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Secret audio reveals Maine teacher ranting about politics, mocking Trump-supporting parents

By Steve RobinsonOctober 16, 20223 Featured

Shocking audio obtained by The Maine Wire reveals a Maine public school teacher subjecting a student to a racially charged…

News

“We need to do a lot more enforcement”: Cumberland DA Jackie Sartoris Talks Portland Homeless Encampments on WGAN

By Edward TomicOctober 2, 20231 News

Cumberland County District Attorney Jackie Sartoris joined Matt Gagnon on Newsradio WGAN Monday morning to discuss Portland’s encampment crisis and…

News

Maine Hotel’s Fight with Self-Appointed ADA ‘Tester’ Heads to Supreme Court

By Libby PalanzaOctober 2, 20230 News

Later this week, the Supreme Court will be hearing a case that originated in Maine several years ago — Acheson…

News

State of Maine Sends Out $166 Million in EBT Cards to Kids

By Edward TomicOctober 2, 20232 News 1K Views

Parents across Maine have been left confused in recent days by their children receiving Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards in…

News

Mills Gives Out $2.4 Million in Latest Round of Climate Change Grants

By Edward TomicOctober 2, 20233 News

Maine Gov. Janet Mills announced Friday the latest round of grants awarded through the state’s Community Resilience Partnership, which since…

News

Entire Maine Delegation Votes for Stopgap Funding Bill to Avert Government Shutdown, Excludes Funding for Ukraine Proxy War

By Edward TomicOctober 2, 20231 News

The impending federal government shutdown was averted late Saturday after President Joe Biden signed a temporary funding bill that passed…

News

Two Men Arrested in Sanford Stabbing and Bike Theft Case

By Edward TomicSeptember 29, 20230 News

The Sanford Police Department announced Friday that two men were arrested in connection to the non-fatal stabbing of homeless man…

News

South Portland High School Locked Down This Morning After Suspicious Individual Spotted Near Entrance

By Libby PalanzaSeptember 29, 20231 News

South Portland High School (SPHS) went into lockdown this morning while the South Portland Police Department (SPPD) investigated a suspicious…

News

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Longest-Serving Female Senator, Dead At 90

By Libby PalanzaSeptember 29, 20233 News

U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) — the longest-serving woman in the United States Senate — has died at the age…

News

Angus King and West Virginia Senator Partner to Designate September as ‘National Recovery Month’ Amid Rise in Overdoses

By Edward TomicSeptember 29, 20233 News

Maine Sen. Angus King and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W. Va.) earlier this week introduced a bipartisan resolution to designate…

News

Senate Unanimously Approves Official Business-Appropriate Dress Code

By Libby PalanzaSeptember 29, 20232 News

The United States Senate has unanimously reversed course today by officially codifying a business casual dress code days after moving…

News

‘Enough is Enough’: Portland Business Owners Speak Out About Crime and Violence in City’s Homeless Encampments [VIDEO]

By Edward TomicSeptember 29, 20234 News 2K Views

Portland business owners and retail workers joined the organization “Enough is Enough” to release a video Thursday drawing attention to…

News

Low Approval Ratings for Congress and Biden Persist as Government Shutdown Looms: Gallup Poll

By Edward TomicSeptember 29, 20232 News

Job approval ratings for Congress and President Joe Biden remain low ahead of an impending government shutdown, according to polling…

News

Sanford Man Stabbed Multiple Times After Having His Bike Stolen Near City’s Homeless Hot Spot

By Edward TomicSeptember 28, 20230 News

A Sanford man is in stable condition after being stabbed multiple times early Thursday morning by two men who stole…

News

Maine ACLU Demands Portland Stop ‘Criminalizing Homelessness’, Calls Encampment Sweeps ‘Inherently Racist’

By Edward TomicSeptember 28, 20237 News

The ACLU of Maine joined the Communist Party for Socialism and Liberation and other advocacy groups Tuesday to urge the…

Commentary

Pickett Mountain Mine: Unbridled Hypocrisy (Again) on Display in Augusta

By Tom DesjardinSeptember 28, 20233 Commentary

On September 14, fifty-four members of the Maine House and Senate signed a letter arguing that a public comment session…

News

Good Boy! South Portland Police K-9 Finds Burglary Suspect Hiding in Dumpster

By Edward TomicSeptember 28, 20230 News

A South Portland Police K-9 team successfully located a burglary suspect Wednesday who had fled the scene and hidden himself…

