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Judiciary Committee Mulls Bill Prohibiting Housing Discrimination Under the Maine Human Rights Act

By Libby PalanzaMarch 17, 202514 News

Democrat lawmakers in Augusta have introduced a bill that aims to prohibit “housing discrimination” based on a person’s source of…

National

DCNF EXCLUSIVE: How Satanist Pedophile Groups Strategize To Groom Kids, Avoid Detection On Popular Chat Sites

By DCNFMarch 17, 20256 National

Online Satanist networks targeting children for sexual abuse keep gravitating toward a gaming site that has pledged to crack down…

News

‘Not A Free Speech Issue’: Immigration Experts Have Bad News For Liberals Opposed To Deporting Pro-Hamas Foreigners

By DCNFMarch 17, 20259 News

Protest at Cornell University in 2023 (Screenshot/YouTube/ NewsChannel 9 WSYR Syracuse)

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Mainers Rally at Capitol in Support of Girls Sports

By Maine Wire StaffMarch 16, 202525 News 2K Views

A 13-year-old Cassidy Carlisle got an unwelcome shock when she encountered a biological male in the girls’ locker room at…

News

CDC Director Nominee Withdrawn — Blames Senators Including Collins, and His Opposition to Big Pharma

By Seamus OthotMarch 14, 20259 News 2K Views

The White House withdrew the nomination of President Donald Trump’s pick for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…

News

Maine Locals Sand Their Ground In Battle Over Beach Access

By Ted CohenMarch 14, 202510 News 6K Views

The third rail of life in summertime Maine – competition for limited beach parking – is heating up in one…

News

Lewiston Democrat Wants State Workers to Get Days Off for Muslim Holidays

By Seamus OthotMarch 14, 202541 News 2K Views

Lewiston’s Rep. Mana Abdi (D) has introduced a bill to allow state workers to get the Muslim holidays Eid al-Fitr…

News

Towns and Hospitality Industry Debate Dueling Proposals for a 2% Local Option Sales Tax on Lodging in Augusta

By Libby PalanzaMarch 14, 20256 News

Mainers gathered in Augusta Wednesday for a public hearing on two bills that look to allow cities and towns throughout…

News

UMaine Professor Promotes Anti-ICE Student Group Pushing for ‘Sanctuary School’ Status

By Edward TomicMarch 14, 202511 News 2K Views

A political science professor at the University of Maine (UMaine) sent out a recruitment flyer for the UMaine Orono Students…

News

‘You filthy f—ing a—hole Republicans’: MaineCare Service Provider Leaves Expletive-Laden Voicemails for GOP Leader Over Failed Bailout Bill

By Edward TomicMarch 14, 202522 News 5K Views

A service provider for the state’s Office of MaineCare Services left several expletive-ridden voicemails for a Republican state senator early…

News

Flow of Migrants Passing through Panama’s Darién Gap Gateway Narrows to Trickle

By Seamus OthotMarch 14, 20254 News

The number of migrants crossing from South to North America through what had been a highly-trafficked corridor on Panama’s southern…

News

Maine Court Says Doctor Who Injected 5-Year-Old with COVID-19 Vaccine Without Parental Consent Has Immunity

By Steve RobinsonMarch 14, 20250 News 7K Views

The young Maine child who was given a controversial and experimental Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA injection at a public school without his…

News

Trump Administration Repurposes Biden’s ‘CBP One’ Phone App to Encourage Illegal Aliens to Self-Deport

By Edward TomicMarch 14, 20250 News

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that they will be repurposing the Biden administration’s “CBP One” phone…

National

Rules for Thee but Not For Me: Columbia University Human Rights Fellow Convicted For Having A Slave

By DCNFMarch 14, 20254 National 1K Views

Screen capture: CSPAN

Education

Embattled Kennebunk Superintendent Resigns

By Maine Wire StaffMarch 14, 20259 Education 2K Views

Terri Cooper, the superintendent of the RSU 21 district that includes the town of Kennebunk, ended her controversial five years…

