A Biddeford man will serve as long as a decade in federal prison for possessing hundreds of child sexual abuse…
U.S. Attorney General (AG) Pam Bondi, joined by women’s sports advocate Riley Gaines, Maine Rep. Laurel Libby (R-Auburn), Secretary of…
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) will begin chip production at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s (TSMC) facility in Arizona, marking the first…
The Department of Justice (DOJ) charged a self-professed “queer scientist” linked to the firebombing of a Tesla dealership and the…
Maine firearm dealers could be forced to hand out “public health brochures” with their firearms thanks to a bill from…
Lawmakers on the Taxation Committee have unanimously rejected a Democrat-led bill that would have revitalized a now-defunct property tax stabilization…
When the head-turning girlfriend of former New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick takes the stage in this year’s Miss…
President Donald Trump’s administration is taking new steps to crack down on illegal immigration this month, with fines of nearly…
Maine School Administrative District (MSAD) 70’s school board voted unanimously on Monday night to defy the Maine Principals’ Association (MPA)…
Just two weeks after Waldo County Hospital closed its maternity and birthing unit citing declining birth rates, on Monday Rep.…
A fugitive investigation by the U.S. Marshal’s Service (USMS) on Friday resulted in the arrests of three people in Biddeford…
Mainers weighed in Monday morning on a proposed amendment to Maine’s Constitution that would prohibit the governor from calling the…
A Chinese national who in 2023 was arrested for sexual assault at a massage parlor he owned in Ellsworth is…
The Buxton man accused of raping a 15-year-old female student in the unisex bathroom of Bonny Eagle High School in…
While Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro and his family slept after celebrating the Seder, a solemn Passover meal, at their home…
Maine’s Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee held a public hearing Monday morning for a proposal concerning Maine’s unique method of…
It’s Tax Day. Taxation is theft. With that grim reminder out of the way, let’s get down to the scouting…
The distribution of Maine’s four presidential electoral votes was up for grabs in Augusta Monday morning, as lawmakers on the…
A new “Maine” paper claiming the name of an oldie but a goodie has announced its creation – as a…
Worcester, Massachusetts, is now mandating a new regimen of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) training for firefighters, just months after…
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) must resume federal education funding for Maine, according to a Friday ruling from…
Maine State Rep. Michelle Meyer (D-Eliot) introduced legislation in February, and carried over into the current emergency session last month,…
Growing up in Maine, we know trust matters more than anything. We also tend to avoid hysteria – or always…
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A Republican lawmaker is looking to legally abolish the controversial practice of introducing placeholder legislation, known as a “concept draft,”…
The Portland City Council’s Health and Human Services Committee met on Thursday to discuss various options related to how the…
A public hearing has now been set for a bill seeking to revitalize a now-defunct property tax stabilization program for…
When Joe Biden’s would-be successor’s campaign was tanking, the now-retiree came up with a plan he thought would help rescue…
Former President Donald Trump speaking at a press conference at a golf course near Los Angeles, Sept. 13, 2024.
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As the deadline set in a letter of impasse the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights had sent…
The Portland Police Department say they grappling with an “alarming” surge in drug overdoses, reporting very recent eight cases in…
Massachusetts State Rep. Chris Flanagan (D-Barnstable) was indicted by a Boston grand jury on Friday for an alleged fraud scheme…
There’s a bill slithering through Augusta that reveals — unintentionally — why Gov. Janet Mills and her cabinet of Democrat…
A group of Republican lawmakers have introduced a bill that would improve transparency in Maine’s program allowing students to attend…
An Augusta father was silenced at a Wednesday public school board meeting when he used his testimony to criticize the…
President Donald Trump aims to restore U.S. maritime dominance with a Wednesday executive order promoting domestic shipbuilding in direct response…
After Democrats in Augusta passed a partisan biennial budget for an unprecedented third time in a row, Representative Gary Drinkwater…
An Ecuadorian national stopped by Brunswick Police in January for driving without a seatbelt has pleaded guilty in federal court…
In an effort to address the affordable housing crunch, the Maine State Housing Authority has awarded $23.5 million in Rural…
A new Democrat-led bill proposes a study of aligning the state’s procurement processes with the Mills’ administration’s climate action plan,…
As Congress fast-tracks the SAVE Act, which would require voters to provide proof of citizenship when they register, lawmakers in…
Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine) is poised to ignore the April 11 deadline set by the U.S. Department of Education (DOE)…
A group of Maine Democrats, led by Sen. Craig Hickman (D-Kennebec), began a push last week to lower the state’s…
A group of Democratic lawmakers are looking to give Mainers who do not have a permanent residence an alternative means…
Two brothers are both facing criminal charges for operating under the influence (OUI) after police say they admitted to driving…
Amidst President Donald Trump’s attempts to restore domestic manufacturing to the U.S. with his controversial tariffs, he took the time…
The Sanford Police Department is investigating a Wednesday stabbing that left one victim with non-life threatening injuries. On Wednesday, April…
When Kevin Bell, 46, told a plainclothes law enforcement officer last weekend that he wanted to kill U.S. President Donald…
While some Republicans work this legislative session to eliminate state vehicular inspections or at least make them less burdensome, Sen.…
Nearly two years after the mast of an historic excursion vessel splintered and fell onto the deck, killing a woman…
