Protestors gathered today outside the General Dynamics production facility in Saco Maine, complaining that the company is supplying Israel’s “genocide”…
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Rep. Mike Soboleski (R-Philips) filed an official ethics complaint against Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows for failing to recuse…
The Maine State Police announced on Tuesday that they had busted up two illegal cannabis growing operations in Belgrade. The…
The City of Portland began clearing out the large homeless encampment underneath the Casco Bay Bridge in Harbor View Park…
The Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office arrested three Chinese adult males and seized 970 marijuana plants from an illegal commercial-scale cannabis…
All but one of Maine’s U.S Congressional Delegation issued statements opposing Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows’ decision Thursday to…
The Republican candidates vying for a chance to run against U.S. Rep. Jared Golden in Maine’s conservative 2nd Congressional District…
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection (Maine DEP) has told the Maine Wire that reporting from the Portland Press Herald…
Ten years ago, I wrote a column for the Bangor Daily News (back when it ran actual news) entitled “The…
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has blocked former President Donald Trump from appearing on Maine’s primary ballot next year.…
The Biden Administration has once again refused to provide independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. with protection from the…
The Maine Service Employees Association (MSEA), a branch of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), has negotiated for a significant…
The South Portland Board of Education is considering ways to improve “diversity” and reduce racial and socioeconomic “segregation” across the…
The media arm of the Bangor Publishing Company edited the headline of a story on Wednesday to make it less…
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has delayed issuing a decision on former President Donald Trump’s eligibility to appear on…
The Maine Board of Environmental Protection (Maine BEP) has delayed voting on the set of controversial California-style vehicle emissions regulations…
The Maine Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) has been forced to delay development of the Aroostook Renewable Energy Gateway because the…
In November, 20 Romanian citizens were detained illegally crossing the U.S.-Canada border into Hodgdon, Maine. Two of them were held…
Following the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to remove former President Donald Trump from the state’s GOP primary ballot, the Maine…
The Maine Board of Environmental Protection (Maine BEP) has postponed its expected vote on the controversial California-style vehicle emissions regulations,…
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled 4-3 Tuesday that former President Donald Trump is ineligible to appear on the state’s primary…
Employees of the Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM), a left-wing nonprofit active in Maine politics, are seeking to unionize…
Over half of Maine households lost power in the recent storm, and hundreds of thousands are still awaiting a restoration…
Portland School Board Chair Sarah Lentz presented the 2023 State of the Schools report to the Portland City Council Monday…
Maine has the second fastest rising electricity costs of any state in the nation, only trailing behind California, according to…
The Maine Wire sat down Wednesday with the City of Portland’s newly elected and inaugurated Mayor Mark Dion for an…
Following the Black Lives Matter (BLM) riots of 2020, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Melville W. Fuller – the only Mainer…
The Maine Secretary of State’s Office held an eight-hour hearing last Friday concerning former President Donald Trump’s (R) ability to…
Maine’s legislature will consider a bill proposed by Sen. Joe Baldacci (D-Penobscot) that would remove all references to marijuana from…
The City of Portland announced Friday that they will be clearing out the large homeless encampment under the Casco Bay…
An ex-FBI agent who helped initiate the bureau’s infamous “Russiagate” probe into former President Donald Trump’s alleged collusion with Russia…
Two executives from Catholic Charities Maine joined a panel discussion this week hosted by Refugees International and the Women’s Refugee…
The Maine Board of Environmental Protection (Maine BEP) has now officially responded to the thousand-plus public comments it received on…
Maine Wire Editor-in-Chief joined Steven K. Bannon’s The War Room Thursday night to discuss the latest breaking news in Maine’s…
Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) and independent Senator Angus King (I-Maine). who caucuses with Democrats, voted to approve a major defense…
A longtime substitute teacher and paraprofessional in Maine School Administrative District 75 (MSAD 75) has resigned following the district’s recent…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills announced Monday that her administration is investing $3.5 million into substance use disorder (SUD) treatment services…
Harvard University President Claudine Gay — already under scrutiny over her contentious Dec. 5 testimony to Congress concerning campus anti-semitism…
The Independent Commission directed by Gov. Janet Mills to investigate the facts surrounding the Oct. 25 mass shooting in Lewiston…
A New Hampshire man has been arrested and charged in connection with threats made against Republican 2024 presidential candidate Vivek…
Education, particularly a college degree, has long been a ticket to the middle class and upward mobility in America. Unfortunately,…
A group of pro-Palestine protestors gathered outside Bath Iron Works (BIW) Friday in Bath, Maine, demanding that the shipyard “stop…
One of Maine’s largest healthcare providers threatened to terminate the employment of as many as 500 employees who had not…
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…
In a Wednesday op-ed in the Portland Press Herald, Cumberland County District Attorney Jackie Sartoris expressed her concern over rampant…
A group of pro-Palestine groups will hold a rally Friday at Bath Iron Works (BIW) in Bath, Maine, to “protest…
Republican U.S. Senator from Maine Susan Collins has sent a letter to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine…
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…
