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“Fire John Hudak”: Maine’s Cannabis Businesses Gather in Augusta on Eve of Legislative Session

By Steve RobinsonJanuary 6, 20258 News 2K Views

More than 80 cannabis industry stakeholders gathered Friday in Augusta to address the myriad challenges facing Maine’s adult-use and medical…

Politics

Democrats Keep “Concept Drafts” Alive After Republican Leaders Raise Concerns Over Lack of Transparency

By Steve RobinsonJanuary 6, 20255 Politics

The Democratic majority on the Joint Rules Committee voted Monday to preserve the controversial practice of “concept drafts,” brushing aside…

News

Commissioner of Maine’s Department of Economic and Community Development Heather Johnson Stepping Down in March

By Libby PalanzaJanuary 6, 20254 News

Commissioner of Maine’s Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) Heather Johnson will be stepping down from her position on…

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Justin Trudeau Announces Resignation

By DCNFJanuary 6, 20255 News

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his plans to resign from office Monday in the wake of a public dispute…

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Pope Francis Appoints Liberal Cardinal To Head DC Archdiocese As Trump Takes Office

By DCNFJanuary 6, 20254 News

Pope Francis on Monday appointed a new cardinal with a liberal track record to head the archdiocese of Washington, D.C.…

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Maine Secretary of State Receives 170k+ Petition Signatures for Voter ID Citizens Initiative

By Seamus OthotJanuary 6, 20256 News

Maine’s Secretary of State received more than 170,000 petition signatures on Monday from a conservative group that is looking to…

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Biden Tries to Ban Tankless Natural Gas Water Heaters

By Seamus OthotJanuary 6, 20252 News 2K Views

Lame-duck President Joe Biden’s administration unveiled more environmental regulations the day after Christmas, banning the manufacture of many natural gas…

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Dominican Illegal Alien Residing at State-Funded Massachusetts Migrant Shelter Charged With Multiple Gun, Drug Crimes

By Edward TomicJanuary 6, 20254 News

A Dominican national residing at a state-funded migrant shelter in Massachusetts was recently identified by U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement…

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Georgia Men Among 3 Arrested for Drug Trafficking After Auburn Traffic Stop

By Edward TomicJanuary 6, 20254 News 1K Views

Three people, including two individuals from the State of Georgia, were arrested on drug trafficking charges after a traffic stop…

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VIDEO: Steve Robinson Details Non-Citizen Voting in Maine

By Tom ShattuckJanuary 4, 202510 News 1K Views

Non-citizen voting in Maine is an actual threat to Democracy. So of course, the Democrat constitutional officers are ignoring it…

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Biden Makes Yet Another Last-Minute Attempt to Undermine Trump’s Agenda, This Time Working to Hobble U.S. Oil Production

By Seamus OthotJanuary 4, 202510 News

President Joe Biden is once again working to undermine President-elect Donald Trump’s upcoming agenda, rushing to impose new restrictions on…

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Mike Johnson Reelected as Speaker of the House

By Libby PalanzaJanuary 4, 20251 News

Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) has officially been reelected as Speaker of the House, allowing lawmakers to move forward with their…

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Jill Biden Collected Tens Of Thousands Of Dollars Worth Of Gifts From Foreign Leaders In 2024

By DCNFJanuary 3, 202510 News 1K Views

First lady Jill Biden collected tens of thousands of dollars in gifts from foreign leaders throughout 2023, according to documents…

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Massive Dockworker Strike Could Land In Trump Admin’s Lap On Day One

By DCNFJanuary 3, 20252 News

A costly dockworkers’ strike could ignite just days before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, presenting the Republican’s administration with a…

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Maine Lawmakers to Receive 61% Pay Raise This Year

By Libby PalanzaJanuary 3, 202521 News 2K Views

Maine lawmakers are set to receive a 61 percent higher salary than their predecessors when they reconvene next week. This…

News

Illegal Alien ‘Predator’ Charged with kidnapping, sex crimes in Massachusetts Arrested by ICE

By Edward TomicJanuary 3, 20253 News

A Dominican national living in the U.S. illegally since crossing the southern border into Texas in early 2023 was arrested…

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Six Massachusetts College Students Charged with Kidnapping after Allegedly Luring and Assaulting a Man While Falsely Labeling Him a Pedophile

