr. Meryl Nass, an Ellsworth internist who…
Portland Police responded to an “emergency” in the area of Allen Ave. and Ray St., according to a post to…
Maine’s legislature will consider a bill proposed by Sen. Joe Baldacci (D-Penobscot) that would remove all references to marijuana from…
The White House has faced heavy criticism for its video unveiling First Lady Jill Biden’s White House Christmas decorations, featuring…
Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) and independent Senator Angus King (I-Maine). who caucuses with Democrats, voted to approve a major defense…
Rep. Mike Sobeleski (R-Phillips) filed a letter of intervention supporting former president Donald Trump’s right to appear on the 2024…
Rep. Austin Theriault (R-Fort Kent) has challenged Rep. Mike Soboleski (R-Phillips) to participate in three debates in the GOP primary…
Listening to Obama advisor David Axelrod compare the Hunter Biden probe to Benghazi, it suddenly becomes clear that among people for whom…
A new poll conducted by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) puts former President Donald Trump ahead of President Joe Biden…
Mainer’s online privacy was at the forefront of discussions in the State Legislature’s Judiciary Committee on Monday, as lawmakers discussed…
On Thursday, Sen. Eric Brakey (R-Androscoggin) made a post on his X account which cautioned against accepting provisions in an…
The Maine Department of Education (MDOE) announced last month that it has launched a nationwide “Live and Teach in Maine”…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills announced Monday that her administration is investing $3.5 million into substance use disorder (SUD) treatment services…
Walk a Mile in Their Shoes (WAMITS) — a non-profit founded by former Democratic state senator Bill Diamond — released…
Harvard University President Claudine Gay — already under scrutiny over her contentious Dec. 5 testimony to Congress concerning campus anti-semitism…
Police have confirmed that a massive illegal Marijuana grow discovered last month in Tennessee was operated by a Chinese National,…
A New Hampshire man has been arrested and charged in connection with threats made against Republican 2024 presidential candidate Vivek…
Both members of Maine’s delegation to the House of Representatives have signed onto a partisan letter requesting a $1.6 billion…
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania) said that Democrats should engage with Republicans on border security, acknowledging that illegal immigration is a…
Education, particularly a college degree, has long been a ticket to the middle class and upward mobility in America. Unfortunately,…
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey has signed onto an amicus brief in favor of upholding California’s long-controversial ban on large-capacity…
Last night, the United States House of Representatives passed a bill aimed at limiting the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) authority…
A group of pro-Palestine protestors gathered outside Bath Iron Works (BIW) Friday in Bath, Maine, demanding that the shipyard “stop…
South Portland Police announced Friday that following a police chase, they have arrested a suspect in relation to a home…
A Buxton man was found guilty by a federal jury Thursday of transmitting a threatening communication due to a threat…
Portland Police issued a press release Thursday warning of a pair of incidents this week where it appeared someone was…
U.S. Senators from Maine Angus King and Susan Collins, alongside Democratic District 1 Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, sent a letter Wednesday…
“Taxation without representation is tyranny.” A common saying in New England leading up to the American Revolution, this was a…
A Maine man pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Bangor to intentionally making false statements to a federal…
The Maine Public Utilities Commission (Maine PUC) is scheduled to hold two public witness hearings this month concerning Central Maine…
The Supreme Court is currently considering a case that has the potential to stop the implementation of a “wealth tax,”…
On Tuesday, the Washington Post Guild made a post on their X account where they declared that on December 7…
A group of 300 scientists warned that Anthony Fauci would start a global pandemic as far back as 2014, according…
The Maine Board of Environmental Protection (Maine BEP) is expected to discuss the proposed controversial, California-style vehicle emissions regulations at…
The Supreme Court will not be settling the Circuit Court dispute over the legal standing of self-proclaimed Americans with Disabilities…
A house in Arlington Virginia exploded Monday night while police were attempting to gain entry while executing a search warrant.…
In a Wednesday op-ed in the Portland Press Herald, Cumberland County District Attorney Jackie Sartoris expressed her concern over rampant…
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library has officially come to Maine. The Imagination Library — first founded by Parton in 1995 –…