The Cape Elizabeth Town Council has voted to approve a slate of changes to bring their zoning ordinances into compliance…
Portland’s Encampment Crisis Response Team (ECRT) has started implementing a plan to move homeless individuals from the Harbor View Park…
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Florida) battled Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-California) on Thursday night in a contentious debate about the governance Florida,…
Republican U.S. Senator Marco Rubio of Florida and four of his colleagues sent a letter Friday to President Joe Biden…
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…
Americans on average now need an additional $11,434 a year to afford the same standard of living they enjoyed in…
Officers from the Wilton Police Department and investigators from the Maine Office of Cannabis Policy (OCP) busted a massive illegal…
Law enforcement raided an illegal, industrial-scale marijuana grow operation Tuesday morning in Wilton, ME at 128 Weld Road, the former…
Lawyers for Hunter Biden have told the Republican-led House Oversight Committee that the president’s son is willing to testify before…
A black public housing tenant and her family have filed a lawsuit against the Auburn Housing Authority (AHA) and two…
The Director of Maine’s Office of Child and Family Services (OCFS) — Todd Landry — has resigned amidst scrutiny over…
A report published last week by the left-wing dark money-funded think tank the Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) advocates…
Two people are dead after two separate incidents of tent fires in Portland and Sanford over the weekend. A Portland…
Early Tuesday morning U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents of the Houlton Sector apprehended 20 Romanian nationals who had illegally…
With the Maine Wire’s recent investigative reporting into the “Triad Weed” operations that have overtaken rural Maine, there has been…
A Gorham man who was previously arrested in May of this year on the charge of operating of a methamphetamine…
The Independent Commission to Investigate the Facts of the Tragedy met publicly today for the first time. Established by Gov.…
A Lewiston refugee resettlement agency is looking to hire an additional case manager to serve only Afghan refugee clients, according…
A proposal to amend the City of Portland’s loitering and camping ordinances to allow for homeless individuals to camp in…
Last week, Representatives Mike Soboleski and Austin Theriault, who are both running for congress in Maine’s Second Congressional District, joined…
Republican U.S. Senator from Maine Susan Collins was briefed Thursday by Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator Anne Milgram on efforts…
The Maine Office of Cannabis Policy (OCP) has found a contamination rate of 42 percent in samples taken from the…
Update: This story was updated to reflect a change in the location of the meeting. It will now be held…
Asian transnational criminal organizations operate more than 270 illegal marijuana cultivation sites in Maine, according to a leaked U.S. Department…
On Nov. 9, Maine Gov. Janet Mills signed an Executive Order establishing an “Independent Commission” to investigate the facts surrounding…
UPDATE: Kevin Kelley, spokesman for the Independent Commission, has provided a statement to the Maine Wire clarifying that the Commission…
The Office of Cannabis Policy (OCP) has no authority to police or regulate illegal marijuana grows — whether operated by…
In a Nov. 6 letter to Portland’s State Senators and Representatives, Mayor Kate Snyder requested the lawmakers’ assistance in identifying…
The Maine Legislature will consider a bill next year that aims to address the proliferation of illegal Chinese-owned marijuana growing…
A new 179-bed shelter for single asylum seekers in Portland’s Riverton neighborhood is set to open on Nov. 29. [RELATED:…
Members of Maine’s congressional delegation are renewing their call for a federal investigation into illegal Chinese-owned marijuana growing operations following…
U.S. Senators from Maine Susan Collins and Angus King announced Wednesday that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the…
State and federal law enforcement agencies have known about the existence of a sprawling network of Chinese-owned marijuana grows in…
Polls have closed, and the results are in. Maine voters have officially rejected the establishment of Pine Tree Power. The…
In response to a Citizen’s Challenge of Educational Media complaint against the book “Gender Queer” by Maia Kobabe, an MSAD…
Draft copies of proposed changes to City of Portland ordinances obtained by the organization “Enough is Enough” show city officials…
Five members of the Maine Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America were arrested Friday for criminal trespassing after they…
More than a year after being approved by lawmakers, legalized sports betting in Maine officially launched this past Friday, with…
U.S. Senators from Maine Susan Collins and Angus King sent a letter Thursday to the Inspector General of the U.S.…
A leaked copy of three pages from the alleged manifesto of transgender Nashville school shooter Audrey Hale obtained by Louder…
The Maine Democratic Party was the recipient of $100,000 in donations stemming from notorious fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried’s corrupt FTX cryptocurrency…
Democratic Congressman Jared Golden of Maine’s 2nd District slammed House Republicans Thursday after his proposed amendment to prohibit commercial offshore…
A Bangor woman was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday for numerous drug trafficking offenses, a sentence the Maine…
Mainers’ data privacy is once again set to be a focal point for lawmakers in Augusta. Next Wednesday, members of…
A Newcastle woman who discovered that public school officials were facilitating the social transition of her 13-year-old daughter behind her…
Maine State Police Col. William Ross faced tough questions Thursday morning regarding the manhunt for Lewiston shooter Robert Card during…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills announced Wednesday her intent to form an “independent commission of experts” in the coming days to…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills on Wednesday said she would be forming an independent commission to examine the failures and oversights…
The ACLU of Maine sent a letter last week warning Portland City Manager Danielle West and Maine Department of Transportation…