By Seamus OthotJanuary 3, 20251 News 1K Views

Six Worcester, Massachusetts, college students are facing felony kidnapping charges after a botched October attempt to participate in the online…

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Biden Awards Presidential Citizen’s Medal to Liz Cheney after She Endorsed Kamala Harris and Headed Up January 6 Committee

By Seamus OthotJanuary 3, 20258 News

President Joe Biden selected 20 Americans to receive the Presidential Citizens Medal on Wednesday, including former Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney,…

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Portland City Council to Consider Seeking Developers for Affordable Housing Sites on Brighton Avenue

By Edward TomicJanuary 3, 20254 News

At its upcoming meeting on Monday, the Portland City Council will consider issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the…

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FBI Provides Update on New Orleans Terrorist Attack

By Libby PalanzaJanuary 2, 202512 News

The FBI issued an update Thursday on the terrorist attack that took place in the early hours of the day…

Business

Maine Democrats Celebrate Start of New 1% Payroll Tax on Maine Workers, Businesses

By Steve RobinsonJanuary 2, 202524 Business 2K Views

Maine’s Democratic leaders held a press conference in Bath on Thursday to tout the beginning of a new program that…

News

Venezuelan Gang Attacks Texas Border Crossing Weeks Before Trump Takes Office: Report

By Seamus OthotJanuary 2, 20255 News

Illegal immigrants from the violent Venezuelan Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang assaulted an El Paso, Texas, border crossing in December,…

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Maine’s Childcare Facilities Now Required to Remove Most Baby Gates

By Libby PalanzaJanuary 2, 202511 News 1K Views

Beginning Monday, Maine childcare facilities are no longer permitted to use baby gates under most circumstances. Under the new guidance…

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New York Rolls Out ‘Shakedown’ Law Forcing Companies To Atone For Climate Change With Cash

By DCNFJanuary 2, 202510 News

New York is poised to fine energy companies billions of dollars in the name of fighting climate change under a…

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After Being Decimated By Israeli Military, Hamas Turns On … Palestinian Authority

By DCNFJanuary 2, 20251 News

After taking heavy losses from Israeli forces, Hamas is now picking fights with the Palestinian Authority (PA) as its manpower…

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Large Amount of Cocaine, Fentanyl, Meth, 7 Firearms Seized In Oxford County Raid

By Edward TomicJanuary 2, 20254 News

Law enforcement seized a large quantity of cocaine, fentanyl, meth and other illegal drugs, as well as seven firearms during…

Top News

Dinner Table Delivers: Conservative Group Aims to Put Voter ID on Maine’s Ballot for 2025 Election

By Steve RobinsonJanuary 2, 20259 Top News

Advocates for Voter ID laws in Maine will mark a significant milestone on Monday with the submission of over 170,000…

News

16-Year-Old Girl Shot During Assault on Dennison Street in Auburn

By Edward TomicJanuary 2, 20256 News

A 16-year-old girl was shot in the leg and her older sister was injured during an assault on Dennison Street…

News

Records Show Legal and Illegal Aliens Are Voting in Maine and Costing MaineCare a Fortune

By Steve RobinsonDecember 31, 202449 News 26K Views

As many as 40 percent of the noncitizens present in Maine, including those who entered the U.S. illegally and those…

News

South Portland Police Search for Suspect Vehicle in Redbank Apartment Shooting

By Edward TomicDecember 31, 20246 News

The South Portland Police Department is investigating a shooting that occurred late Sunday night at an apartment complex. Police responded…

Crime

Eddington Man and Illegal Alien Amigo Caught with 100g of Fentanyl, 51g of Cocaine, and 100 OxyContin

By Steve RobinsonDecember 31, 20247 Crime 1K Views

A routine traffic stop on I-295 in Richmond on Dec. 28 turned into a major drug bust, leading to the…

Crime

Man Injured in Portland Shooting, Fourth Shots Fired Incident in Recent Days

By Edward TomicDecember 31, 20244 Crime

Portland Police are investigating a shooting that occurred early Tuesday morning that left a man with non-life threatening injuries. [RELATED:…

News

Maine’s Latest Minimum Wage Increase Takes Effect on Wednesday, January 1

By Libby PalanzaDecember 31, 20248 News 3K Views

Beginning on Wednesday, January 1, Maine’s minimum wage will go up to $14.65 per hour — a fifty cent increase…