Featured

Here Are All the GOP Welfare Reforms and Cost-Cutting Measures Democrats Blocked Amid Failed $120M MaineCare Bailout

By Steve RobinsonMarch 14, 20255 Featured 2K Views

Legislative Democrats failed this week to secure a $120 million supplemental spending bill — thanks largely to Republicans in the…

News

Massachusetts Man Shot and Killed in Palmyra: Maine State Police

By Edward TomicMarch 13, 202510 News 2K Views

Maine State Police are investigating the death of a Massachusetts man who was found deceased from a gunshot wound at…

News

CBP Closes Temporary Processing Facilities after Historic Low Encounter Number Make Them Unnecessary

By Seamus OthotMarch 13, 20252 News

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has begun reducing the number of temporary soft-sided illegal immigrant processing facilities this…

News

Northern Light Inland Hospital in Waterville to Close

By Libby PalanzaMarch 13, 20257 News 1K Views

Northern Light Inland Hospital and its associated Waterville clinics are slated to be shut down and will halt patient care…

Education

Former Maine CDC Director Nirav Shah Lands Professorship Gig at Colby College

By Edward TomicMarch 13, 202512 Education

Dr. Nirav Shah, former head of the Maine Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC), will be joining the…

News

Rep. Paul Presents Bills to Protect Sears Island from Offshore Wind Development

By Seamus OthotMarch 13, 20254 News

Protecting Sears Island from exploitative development has been a mission of its Waldo County defenders for decades, and the latest…

Top News

Janet Mills $120M MaineCare Bailout Fails Senate After Democrats Reject Modest Welfare Reforms

By Steve RobinsonMarch 13, 202511 Top News 2K Views

The Maine Democrats’ failed to advance a $120 million MaineCare bailout plan after Democratic lawmakers rejected modest welfare reforms proposed…

News

Committee Votes in Favor of Home Distilling Law Despite Opposition from Four Skeptical Reps

By Seamus OthotMarch 13, 20256 News

Maine’s Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs voted in favor of a bill legalizing home alcohol distilling with a positive,…

Immigration

City of Portland Stuck with the Bill at 179-Bed Asylum Seeker Shelter for Additional 18 Months After Nonprofit Fails to Raise Sufficient Funds

By Edward TomicMarch 13, 202519 Immigration 2K Views

The City of Portland will be saddled with providing services at the city’s 179-bed shelter for single asylum-seeking migrants after…

News

Press Herald Posts Picture of Trans-Identifying Minor Athlete that They Criticized Laurel Libby for Posting Weeks Ago

By Seamus OthotMarch 13, 20257 News 3K Views

The Portland Press Herald published the same unredacted photo of a transgender-identifying male minor on Tuesday that they slammed Rep.…

News

USDA Funding Restored to Maine Universities on Wednesday After Temporary Pause

By Libby PalanzaMarch 13, 20254 News

Funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for Maine universities was restored Wednesday following a brief pause by the…

News

Oxford Sheriff’s Deputies Arrest Man Accused of Causing $45,000 of Damage to Sunday River Ski Slopes, Gates

By Edward TomicMarch 13, 20252 News

The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office announced on Wednesday that following a multi-day search they have arrested a suspect accused of…

News

Jared Golden Explains Why He Was the Only Democrat to Support a Republican Spending Resolution

By Seamus OthotMarch 13, 202516 News 2K Views

Rep. Jared Golden (ME-CD2) explained why he was the only Democrat in the House to vote on Tuesday in favor…

National

Obama’s ‘Never Want A Serious Crisis To Go To Waste’ Guy Reportedly Wants A Shot At The White House

By DCNFMarch 13, 20250 National

Rahm Emanuel, an Obama-era White House chief of staff and former Chicago mayor, is seriously considering a bid for president…

