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First Bank Fraud Arrests in Maine’s Ongoing Struggle Against Chinese Organized Crime Epidemic

By Steve RobinsonDecember 14, 20248 Featured 3K Views

As Maine continues to struggle with how to confront the sprawling networks of Chinese criminal organizations that have taken the…

News

House Republican Leader to Mainers: “Spread the Holiday Spirit” with Support for Toys for Tots

By The Maine WireDecember 13, 20243 News

The House Republican Office distributed the following press release on Friday afternoon. The weekly radio address can be viewed here:…

News

Down the Crapper: Maine University Offers Class on Bathrooms

By Seamus OthotDecember 13, 202417 News 2K Views

Students of the taxpayer-funded University of Maine at Augusta will have the opportunity to take a college-level course all about…

News

Five Indicted for Multi-State Transnational Conspiracy to Obtain Mass., NY Driver’s Licenses for Illegal Aliens: DOJ

By Edward TomicDecember 13, 20249 News

A federal indictment was unsealed Wednesday charging five individuals for allegedly conspiring to fraudulently apply for more than 1,000 driver’s…

News

Conservative Dinner Table PAC Sues AG Frey Over Campaign Finance Limits: “Direct Attack on Mainers’ Fundamental Constitutional Rights”

By Libby PalanzaDecember 13, 20243 News

Two Maine-based political action committees (PACs) and their founder have sued members of the state’s ethics commission and Attorney General…

News

Amid Controversy, Failure, and J6 Revelations, FBI Finds Time to Harass Barstool Sports’ Kirk Minihane on False Tip

By Steve RobinsonDecember 13, 20242 News 3K Views

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), embroiled in serial controversies related to its overtly political and unethical conduct, has found…

News

Mills Administration Hires California-Based Nonprofit to Guide Public Schools Toward Zero Carbon Goals

By Edward TomicDecember 13, 202419 News 1K Views

Maine Governor Janet Mills’ Office of Policy Innovation and the Future (GOPIF) is paying $12,500 to a California-based nonprofit that…

News

Maine Racial Equity Commission Releases Map Showing Where Minority Populations Live in State

By Edward TomicDecember 13, 202410 News 1K Views

The Maine Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous & Tribal Populations (PCRITP) has released an interactive map that…

Crime

Maine Man Convicted of Sex Crime Against Children Hid Stash of Child Porn Under Kayak at former Brunswick Workplace

By Edward TomicDecember 12, 20249 Crime

A Maine man currently serving a 10-year state prison sentence for the sexual abuse of children has pleaded guilty to…

News

Inflation Continued to Climb in November, Increasing 2.7% Over the Past Twelve Months

By Libby PalanzaDecember 12, 20244 News

Recent reports from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reveal that inflation continued to climb in November. As a…

Crime

Auburn Teen Accused of 3 Hit-and-Runs in October Now Facing Drug Trafficking, OUI Charges

By Edward TomicDecember 12, 202413 Crime

A 19-year-old from Auburn who allegedly caused three car crashes in a single night this September while under the influence…

News

California County Dems Move To Shield Migrants Charged With ‘Heinous Crimes’ From ICE

By DCNFDecember 12, 20246 News

San Diego County doubled down on its existing sanctuary policy by voting to further restrict local cooperation with federal immigration…

News

Army Fires Four-Star ‘Renegade General’ Who Promoted Deeply Unqualified Female Crony

By DCNFDecember 11, 202410 News 2K Views

The U.S. Army fired a four-star general for abusing his authority by giving an under-qualified female subordinate promotions and special…

News

U.S. Increases PRC Deportation Flights Amid Surge in Illegal Chinese Immigration

By Steve RobinsonDecember 11, 20244 News

The U.S. government has executed the fourth “large-frame charter removal flight” returning Chinese illegal aliens to the People’s Republic of…

News

Chinese National Arrested While Trying to Flee to China after Photographing a U.S. Military Base with a Drone

By Seamus OthotDecember 11, 20240 News

Federal law enforcement arrested a Chinese foreign national on Monday as he prepared to fly back to the People’s Republic…

News

Maine Reps Oppose GOP Bill to Stop the Federal Government from Controlling How Americans Wash Their Clothes

By Seamus OthotDecember 11, 202418 News 2K Views

U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) took to X on Tuesday to express her disapproval of the passage of a bill…

News

Bangor City Council Delays Clearing of Massive Homeless Encampment by Two Months

By Seamus OthotDecember 11, 20244 News

The Bangor City Council voted on Monday to postpone clearing its massive 50-plus-person homeless encampment after it announced in October…

