Brandon S. Brown, 36, (MDOC#111347) shot U.S. Marine Corps veteran James Sanders outside a nightclub in Portland in 2008, leaving…
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Crossfire Hurricane, the infamous investigation into the allegation that former Republican President Donald Trump conspired with the Russian government to…
Amid Maine’s ongoing migrant and housing crises, Maine’s elite liberal arts colleges could help alleviate the burden placed on Maine’s…
U.S. Rep. Jared Golden (ME-2) and a bipartisan group in Congress have introduced a plan that will restore the authority…
Maine may soon pause the enforcement of an “environmental justice” policy passed in the last legislature after the new law…
The Biden Administration issued a memo on March 31 to city officials in Portland, Maine, instructing them on how to…
Portland’s Presumpscot Elementary School cancelled math and literacy classes one day in March so that staffers at the public school…
The city of Sanford — population: 22,000 — has been overrun with asylum-seekers who arrived throughout last week seeking General…
If you’re on this media platform reading this piece of commentary, my guess is that you’re just as fed up…
Barely half of Americans believe our country’s intelligence agencies do a good job safeguarding citizens’ privacy and civil liberties, a…
The Sanford Police Department posted a notice to social media informing followers that the city has “no more capacity to…
During Wednesday’s Senate Appropriations Committee hearing, President Biden’s Secretary of Energy David Turk struggled to answer Sen. John Kennedy’s (R-La.)…
A Bristol doctor who testified Monday in favor of Gov. Janet Mills’ full-term abortion bill was once deposed for her…
Two Members of Congress sent a letter Monday to the Justice Department claiming, based on a credible whistleblower, that the…
The Biden Administration is dispatching 1,500 military personnel to the U.S.-Mexico border, according to a statement Tuesday from the Department…
A marathon session of the State Legislature’s Judiciary Committee stretched from Monday morning to Tuesday morning as more than 650…
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey testified Monday in support of LD 1619, a bill that would make Maine’s abortion laws…
Yarmouth 5th graders who just finished a unit on American history have been accused by a member of the school’s…
The United States federal government has become the “middleman” in a multi-billion dollar human trafficking operation targeting unaccompanied minors at…
(Update: The Education and Cultural Affairs Committee voted Thursday to recommend passage of LD 394, the bill that would ratify…
President Joe Biden announced Tuesday morning that he wants to “finish the job” with another four years in the White…
At a recent RSU-14 school board meeting, several Windham and Raymond parents left outraged after a non-binary guidance counselor from…
Joe Biden’s presidential campaign led former U.S. intelligence officials to denounce the New York Post’s reporting on Hunter Biden’s infamous…
BuzzFeed News — the news outlet that infamously published the so-called Steele Dossier, a.k.a. the Golden Showers Dossier, a.k.a. an…
Joseph Eaton, the man Maine State Police said Tuesday had been arrested on suspicion of murdering four unidentified people in…
The Maine Lobster Festival announced Monday that the annual “Maine Sea Goddess” contest — a 75-year coastal Maine tradition –…
The migrant crisis overwhelming several southern Maine cities has captured headlines this year. City of Portland officials just this week…
Democratic lawmakers on Thursday killed a bill from Rep. John Andrews (R-Paris) that would have banned former state lawmakers from…
Most Mainers have probably never heard of Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss. The dark money groups influencing Maine politics would probably…
With the indictment of former President Donald Trump by Manhattan District Attorney (DA) Alvin Bragg, the United States has crossed…
Russia has now placed itself on a short list of rogue states, a list that includes belligerent nations like North…
Maine has the third highest tax burden of all 50 states. That’s according to a new survey of 2023 tax…
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has been arrested in Russia on espionage charges, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB)…
Two Maine Republicans have prepared floor amendments for Thursday’s likely budget vote that would replace the phrase “Vacationland” on Maine’s…
A bill that would provide free healthcare to income eligible adults in Maine regardless of immigration status moved through the…
The Maine Department of Education made an error that has resulted in an extra $3.6 million for the Portland School…
Maine became the first state to require the state’s employee pension fund to divest from fossil fuel-related stocks — a…
A House of Representatives committee has released a report Tuesday on the Biden Administration’s alleged misuse of federal law enforcement…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Monday new legislation to protect Florida residents from federally controlled Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC).…
Traditional academic learning — like reading, writing, and math — should be a lower priority in Maine schools than social-emotional…
Newscenter Maine invited a former psychic medium on its talking head program “Political Brew” this weekend to criticize Republican state…
Maine was brought to the brink of a man-made environmental disaster this week — a potential catastrophe that threatens to…
All across Maine, school boards are debating whether sexually explicit books should be available in public school libraries, especially books…
A resident of Greenbush and a foreign national from the Dominican Republic were arrested by the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency…
The Maine Legislature spent much of Tuesday morning debating a symbolic resolution of support for Ukraine in the country’s ongoing…
The Daily Caller News Foundation – Harold Hutchison on March 6, 2023 Fox News host Tucker Carlson said Monday that footage…
A man from Maine was arrested on March 5 and charged with domestic terrorism following his participation in coordinated violent…
A majority of Maine voters think public schools should have safeguards in place that prevent minor students from accessing books…