News

Border Patrol Apprehensions Reach Lowest Average In History

By DCNFMarch 13, 20251 News

Under the Trump administration, Border Patrol apprehensions are sinking to levels never before experienced in Customs and Border Protection (CBP)…

Blog

Standing in the Schoolhouse Door, Insurrectionist Gov. Janet Mills Leads New Confederacy of Trans Cultists

By Larry LockmanMarch 13, 20258 Blog 5K Views

Maine is once again in the national spotlight – and not in a good way. Just as Alabama’s Democratic Gov.…

News

Russia Sends Mixed Signals as Talks Proceed for U.S.-Proposed Peace Gambit

By Maine Wire StaffMarch 13, 20251 News

A senior aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin threw cold water on a ceasefire overture that U.S. Special Envoy Steven…

National

The Bureau: Trade-Based Money Laundering is the Fentanyl Crisis

By Steve RobinsonMarch 13, 20252 National

The fentanyl crisis in North America is not just a drug problem—it is deeply intertwined with a sophisticated international money…

News

Maine’s State-Funded Trans NGO Publishes Minors’ Pics to Push Penis-Tucking & Breast Binding

By Steve RobinsonMarch 13, 202510 News 2K Views

Maine’s leading Democratic figures have recently condemned the act of posting pictures of minors on Facebook as a serious political…

News

Maine Dems Looking to Impose Additional 4% Capital Gains Tax on Earnings Over Certain Threshold

By Libby PalanzaMarch 13, 20259 News 1K Views

Democrat lawmakers in Maine are looking to impose an additional four percent tax on capital gains earned by residents over…

News

Maine Church Suing Public School Over Discrimination Alleges Left-Wing Law Firm Withheld Smoking Gun Emails

By Steve RobinsonMarch 13, 20255 News 4K Views

A Maine church embroiled in a legal dispute with the Hermon School System has claimed that Drummond Woodsum—the law firm…

Featured

LGBTQ Rhode Island Judge Takes Over Maine GOP Rep’s Censure Case Against Dem House Speaker

By Steve RobinsonMarch 12, 202538 Featured 4K Views

As a result of every federal judge in Maine recusing themselves from a Republican State Representative’s case against the Democratic…

News

Maine State Police, Attorney General Conclude Investigation into Farmington Double Homicide

By Edward TomicMarch 12, 20254 News 1K Views

The Maine State Police and Attorney General’s Office on Wednesday announced that they have concluded the investigation into the deaths…

News

Man Arrested in Sophisticated $100,000 ‘Gold’ Bar Scam Targeting Cumberland Resident

By Edward TomicMarch 12, 20254 News

Cumberland Police on Wednesday announced the arrest of a man accused of orchestrating a sophisticated online fraud scheme targeting a…

News

NH Democrat Senior Senator Won’t Seek Another Term as Former Republican Gov Eyes Run

By Seamus OthotMarch 12, 20253 News

New Hampshire’s senior senator and former governor, Jeanne Shaheen (D), announced on Wednesday that she will not seek another term…

News

Susan Collins Says it’s a ‘Myth’ That European Countries Have Not Done Their Fair Share to Aid Ukraine

By Edward TomicMarch 12, 202514 News

During remarks on the Senate floor on Tuesday, U.S. Senator from Maine Susan Collins (R) claimed it was a “myth”…

News

Lawmakers Looking to Have the Final Say on What Lawsuits the Maine Attorney General Can Bring

By Libby PalanzaMarch 12, 20253 News

Maine lawmakers are now looking to have the final say over what civil lawsuits are brought by the state’s Attorney…

News

In Unprecedented Move, All Maine’s Federal Judges Recuse from GOP Rep’s Challenge to Democrat Speaker’s Vote-Stripping Censure Order – UPDATE

By Seamus OthotMarch 12, 202526 News 11K Views

Maine Wire Editor-in-Chief Steve Robinson contributed to this report. UPDATE: The Maine Wire has learned the likely explanation for the…