News

What the New IRS Rules Do — and Don’t — Mean for Those Earning $600 or More on Platforms Like Etsy, Airbnb, and Venmo

By Libby PalanzaDecember 11, 20244 News 2K Views

Many who are self-employed can expect to receive a new tax form next year following a recent rule change by…

News

TikTok Asks Court to Temporarily Block Enforcement of Potential Ban Pending SCOTUS Review

By Libby PalanzaDecember 11, 20241 News

Social media platform TikTok and its Chinese-owned parent company ByteDance have asked an appeals court to temporarily block a law…

News

ICE Boston Arrests Illegal Alien Charged with Second Assault After Being Released by Mass. Court

By Edward TomicDecember 11, 20240 News

An illegal alien who was charged with assault for the second time in a span of four months after being…

Commentary

Nuclear Energy: A Missed Opportunity for Maine

By Reagan PaulDecember 11, 20248 Commentary

Today, the word “nuclear” often sparks fear, with talk of nuclear weapons dominating headlines. This fear is understandable but misplaced…

Featured

Biden Admin Approves Last-Minute Request from Maine Liberals to Extend Work Authorizations for Paroled Asylum Applicants

By Seamus OthotDecember 11, 202418 Featured

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) unilaterally decided to codify a previously temporary expansion of work authorization rules for…

News

Maine Legislative Council Unanimously Approves Pay Raise for Secretary of State who Tried to Kick Trump Off Ballot

By Edward TomicDecember 11, 202414 News 2K Views

In a unanimous decision, the Maine Legislative Council on Tuesday voted to approve a pay raise for Secretary of State…

Top News

House GOP Passes Bill to Help Educate High Schoolers on the Evils of Communism

By Seamus OthotDecember 11, 20242 Top News

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Friday calling for the establishment of a curriculum to help educators,…

News

U.S. Senators Propose Constitutional Amendment to Radically Alter Supreme Court

By Seamus OthotDecember 11, 20243 News

U.S. Sens. Peter Welch (D-VT) and Joe Manchin (I-WV) put forward a resolution on Wednesday calling for a constitutional amendment…

News

Electricity Maine to Begin Paying Customers in Settlement Over Unfair Billing Practices

By Libby PalanzaDecember 10, 20246 News

Electricity Maine is set to begin sending out payments to eligible customers as part of a settlement reached with the…

News

Portland City Council Maps Out Goals for 2025, Councilor Gives ‘D-‘ Grade on Last Year’s DEI Effort

By Edward TomicDecember 10, 202415 News

After holding its inaugural meeting last week, the Portland City Council on Monday held a workshop to discuss and identify…

News

NH Satanic Holiday Display Destroyed and Removed Just Days after it was Erected

By Seamus OthotDecember 10, 20247 News 1K Views

The controversial satanic holiday display erected outside the New Hampshire State House in Concord was found destroyed Tuesday morning, just…

News

SCOTUS Declines Petition to Hear Parental Rights Case Out of Wisconsin

By Libby PalanzaDecember 10, 20241 News

The United States Supreme Court announced Monday that they will not be hearing a case out of Wisconsin challenging a…

Crime

Former Presque Isle Man Gets 6 Years in Prison for Possession of Child Pornography After Tip from Discord App

By Edward TomicDecember 10, 20242 Crime

An man formerly of Presque Isle, Maine, was sentenced to six years in prison this week for the possession of…

News

FULL SEGMENT: Steve Robinson Joins the Absolute Truth With Emerald Robinson to Discuss Triad Weed

By Tom ShattuckDecember 10, 20242 News

Watch as Maine Wire Editor-in-Chief Steve Robinson joined the Absolute Truth with Emerald Robinson on Frank Speech for a detailed…

Maine and New England

Portland Seeking Grant Applications for Homeless ‘Day Space,’ Methadone Treatment Program Funded by Opioid Settlement

By Edward TomicDecember 10, 20242 Maine and New England

The City of Portland has issued a request for grant applications in order to find partner organizations to launch a…

News

Gardiner’s Proposed School-Based Clinic Operator Earned $11.7 Million Prescribing Drugs in 2023

By Steve RobinsonDecember 10, 202415 News 7K Views

A new trend sweeping Maine schools has parents concerned about the lack of transparency surrounding medical treatments — including sex-change…

News

Pingree, King, and Mills Push Eleventh-Hour Protections for Immigrants as Trump Heads for White House