A Massachusetts man was arrested in Auburn this week after being found by police in possession of cocaine, fentanyl, a…
The Maine State Senate unanimously approved a bill Tuesday that aims to address the state’s indigent legal defense crisis, incorporating…
A traffic stop in South Portland and subsequent search led to the seizure of over 150 grams of fentanyl, two…
A transgender member of a cult-like group facing murder charges was ejected from a courtroom for a second time on…
The ranking Republican lawmakers on the Maine Legislature’s Appropriations Committee have come out against a bill that would increase MaineCare…
President Donald Trump announced a 90-day pause on tariffs for roughly 75 countries that did not issue retaliatory tariffs, and…
The Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous & Tribal Populations (PCRITP), Maine’s taxpayer-funded racial equity board, is getting kicked…
Two Republican-led bills aimed at restoring religious exemptions for vaccine requirements for schools received a contentious joint public hearing in…
Bowdoin College, an elite liberal arts college on the coast of Maine, is coming under national scrutiny for its handling…
Statehouse Republicans blasted the Mills administration on Tuesday for what several suggested could be criminally-negligent stewardship of public funds in…
The Maine House and Senate will be in session on Thursday beginning at 10am. Both calendars are fairly light and…
A Sudanese refugee with multiple prior convictions in Maine, including criminal threatening with a firearm, assault, driving while intoxicated and…
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled at the end of March that a Biden-era rule regulating so-called “ghost guns” may stand,…
The Maine Senate GOP unanimously opposed the reappointment of Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) Chair Philip Bartlett on Tuesday, citing…
“Truly I say to you, today you shall be with Me in Paradise.” — Luke 23:43 Recent news flashes about…
As Maine’s Department of Corrections (DoC) loses federal funding for transferring one transgender-identifying male murderer to a women’s prison, the…
One of the biggest Congressional champions of President Donald Trump’s tariff policy hails from the Democratic Party. Democratic Rep. Jared…
Note: This story was updated after publication to include comments from a law firm representing Metrc who asked to be…
The White House’s Office of Management and Budget issued new policies on Monday intended to allow the federal government to…
The liberal political preferences of a Portland Press Herald writer later credited with Angus King’s political fortunes have finally been…
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi pulled non-essential federal funding from the Maine Department of Corrections (DOC) on Monday in response…
House Minority Leader Billy Bob Faulkingham (R-Winter Harbor) has introduced legislation that aims to cap the share of state tax…
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services’ (Maine DHHS) Office of Aging and Disability Services (OADS) issued a no-bid…
The Department of the Maine Secretary of State, Bureau of Corporations and Commissions will be paying $10,000 in taxpayer funds…
Maine’s Legislature officially defeated efforts to eliminate ranked choice voting (RCV) following a nearly party-line vote in the Senate. Late…
A northern Maine nonprofit has accused the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) of violating state procurement policies…
A Maine man was taken into protective custody by law enforcement after witnesses reported that he had emerged naked from…
One Democratic lawmaker has proposed making major changes to how Maine’s primary elections are held by instituting a unique and…
The Maine House and Senate will both have session days on Tuesday with a full dance card of debates and…
Attorney General Aaron Frey joined the attorneys general of 20 other states on Friday in suing President Donald Trump’s administration…
Maine Attorney General (AG) Aaron Frey added to his growing list of lawsuits against President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday…
Maine’s Transportation Committee will hold a public hearing Tuesday on several bills that aim to amend the state’s vehicle inspection…
The Somerset County Sheriff’s Department executed a massive drug bust on Gagnon Road in Fairfield early Friday morning, leading to…
A Waldoboro man out on bail for charges of domestic violence strangulation and gross sexual assault against a child was…
The Wells Police Department became the first local Maine law enforcement agency to join a partnership program with Immigration and…
After fielding complaints from the community for several months about suspected drug trafficking out of a home in Auburn, police…
One of two Venezuelan nationals arrested by U.S. Border Patrol in Brunswick on March 30 was determined to be connected…
Politics is not a game, even if many “Progressive” Democrats think so. In Maine, one-party rule has distorted reality, as…
The Maine Legislature’s Judiciary Committee will hold a public hearing on a bill Monday intended to codify into law the…
Maine’s Constitutional Officers, including the Attorney General, Secretary of State, and Treasurer, are not elected by the people. Instead, the…
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President Donald J. Trump has issued a 31-page manifesto, “National Strategy to End the Use of Paper Straws,” aiming to…
A Republican lawmaker has introduced a bill that would revitalize the now-defunct property tax stabilization program with several key amendments.…
Rhode Island-based U.S. District Court Judge Melissa DuBose presided Friday over the first hearing in Rep. Laurel Libby’s (R-Auburn) federal…
Maine’s highways could soon be monitored by automated speed-tracking cameras that could be used to issue tickets without a driver…
As Maine’s Democrats resist efforts by the federal government to remove Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) ideology and radical gender…
If Maine’s largest newspaper company had previously tried to mask its Democrat leanings, it has now dropped all semblance of…
A female surgeon who proudly helped shatter the military glass ceiling did so while surreptitiously closeting gay women such as…
Democrat Reps. Chellie Pingree (ME-CD1) and Jared Golden (ME-CD2) had very different outlooks after President Donald Trump announced his controversial…