Maine and New England

Maine CDC Awards $90,000 Grant to Combat Diabetes in Portland’s Immigrant Population

By Edward TomicDecember 31, 202420 Maine and New England

The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) is paying a Portland-based nonprofit $90,000 to form a stakeholder…

Crime

Triad Weed: Arkansas Troopers Seize 248 Pounds of Oklahoma Pot

By Steve RobinsonDecember 31, 20243 Crime

Arkansas State Police arrested a 53-year-old Oklahoma man on Christmas Eve after a traffic stop led to the discovery of…

Energy & Environment

The Dark Side “Green” Energy Make Nuclear Power the Obvious Choice for Maine’s Future

By Reagan PaulDecember 30, 202411 Energy & Environment 2K Views

Maine has been treated to a near non-stop barrage of demands that we acquiesce to the lucrative demands of the…

News

Trump Rankles MAGA by Backing Mike Johnson for House Speaker Amid Congressional Disputes

By Libby PalanzaDecember 30, 20246 News

President-elect Donald Trump (R) has endorsed Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) to again serve as Speaker of the House for the…

News

Maine Leaders Pay Tribute to President Jimmy Carter’s Post-Presidency While Ignoring White House Record

By Libby PalanzaDecember 30, 20248 News

Many of Maine’s elected officials have issued statements following the death of former President Jimmy Carter at the age of…

News

Portland Police Respond to Third Shooting in a Single Week

By Edward TomicDecember 30, 20245 News

The Portland Police Department has announced that they responded to a shooting incident late Sunday night, marking the third shooting…

News

Dominican Illegal Alien Busted with Crack Cocaine in Waterboro Now in ICE Custody

By Edward TomicDecember 30, 202410 News

A Dominican national who was arrested on drug trafficking charges after allegedly attempting to hide a bag of crack cocaine…

News

Maine Supreme Court Blocks Legislative Committee from Obtaining Confidential DHHS Records Concerning Children’s Deaths

By Libby PalanzaDecember 28, 202410 News

A Maine legislative committee has been blocked by the state’s highest court from requiring a state agency to turn over…

News

Rand Paul Publishes Annual Report on Government Waste

By Seamus OthotDecember 27, 202410 News 2K Views

Senator Rand Paul released his annual Festivus Report highlighting the most egregious examples of government waste on Friday, as Elon…

News

Some Mainers Will Return to the Polls on February 25 to Fill Vacant House Seat in House District 24

By Libby PalanzaDecember 27, 20245 News

Some Maine voters will again be asked to go to the ballot box in February to fill a now-vacant seat…

News

Unemployment Rose Slightly in November, Labor Force Participation Remains Low: New MDOL Stats

By Libby PalanzaDecember 27, 20245 News

Maine’s unemployment rate has increased slightly since October, rising to 3.1 percent. Despite this, unemployment in Maine still came in…

News

Trial for Man Accused of Attempting to Assassinate Donald Trump in Florida Set for September 2025

By Libby PalanzaDecember 27, 20248 News

A federal judge ruled earlier this week that the trial for Ryan Routh — the man accused of attempting to…

News

Exclusive: Edgecomb Homicide Linked to Chinese Gang’s Black Market Cannabis Facility in Turner

By Steve RobinsonDecember 24, 202410 News 6K Views

The shooting of a 34-year-old Virginia man whose body was discovered in Edgecomb on Dec. 3 is tied to an…

News

Navy Admits DOD Will Shell Out Funds For Obscure Environmental Initiative With No Impact On Military Readiness

By DCNFDecember 24, 20244 News

A little-known environmental provision in the fiscal year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) has no impact on military operations,…

Commentary

We Asked ChatGPT to Predict What Maine’s AI Commission Will Do

By The Maine WireDecember 24, 20248 Commentary

Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) has issued an executive order to establish a commission that will study what she called…

News

Janet Mills Establishes Maine AI Task Force

By Seamus OthotDecember 24, 20249 News

Gov. Janet Mills (D) announced last week that she is establishing a 21-member Artificial Intelligence task force, meant to compile…

News

US Launches Probe Into One Of China’s Most Lucrative Industries

By DCNFDecember 24, 20245 News

The U.S. launched a probe into China’s semiconductor industry on Monday with just weeks remaining in President Joe Biden’s term.…

News

Biden Commutes Sentences for 37 Death Row Inmates, Including Rapists and Child Killers