News

Ukraine Agrees To 30-Day Ceasefire Pending Russian Approval

By DCNFMarch 12, 20250 News

Screenshot/Fox News/”Special Report with Bret Baier”

News

Lewiston Police Say Victim, Mosque Members Uncooperative with Shooting Investigation

By Edward TomicMarch 12, 202511 News

The Lewiston Police Department on Tuesday issued an update on their investigation into a shooting that occurred outside of a…

News

Crusading AG Frey Leaves Maine Behind in His Quest to Slay Dragons Across America

By Sam PattenMarch 12, 20257 News

Rep. William Tuell (R-East Machias) introduced a disarmingly simple bill to Maine’s Legislature last month consisting of only one sentence.…

News

USAID-Linked Ukrainian Group Smeared Vance, Massie As ‘Foreign Propagandists’

By DCNFMarch 12, 20252 News

A London-based Ukrainian intelligence group linked to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) labelled American politicians as “foreign propagandists,”…

News

Maine Senate Fails to Pass Supplemental Spending Bill as Republicans Balk at “Lipstick on a Pig” Compromise

By John AndrewsMarch 12, 20255 News 1K Views

The Maine House and Senate spent the second half of Tuesday passing different versions of the state’s supplemental budget between…

News

Daughtry Amendment Adopted by Senate, Trading Emergency Housing Exemption for Modest Limits on General Assistance

By Edward TomicMarch 12, 20258 News

An amendment to Governor Janet Mills’ $120 million supplemental budget request passed the Senate on Tuesday afternoon that would place…

News

Maine Employers May Soon Be Subject to New Penalties for Noncompliance with Paid Leave Program

By Libby PalanzaMarch 12, 20259 News 5K Views

Democrat lawmakers are looking to add new penalties and enforcement measures to Maine’s Paid Family and Medical Leave Program that…

News

Maine Drivers May Only Need to Update Inspection Stickers Every Other Year Under New Proposal

By Libby PalanzaMarch 11, 202521 News 6K Views

Taking your car in every year for its inspection sticker is a familiar ordeal to all Maine drivers, but some…

News

Tulsi Gabbard Revokes Security Clearance from Cadre of Democrat Officials, and Bars Biden from Daily Briefings

By Seamus OthotMarch 11, 20258 News

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard revoked the security clearance of a cadre of Democratic staffers, officials and lawyers associated…

News

Washington, D.C. Begins Dismantling Black Lives Matter Plaza and Painting Over BLM Mural

By Seamus OthotMarch 11, 20255 News

Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser ordered the dismantling of the city’s Black Lives Matter (BLM) Plaza and the destruction of…

News

Maine AG Takes Credit for $35 Cap on Insulin, Even Though That’s What Maker Was Already Charging

By Seamus OthotMarch 11, 20256 News

Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey celebrated a settlement with Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC that will cap Mainers’ insulin costs at $35…

News

Rachel Talbot Ross Seeks to Extend Taxpayer-Funded Prescription Drug Discounts to Noncitizens in Maine

By Edward TomicMarch 11, 202511 News

Maine State Senator and former House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross (D-Cumberland) has introduced a bill that would extend taxpayer-funded prescription…

News

Trump Admin’s USDA Pauses Millions in Funding to Maine Universities

By Libby PalanzaMarch 11, 202512 News

The federal government has temporarily halted millions of dollars in funding through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for the…

News

Committee Votes to Ditch $36M in Proposed Cuts to Child Care Programs in Biennial Budget

By Libby PalanzaMarch 11, 20254 News

Maine’s Health and Human Services (HHS) Committee voted Wednesday to recommend that millions in proposed cuts to certain child care…

News

Rep. Libby Files Federal Lawsuit Against Speaker Fecteau for Violating Her Constitutional Rights

By Maine Wire StaffMarch 11, 202527 News 2K Views

Rep. Laurel Libby (R-Auburn) filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against Maine House Speaker Ryan Fecteau in the U.S. District Court…