By Seamus OthotDecember 9, 202433 News 2K Views

Maine’s Sen. Angus King (I) and Rep. Chellie Pingree (D), along with Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine), called on Friday for…

News

Man Accused of Portland Murder has Extensive Criminal History, Including Assault with Sword, Domestic Violence, Firearm Possession

By Edward TomicDecember 9, 20247 News 2K Views

The man who was arrested last week in connection to a late November murder in Portland has a lengthy criminal…

News

Satanic Temple Puts Up Display Outside NH State House

By Seamus OthotDecember 9, 20247 News

The Satanic Temple of New Hampshire and Vermont (TST) installed a satanic holiday display outside the New Hampshire State Capitol…

News

Kansas Senator Proposes Ban on Transgender Procedures for Children

By Seamus OthotDecember 9, 20245 News

U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), a medical doctor and staunch ally of President-elect Donald Trump, put forward a bill last…

News

Second Top Executive at Portland Press Herald Steps Down After ‘National Trust’ Acquisition

By Edward TomicDecember 9, 202410 News

Lisa DeSisto, CEO and publisher of the Maine Trust for Local News, has stepped down — marking the second resignation…

News

Biden Admin Cut Big Check To Activists Using Schools As Recruiting Grounds For LGBT ‘Family Therapy’ Program

By DCNFDecember 9, 20242 News

A Michigan group received federal funds for a “family therapy” program that instructs parents to affirm their child’s gender confusion…

Commentary

Historic Satellite Pics of Maine’s Coast Show No Change in Sea Levels

By Steve RobinsonDecember 9, 20248 Commentary 2K Views

Despite the hysteria over rising sea levels, allegedly caused by anthropogenic global warming, a comparison of satellite imagery of some…

News

Reporters Bombard KJP For Answers On Biden’s Pardoning Of Son Despite Months Of Promising It Would Not Happen

By DCNFDecember 9, 20240 News

Reporters bombarded White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre at a Friday briefing about the pardoning of Hunter Biden despite herself…

News

New Hampshire State Troopers Arrest Four in Following Fentanyl Dealing Investigation in Claremont

By Seamus OthotDecember 9, 20246 News

New Hampshire State Police Narcotics Investigations Unit (NIU) busted four alleged drug dealers in Claremont, New Hampshire, last month, following…

News

Judge Allows US Naval Academy To Use Race In Admissions

By DCNFDecember 7, 20248 News

A judge on Friday ruled that the U.S. Naval Academy is allowed to continue to use race as a factor…

News

REPORT: Teacher Allegedly Found Naked On Floor In Elementary School Classroom

By DCNFDecember 7, 20245 News 2K Views

Police arrested a Florida teacher after he was allegedly found naked in an elementary school classroom on Thanksgiving Day. Port…

News

Boston City Councilor Arrested on Corruption Charges

By Seamus OthotDecember 6, 202410 News 1K Views

The FBI arrested far-left Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson on Friday on corruption charges for allegedly funneling taxpayer funds…

Video

VIDEO: Paid Family Leave Tax Will DECREASE Your Paycheck in 2025

By Tom ShattuckDecember 6, 20247 Video

The biggest tax in decades will be coming to Maine on January 1st, 2025, as Maine’s new paid family leave…

News

Canada Bans 342 Additional Types of Firearm, and Considers Sending Any They Confiscate to Ukraine

By Seamus OthotDecember 6, 202411 News 3K Views

Dominic LeBlanc, Public Safety Minister of Canada, announced another expansion of the nation’s restrictive gun laws on Thursday, adding 342…

News

Race-Based Tourism: Maine Taxpayers Fund $165k Grant to Black Travel Influencers for Attracting ‘diverse visitors’ to State

By Edward TomicDecember 6, 202425 News 2K Views

The State of Maine’s Office of Tourism has awarded a $165,000 grant to a black travel influencer as part of…

News

Three U.S. Army Personnel Arrested in Connection with Cross Border Human Trafficking Operation

By Seamus OthotDecember 6, 20242 News

U.S. officials arrested three U.S. Army personnel stationed at Fort Cavazos in late November and earlier this week for their…

News

Trump Picks SpaceX Astronaut and Businessman to Serve as NASA Head

By Seamus OthotDecember 6, 20240 News

President-elect Donald Trump selected businessman and experienced commercial astronaut, Jared Isaacman, 41, on Wednesday to head up NASA and work…