By Seamus OthotDecember 23, 20248 News 1K Views

President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of 37 out of the 40 federal death row inmates in the U.S. on…

News

California Thieves Shocked to Learn Stealing is a Felony After Passage Ballot Measure

By Seamus OthotDecember 23, 202410 News 1K Views

Two Californians arrested after allegedly stealing $1,836 worth of products from various stores in Seal Beach, California, went viral on…

News

Sitting Republican Congresswoman Who Hasn’t Voted Since July Discovered Living With Dementia in Nursing Home

By Seamus OthotDecember 23, 20247 News 2K Views

U.S. Congresswoman from Texas, Rep. Kay Granger (R), has been living in an assisted living facility that provides dementia care,…

News

Biden Rugpulls Student Debt Forgiveness for 38M But Pushes Plans for “Public Service Workers”

By Seamus OthotDecember 23, 20245 News

President Joe Biden has pulled the plug on his most ambitious pre-election promise to cancel student loan debt for more…

Crime

Guatemalan Illegal Alien, Deported Under Trump, Arrested for Setting Fire to NYC Subway Rider

By Steve RobinsonDecember 23, 20247 Crime

A Guatemalan illegal alien who was deported under the Trump Administration has been arrested for allegedly setting a sleeping subway…

Featured

Weaponized: Congressional Report Details Biden Era Abuse of Government Power to Censor Dissent

By Steve RobinsonDecember 23, 202413 Featured

The federal government under President Joe Biden has engaged in broad efforts to censor Americans’ speech and manipulate information relevant…

News

Press Herald Faces More Job Cuts After “Trust for Local News” CEO Gets Massive Pay Hike

By Steve RobinsonDecember 23, 20248 News 2K Views

The CEO of the nonprofit group that owns most of Maine’s newspapers received a massive pay increase for 2023, a…

News

Trump Delivers Fresh Threats To Europe, Demands They Buy American Oil Or Face Tariffs

By DCNFDecember 20, 20249 News

President-elect Donald Trump threatened in a Truth Social post Friday to impose tariffs on the European Union (EU) unless the…

News

Joe Biden Missing In Action With Government On Verge Of Shutdown

By DCNFDecember 20, 20247 News

Despite having one more month left in office, President Joe Biden has been radio silent as Congress scrambles to put…

News

Pentagon Admits That More Than Twice as Many U.S. Troops are Currently in Syria Than Originally Reported

By Seamus OthotDecember 20, 20243 News

Pentagon spokesman Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder admitted on Thursday that the U.S. has more than double the number of troops…

News

Mills Admin Hires ‘best professional cheat’ in Casino History to Advise Maine Casino Inspectors

By Edward TomicDecember 20, 202415 News

The State of Maine is hiring a former professional casino gambling cheat to train the state’s casino inspectors, table game…

News

Maine’s Housing Market Began Improving for Buyers in November: Maine Association of Realtors Report

By Libby PalanzaDecember 20, 20245 News

Maine’s housing market is looking promising for buyers in the final month of 2024 despite prices increasing substantially in comparison…

News

Police, Border Patrol Raid Asian Massage Parlor in Rockland

By Edward TomicDecember 20, 20247 News 7K Views

The Rockland Police Department and U.S. Border Patrol were involved in a raid at an Asian massage parlor in Rockland…

News

Lame Duck Biden Immediately Leverages Deadly School Shooting for Political Gain, Pushing for Gun Control

By Seamus OthotDecember 20, 20244 News

President Joe Biden wasted no time leveraging a tragic Monday shooting at the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin,…

Crime

Police Searching for Two Suspects in South Portland Shooting Investigation

By Edward TomicDecember 20, 20240 Crime

South Portland Police have identified two suspects they are searching for in relation to a Wednesday afternoon shooting that stemmed…

News

Susan Collins Meets with Trump’s Pick for FBI Director Kash Patel

By Edward TomicDecember 20, 20244 News 1K Views

U.S. Senator from Maine Susan Collins (R) this week met with Kash Patel, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the…

News

Maine Republicans Join Call for DHHS Reform Amid Child Welfare Crisis

By Steve RobinsonDecember 20, 20249 News

State House Republicans are joining calls for reform at the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) after 145…

