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President-elect Donald Trump (R) has endorsed Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) to again serve as Speaker of the House for the…
Senator Rand Paul released his annual Festivus Report highlighting the most egregious examples of government waste on Friday, as Elon…
The shooting of a 34-year-old Virginia man whose body was discovered in Edgecomb on Dec. 3 is tied to an…
The U.S. launched a probe into China’s semiconductor industry on Monday with just weeks remaining in President Joe Biden’s term.…
President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of 37 out of the 40 federal death row inmates in the U.S. on…
Two Californians arrested after allegedly stealing $1,836 worth of products from various stores in Seal Beach, California, went viral on…
President Joe Biden has pulled the plug on his most ambitious pre-election promise to cancel student loan debt for more…
The Rockland Police Department and U.S. Border Patrol were involved in a raid at an Asian massage parlor in Rockland…
The Cape Elizabeth Town Council voted unanimously Monday in favor of covering both the employer and employee contributions to the…
Three Chinese nationals — only one of which was present in the U.S. legally — have been arrested in York…
United States Congressional leaders released another short-term funding agreement Tuesday night that, if passed, would keep the government open through…
The City of Portland’s lobbyist the to Maine Legislature admitted during a Tuesday meeting with the city’s elected officials that…
Update: The Lewiston Police Department released the following Facebook post, including images of the alleged suspects, after this story was…
A total of 30 inmates at Cumberland County Jail have booking records that indicate that they were either arrested by…
Two Iranian men who illegally conspired to arm the Islamic Republic of Iran with U.S. drone technology, culminating in an…
President Joe Biden will sign a proclamation Monday establishing a national monument in honor of former Secretary of Labor Frances…
The Maine Department of Labor (MDOL) released a report this week exploring the state’s projected job outlook through 2032, outlining…
Top Maine Democrats and the Mayor of Lewiston joined President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden for a holiday…
The Washington Post’s editorial board acknowledged that the alleged evidence showing the benefits of so-called “gender-affirming care” for minors could…
Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly attributed the District 64 license plate to the newly elected representative…
Sen. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) urged President Joe Biden on Thursday to alter the U.S.’s…
Rep. Josh Morris (R-Turner) has formally submitted a bill that, if passed, would repeal the state’s new payroll tax—set to…
Students of the taxpayer-funded University of Maine at Augusta will have the opportunity to take a college-level course all about…
A federal indictment was unsealed Wednesday charging five individuals for allegedly conspiring to fraudulently apply for more than 1,000 driver’s…
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), embroiled in serial controversies related to its overtly political and unethical conduct, has found…
Maine Governor Janet Mills’ Office of Policy Innovation and the Future (GOPIF) is paying $12,500 to a California-based nonprofit that…
The Bangor City Council voted on Monday to postpone clearing its massive 50-plus-person homeless encampment after it announced in October…
Many who are self-employed can expect to receive a new tax form next year following a recent rule change by…
Social media platform TikTok and its Chinese-owned parent company ByteDance have asked an appeals court to temporarily block a law…
In a unanimous decision, the Maine Legislative Council on Tuesday voted to approve a pay raise for Secretary of State…
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Friday calling for the establishment of a curriculum to help educators,…
After holding its inaugural meeting last week, the Portland City Council on Monday held a workshop to discuss and identify…
The United States Supreme Court announced Monday that they will not be hearing a case out of Wisconsin challenging a…
Maine’s Sen. Angus King (I) and Rep. Chellie Pingree (D), along with Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine), called on Friday for…
U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), a medical doctor and staunch ally of President-elect Donald Trump, put forward a bill last…
The State of Maine’s Office of Tourism has awarded a $165,000 grant to a black travel influencer as part of…
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) published a damning report entitled “Out of Office” on Thursday, investigating the excesses and inefficiencies…
Several cryptocurrency stocks gained, while bitcoin surged ahead, following President-elect Donald Trump’s Wednesday announcement nominating Paul Atkins as chair to…
The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) announced Thursday the arrests of six individuals on drug trafficking charges, including two foreign…
An illegal alien who has been deported from the United States at least seven times and who has five felony…
China announced an export ban on Tuesday, preventing the sale of certain rare earth minerals to the U.S., including gallium,…
There’s a special place in hell for fraudsters who target the elderly, but for 39-year-old Sohil Usmangani Vahora, of Des…
President-elect Donald Trump released a statement Monday on social media warning Middle East leaders and terrorists about the consequences they…
The University of Maine (UMaine) has denied Calvary Chapel Belfast’s appeal of the institution’s decision to sell the former Hutchinson…
The FBI and Maine State Police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating Stefanie Damron, a 14-year-old girl from New…
The taxpayer-funded Freeport Community Services (FCS) nonprofit canceled its rental agreement with Parents’ Rights in Education two days before the…
Ranked choice voting has recently taken center stage following the November 5 election, during which a number of critical state,…
Maine’s state racial equity commission has entered into a taxpayer-funded $7,000 contract with a Waterville-based company to sponsor educational walking…
U.S. Senator from Maine Susan Collins (R) is calling for an investigation into reports of widespread political bias in how…
President Joe Biden issued a full pardon for his son Hunter Biden’s crimes on Sunday night after he was convicted…