News

The Cat Ladies Really Did Turn Out for Harris After All

By Seamus OthotDecember 6, 202411 News

The Associated Press’ post-election AP VoteCast poll has revealed that female voters with an affinity for felines — a.k.a. “Cat…

News

Report Shows 94% of Federal Bureaucrats Don’t Come Into the Office Full Time

By Seamus OthotDecember 6, 20245 News

U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) published a damning report entitled “Out of Office” on Thursday, investigating the excesses and inefficiencies…

News

Bitcoin Surges Past $100,000 For The First Time Following Trump’s Crypto-Friendly SEC Chair Pick

By DCNFDecember 6, 20242 News

Several cryptocurrency stocks gained, while bitcoin surged ahead, following President-elect Donald Trump’s Wednesday announcement nominating Paul Atkins as chair to…

Top News

Maine DEA Makes Multiple Arrests, Including Two Dominican Nationals, in Washington County Fentanyl Investigation

By Steve RobinsonDecember 5, 20248 Top News 6K Views

The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) announced Thursday the arrests of six individuals on drug trafficking charges, including two foreign…

Triad Weed

Maine Family Sickened After Exposure to Illicit Cannabis House Linked to Chinese-made Toxins

By Steve RobinsonDecember 5, 20248 Triad Weed 7K Views

A Maine family developed unusual respiratory symptoms after touring a Monmouth home that had previously been used as an illicit…

News

Democrats Stick with Bellows, Frey as Legislature Appoints Constitutional Officers

By Steve RobinsonDecember 5, 202413 News

Maine Democrats confirmed their nominees for Attorney General, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, and State Auditor on Wednesday, with Republican…

News

Stabbing at Munjoy South Apartments Leaves Man in Critical Condition: Portland PD

By Edward TomicDecember 5, 20243 News

A Wednesday stabbing at Portland’s Munjoy South Apartments left a 56-year-old man in critical condition, police announced on Thursday. Portland…

News

State Troopers Bust Two Massachusetts Residents Trafficking Fentanyl in Portsmouth, NH

By Seamus OthotDecember 5, 20244 News

New Hampshire State Police arrested two men on Friday during a routine traffic stop after they allegedly attempted to throw…

News

ICE Deports Five-time Felon Illegal Alien For the 8th Time After Attempted Northern Border Crossing

By Edward TomicDecember 5, 20246 News

An illegal alien who has been deported from the United States at least seven times and who has five felony…

News

SCOTUS Considers TN Ban on Prescribing Certain Drugs to Children for “Gender-Affirming Care”

By Libby PalanzaDecember 5, 20241 News

The United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday morning in a case out of Tennessee concerning bans on the…

Crime

21-year-old Leads Portland Police on High-Speed Chase, Found With Handgun, Cocaine, Fentanyl

By Edward TomicDecember 5, 20247 Crime

A 21-year-old driving without a license led Portland Police on a high-speed chase Wednesday before being apprehended and found in…

News

Lawmakers to Consider Limiting Use of Vague “Concept Draft” Bills That Frustrate Public Scrutiny

By Libby PalanzaDecember 5, 20243 News

Following the swearing in of the 132nd Maine State Legislature on Wednesday, Sen. Rick Bennett (R-Oxford) was set to introduce…

News

Chinese Illegal Immigrant Arrested after Smuggling Weapons to North Korea

By Seamus OthotDecember 5, 20240 News

Federal agents arrested Shenghua Wen, 41, a Chinese national in the U.S. illegally, for allegedly working as an agent of…

News

Maine’s New Paid Leave Rules: Here’s What Businesses and Workers Should Expect

By Libby PalanzaDecember 4, 202417 News 4K Views

The Maine Department of Labor (MDOL) released Wednesday the final rules for the state’s new Paid Family and Medical Leave…

News

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Says Child Sex Change Bans Are ‘Sort Of The Same Thing’ As Interracial Marriage Bans

By DCNFDecember 4, 202416 News

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson compared child sex change bans to interracial marriage prohibitions on Wednesday. Jackson made the…

News

China Bans Export of Key Rare Minerals with Tech and Military Applications to the U.S.