News

Trump-Backed Spending Bill Fails After it Was Trimmed from 1,500 to 116 Pages

By Seamus OthotDecember 20, 20241 News

The U.S. House failed to pass a temporary continuing resolution (CR) funding bill on Thursday, bringing the government closer to…

News

Maine State Police Investigating Homicide at Illicit Cannabis Grow Run by “Chinese Gang from NY”

By Steve RobinsonDecember 19, 202413 News 6K Views

The Maine State Police are investigating a homicide that is tied to the location of a former illegal Chinese marijuana…

News

Somali Embassy Hires BGR Lobbying Firm After Biden Admin Grants $1.1 Billion Debt Relief

By Seamus OthotDecember 19, 20245 News

The Somali Embassy in Washington, D.C., hired the services of the political lobbying firm BGR Group last month, just weeks…

News

GOP Senator Introduces Bill To Send One-Third Of Federal Workforce Packing Out Of DC

By DCNFDecember 19, 20246 News

Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa introduced legislation Thursday that would send nearly a third of the federal employees out…

News

Who’s Applied So Far for Maine’s New Eviction Prevention Pilot Program?

By Libby PalanzaDecember 19, 20244 News

Two months after launch and one month after moving to waiting list procedures due to high demand, the Maine State…

News

Cape Elizabeth to Cover Town Employees’ Contribution Costs for New State Paid Leave Program Through End of Fiscal Year

By Libby PalanzaDecember 19, 20246 News

The Cape Elizabeth Town Council voted unanimously Monday in favor of covering both the employer and employee contributions to the…

News

Janet Mills Names Director of Taxpayer-Funded State Migrant Resettlement Office

By Edward TomicDecember 19, 202410 News

Maine Gov. Janet Mills has named Tarlan Ahmadov, a former refugee coordinator with Catholic Charities Maine, as the first director…

News

The CDC Announces First Severe Case of Bird Flu in a Human in The U.S.

By Seamus OthotDecember 19, 20242 News

H5N1 bird flu has been making headlines sporadically throughout 2024, fueling fears of another, deadlier, COVID-style pandemic. On Thursday, the…

News

Vehicle Struck by Gunfire After Altercation at South Portland Steakhouse

By Edward TomicDecember 19, 20243 News

The South Portland Police Department is investigating a shooting incident that occurred late Wednesday afternoon in the parking lot of…

Triad Weed

Two New York Residents Arrested in Large-Scale Marijuana Bust in Cornville

By Steve RobinsonDecember 19, 20245 Triad Weed 1K Views

Authorities seized nearly 1,500 marijuana plants, 53 pounds of processed marijuana, and other items during a drug raid at a…

Top News

Chinese Illegal Aliens Arrested After Scamming 82-Year-Old Maine Man for $50,000

By Steve RobinsonDecember 18, 202410 Top News 2K Views

Three Chinese nationals — only one of which was present in the U.S. legally — have been arrested in York…

cape elizabeth News

Elected Officials in Cape Elizabeth Consider Ways to Scale Back Plans for New Middle School Following Voters’ Rejection of $94.7 Million Bond

By Libby PalanzaDecember 18, 20242 News

The Town of Cape Elizabeth is revisiting the possibility of constructing a new middle school after voters narrowly rejected $94.7…

News

DCNF EXCLUSIVE: Kia, TJ Maxx Listed As Corporate Sponsors Of ‘Rainbow Library’ Pushing Trans Books To Kids

By DCNFDecember 18, 20245 News

Retailer T.J. Maxx and automaker Kia are listed as co-sponsors of a program that distributes LGBTQ-themed books to K-12 schools…

News

Possible TikTok Ban Headed to the Supreme Court

By Libby PalanzaDecember 18, 20240 News

The United States Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments on January 10 in TikTok’s challenge to a federal…

News

Ellsworth Considers Banning Public from Commenting at Council Meetings

By Seamus OthotDecember 18, 20243 News

The Ellsworth City Council suggested at a Monday meeting that it might eliminate the ability for citizens to comment at…

News

1,500-Plus Page Continuing Resolution Needed to Avoid Gov’t Shutdown Includes Billions in Storm Relief and Pay Raise for Lawmakers

By Libby PalanzaDecember 18, 20247 News 1K Views

United States Congressional leaders released another short-term funding agreement Tuesday night that, if passed, would keep the government open through…

