From Peace Pops to Capitol cops, Ben and Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen has long been a pioneer of cause-based marketing.…
Get-Off-My-Lawn party poopers trying to defuse July 4th fireworks locally and statewide are winning few converts along Maine’s midcoast. First…
Lawmakers have unanimously shot down two proposed amendments to Maine’s constitution that would have lowered the voting age to 16…
Maine lawmakers are poised to reject along nearly partisan lines a proposal to reinstate the municipal property tax levy limits…
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A Maine Superior Court Justice has ruled that despite a pending appeal, hearings will begin to be scheduled for low-income…
A sex offender convicted on child pornography charges has allegedly been living illegally within the 750-foot exclusion zone around South…
In every corner of our great state, from the rocky harbors of Stonington to the farms of Aroostook, small businesses…
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Josh Polland, a former Maine game warden, sat for an interview with the Christian Civic League of Maine that was…
On a wall outside the State House in Augusta, 90 names of law enforcement officers who died in the line…
Maine Speaker of the House Ryan Fecteau (D-Biddeford) is seeking regulatory changes to affordable housing law in the state with…
Following a traffic stop at the intersection of Hammond and Union Streets Monday evening, Bangor Police arrested Thomas Pope, 48,…
Despite indications nationally that business is picking up because of or in spite of Trump’s tariffs, a Maine beach town…
Democratic lawmakers in Augusta have brought forward a bill that looks to enact a statewide prohibition on “dynamic pricing” in…
Maine lawmakers appear prepared to pass a Republican-backed bill aimed at increasing transparency in Maine’s public school transfer program. In…
Former employees of Gateway Community Services, a migrant-run social services agency with offices throughout Maine, have alleged in interviews with…
So much for insurance choice for Maine religious orders preferring horse-propelled buggies to Ford Mustang Shelbys. Faith-based freedom? Forget that…
A bill that would have allowed Mennonites to self-insure their vehicles so that they could comply with a religious prohibition…
A Democratic lawmaker has proposed allowing cities and towns throughout Maine to adopt a local option sales tax on adult…
A group Democrats, led by Rep. Deqa Dhalac (D-South Portland), put forward a bill late in the current legislative session…
The Worcester, Mass., Police Union is calling City Councilor Etel Haxhiaj “unfit to serve” and demanding an ethics investigation after…
If The New York Times ever had any pretense of journalistic balance, it has now fully outed its true liberal…
A homeless man has been charged with arson after allegedly starting a fire that damaged a commercial building in Bangor.…
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday unsealed a federal indictment against a Chinese company and three Chinese nationals…
A Portsmouth, New Hampshire assistant track coach was arrested last month in South Portland as part of a child prostitution…
An activist group in Dexter has secured enough signatures to force a recall vote for two conservative Maine School Administrative…
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Maine’s Second District Congressman Jared Golden must be feeling his seat’s gotten a little hotter after current State Auditor Matthew…
One Maine Republican lawmaker has introduced a bill that would create a refundable tax credit designed to help fund private…
The Maine House and Senate will meet for a day of legislative business on Tuesday with a number of bills…
Wiscasseteers who long ago trademarked their town “prettiest village in Maine” apparently haven’t been to Camden. To see the waterfall…
The Mills Administration’s spending via state contracts has come under increasing scrutiny in light of Democratic State Auditor Matt Dunlap’s…
An attempted traffic stop on I-295 in Topsham on Sunday escalated into a high-speed pursuit and a domestic violence investigation…
A group of Mainers who successfully petitioned to have a referendum question on voter ID have challenged Secretary of State…
During the not-so-long-ago Biden Administration years, certain Democratic officials seemed to operate under an unwritten rule: if your politics were…
The Waterville teacher, who made international headlines late last month after publicly calling for the assassination of President Donald Trump…
Two people, including a man who was on probation for prior drug trafficking convictions, were arrested last week in Auburn…
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Some states lead in nonsense – and public corruption. Sadly, Maine is one of these. As Maine’s Democrat-controlled legislative session…
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The guy who put Bangor on the map has been bumped off as Maine’s most internationally famous person amid claims…
Acting on behalf of a concerned citizen, a state representative has introduced an amendment to the Maine Constitution prohibiting any…
Maine lawmakers are divided over a proposal to do away with the cost-of-living adjustment for the state’s minimum wage. Under…
The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (DIFW) moved quickly on Friday to rescind a policy that the Trump…
Rep. Laurel Libby (R-Auburn) may face daunting challenges from the majority of Maine’s legislature, and even the state’s attorney general,…
The Trump Administration has notified the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW) that it will suspend all grant…
Lawmakers in Augusta considered a series of bills Thursday afternoon pertaining to the regulation of Maine’s sometimes corybantic cannabis industry.…
Biddeford High School was put on lockdown Friday morning after a reported threat that led to the arrest of an…
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) announced on Thursday that the U.S. Department of Justice has selected Lewiston’s Maine Resiliency Center to…