By Seamus OthotDecember 4, 20244 News

China announced an export ban on Tuesday, preventing the sale of certain rare earth minerals to the U.S., including gallium,…

News

Trump DEA Pick Withdraws Over Conservative Backlash

By Seamus OthotDecember 4, 20243 News

Florida Sheriff Chad Chronister withdrew his name from consideration for the top spot in the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on…

News

State Gov’t Opens Second Round of Applications for Remaining $2 Million in Small Business Storm Relief

By Libby PalanzaDecember 4, 20245 News

Gov. Janet Mills (D) announced Tuesday that applications are now open for a second round of funding from the Business…

Crime

Westbrook Man Who Had 8-Hour Standoff with Police Sentenced to Over 5 Years in Federal Prison

By Edward TomicDecember 4, 20242 Crime

A Westbrook man who had an eight-hour standoff with police after they responded to his residence over a report of…

News

Canadian Tribunal Fines Mayor $5,000 For Refusing To Fly Pride Flag, Orders Staff To Undergo ‘Human Rights’ Training

By DCNFDecember 4, 20247 News

The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) fined the mayor of the small Canadian town of Emo, Ontario, $5,000 after…

News

Mexican National Sentenced for Illegal Reentry, Faces Deportation After Being Found by Border Patrol in Farmington

By Edward TomicDecember 4, 20242 News

A Mexican national who was previously deported from the United States again faces deportation after being sentenced for illegal reentry…

News

Portland Police Make Arrest in Marshall Street Homicide Investigation

By Edward TomicDecember 4, 20242 News

Portland Police announced on Wednesday that they have arrested a suspect for murder in connection to an ongoing investigation into…

Crime

Fraud Scheme Ringleader Gets Nearly 16 Years Jail, Possible Deportation for Scam That Targeted Elderly Americans

By Steve RobinsonDecember 3, 20245 Crime

There’s a special place in hell for fraudsters who target the elderly, but for 39-year-old Sohil Usmangani Vahora, of Des…

News

‘Hell To Pay’: Trump Warns Middle East Leaders, Terrorists Of Consequences If Hostages Aren’t Released

By DCNFDecember 3, 20248 News

President-elect Donald Trump released a statement Monday on social media warning Middle East leaders and terrorists about the consequences they…

News

UMaine Upholds Decision to Renege Hutchinson Center Sale to Calvary Chapel Belfast

By Libby PalanzaDecember 3, 20245 News

The University of Maine (UMaine) has denied Calvary Chapel Belfast’s appeal of the institution’s decision to sell the former Hutchinson…

News

Texas Law Enforcement Arrest Mexican National Smuggling a Five-Year-Old Girl into the U.S.

By Seamus OthotDecember 3, 20241 News

Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) troopers apprehended Mexican national Roman Ibarra Rojo in Del Rio, Texas, on Friday as…

Top News

FBI, Maine State Police Offer $15,000 Reward in Search for Missing Aroostook County Teen

By Steve RobinsonDecember 3, 20240 Top News

The FBI and Maine State Police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating Stefanie Damron, a 14-year-old girl from New…

News

Trump’s DEA Head Pick Bragged on X About Arresting a Pastor Who Held Services During COVID

By Seamus OthotDecember 3, 20243 News

President-elect Donald Trump has once again angered conservatives with one of his cabinet picks, this time choosing Florida Sheriff Chad…

News

Taxpayer Funded Freeport Non-Profit Canceled a Parental Rights Event Just Two Days Before it was Scheduled

By Seamus OthotDecember 3, 20249 News

The taxpayer-funded Freeport Community Services (FCS) nonprofit canceled its rental agreement with Parents’ Rights in Education two days before the…

News

Ranked Choice Voting: A Brief History for Maine and the Nation

By Libby PalanzaDecember 3, 202410 News

Ranked choice voting has recently taken center stage following the November 5 election, during which a number of critical state,…

News

Maine State Housing Authority Awards Millions in Affordable Housing Tax Credits

By Libby PalanzaDecember 2, 20246 News 3K Views

The Maine State Housing Authority announced this past Wednesday that the agency had awarded $12.8 million worth of state and…

News

Maine Racial Equity Board Sponsors Educational Walking Tours to Dispel Myth that State is ‘too old and too white’

By Edward TomicDecember 2, 202412 News

Maine’s state racial equity commission has entered into a taxpayer-funded $7,000 contract with a Waterville-based company to sponsor educational walking…

News

Russia and China Respond After Trump Threatens BRICS Nations with 100% Tariffs For Trying to Replace the Dollar

By Seamus OthotDecember 2, 20241 News

President-elect Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Saturday to threaten member nations of the BRICS economic alliance with staggering…

News

EXCLUSIVE: Susan Collins Calls for Probe into Reported FEMA Bias Against Pro-Trump Homeowners After Hurricane Milton

