A Maine lawmaker has put forward a proposal that would create certain incarcerated individuals to obtain loans so that they…
At the opening of their Tuesday meeting, several members of the Portland Board of Public Education responded to “unsettling” comments…
A self-described independent investigative journalist admitted Tuesday to falsely accusing a pro-Trump activist of providing drugs and alcohol to a…
Two Democratic lawmakers escalated their efforts to obtain long-overdue reports on Maine’s cannabis industry on Wednesday, writing a letter to…
A group of Democratic lawmakers have put forward a plan to restructure Maine’s income tax brackets, a proposal that will…
Republican lawmakers urged the U.S. Coast Guard on Wednesday to take “decisive action” against a Chinese military company that has…
The U.S. military will order more than a thousand additional active duty troops to assist with U.S. Customs and Border…
Cumberland County Sheriff’s deputies arrested two men driving an allegedly stolen vehicle on Friday, following a high-speed car chase, crash,…
Maine’s Department of Education (DOE) issued a statement on Tuesday opposing President Donald Trump’s day-one executive order that officially acknowledges…
President Donald Trump is working to make America beautiful again with a day-one executive order requiring new federal buildings to…
President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Monday that will substantially reduce federal support for offshore wind power and…
Following President Donald Trump’s day one promise to put America first, he signed an executive order on Monday placing a…
Lawmakers in Augusta will be considering a proposal to establish “hope accounts” for Maine students who either are home-schooled or…
Authorities made six arrests during a Tuesday morning search of a Sanford residence being investigated as the site of suspected…
A Canadian national has pleaded guilty to illegally crossing the border into Maine while in possession of methamphetamine and marijuana.…
President Donald Trump was lectured about showing ‘mercy’ to illegal immigrants and transgender children during a sermon from a left-wing…
A group of Maine Republicans have introduced legislation that would withdraw the state from the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact,…
The State of Maine, as well as the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine (ACLU Maine), have filed lawsuits against…
Xisen Guo, 68, pleaded guilty Jan. 14 to federal drug trafficking charges, becoming the first individual in Maine to do…
Vermont border patrol agent, 44-year-old David Maland, was killed in a shooting while conducting a traffic stop on Interstate 91…
President Donald Trump signed a wide array of executive orders related to immigration policy and the southern border on his…
President Donald Trump officially withdrew the U.S. from the World Health Organization (WHO) and cut all funding for the international…
No member of Maine’s congressional delegation has been a supporter of President Donald Trump, with the only Republican, Sen. Susan…
A man armed with a machete was shot and tased by police early Tuesday morning on the Merrymeeting Bridge in…
The Senate Armed Services Committee voted Monday along party lines to send President Donald Trump’s pick for Defense Secretary, Pete…
Sanford Police announced Tuesday morning that they are conducting a joint operation alongside the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency and the…
Northern Light Health, the nonprofit that operates some of Maine’s largest health care providers, is bringing back COVID-19 Era mask…
The Maine Gambling Control Unit (MGCU) reported that sportsbooks in the state accepted $52.7 million in bets during December, a…
Maine’s Land Use Planning Commission (LUPC) unveiled new rules on Friday that will impose additional red tape on Maine property…
“An Act to Define and Assess Equity” would require Maine state agencies, public K-12 schools, and the University of Maine…
China on Sunday revealed a national action plan to strengthen its education system by 2035 and bolster the country’s “international…
The nine former members of the January 6 Select Committee appeared to accept preemptive pardons issued by former President Biden…
Donald J. Trump, once a twice-impeached political pariah navigating the stormy seas of legal battles, made history Monday by becoming…
At his final pre-inauguration rally on Sunday night, President Trump promised to order the military to begin construction on a…
President Donald Trump is expected to issue hundreds of Executive Orders on his first day in office, including several orders…
Just hours before leaving office, President Joe Biden issued presidential pardons for retired Gen. Mark A. Milley, former Chairman of…
State-sponsored Chinese hackers breached U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s computer, accessing thousands of unclassified documents in December, anonymous sources told…
The left-wing Boston Globe has finally begun to publish articles critical of Gov. Maura Healey (D-Mass.) and the disastrous “Healey…
Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) is once again throwing his weight behind a Republican-led effort to bar Congress members from trading…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) told House Republicans that if they can’t support raising taxes as outlined in her budget,…
President Joe Biden released a statement Friday declaring that the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) “has become part of our Constitution.”…
A group of Republican lawmakers in Maine are hoping to repeal Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) this legislative session. LD 234…
A foreign national from the Ivory Coast is facing possible deportation from the United States after he was sentenced this…
President-elect Donald Trump tapped three actors on Thursday to serve as his special ambassadors to Hollywood, California, to help advise…
A federal judge has denied a Belfast church’s request to halt the sale of a former University of Maine (UMaine)…