News

Sex Therapist’s “Raising Sexually Healthy Children” Workshop Flyer Passed out to 1st and 3rd Graders in Maine

By Edward TomicSeptember 28, 20237 News

A flyer advertising a sex therapist’s “Raising Sexually Healthy Children” workshop hosted by the Greely Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) was…

News

Trio of Arrests, Including Two NYC Men, Made in 6 Year Old Maine Arson and Murder Case

By Edward TomicSeptember 27, 20231 News 1K Views

The Maine State Police announced Wednesday that they have made three arrests in relation to an arson, robbery, and homicide…

News

Feds Allege Amazon Uses Illegal Tactics to Hold Monopoly Over Online Retail

By Libby PalanzaSeptember 27, 20230 News

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced Tuesday that it has taken legal action — alongside a number of state attorneys…

News

Voluntarily Homeless: Portland Spent $65,000 Offering Shelter and Housing to 100 “Unhoused Individuals” — Only 18 Accepted

By Edward TomicSeptember 27, 20235 News 3K Views

Information released this month by Portland officials revealed that the city’s effort to place roughly 100 homeless individuals in shelters…

News

Safety vs Privacy: Maine Lawmakers Weigh Proposals to Restrict State-Sponsored Spying

By Libby PalanzaSeptember 27, 20230 News

When the State Legislature reconvenes next year, Maine lawmakers will consider two proposals that would strengthen Mainers’ right to privacy…

News

“Put that right down! That is inappropriate material!”: Maine Parent Confronts Town Council with Pornographic Book in School Libraries

By Edward TomicSeptember 27, 202310 News 3K Views

A Cumberland, Maine, Town Council meeting became heated Tuesday evening when a parent confronted the Councilors with sexually explicit images…

Commentary

Troy Jackson’s Lawsuit Reeks of Dirty Politics: Lockman

By Larry LockmanSeptember 27, 20233 Commentary

By now most Mainers have heard about the scandal surrounding Maine Senate President Troy Jackson, the top lawmaker in Maine…

News

“No More Handouts Without Accountability”: Democrat San Francisco Mayor Wants to Require Drug Testing, Treatment for Welfare Recipients

By Edward TomicSeptember 27, 20232 News

The Democratic Mayor of San Francisco announced a plan Tuesday morning to address the city’s drug and homelessness crises that…

News

Gang of Lewiston Preteens Broke Into Lewiston School, Caused $40k in Damage

By Libby PalanzaSeptember 27, 20233 News

The former Longley Elementary School in Lewiston — currently being used for adult education classes — was broken into and…

News

Portland Man Fatally Stabs Himself after Police Respond to Burglary Attempt

By Edward TomicSeptember 26, 20232 News

A Portland Police response to report of an attempted burglary ended in a man’s suicide early Tuesday morning, according to…

Education

Nearly Half Of Homeschool Parents Cite ‘Liberal’ Public Schools As Motivating Factor: POLL

By DCNFSeptember 26, 202311 Education 18K Views

The Daily Caller News Foundation Kate Anderson on September 26, 2023 Almost half of parents turning to homeschooling today say they…

Commentary

Offshore Wind Making Everything More Expensive, From Lobsters To Electricity: FRANK LASSEE

By DCNFSeptember 26, 20236 Commentary 7K Views

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Frank Lasee on September 26, 2023 National Lobster Day is a good time to…

News

House Republicans Launch Probe into Biden Energy Secretary’s Disastrous Taxpayer-Funded EV Road Trip

By Edward TomicSeptember 26, 20236 News 14K Views

House Republicans announced Tuesday that they have launched an investigation into President Joe Biden’s Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm over…

News

IRS Grants Tax Extension to Feb. 15 for Mainers Affected by Hurricane Lee

By Edward TomicSeptember 26, 20230 News

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced Monday that Maine taxpayers affected by Hurricane Lee will now have until Feb. 15,…

News

Portland City Council to Consider $134,000 150-Bed Expansion to Homeless Shelter by Emergency Declaration

By Edward TomicSeptember 26, 20233 News

The Portland City Council will host a second public workshop Tuesday on possible policy solutions to the city’s homeless encampment…

News

Dangerous Company: Sam Patten’s Memoir Is a Riveting Insight Into 25 Years of American Foreign Policy

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 26, 20230 News

Sam Patten had to survive getting nearly stabbed to death, twice, in order to live long enough to write the…

News

New Maine CDC Director Recommends Masks and Latest COVID Booster for Everybody Ages 6 months and Older