By Edward TomicDecember 2, 202414 News

U.S. Senator from Maine Susan Collins (R) is calling for an investigation into reports of widespread political bias in how…

News

SoPo City Council Unanimously Approves Property Tax Breaks for New Mixed-Use “Workforce Housing” Development Slated for Mill Creek

By Libby PalanzaDecember 2, 202410 News 2K Views

The South Portland City Council unanimously approved the creation of a new Tax Increment Financing District (TIF District) and thirty…

News

Biden Pardons His Son Hunter after Promising He Wouldn’t

By Seamus OthotDecember 2, 202417 News

President Joe Biden issued a full pardon for his son Hunter Biden’s crimes on Sunday night after he was convicted…

News

Mills Admin Supports ‘chestfeeding’ with $50k Purchase of Larger Size Nursing Bras for ‘birthing parents’

By Edward TomicDecember 2, 202422 News 6K Views

The Mills administration has made a $50,000 taxpayer-funded purchase of larger size nursing bras that they say will help support…

News

Once Attacked by Anthony Fauci, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya Will Now Lead National Institutes of Health

By Seamus OthotNovember 29, 202410 News

President-elect Donald Trump has named staunch COVID lockdown opponent Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to serve as Director of the National Institutes…

News

Venezuelan Gang Recruiting Kids from Migrant Shelters in New York: NYPD

By Seamus OthotNovember 29, 20249 News

The infamous and violent Venezuelan street gang, Tren de Aragua (TdA), is recruiting illegal immigrant children into its ranks from…

Commentary

Barstool Sports Joins Maine Wire’s Crusade Against Chinese Communist Organized Crime

By Steve RobinsonNovember 29, 20243 Commentary

Black Friday is typically a day when normal people relax with family and watch as hordes of materialistic zombies storm…

Energy & Environment

Maine AG Aaron Frey, Facing Far Left Challenger, Files Symbolic Suit Against Energy Companies

By Steve RobinsonNovember 28, 202420 Energy & Environment 1K Views

Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey (D), facing a surprise challenge from the left-wing District Attorney of Kennebec County and still…

News

Illegal Chinese Marijuana in Maine: Cannabis Office Docs, Police Records Highlight Maine’s Failure to Combat Chinese Criminal Gangs (Part I)

By Steve RobinsonNovember 27, 202416 News 3K Views

Maine’s Office of Cannabis Policy (OCP) has for the first time released documents related to its investigations into marijuana operators…

News

Illegal Chinese Marijuana in Maine: The Shadowy Network of Johnny Wu and Green Future LLC (PART II)

By Steve RobinsonNovember 27, 202410 News 6K Views

The Maine Wire has obtained a copy of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s list of 270 properties in Maine…

News

Stephen King’s Attempt at Music Spurs Confusion, Laughter, and Viral Jokes

By Steve RobinsonNovember 27, 202411 News

Bangor horror writer Stephen King’s perplexing attempt at music-making surfaced this week on X, and users were quick to react…

Business

TurkeyGate: Infuriating New Development in State of Maine’s Quest to Destroy Perfectly Good Turkeys

By Steve RobinsonNovember 27, 202444 Business 39K Views

As Maine Wire reporter Edward Tomic detailed on Friday, agents from the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF)…

News

Republican Senator Puts Forward Bill to Abolish Department of Education and Return Power to the States

By Seamus OthotNovember 27, 20247 News

Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) put forward the “Returning Education to Our States Act” on Thursday, a bill to end the…

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Maine GOP Nominates Robert B. Charles for State Attorney General

By Libby PalanzaNovember 26, 202413 News 3K Views

Editor’s Note: The endorsement covered below reflects the opinion of the Maine Republican Party and not the Senate Republican or…

News

Recount Confirms Narrow Rejection of Bar Harbor’s New Cruise Ship Disembarkation Ordinance

By Libby PalanzaNovember 26, 20242 News

A Saturday recount revealed that Bar Harbor residents rejected an updated cruise ship disembarkation ordinance by just 65 votes, upholding…

News

Maine Reaches Settlement with DOJ in Lawsuit Over Alleged ADA Violations

By Libby PalanzaNovember 26, 20241 News

The State of Maine reached a settlement Tuesday with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) in a lawsuit over…

News

Border Czar Tom Homan Reminds Democrat Officials Opposed to Deportations That it is a Felony to Harbor Illegal Immigrants

By Seamus OthotNovember 26, 20245 News

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Border Czar, Tom Homan, issued a stark warning on Tuesday to any Democratic officials obstructing…

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