News

Guilford Rep Seeks to Repeal Paramilitary Training Ban

By Seamus OthotMarch 11, 20252 News

Maine’s Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety held a public hearing on Monday for Rep. James White’s (R-Guilford) bill…

News

Maine ACLU Denounces ‘Cruel’ Use of New Hampshire Federal Prison to Hold ICE Detainees

By Edward TomicMarch 11, 202517 News

The Maine American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has issued a statement denouncing the use of a New Hampshire federal prison…

News

Rockland Teen Accused of Stealing $40,000 from Vehicle While Out on Bail, Police Seek Multiple Juvenile Suspects

By Edward TomicMarch 11, 20259 News

Rockland Police on Monday announced the arrest of an 18-year-old accused of stealing $40,000 from a vehicle in February while…

News

‘Smartest Guy In The Room’: Meet The Man Trump Just Tapped To Head America’s Highest Military Office

By DCNFMarch 11, 20250 News

Featured Image Media Credit: Image by David B. Gleason/Flickr

News

Maine Looks to Replace Statewide Minimum Wage with Regionally Based Living Wage

By Libby PalanzaMarch 11, 202512 News 2K Views

Democratic lawmakers have proposed replacing Maine’s statewide minimum wage with a regionally based structure tied to an assessment of the…

News

Legislative Scouting Report: Supplemental Budget, the State of Higher Education and a Couple of Topical Resolutions Potentially on the Agenda

By John AndrewsMarch 10, 20256 News

The Maine House and Senate will convene for legislative session at 10 am on Tuesday, as uncertainty over the supplemental…

News

Nude Weiner Arrested on NH Highway After He Fled Stolen Vehicle Crash

By Seamus OthotMarch 10, 202510 News 4K Views

The New Hampshire State Police arrested a Somersworth, NH, man, Shawn P. Weiner Sr., 35, on Sunday after receiving numerous…

News

Sen. Joe Baldacci Defends Censure of Laurel Libby During Debate with House Republican Leader Billy Bob Faulkingham

By Seamus OthotMarch 10, 202522 News 2K Views

Sen. Joe Baldacci (D-Penobscot) defended the highly controversial and nationally-publicized decision to censure Rep. Laurel Libby (R-Auburn) for posting a…

News

Republican Led Maine Bill Would Allow Teachers to Conceal-Carry at Schools

By Seamus OthotMarch 10, 202513 News

A new bill from Rep. James White (R-Guilford) would allow adults over the age of 21 who possess a concealed…

News

Maine Dems Propose Using a Local Option Sales Tax to Fund Affordable Housing Initiatives

By Libby PalanzaMarch 10, 202521 News 1K Views

A group of Maine Democratic lawmakers have introduced a bill that would allow municipalities to adopt a local option sales…

News

Teacher Fired For Not Using Student’s Trans Pronouns Wins Settlement

By DCNFMarch 10, 20254 News 1K Views

A Wisconsin school district agreed to pay out $20,000 to a teacher who was terminated for refusing to use preferred…

News

Biden Admin Went On Trillion-Dollar Spending Spree Embedding DEI Across Gov’t, Study Says

By DCNFMarch 10, 20254 News

The Biden administration implemented hundreds of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives across a host of U.S. government agencies, according…

News

Tren de Aragua Gang Member Arrested in Maine Has Been Deported to Ecuador

By Edward TomicMarch 10, 20256 News 2K Views

An illegal alien who was arrested late last year and found to be a member of the Venezuelan transnational criminal…

News

Shooting Outside Lewiston Mosque Disrupts Ramadan Service, Leaves 19-year-old Injured

By Edward TomicMarch 10, 20255 News 1K Views

A shooting outside of a mosque in Lewiston on Friday night interrupted a Ramadan service and left a 19-year-old injured.…