By Edward TomicSeptember 25, 202323 News 3K Views

The new Director of the Maine Center for Disease Control (CDC) Dr. Puthiery Va joined the taxpayer-funded Maine Calling radio…

News

Canadian House Speaker Apologizes After Parliament Gives ‘Hero’ Nazi Veteran a Standing Ovation

By Edward TomicSeptember 25, 20230 News

Canadian Speaker of the House of Commons Anthony Rota issued an apology Sunday for recognizing a 98-year-old Nazi Waffen-SS veteran…

News

NASCAR Driver Austin Theriault Joins the Race for Maine’s Second Congressional District

By Edward TomicSeptember 25, 20230 News

The field for the Republican primary race in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District grew Monday when former NASCAR driver and State…

News

Temporary Ban on New Hotel, Homeless Shelter Construction Under Consideration by Bar Harbor Town Council

By Libby PalanzaSeptember 25, 20230 News

The Bar Harbor Town Council is currently considering a proposal to temporarily ban the construction of new hotels in the…

News

Portland Police Warn of Bitcoin ATM Extortion Scam

By Edward TomicSeptember 25, 20230 News

The Portland Police Department issued a warning Monday regarding an extortion scheme scammers are using to take people’s money using…

Business

Chinese Foreign Nationals Entering U.S. Illegally at Record Levels

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 25, 20232 Business

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has encountered more Chinese foreign nationals attempting to enter the country illegally in fiscal year…

News

Maine Private School Teacher Was Fired After Criticizing Critical Race Theory and Posting Jordan Peterson Videos

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 25, 20234 News 2K Views

A school teacher at private school in Maine was fired after he vocally criticized so-called “diversity, equity, and inclusion” programming…

News

Maine on Track for Record Level of Eviction Filings This Year

By Libby PalanzaSeptember 25, 20230 News

Data from the Maine Judicial Branch shows that evictions in the state have increased dramatically since the end of the…

News

Dem Senator Indicted Over Alleged Bribery Scheme

By Edward TomicSeptember 22, 20231 News

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, a Democrat from New Jersey, and his wife were indicted Friday on federal bribery charges for…

News

McDonald’s Is Being Sued Over a Spilled Cup of Excessively Hot Coffee — Again

By Libby PalanzaSeptember 22, 20231 News

Roughly thirty years after the inciting incident behind the infamous lawsuit that has since come to serve as the posterchild…

News

Report of Gun Leads to Arrests, Fentanyl Seizure at Auburn Homeless Encampment

By Edward TomicSeptember 22, 20235 News

Auburn Police received a call Wednesday reporting that a man in the area of 21 Center Street was displaying a…

News

Portland Mayoral Candidates Explain How They Would Tackle the City’s Homelessness Crisis

By Edward TomicSeptember 22, 20236 News

In a Tuesday evening debate hosted by CBS 13, Fox 23 and the Bangor Daily News, Portland’s 2023 mayoral candidates…

News

Boston University Launches Inquiry into Ibram X. Kendi’s $43 Million Antiracism Center Amid Mass Layoffs, Accusations of Financial Mismanagement

By Edward TomicSeptember 22, 20236 News 2K Views

Boston University announced Wednesday that it is launching an inquiry into Dr. Ibram X. Kendi’s Center for Antiracist Research (CAR)…

News

Southern Maine Dems Complain Millinocket Too Far a Drive for Them to Protest Pickett Mountain Mining Project

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 22, 20239 News

Democratic lawmakers from southern Maine are crying foul over public meetings concerning the proposed Pickett Mountain mining project. The Land…

Maine and New England

Morris Calls on Mills’ Insurance Superintendent to Probe Senate President Jackson [AUDIO]

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 22, 20230 Maine and New England

The senior House Republican on the legislative committee that oversees insurance in Maine joined WVOM’s George Hale and Ric Tyler…

News

Maine Dad Says High School Clinic Sent 17-Year-Old Daughter Home with Secret Baggy of Zoloft, Sicced Child Protective Services on Him For Complaining

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 21, 202363 News 115K Views

A Fairfield father says that a federally funded health clinic operating within Lawrence High School provided his minor daughter with…

Commentary

Mills: “Please Vote No On Question 3”

By The Maine WireSeptember 21, 20238 Commentary

Gov. Janet Mills published the following radio address on Wednesday, finally weighing in decisively against a campaign by the Maine…

News

Mills Backs Goal of Increasing Heat Pump Installations Four-Fold By 2030 In Her Role As Co-Chair of the US Climate Alliance