The Mills administration has made a $50,000 taxpayer-funded purchase of larger size nursing bras that they say will help support…
The Maine Wire has obtained a copy of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s list of 270 properties in Maine…
Editor’s Note: The endorsement covered below reflects the opinion of the Maine Republican Party and not the Senate Republican or…
The Maine Climate Council has released an updated version of the state’s four-year plan concerning climate change, “Maine Won’t Wait.”…
President-elect Donald Trump selected Dr. Jeanette Nesheiwat on Friday to serve as the U.S. Surgeon General, despite her past support…
A federal judge in Bangor has ruled against five Maine lobstermen who sued Maine Department of Marine Fisheries (MDMR) Commissioner…
Republican President-elect Donald Trump has tapped former Small Business Administration head and WWE wrestling co-founder Linda McMahon to head the…
Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins opposes Trump’s push for recess appointments, which would allow him to quickly put his cabinet…
A Maine Republican lawmaker who a week before election day turned himself in to police over an alleged aggravated assault…
At a Tuesday meeting of the Portland Board of Public Education, at-large member and Board Chair Sarah Lentz claimed that…
Former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz has withdrawn his name from consideration for United States Attorney General. This decision comes after…
Tom’s of Maine — a popular toothpaste brand celebrated for it’s use of all-natural ingredients — has violated federal rules…
Socialist Portland City Councilor Kate Sykes’ proposal for a task force to study how city might utilize a new “social…
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) banned biological males from the women’s restrooms at the Capitol on Wednesday after…
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) announced on Friday that it has failed its seventh consecutive audit and is unable…
At the start of this year, Democratic Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) signed onto a letter urging the Biden administration to…
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R) made it known during a campaign stop in Vassalboro Friday that she intends to seek…
The Maine Secretary of State on Monday continued with a series of recounts in races for the State Legislature that…
The University of Maine (UMaine) has decided to sell the Hutchinson Center to Waldo Community Action Partners (WCAP) following a…
The Maine Human Rights Commission (MHRC) cleared University of Southern Maine Sociology and Education Professor Dr. Christy Hammer of any…
The York County Sheriff’s Office is looking for the owner of an 8-foot Boa constrictor a deputy found on the…
In response to President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of a decorated military veteran and best-selling author to head the Department of…
The Maine Secretary of State’s Office announced Thursday that recounts have been scheduled in nine races for seats in the…
President-elect Donald Trump continues to send shockwaves through Washington, D.C., and American politics as his proposed cabinet picks bring into…
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled against a motion filed by several anonymous men seeking to keep their identities…
The Bayside neighborhood in Portland has accounted for nearly a third of the city’s arrests and about 40 percent of…
Republican South Dakota Sen. John Thune won a three-way race to lead Senate Republicans’ 53-seat majority for the first two…
In a statement issued following former President Donald Trump’s resounding victory over Vice President Kamala Harris last week, the executive…
On the heels of a disappointing election Tuesday for Maine Republicans, in which they failed to obtain a majority in…
On Tuesday, Mainers made their voices heard not only on a number of key state, federal, and local elections, but…
The Lincoln Academy in Newcastle is offering a support room for high school students struggling emotionally with President Donald Trump’s…
Republicans in the State House of Representatives—fresh off yet another disappointing election cycle—are poised to cast votes for leadership positions…
Former President Donald J. Trump (R) has been elected to serve as the 47th President of the United States. The…
Former President Donald J. Trump survived coordinated lawfare, two assassination attempts, collusion among major tech companies, and a sustained negative…
Two Maine citizens have threatened to sue Secretary of State Shenna Bellows for improper voter roll maintenance unless action is…
Vice Presidential nominee Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) campaigned in New Hampshire on Sunday, two days before the election, after recent…
Three congressmen accused U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Wednesday of failing to provide active-duty service members with the…
In the spirit of transparency, here are the emails exchanged with the Boston Globe reporter who covered the Maine Wire’s…
Voters in Bucks County Pennsylvania will have until the end of the day on Friday, November 1 to “apply for,…
President Joe Biden skipped the candy and went straight for the baby Wednesday night when he appeared to bite multiple…
Kennebec and Somerset County District Attorney Maeghan Maloney is currently facing allegations before the Maine Board of Overseers of the…
The United States Supreme Court ruled Wednesday morning that the State of Virginia may remove self-identified noncitizens from its voter…
Kiernan Majerus-Collins, a former member of the Maine Democratic Party State Committee for Androscoggin County, called Republican voters the “most…
Demographic characteristics such as gender, age, and educational attainment appear to be strong predictors of how Mainers will vote this…
Last month the Maine Department of Education (Maine DOE) launched a first-in-the-nation project aimed at bringing collections of children’s picture…
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) on Tuesday will hold the first competitive auction for roughly 850,000 acres…
Former Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement under President Donald Trump, Tom Homan, shocked the left-wing host of…
Could former Republican President Donald Trump win not only the Electoral College but also the popular vote in 2024? It’s…
A national poll released by Gallup on Thursday found that the vast majority of Americans support photo Identification requirements at…