News

Augusta Man Pleads Guilty to Livestreaming Child Sexual Abuse Material to Online Chat

By Edward TomicDecember 18, 20240 News

An Augusta man pleaded guilty Tuesday in a federal court in Bangor to distributing and possessing child sexual abuse material,…

News

Venezuelan Immigrant Faces ICE Detainer after Allegedly Trying to Burn His Children Alive

By Seamus OthotDecember 18, 20242 News

The Fulshear, Texas, police department arrested Venezuelan national Pedro Luis Parra Pulgar, 46, after he allegedly tried to murder his…

News

Maine Issues No-Bid Contract to Federal Government to Eliminate Predators of State Endangered Piping Plover

By Seamus OthotDecember 18, 20246 News

Maine’s Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife has issued a nearly $70,000, no-bid contract, set to last through all of…

News

Portland Lobbyist Admits State Budget Woes Will Mean ‘not a lot of new funding,’ Cuts to Agencies

By Edward TomicDecember 18, 20247 News

The City of Portland’s lobbyist the to Maine Legislature admitted during a Tuesday meeting with the city’s elected officials that…

News

Mills Was Set to Attend Swanky Dem Fundraiser in Boston as Storms Devastated Maine Last Year

By Seamus OthotDecember 18, 20243 News 1K Views

A heavily redacted record obtained after a lengthy legal fight of Maine’s Freedom of Access Act. Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine)…

News

Shooting in Lewiston Leaves Man in Critical Condition

By Edward TomicDecember 18, 202414 News 1K Views

Update: The Lewiston Police Department released the following Facebook post, including images of the alleged suspects, after this story was…

News

30 Inmates at Maine Jail in ICE Custody or Held on ICE Detainers, Some Facing State Charges for Violent Crimes

By Edward TomicDecember 17, 202410 News 3K Views

A total of 30 inmates at Cumberland County Jail have booking records that indicate that they were either arrested by…

News

DCNF EXCLUSIVE: Former Biden Climate Czar Apparently Pushed Mayorkas To Ease Up On Chinese Company Linked To Slave Labor

By DCNFDecember 17, 20241 News

Then-national climate adviser Gina McCarthy appears to have met directly with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in…

News

Record Slim House Majority Faces New Problems As GOP Lawmaker Announces Exit From Republican Conference

By DCNFDecember 17, 20244 News

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson’s record slim majority could face greater division following a GOP lawmaker’s announcement that she…

News

TikTok Asks SCOTUS to Block Law with Potential to Ban the App in January

By Libby PalanzaDecember 17, 20242 News

TikTok and it’s Chinese-owned parent company ByteDance have asked the United States Supreme Court to block a law that could…

News

FBI Arrests Two Iranians for Their Role in a Drone Attack That Killed Three American Servicemen

By Seamus OthotDecember 17, 20241 News

Two Iranian men who illegally conspired to arm the Islamic Republic of Iran with U.S. drone technology, culminating in an…

News

Biden To Establish National Monument in Maine For Registered Socialist, Welfare State’s ‘Key Architect’

By DCNFDecember 17, 202412 News

President Joe Biden will sign a proclamation Monday establishing a national monument in honor of former Secretary of Labor Frances…

News

One Third of Portland Students are Learning English, Fifth Receive Special Education: 2024 State of the Schools Report

By Edward TomicDecember 17, 202414 News

At Monday evening’s meeting of the Portland City Council, Board of Public Education Chair Sarah Lentz presented the annual State…

News

Here’s How the MDOL Expects Maine’s Job Market to Change by 2032

By Libby PalanzaDecember 17, 20242 News

The Maine Department of Labor (MDOL) released a report this week exploring the state’s projected job outlook through 2032, outlining…

News

Supreme Court Justice Appears in Pro-Trans Broadway Version of Romeo and Juliet

By Seamus OthotDecember 17, 20248 News

U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson took time away from her job in the nation’s highest court on…

Maine and New England

Maine Democrats Attend Biden’s White House Holiday Party

By Steve RobinsonDecember 16, 202415 Maine and New England

Top Maine Democrats and the Mayor of Lewiston joined President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden for a holiday…

News

McConnell Launches Attack On ‘America First’ Despite Trump’s Electoral Mandate

By DCNFDecember 16, 202416 News

A notable critic of President-elect Donald Trump appears to be gearing up to oppose key parts of the incoming administration’s…

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