Republican U.S. Senator from Maine Susan Collins was briefed Thursday by Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator Anne Milgram on efforts…
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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…
As details surrounding the mental health history of the Lewiston mass shooter Robert R. Card, Jr., continue to come to…
Living downriver and across Merrymeeting Bay from accused mass murderer Robert Card II, the last couple days have been as…
A Jewish lawyer who has been practicing law in southern Maine since 1979 had his Portland office targeted this weekend…
Although law enforcement officials have yet to confirm any specific details, preliminary information about the note found in the residence…
The day after a mass shooting in Lewiston claimed the lives of 18 people, Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Golden of…
Shortly after 10am Friday morning, law enforcement officials in Lewiston held a press conference to update the public with the…
The Maine Wire reached out to Maine’s top Republican lawmakers Thursday morning to get their thoughts on Wednesday evening’s shooting…
The alleged shooter in Wednesday’s attack in Lewiston that left 18 dead and 13 injured was evaluated by police and…
As hundreds of law enforcement officers scour Maine in search of alleged Lewiston shooter Robert R. Card II, 40, of…
Mills:"I have spoken twice with President Biden, I've spoken with VP Harris, secretary of Homeland Security Mayorkas, and Secretary of…
Democratic U.S. Rep. for Maine’s First Congressional District Chellie Pingree announced Wednesday that she mended a staffers jeans in order…
Earlier this year, the State Legislature passed one of the least restrictive abortion laws in the nation — as of…
The Maine Ethics Commission voted unanimously Wednesday to take no further action in an investigation into whether Senate President Troy…
House Republicans have nominated Rep. Mike Johnson for the Speakership, making him the caucus’ fourth nominee for the position in…
Maine is soon to join California in the adoption of stringent mandates requiring a hefty percentage of new car sales…
Republican U.S. Senator from Maine Susan Collins, alongside a bipartisan delegation of Senators, gave remarks at a press conference Sunday…
Municipalities throughout Maine have been struggling to accommodate the state’s rapidly growing refugee and asylum seeker populations — and things…
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) is officially no longer in the running for Speakership after failing to prevail in three chamber-wide…
The Maine Department of Education (MDOE) is currently accepting public comment on its revised learning standards for Science as part…
The Maine Department of Education (MDOE) is currently accepting public comment on its revised Social Studies learning standards as part…
Maine State Rep. Ann Fredericks (R-Sanford) has submitted a request for a resolution in the second legislative session that would…
Throughout the country, most people saw increased earnings this past spring — except for in Maine. Nationwide, personal income reportedly…
All four members of Maine’s Congressional delegation have issued public statements in recent days concerning Hamas’ attacks on Israel, strongly…
A man was arrested Thursday near Portland’s largest homeless encampment at the Marginal Way Park and Ride after reportedly entering…
Republicans in Washington nominated Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) to be the Speaker of the House in a secret ballot vote…
Aidan Kearney, the blogger behind “Turtleboy Daily News,” was arrested Wednesday morning on several counts of witness intimidation and one…
State lawmakers are currently poised to consider a number of changes to the laws surrounding homelessness — an issue that…
A Moscow court on Tuesday rejected an appeal of the detention of Wall Street Journal reporter and Bowdoin graduate Evan…
Oral arguments took place this morning before Boston’s First Circuit Court of Appeals in the case against the Maine Secretary…
Schools in the Bonny Eagle School District (MSAD #6) have begun taking steps to ensure that underage students are not…
A Maine cross country runner who competed last year in the Western Maine Conference (WMC) Boys Cross Country meets is…
Parents of Hermon High School students were asked earlier this year to decide whether their student should be allowed access…
Portland Mayor Kate Snyder delivered her final State of the City Address as mayor Monday afternoon, focusing primarily on the…
Most Americans are inclined to trust Republicans over Democrats to effectively deal with the myriad of problems facing the country…
The Portland City Council rejected a proposal to add bunk beds to one of the city’s homeless shelters in an…
Later this week, the Supreme Court will be hearing a case that originated in Maine several years ago — Acheson…
Parents across Maine have been left confused in recent days by their children receiving Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards in…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills announced Friday the latest round of grants awarded through the state’s Community Resilience Partnership, which since…
The impending federal government shutdown was averted late Saturday after President Joe Biden signed a temporary funding bill that passed…
The Sanford Police Department announced Friday that two men were arrested in connection to the non-fatal stabbing of homeless man…
Portland business owners and retail workers joined the organization “Enough is Enough” to release a video Thursday drawing attention to…
Job approval ratings for Congress and President Joe Biden remain low ahead of an impending government shutdown, according to polling…
A Sanford man is in stable condition after being stabbed multiple times early Thursday morning by two men who stole…
A flyer advertising a sex therapist’s “Raising Sexually Healthy Children” workshop hosted by the Greely Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) was…
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced Tuesday that it has taken legal action — alongside a number of state attorneys…
Information released this month by Portland officials revealed that the city’s effort to place roughly 100 homeless individuals in shelters…
When the State Legislature reconvenes next year, Maine lawmakers will consider two proposals that would strengthen Mainers’ right to privacy…
A Cumberland, Maine, Town Council meeting became heated Tuesday evening when a parent confronted the Councilors with sexually explicit images…
The former Longley Elementary School in Lewiston — currently being used for adult education classes — was broken into and…
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has encountered more Chinese foreign nationals attempting to enter the country illegally in fiscal year…
U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, a Democrat from New Jersey, and his wife were indicted Friday on federal bribery charges for…
A Fairfield father says that a federally funded health clinic operating within Lawrence High School provided his minor daughter with…
Maine school libraries are stocking a children’s graphic novel meant to teach “news literacy” that contains thinly veiled allusions to…
Joseph Bankman, the father of the infamous former crypto entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried, allegedly held a role on the advisory board…
“How does a boy become a man?” Out of the blue, that question was put to my middle-aged son by…
Parents in the Maine School Administrative District #51 (MSAD #51) pushed back against pornographic books in the district’s school libraries…
The majority of daily news outlets in Maine are now bankrolled by some of the country’s largest donors to the…
The sole study purporting to show that a massive $4.9 billion Aroostook County wind power project will benefit Maine ratepayers…
Portland’s now-largest homeless encampment at the Marginal Way Park and Ride has approximately doubled in size since August, with a…
The city of Portland has finally discovered who is responsible for the thousands of homeless migrants that have inundated the…
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) announced this week the opening of a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe…
Biden Administration officials likely violated the First Amendment by “coercing” and “significantly encouraging” social media companies to censor citizens’ protected…
The Daily Caller News Foundation – Mary Lou Masters on September 12, 2023 House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is planning to…
In an interview with Maine’s taxpayer-funded radio network Thursday, Gov. Janet Mills denied a suggestion from a listener that her…
The Falmouth-based mortgage broker accused of abetting an apparent mortgage fraud by Senate President Troy Jackson (D-Aroostook) denied any wrongdoing…
Gov. Janet Mills commented briefly Thursday on the growing scandal that has surrounded Senate President Troy Jackson after an investigative…
Portland Director of Health and Human Services Kristen Dow and Fire Chief Keith Gautreau joined the City Council during its…
Liberty Safe, a company that markets itself to conservative Americans as the patriotic way to safely store firearms, admitted Wednesday…
Maine State Rep. John Andrews (R-Paris) filed an official written complaint Wednesday with Maine’s Attorney General’s Office and Ethics Commission…
In a CNN interview Saturday, Former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) Director Dr. Anthony Fauci defended the use…
The owner of Fogg Lighting, a store across from one of Portland’s largest homeless encampments at the Marginal Way Park…