President-elect Donald Trump tapped three actors on Thursday to serve as his special ambassadors to Hollywood, California, to help advise…
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A federal judge has denied a Belfast church’s request to halt the sale of a former University of Maine (UMaine)…
With three recent votes, U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree (ME-CD1) has taken extreme positions on immigration and transgender ideology, including opposing…
Rep. Josh Brecheen (R-Okla.) proposed a bill on Thursday that would prevent people on welfare from using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance…
Lewiston Police announced on Thursday that they have arrested a transient man for allegedly possessing child pornography. Police arrested David…
Two tractor trailers crashed on I-95 in York Thursday afternoon, resulting in serious injuries to the driver of one trailer…
Democratic Congressman from Maine’s 2nd District Jared Golden has reintroduced his proposed bill that would implement a universal 10 percent…
President Joe Biden’s tone was familiar during his final address to the country, as he used his brief speech to…
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows provided an update to the Maine Legislature’s Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee regarding the…
The Maine State Chamber of Commerce and Bath Iron Works (BIW) have sued the Maine Department of Labor (MDOL) over…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday announced that they have authorized the marketing of a wide array…
A teen who was the target of a police raid in connection to the “Grand Theft Auto”-style southern Maine drug…
A Buxton man was arrested by South Portland Police on Tuesday in connection to a December shooting incident near the…
President-elect Donald Trump is working with former Democrat and current Republican Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.) to draft an executive…
A political cartoonist who developed an online following among anti-Trump readers of the Washington Post has been arrested on charges…
Even as Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) is looking to close Maine’s yawning $450 million FY 26-27 budget gap and…
A high-ranking official at the cabinet-level state agency admitted Wednesday that she intentionally withheld a report from lawmakers last year…
After more than a year of war, Israel and Hamas have reached a ceasefire deal in which Hamas will return…
Maine’s chief cannabis regulator said Wednesday that the Office of Cannabis Policy (OCP) is aware that it’s been issuing licenses…
The Biden Administration has awarded Maine a $22 million grant for the state’s Forest Bioproducts Advanced Manufacturing Tech Hub. In…
Heather Sanborn, Gov. Janet Mills’ pick to serve as Public Advocate for the state, was confirmed by the Maine Legislature’s…
Maine lawmakers have proposed doing away with the cost-of-living adjustment for the state’s minimum wage this legislative session. Under the…
The first person to be charged federally for operating an illegal Chinese-controlled marijuana growing operation in Maine entered a guilty…
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Wednesday it will ban Red No. 3, a common artificial food dye linked…
President-elect Donald Trump announced a plan on Tuesday to create a new External Revenue Service (ERS) to collect revenue from…
Republican leaders say that any Democratic budget that includes tax increases, such as the budget proposal Gov. Janet Mills (D)…
A Portland residence on Eleanor Street was targeted by a second shooting this week, just months after gunfire pierced a…
The Department of Defense (DOD) under President Joe Biden spent more in September than in any previous month since 2008,…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) has again proposed implementing a tax on streaming service subscriptions in Maine that would raise the…
A blowtorch-wielding man subdued by Los Angeles residents in a viral online video is living in the United States unlawfully…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) released her proposed biennial budget Friday, accompanied by a 129-page piece of enacting legislation. Among these…
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, a decorated combat veteran and former Fox News host, faced…
Maine will be sending two firefighting crews to California to help battle the devastating fires that continue to ravage the…
Last week, Maine Gov. Janet Mills warned of a $118 million gap in MaineCare funding — a shortfall that appears…
New Hampshire’s new Gov. Kelly Ayotte (R) announced during her inaugural speech on Thursday that she would work to ban…
A Republican Member of Congress wants to get rid of the Income Tax and move the United States to a…
Maine leaders have decided that the state will not be increasing the minimum legal catch size for lobsters this July…
A Portland man was arrested Sunday after he allegedly stole a boat and caused at least $25,000 of damage to…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) proposed a new one-dollar-per-pack tax increase on cigarettes Friday. The tax proposal comes as Mills attempts…
A federal court in Kentucky has blocked the Biden Administration’s effort to redefine the term “sex” in Title IX to…
Maine’s Democratic Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (ME-CD1) says the wildfires raging in Southern California are the result of rising temperatures, stronger…
The United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments Friday morning in the case concerning a potential ban of the popular,…
The Maine Republican Party on Saturday elected York County GOP Chairman Jim Deyermond to serve as the chairman of the…
President Joe Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the nation, to Hillary Clinton and…
The Biden administration announced on Friday it will provide protections to hundreds of thousands of El Salvadoran nationals living in…
Republican Texas Sen. John Cornyn introduced a bill Thursday to allow concealed carry license holders to carry their guns in…
Sen. Craig Hickman (D-Kennebec) has sponsored a bipartisan bill that would grant the Legislature’s Government Oversight Committee (GOC) the right…
A bipartisan bill imposing an “impact fee” on megayachts has been introduced by Sen. Rick Bennett (R-Oxford) and co-sponsored by…
The first bill of Maine’s 132nd Legislature is a governor’s bill aimed at implementing the recommendations from the Maine Infrastructure…
A universal basic income study published in November found that paying low-income Americans an average of $492 a month led…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) has proposed elevating the Governor’s Energy Office (GEO) to a cabinet-level department as part of her…