By Libby PalanzaSeptember 21, 20233 News

The United States Climate Alliance — of which Gov. Janet Mills (D) is a co-chair — announced today a new…

News

Unanswered Questions After South Portland Cops Called to Human Rights Commission Chair’s Home: 911 Transcript

By Edward TomicSeptember 21, 20232 News

Unanswered questions linger regarding a July 911 call to the South Portland Police Department asking police to respond to the…

News

Children’s Book in Maine Schools Tells Kids to Trust Corporate Media — Not Their Parents: News Literacy Project

By Edward TomicSeptember 21, 202312 News 11K Views

Maine school libraries are stocking a children’s graphic novel meant to teach “news literacy” that contains thinly veiled allusions to…

News

Maine’s Workforce Participation Rate Remained Below National Average in August: MDOL

By Libby PalanzaSeptember 21, 20230 News

Maine’s unemployment rate has remained relatively consistent these past few months — leveling out around 2.5 percent — according to…

News

Biden Admin Extends Temporary Protected Status to 472,000 Venezuelan Nationals Living in the US

By Edward TomicSeptember 21, 20230 News

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced Thursday that approximately 472,000 Venezuelan nationals living in the United States…

News

Sam Bankman-Fried’s Fraudulent FTX Crypto Scheme Funneled Cash to Left-Wing Groups Through Arabella Advisors: Lawsuit

By Edward TomicSeptember 21, 20231 News

Joseph Bankman, the father of the infamous former crypto entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried, allegedly held a role on the advisory board…

News

Portland Public Schools Enrolled More Than 300 Homeless Students for 2022-2023 School Year

By Edward TomicSeptember 21, 20230 News

There were approximately 320 students from homeless families enrolled in the Portland Public School (PPS) system during the 2022-2023 school…

News

State Rep Mike Soboleski Officially Announces Campaign for Maine’s Second Congressional District

By Edward TomicSeptember 21, 20231 News

Maine State Rep. Mike Soboleski (R-Phillips) announced Thursday that he is officially entering the Republican primary election for a chance…

News

Mills Directs $6.5 Million of COVID-Era Funds to Maine Electrical Grid Upgrades, Favoring ‘Minority and Ethnically Diverse’ Business Owners

By Edward TomicSeptember 21, 20238 News 8K Views

As part of the nearly $1 billion in federal funds Maine received from the 2021 American Rescue Plan Act, Gov.…

News

“Insurance Fraud is Not a Victimless Crime”: Senior House Republican Calls for Mills Admin to Investigate Troy Jackson’s Insurance Practices

By Edward TomicSeptember 21, 20231 News

Maine State Rep. Josh Morris (R-Turner), ranking Republican member of the Legislature’s Insurance Committee, sent a letter Wednesday to Acting…

News

Bar Harbor Town Council Unanimously Dissolves Cruise Ship Committee

By Libby PalanzaSeptember 20, 20230 News

The Bar Harbor Town Council voted unanimously earlier this week to dissolve the Council’s cruise ship committee. The committee was…

News

Who is Hansjörg Wyss, the Billionaire Swiss National Bankrolling Progressive Media and Politics in Maine?

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 20, 20231 News 2K Views

Mainers learned this week that left-wing mega donor Johann Georg Wyss, known as Hansjörg Wyss, bankrolled a national nonprofit’s purchase…

News

Another One: False Report of Armed Student on Private School Campus Sends Neighboring Public Schools into Lockdown Tuesday Morning

By Libby PalanzaSeptember 20, 20230 News

Four Kennebec County schools went into lockdown yesterday due to reports of an armed student on the nearby Kents Hill…

News

Biden DHS Secretary Appoints Ex-Intel Officials Who Lied About Hunter Biden’s ‘Laptop from hell’ to New DHS ‘Experts Group’

By Edward TomicSeptember 20, 20231 News

Three former intelligence officials who falsely tried to discredit the infamous Hunter Biden laptop story as Russian disinformation have been…

National

Susan Collins Jokes That She Plans to ‘Wear a Bikini’ to DC as Senate Relaxes Dress Code for Stroked-out Fetterman

By The Maine WireSeptember 20, 20234 National

Maine Sen. Susan Collins jokingly told reporters Monday that she plans to wear a bikini on the Senate floor in…

Commentary

The Road to Manhood: V. Paul Reynolds

By V. Paul ReynoldsSeptember 20, 20235 Commentary

“How does a boy become a man?” Out of the blue, that question was put to my middle-aged son by…