A large majority — 80 percent — of Maine voters wants public schools to post all curriculum content on public…
The chaos surrounding the Mt. Ararat Schools (MSAD 75) continues this week following the revelation that School Board Chair Frank…
Is the over-use of “concept bills” making the legislative process in Augusta less transparent? There is growing concern among current…
A taxpayer-funded website operated by the State’s Bureau of Human Resources is a virtual Church of Wokeness. The site offers…
The number of Mainers on MaineCare will exceed 400,000 for the very first time this spring, a milestone that comes…
A Winslow High School guidance counselor may have violated the school’s policies when she broadcast news of a students gender…
Parents in Windham are battling with left-wing activists and members of the school board over books in the school library…
More than a year after former Barclays Bank chief Jes Staley left Bowdoin College’s board of trustees, the Maine-based college’s…
Three weeks after a catastrophic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, the White House has settled on a messaging strategy…
The Supreme Court of the United States may now be poised to take action on the major lever Congress has…
Ever since the height of the Cold War, a key goal of U.S. diplomacy and security strategy has been to…
The continuing saga of Twitter’s close cooperation with the U.S. government and senior government officials wound through Maine Saturday night…
Democrats on Maine’s legislative council on Thursday killed a resolution from Sen. Eric Brakey (R-Androscoggin) that called on the U.S.…
An Auburn manufacturer has won a major victory in its fight against Chinese competitors following a federal determination that will…
Republican leaders in the Maine House and Senate are taking aim at those who target the state’s iconic lobster industry…
Editor’s Note: This article has been adapted from an address to the annual meeting of the Fund for American Studies on…
On Wednesday morning, tens of students briefly left school to protest the Maine Wire’s journalism. The real story here is…
When the Pines Church wanted to rent the Hermon High School for their Sunday services last November, Hermon School Board…
Republican lawmakers held a press conference Tuesday to tout several welfare reform proposals, including the restoration of welfare work requirements…
The Daily Caller News Foundation – Jennie Taer on February 6, 2023 New York City is busing illegal immigrants to the…
A Maine mom is calling on the school board of the Great Salt Bay Community School in Damariscotta to investigate…
Maine’s top news outlets have been ignoring bombshell revelations from the so-called “Twitter Files.” For anyone familiar with Maine’s newspaper…
The number of people attempting to enter the U.S. illegally through Maine spiked in 2022, according to Customs and Border…
The newest “Twitter Files” revelations show that a group of left-wing political operatives calling themselves “Hamilton 68” scammed millions of…
Images posted to Facebook by an art teacher at Brunswick Junior High show middle school students learning about 15 different…
An explosive report from a government watchdog found several problems with a grant program that provided American taxpayer dollars to…
Maine Sen. Susan Collins is backing legislation that would prevent the White House from selling further Strategic Petroleum Reserves (SPR)…
Boston City Councilor Julia Mejia filed a lawsuit Thursday in Massachusetts’ Suffolk Superior Court claiming journalist Aidan Kearney has libeled…
Attorney General Merrick Garland said Monday that the U.S. Justice Department does not have different sets of rules based on…
Senate President Troy Jackson (D-Aroostook) posted a video to social media on Saturday complaining about Citizens United v. FEC, a…
The child of Democratic Massachusetts U.S. Rep. Katherine Clark was arrested Saturday night after allegedly assaulting a police officer and…
The Maine Department of Transportation (MDOT) is considering ways to make traveling from Portland to Bangor easier. One option is…
At a time when more than a third of Americans are telling the Pew Research Foundation it’s a bad sign…
The Bangor Daily News was raked over the coals Monday by social media users following the discovery that the paper…
Several Democratic members of the State Legislature have introduced a proposal that would extend Medicaid benefits to individuals who are…
The board of a Damariscotta school emailed a letter to parents Saturday asserting a legal right for school employees to…
A Damariscotta public school social worker who attempted to secretly transition a 13-year-old female student into a boy without her…
You’ve heard of the one percent-ers, but how about the one-third percent-ers? 1.3 million Americans hold Top Secret security clearances,…
Gov. Janet Mills on Wednesday proposed a $10.3 billion budget that will largely shape political negotiations in Augusta and state…
Sen. Jeff Timberlake (R-Androscoggin) and former Sen. Bill Diamond are once again calling for significant reforms to the Department of…
Paris residents voted Tuesday night to recall a pair of school board officials who drew the community’s ire by pushing…
Maine’s political reporters rung in the New Year — and the official start of Democratic Gov. Janet Mills’ second term…
A Maine child was born into a household with parents who neglected him, restrained him for long periods of time,…
The school system in Maine’s largest city has is facing a civil rights complaint alleging the school has been discriminating…
The school system in Maine’s largest city has been operating a résumé coaching program that is only available to people…
The fate of more than $86,000 in campaign cash left unspent during the 2022 election provides a glimpse of Augusta’s…
Officials at a public school in Damariscotta won’t respond to The Maine Wire’s questions about a 26-year-old conditionally licensed social…
A public school worker at Great Salt Bay Community School who coached a 13-year-old girl into a gender transition without…
UPDATE: Bangor Police Department Public Information Officer Sgt. Jason McAmbley said in an email that assault charges were filed against…
The town of Bucksport has pulled a Christmas nativity scene from public property after receiving a complaint from an atheist…
As America’s open border with Mexico continues to see unprecedented levels of illegal immigration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…