Detectives from the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office arrested three people early Friday morning after they were allegedly caught tearing down…
Maine’s Regional School Unit (RSU) 24 school board voted on Tuesday to join the Hodgdon School Board in defying Gov.…
By Keenan Pasztor In 2024, the pageant world was rocked when Miss USA 2024 and Miss Teen USA 2024 both…
Maine State Attorney General Aaron Frey filed an 11-page response on Thursday to the civil action the U.S. Department of…
U.S. Border Patrol agents in Maine have arrested over a dozen illegal aliens from Ecuador in recent weeks as a…
A man convicted of murder in Brazil who illegally entered and hid out in the United States under the Biden…
Second District Congressman Jared Golden (D-ME) is taking friendly fire from a national group that commits itself to resisting the…
An ex-Portland Press Herald scribe who calls Trump “an authoritarian threat” will soon be joined on a Maine stage by…
Augusta hosted a showdown on May 7 between proponents of measures to restore girls’ school sports to biological females and…
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R) on Thursday issued her strongest call yet for President Donald Trump and federal law enforcement…
Cannabis took center stage in Augusta Thursday afternoon before the Legislature’s Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee, which heard public testimony…
The Legislature’s Transportation Committee voted unanimously Thursday morning to reject a bill proposed by Rep. Laurel Libby (R-Auburn) intended to…
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Biddeford’s hard work to usher in an urban renaissance has been challenged of late by one family where murder appears…
When Wells town officials tried to defend being the only Maine town working with federal immigration officials, guess who quickly…
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Lewiston Police on Monday night responded to a shots fired incident at an affordable housing complex that witnesses described as…
If the aging members of Congress are too old to be in touch or effective, they have a role model…
Rep. Laurie Osher (D-Orono) presented a bill before the Committee on Housing and Urban Development on Tuesday that would establish…
A bill repealing the prohibition against charging uninsured patients for COVID-19 vaccinations that received unanimous support in the Legislature became…
Maine lawmakers are divided over a bill that would require state agencies and officials to fulfill Freedom of Access Act…
Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has released the final question wording for the voter ID citizens initiative introduced in Augusta…
On June 20th, 2019, Governor Janet Mills (D) signed LD 534, a bill to make ballot initiative questions easier to…
By Matthew Cortez As inflation cuts into Mainers’ savings, individuals and businesses are actively seeking ways to protect their hard-earned…
During the bad old days of the Soviet Union, a state official could legally shirk punishment by pretending to sick…
Portland Police on Tuesday arrested a homeless man who had 18 outstanding warrants for his arrest, including for four felony…
The Maine District of the U.S. Marshals Service issued an arrest warrant on Tuesday for Kristofer G. Haken, 46, an…
A midcoast Maine city that went from raucous motorcycle gangs to boutique coffee houses has now once again flipped the…
The Committee on Environment and Natural Resources voted unanimously last month in favor of a bill from Rep. Arthur Bell…
As a conservative lawmaker, I am deeply troubled by the growing trend to label the United States a “democracy” rather…
Ed Martin, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, is unlikely to clear the…
Two House committees called on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Tuesday to provide a classified briefing addressing the…
Sen. Rick Bennett (R-Oxford) has sponsored a bill creating a pilot project to “promote, incentivize and support” the use of…
The Maine State Legislature’s Housing and Economic Development Committee heard public testimony Tuesday on a bill that would make it…
Rep. Katrina Smith (R-Palermo) presented a bill on Monday on behalf of House Minority Leader Billy Bob Faulkingham (R-Winter Harbor),…
A traffic stop in Medway late last month led to two arrests and the seizure of over 30 grams of…
An unidentified man was caught on camera allegedly keying a Tesla on Sunday outside a Portland Hearts of Pine soccer…
A homeless man who had eight outstanding warrants for his arrest was taken into custody on Monday after allegedly assaulting…
Eastern European elections rarely make headlines in the U.S., but when Vice-President JD Vance spoke to the Munich Security Conference…
Sen. Anne Beebe-Center wants to limit celebrations and curtail Mainers’ fun with a bill to reduce the hours allowed for…
Maine Attorney General (AG) Aaron Frey has joined a group of twenty attorneys general in filing a lawsuit against Secretary…
Border Patrol agents in Maine arrested nearly a dozen illegal aliens who were found in a vehicle during a traffic…
The Legislature’s Taxation Committee has unanimously rejected a bill exempting any money earned by Maine kids from state income tax.…
A bill that aims to abolish Maine’s income tax and require state agencies to regularly engage in “zero-based budgeting” may…
Once again, a Maine transgender-identifying male athlete seized victory over girls at a high school track meet on Friday, as…
The Maine Department of Corrections (DOC), through its Division of Juvenile Services, has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) to…
There’s a new Angus in Maine’s political arena and he’s gunning for the seat his father held for two terms…
When the House gavels in on Tuesday, it is looking at a 60-page calendar with 20 divided reports, or bills…
A top Maine Democrat raised red flags in 2024 regarding the Mills Administration’s handling of non-competitive, no-bid contracts more than…