News

Parents Push Back Against Pornographic Books in Libraries at Chaotic Maine School Board Meeting

By Edward TomicSeptember 19, 202342 News 50K Views

Parents in the Maine School Administrative District #51 (MSAD #51) pushed back against pornographic books in the district’s school libraries…

News

EcoMaine, State Experts Still Can’t Say How Pink Plumes of Iodine Filled Portland’s Sky: Never-Before-Seen Emails

By Libby PalanzaSeptember 19, 20231 News

Confused Mainers watched as pink vapor billowed out the chimney of the EcoMaine waste management plant in Portland back in…

News

Topsham Middle School Students Sent Home This Morning Due To False Bomb Threat Received Late Sunday Night

By Libby PalanzaSeptember 18, 20230 News

Middle schoolers in Topsham were sent home this morning out of an abundance of caution after the school received a…

News

MDOE Reports 40% Increase In Educator Certification Applications, Schools Nonetheless Struggling To Fill Open Positions

By Libby PalanzaSeptember 18, 20230 News

Although Maine is still experiencing persistent teacher shortages, the Maine Department of Education (MDOE) saw a 40 percent increase in…

News

Major Progressive Donors, Including Swiss Foreign National Hansjörg Wyss, Funded Press Herald Purchase and Are Funding Yet Another News Outlet in Maine

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 18, 202310 News 15K Views

The majority of daily news outlets in Maine are now bankrolled by some of the country’s largest donors to the…

Commentary

Commentary: The Constitution Is Not Optional

By Tom DesjardinSeptember 18, 20232 Commentary

Ignoring the Constitution is Becoming an American Pastime In an effort to address the economically crippling labor shortage in New…

News

Federal Judge Rules Obama-era DACA Program for “Dreamers” Illegal

By Edward TomicSeptember 18, 20230 News

A Texas-based U.S. judge ruled Wednesday against an Obama-era immigration policy meant to prevent the deportation of and provide work…

News

Casco Bay High School Evacuated After Police Receive Hoax Text Claiming Active Shooter

By Edward TomicSeptember 18, 20230 News

A Portland high school was evacuated Monday morning after police received an unfounded text message claiming there was in active…

News

‘Stop the Sweeps’: Portland Communists Rally Against City’s Homeless Encampment Clean Ups

By Edward TomicSeptember 18, 20238 News

The Communist Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL), the Maine Democratic Socialists of America (MDSA), the Maine People’s Alliance (MPA),…

News

Study Claiming Aroostook Wind Corridor Will Save Mainers Money Authored by Maine PUC Commissioner’s Former Employer

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 18, 20233 News 1K Views

The sole study purporting to show that a massive $4.9 billion Aroostook County wind power project will benefit Maine ratepayers…

News

House Passes Bill Prohibiting States From Banning, Limiting Sale of Gas Powered Vehicles

By Libby PalanzaSeptember 15, 20231 News 3K Views

House lawmakers in Washington D.C. voted 222-190 in favor of a bill blocking states from attempting to eliminate the sale…

News

Natural Disaster Threatens Man-Made Disaster as Hurricane Lee Bears Down on Portland’s Growing Homeless Camp

By Edward TomicSeptember 15, 20234 News

Portland’s now-largest homeless encampment at the Marginal Way Park and Ride has approximately doubled in size since August, with a…

Healthcare

City of Portland Claims Migrant Crisis an “Act of God”

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 15, 202310 Healthcare 2K Views

The city of Portland has finally discovered who is responsible for the thousands of homeless migrants that have inundated the…

News

Maine Medical Association Endorses Universal Health Insurance Coverage

By Libby PalanzaSeptember 15, 20231 News

The Maine Medical Association (MMA) last week became the fifth state medical association in the country to endorse a policy…

News

Westbrook High School Student Facing Charges After Bringing Gun To School, Sending Building Into Lockdown

By Libby PalanzaSeptember 15, 20230 News

Westbrook High School went into lockdown earlier Thursday morning when a student reported to school officials that another student was…

News

Foreign Investors Will Reap 92 Percent of Profits from Aroostook County’s King Pine Wind Power Scheme

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 14, 202313 News 8K Views

When the 170-turbine 1,000 megawatt King Pine Wind Farm in Aroostook County becomes operational near the end of the decade,…

News

Mills Declares State of Emergency in Anticipation of Hurricane Lee, Requests Disaster Declaration from Biden

By Edward TomicSeptember 14, 20230 News

In advance of Hurricane Lee’s projected landfall Friday evening, Maine Gov. Janet Mills declared a State of Emergency Thursday and…