Blog

Maine’s Students Deserve a Choice

By Rep. Barbara BagshawMarch 10, 202512 Blog

Not long ago, the Maine State Legislature’s Education Committee called on the Department of Education to explain declining performance of…

Business

Maine Ranks Among Least Productive States in Nation: Jobs Council Report

By Maine Wire StaffMarch 10, 202514 Business 2K Views

Already reeling from recent bad news in rankings on national scales when it comes to educational performance and overall tax…

News

Trump Celebrates Sale of Panama Canal to BlackRock, a Conglomerate Known for Pushing DEI and Climate Agendas, and Partnering with the World Economic Forum

By Seamus OthotMarch 10, 202523 News 2K Views

President Donald Trump celebrated the return of the Panama Canal to U.S. control during his State of the Union speech…

Commentary

Politics, Pride and Prejudice Will Cost Mainers Millions

By Robert "Bobby" CharlesMarch 9, 202518 Commentary 3K Views

Democrat-controlled states, from Maine to California, are becoming more extreme, not less. For the most part, they have learned nothing.…

News

Maine to Release Criminal Defendants from Jail, Drop Charges If Lawyer is Not Available

By Libby PalanzaMarch 8, 202518 News 3K Views

Criminal defendants in Maine will now be released from jail if a lawyer is not provided within 14 days, and…

News

ICE Reveals New Details on Chinese Illegal Alien Charged with Sex Trafficking out of Rockland Massage Parlor

By Edward TomicMarch 7, 20258 News 6K Views

U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have revealed new details about the Chinese national now facing deportation after being charged…

News

Canadian Citizen Caught Trying to Smuggle Meth Pills Into US Over Northern Border: CBP

By Edward TomicMarch 7, 20255 News 1K Views

A Canadian citizen was caught trying to smuggle a large bag of methamphetamine pills over the northern border by U.S.…

News

11 Children Hospitalized After Mysterious “Mass Casualty Event” and Scarborough School

By Seamus OthotMarch 7, 20259 News 4K Views

Eleven children were hospitalized on Thursday after becoming mysteriously ill at the Wentworth School, an elementary school in Scarborough, with…

News

FBI Director Kash Patel Announces Arrest of Military Personnel for Bribery, Theft, and Attempting to Sell Defense Data and Intelligence to China

By Seamus OthotMarch 7, 202515 News 33K Views

The FBI arrested two active-duty U.S. Army soldiers and one veteran on Thursday for alleged bribery and theft of government…

News

SCOTUS Rules Against Veterans Seeking Deeper “Benefit of the Doubt” Review for Rejected VA Claims

By Libby PalanzaMarch 7, 20252 News 2K Views

The United States Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in support of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), rejecting the argument made…

Maine Wire TV

Portland’s Syringe ‘Buyback’ Program Shows Early Success in Reducing Needle Litter, Nearly $4,000 Paid Out in Single Week

By Edward TomicMarch 7, 202512 Maine Wire TV 1K Views

The City of Portland’s recently implemented “syringe buyback” program is showing signs of effectively increasing the number of syringes returned…

News

Rockland Police Arrest Two Out on Bail Suspects After Finding Cocaine, Other Narcotics During Traffic Stop

By Edward TomicMarch 7, 20254 News

Two people out on bail were arrested in Rockland on Thursday after police found cocaine and other narcotics in their…

News

Two Bills Would Strengthen School Choice for Maine Students through Superintendent Agreements

By Libby PalanzaMarch 7, 20251 News

Some Maine students are granted the ability to attend a public school outside of their home district through what is…

News

Rep. Soboleski Reveals Gardiner School Is Not Zoned for Controversial Clinic on Site, School Board Balks

By Seamus OthotMarch 7, 20255 News 2K Views

Left-wing activists in Gardiner’s Maine School Administrative District (MSAD) 11 faced a potentially game-changing obstacle to their plans to establish…