President Joe Biden confirmed in an interview with USA Today that he is considering preemptive pardons for Dr. Anthony Fauci…
King Frederik X of Denmark tweaked his country’s royal coat of arms to enlarge symbols of Greenland and the Faroe…
Maine’s Democrat-controlled House of Representatives pushed through a resolution on Wednesday, demanding a House Committee on Ethics investigation into Rep.…
Oral arguments were heard Tuesday in the cases filed by two Maine Christian schools — St. Dominic Academy in Auburn…
After a year in which many Mainers were burdened with skyrocketing property tax bills, state lawmakers are poised to consider…
U.S. Senator from Maine Susan Collins (R) wrapped up the 118th Congress last week without missing a single vote, extending…
Maine lawmakers have officially begun submitting bills for the new legislative session scheduled to begin Wednesday, and among these are…
President-elect Donald Trump announced a new plan during a Mar-a-Lago press conference on Tuesday to rename the Gulf of Mexico…
President Joe Biden (D) signed the Social Security Fairness Act (SSFA) — authored by Sens. Susan Collins (R) and Sherrod…
The Mills administration managed to botch the rollout of their own new Paid Family and Medical Leave program, mistakenly listing…
A consulting firm based in Massachusetts has been awarded a $300,000 taxpayer-funded contract to advise the Maine Public Utilities Commission…
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized new regulations on Tuesday, prohibiting credit reporting agencies and lenders from considering medical…
President-elect Donald Trump announced a $20 billion foreign investment in new data centers Tuesday. The pronouncement came during Trump’s pre-inauguration press…
McDonald’s announced Monday it is abandoning some of its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, joining a growing list of…
The Maine State Police (MSP) have arrested a suspect in the murder of William “Nate” Robinson, 34, of Austinville, Virginia,…
New Hampshire State Police arrested two Massachusetts residents on Tuesday after a traffic stop in Greenland, N.H., after allegedly discovering…
Going into the first session of the 132nd Legislature, lawmakers have already submitted two bills aimed at rolling back restrictions…
Honduran President Xiomara Castro threatened President-elect Donald Trump during her New Year’s address that if he moves forward with his…
In his State of the City Address Monday evening, Portland Mayor Mark Dion urged the City Council to reconsider the…
Over the past few years, Maine’s child welfare system has come under fire for its failure to protect the state’s…
More than 80 cannabis industry stakeholders gathered Friday in Augusta to address the myriad challenges facing Maine’s adult-use and medical…
The Democratic majority on the Joint Rules Committee voted Monday to preserve the controversial practice of “concept drafts,” brushing aside…
Commissioner of Maine’s Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) Heather Johnson will be stepping down from her position on…
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his plans to resign from office Monday in the wake of a public dispute…
Pope Francis on Monday appointed a new cardinal with a liberal track record to head the archdiocese of Washington, D.C.…
Maine’s Secretary of State received more than 170,000 petition signatures on Monday from a conservative group that is looking to…
Lame-duck President Joe Biden’s administration unveiled more environmental regulations the day after Christmas, banning the manufacture of many natural gas…
A Dominican national residing at a state-funded migrant shelter in Massachusetts was recently identified by U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement…
Three people, including two individuals from the State of Georgia, were arrested on drug trafficking charges after a traffic stop…
Non-citizen voting in Maine is an actual threat to Democracy. So of course, the Democrat constitutional officers are ignoring it…
President Joe Biden is once again working to undermine President-elect Donald Trump’s upcoming agenda, rushing to impose new restrictions on…
Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) has officially been reelected as Speaker of the House, allowing lawmakers to move forward with their…
First lady Jill Biden collected tens of thousands of dollars in gifts from foreign leaders throughout 2023, according to documents…
A costly dockworkers’ strike could ignite just days before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, presenting the Republican’s administration with a…
Maine lawmakers are set to receive a 61 percent higher salary than their predecessors when they reconvene next week. This…
A Dominican national living in the U.S. illegally since crossing the southern border into Texas in early 2023 was arrested…
Six Worcester, Massachusetts, college students are facing felony kidnapping charges after a botched October attempt to participate in the online…
President Joe Biden selected 20 Americans to receive the Presidential Citizens Medal on Wednesday, including former Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney,…
At its upcoming meeting on Monday, the Portland City Council will consider issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the…
The FBI issued an update Thursday on the terrorist attack that took place in the early hours of the day…
Maine’s Democratic leaders held a press conference in Bath on Thursday to tout the beginning of a new program that…
Illegal immigrants from the violent Venezuelan Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang assaulted an El Paso, Texas, border crossing in December,…
Beginning Monday, Maine childcare facilities are no longer permitted to use baby gates under most circumstances. Under the new guidance…
New York is poised to fine energy companies billions of dollars in the name of fighting climate change under a…
After taking heavy losses from Israeli forces, Hamas is now picking fights with the Palestinian Authority (PA) as its manpower…
Law enforcement seized a large quantity of cocaine, fentanyl, meth and other illegal drugs, as well as seven firearms during…
Advocates for Voter ID laws in Maine will mark a significant milestone on Monday with the submission of over 170,000…
A 16-year-old girl was shot in the leg and her older sister was injured during an assault on Dennison Street…
As many as 40 percent of the noncitizens present in Maine, including those who entered the U.S. illegally and those…