News

CNN Fact Checkers Inadvertently Confirm Several Points of Evidence Against Biden in Impeachment Inquiry

By Edward TomicSeptember 14, 20230 News

CNN inadvertently confirmed several key claims regarding the corruption allegations against President Joe Biden when the network’s “fact checkers” tried…

News

Florida Surgeon General Advises Young Healthy Adults Under 65 Not to Take Latest COVID Booster

By Edward TomicSeptember 14, 20231 News

In a new guidance issued Wednesday, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo warned young healthy adults under the age of 65…

News

Mitch McConnell Ignored Warnings About Jan. 6 from Mitt Romney and Angus King: Romney Biographer

By Edward TomicSeptember 14, 20232 News

An excerpt of a new biography of Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) published in The Atlantic Wednesday tells the story of…

Education

These 56 Maine High School Seniors Are Semifinalists for National Merit Scholarship

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 14, 20230 Education 2K Views

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) unveiled the names of over 16,000 semifinalists in the 69th annual National Merit Scholarship…

News

Maine’s Congressional Delegation Weighs In On The Impending Impeachment Inquiry Against Joe Biden

By Libby PalanzaSeptember 13, 20230 News

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) announced this week the opening of a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe…

News

Janet Mills Awards $3.7 Million in Grants to Sea-Run Fish Habitat Restoration Projects

By Edward TomicSeptember 13, 20230 News

Maine Gov. Janet Mills announced Wednesday that her administration has awarded $3.7 million in grant funding to projects that will…

News

Economy At The Top of Voters’ Minds Going Into 2024, Majority Believe Biden Is Not “Mentally Up For The Job” of President: WSJ Poll

By Libby PalanzaSeptember 13, 20230 News

A new Wall Street Journal poll revealed that the economy is at the forefront of voters’ minds going into the…

News

DeSantis Presidential Campaign Announces Maine Leadership Team

By Edward TomicSeptember 13, 20233 News

Florida Governor and current second-place 2024 Republican presidential primary candidate Ron DeSantis announced the formation of his campaign’s Maine leadership…

Featured

Payments to Troy Jackson for Travel, Lodging Nearly Doubled After He Bought Home in Augusta, Totaled $160k from 2019-2023

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 13, 20230 Featured 1K Views

The State Legislature’s payments for travel and lodging to Maine Senate President Troy Jackson (D-Allagash) surged drastically after he and…

News

Chellie Pingree’s Wealth Has Surged as Member of Congress

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 13, 20233 News

U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree’s personal wealth has swelled over her decade in a half as a Member of Congress, according…

News

South Portland Man Arrested for Drug Trafficking After Selling Meth to Undercover Cops at Tavern

By Edward TomicSeptember 13, 20230 News

The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) announced Tuesday the arrest of a South Portland man on drug trafficking charges that…

Business

U.S. Inflation Rises More Than Expected in August, Real Earnings Decrease

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 13, 20230 Business

Despite some economists’ predictions that inflation in the U.S. economy had been tamed, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced…

News

CDC, FDA Say Everyone Should Get the Latest Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 Shots

By Steve RobinsonSeptember 13, 20235 News

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Tuesday that every American older than six months should go get…

News

Ramada Inn Will Not Become “Transitional Housing” Facility for Mainers on the “Fringes of Homelessness”

By Libby PalanzaSeptember 12, 20230 News

It has been confirmed that the former Ramada Inn in Lewiston will not become a “transitional housing” facility for those…

News

“Culture of Corruption”: McCarthy Orders Formal Impeachment Inquiry, But Conservatives Are Skeptical

By Edward TomicSeptember 12, 20232 News

U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) announced Tuesday that he is directing House Republicans to open a formal impeachment inquiry…

News

Google At The Center of Biggest Anti-Trust Lawsuit in More Than 20 Years, Trial Set To Begin This Week

By Libby PalanzaSeptember 12, 20230 News

Google will be going to court this week in the biggest anti-trust lawsuit in more than twenty years, according to…

News

Washington University Will No Longer Prescribe Puberty Blockers to Minors In Response to New Missouri Law

By Edward TomicSeptember 12, 20230 News

Washington University announced Monday that their physicians at the Washington University Transgender Center at St. Louis Children’s Hospital will no…

News

CIA Whistleblower Alleges Agency Bribed Experts to Change Their Position on COVID-19 Origin

By Edward TomicSeptember 12, 20231 News

Testimony from a CIA whistleblower to the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic and Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence…

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