News

New Study of Over 100,000 Gender Dysphoric Adults Found that Transgender Surgeries Led to Increases in Suicidal Ideation, Depression, and Substance Abuse

By Seamus OthotMarch 7, 202511 News 2K Views

So-called “gender-affirming” surgeries significantly increase the rates of depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, and substance abuse compared to gender-dysphoric people without…

News

Golden Calls for Election in Ukraine and Supports Ceasefire While Maintaining Support for Ukraine

By Seamus OthotMarch 7, 202513 News

Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) signaled a shift in his stance on Ukraine with a Tuesday Substack post, calling for an…

News

Trump Nixes Security Clearance of Democrat Law Firm Behind Hillary Clinton’s RussiaGate “Dossier”

By Steve RobinsonMarch 7, 20256 News

President Donald Trump issued an executive order Wednesday targeting the law firm Perkins Coie LLP, directing federal agencies to suspend…

News

Damaged Wind Turbine that Polluted Nantucket Beaches Last Year Further Damaged in Lightning Strike

By Seamus OthotMarch 7, 20258 News 4K Views

Lightning struck a wind turbine off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, last week, further damaging a turbine operated by Vineyard…

Featured

Collins Backs Bipartisan Calls for Stronger Northern Border Security Amid Rising Illegal Crossings

By Steve RobinsonMarch 6, 202514 Featured 1K Views

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins has joined a bipartisan group of senators in introducing the Northern Border Security Enhancement and Review…

News

White House Issues Memo Pushing Back Against Activist Judges Who Block Spending Cuts

By Steve RobinsonMarch 6, 20256 News

President Donald Trump issued a memorandum Wednesday directing federal agencies to enforce a rule requiring plaintiffs who seek injunctions against…

News

Here’s How Republican Lawmakers Plan to Phase Out Maine’s Income Tax by 2030

By Libby PalanzaMarch 6, 20255 News

Nine Republican lawmakers are looking to completely phase out Maine’s income tax by 2030 and reduce the state budget proportionally,…

Maine and New England

Maine High School Track Coach: ‘trans girls are girls and deserve to compete with girls’

By Edward TomicMarch 6, 202524 Maine and New England 5K Views

A Maine high school track and cross country coach published an op-ed Thursday in the Bangor Daily News defending the…

News

Maine Nonprofit to Host ‘Queer Wildlife Day’ to Show ‘how queerness exists in animal relationships and behaviors’

By Edward TomicMarch 6, 202514 News 5K Views

A Brunswick-based LGBTQ advocacy nonprofit will be hosting a “queer wildlife day” later this month, during which participants will learn…

News

Gardiner School-Board Member Running for Re-election Accused of Threatening a Parental Rights Activist with “An AR15 and a Doberman”

By Seamus OthotMarch 6, 20252 News 2K Views

Matthew Lillibridge, a Maine School Administrative District (MSAD) 11 board member currently running for re-election, appeared to threaten parental rights…

News

Maine AG Aaron Frey, Blue State Coalition Secures Preliminary Injunction Against Trump Admin, Halting NIH Cuts

By Edward TomicMarch 6, 20254 News 1K Views

Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey, alongside a coalition of 21 other Democratic state attorneys general, on Wednesday were able to…

Blog

ActBlue, the Democratic Fundraising Juggernaut, Facing Potential Collapse: New York Times

By The Maine WireMarch 6, 20256 Blog 5K Views

The New York Times, the official media organ for the Democratic National Committee and diehard Democratic voters, is sounding the…

News

Maine Corporations, Once Proud Progressive Donors, Tread Lightly Amid Gov. Mills’ Clash with President Trump

By Steve RobinsonMarch 6, 202520 News 3K Views

Ever since President Donald Trump went full Don Rickles on Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) at the White House, Maine…

News

Feds Find Maine DoE in Violation of Title IX

By Maine Wire StaffMarch 6, 202520 News 5K Views

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)’s Office of Civil Rights has found Maine to be in violation…

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