Former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy announced Wednesday in a Wall Street Journal op-ed that he is resigning from…
A group of pro-Palestine groups will hold a rally Friday at Bath Iron Works (BIW) in Bath, Maine, to “protest…
A man was arrested and charged with murder in Portland in relation to the death of a 61-year-old man in…
The House Judiciary Committee and its Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government released an interim staff report…
A Maine man has been convicted by a federal jury in Boston in connection to his role in a methamphetamine…
Republican presidential candidates Chris Christie and Asa Hutchinson both failed to meet the signature requirement to appear on Maine’s 2024…
In its quarterly newsletter, The Spotlight, the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) highlighted the Biden Administration’s plan…
Maine State Rep. Austin Theriault, R-Fort Kent, is set to receive support from House Speaker Mike Johnson’s newly formed “Grow…
Portland Fire Chief Keith Gautreau joined Maine Public Broadcasting’s Jennifer Rooks on Monday’s Maine Calling program to discuss the city’s…
The Cape Elizabeth Town Council has voted to approve a slate of changes to bring their zoning ordinances into compliance…
Following a four-day trial, a federal jury in the District of Maine convicted a Massachusetts man Friday of sex trafficking…
A Maine woman has sued Dollar Tree over injuries she suffered when a pick-up truck crashed through the front entrance…
Portland’s Encampment Crisis Response Team (ECRT) has started implementing a plan to move homeless individuals from the Harbor View Park…
The Maine State Chamber of Commerce recently held a closed-to-the-public meeting with the Mills Administration to receive an informational presentation…
U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) is accusing Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) of blocking her request to file…
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Florida) battled Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-California) on Thursday night in a contentious debate about the governance Florida,…
Barstool Sports founder and owner Dave Portnoy is fighting a public battle against YouTube over the Google-owned video platform’s decision…
A Benton man accused of killing a 62-year-old in Fairfield has been arrested after he intentionally drove his vehicle into…
A state lawmaker from Guilford unveiled a proposal on Friday to protect the rights of Mainers to bear arms in…
A South Portland juvenile has been detained after violating conditions of his release related to charges of Terrorizing, Criminal Solicitation…
The Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous, and Tribal Populations (PCRITP) on Wednesday appointed Bowdoin College Professor Theo…
Republican U.S. Senator Marco Rubio of Florida and four of his colleagues sent a letter Friday to President Joe Biden…
Nearly every resident of the state of Maine has had their personal data, including social security numbers and medical records,…
The Portland Police Department announced Friday morning that they are investigating a death at the city’s largest homeless encampment underneath…
Following autopsies from the Maine Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, the deaths of two adults found in Searsmont Monday…
A Lewiston man was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Bangor for his role in an illegal “straw purchasing”…
In a Wednesday morning segment on WGAN Morning News with host and CEO of the Maine Policy Institute Matt Gagnon,…
Last week, Sen. Angus King (I) announced that he intends to push Congressional leaders to include a provision in the…
The University of Maine System (UMS) announced Wednesday that they will be offering free tuition to those who were physically…
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Thursday that he is suing Pfizer, alleging the pharmaceutical giant unlawfully misrepresented the effectiveness…
A Massachusetts magician who performed for young children across New England for over 20 years pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal…
Democratic Governor of California Gavin Newsom will face off against Florida Governor and Republican presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis in a…
Chair of the House Judiciary Committee Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) released subpoenaed internal communications Thursday revealing how the Biden White…
Maine is set to receive millions of more dollars in federal funding to continue making eco-friendly changes to the Lincolnville…
The Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office has said it is investigating the illegal Marijuana grow facilities that have proliferated throughout northern…
Just over a month since a mass shooting in Lewiston claimed the lives of 18 people, independent U.S. Sen. Angus…
State Sen. Eric Brakey (R-Androscoggin), a long-time libertarian crusader and a fixture at the State House, announced Wednesday that he…