With three recent votes, U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree (ME-CD1) has taken extreme positions on immigration and transgender ideology, including opposing…
Rep. Josh Brecheen (R-Okla.) proposed a bill on Thursday that would prevent people on welfare from using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance…
Lewiston Police announced on Thursday that they have arrested a transient man for allegedly possessing child pornography. Police arrested David…
Two tractor trailers crashed on I-95 in York Thursday afternoon, resulting in serious injuries to the driver of one trailer…
Democratic Congressman from Maine’s 2nd District Jared Golden has reintroduced his proposed bill that would implement a universal 10 percent…
President Joe Biden’s tone was familiar during his final address to the country, as he used his brief speech to…
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows provided an update to the Maine Legislature’s Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee regarding the…
The Maine State Chamber of Commerce and Bath Iron Works (BIW) have sued the Maine Department of Labor (MDOL) over…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday announced that they have authorized the marketing of a wide array…
A teen who was the target of a police raid in connection to the “Grand Theft Auto”-style southern Maine drug…
A Buxton man was arrested by South Portland Police on Tuesday in connection to a December shooting incident near the…
President-elect Donald Trump is working with former Democrat and current Republican Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.) to draft an executive…
A political cartoonist who developed an online following among anti-Trump readers of the Washington Post has been arrested on charges…
Even as Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) is looking to close Maine’s yawning $450 million FY 26-27 budget gap and…
A high-ranking official at the cabinet-level state agency admitted Wednesday that she intentionally withheld a report from lawmakers last year…
After more than a year of war, Israel and Hamas have reached a ceasefire deal in which Hamas will return…
Maine’s chief cannabis regulator said Wednesday that the Office of Cannabis Policy (OCP) is aware that it’s been issuing licenses…
The Biden Administration has awarded Maine a $22 million grant for the state’s Forest Bioproducts Advanced Manufacturing Tech Hub. In…
Heather Sanborn, Gov. Janet Mills’ pick to serve as Public Advocate for the state, was confirmed by the Maine Legislature’s…
Maine lawmakers have proposed doing away with the cost-of-living adjustment for the state’s minimum wage this legislative session. Under the…
The first person to be charged federally for operating an illegal Chinese-controlled marijuana growing operation in Maine entered a guilty…
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Wednesday it will ban Red No. 3, a common artificial food dye linked…
President-elect Donald Trump announced a plan on Tuesday to create a new External Revenue Service (ERS) to collect revenue from…
Republican leaders say that any Democratic budget that includes tax increases, such as the budget proposal Gov. Janet Mills (D)…
A Portland residence on Eleanor Street was targeted by a second shooting this week, just months after gunfire pierced a…
The Department of Defense (DOD) under President Joe Biden spent more in September than in any previous month since 2008,…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) has again proposed implementing a tax on streaming service subscriptions in Maine that would raise the…
A blowtorch-wielding man subdued by Los Angeles residents in a viral online video is living in the United States unlawfully…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) released her proposed biennial budget Friday, accompanied by a 129-page piece of enacting legislation. Among these…
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, a decorated combat veteran and former Fox News host, faced…
Maine will be sending two firefighting crews to California to help battle the devastating fires that continue to ravage the…
The state of Maine is staring down a $450 million “structural deficit” for the 2026-2027 fiscal year. “Structural deficit” is…
Last week, Maine Gov. Janet Mills warned of a $118 million gap in MaineCare funding — a shortfall that appears…
New Hampshire’s new Gov. Kelly Ayotte (R) announced during her inaugural speech on Thursday that she would work to ban…
A Republican Member of Congress wants to get rid of the Income Tax and move the United States to a…
Maine leaders have decided that the state will not be increasing the minimum legal catch size for lobsters this July…
A Portland man was arrested Sunday after he allegedly stole a boat and caused at least $25,000 of damage to…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) proposed a new one-dollar-per-pack tax increase on cigarettes Friday. The tax proposal comes as Mills attempts…
A federal court in Kentucky has blocked the Biden Administration’s effort to redefine the term “sex” in Title IX to…
Maine’s Democratic Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (ME-CD1) says the wildfires raging in Southern California are the result of rising temperatures, stronger…
The United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments Friday morning in the case concerning a potential ban of the popular,…
The Maine Republican Party on Saturday elected York County GOP Chairman Jim Deyermond to serve as the chairman of the…
President Joe Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the nation, to Hillary Clinton and…
The Biden administration announced on Friday it will provide protections to hundreds of thousands of El Salvadoran nationals living in…
Republican Texas Sen. John Cornyn introduced a bill Thursday to allow concealed carry license holders to carry their guns in…
Sen. Craig Hickman (D-Kennebec) has sponsored a bipartisan bill that would grant the Legislature’s Government Oversight Committee (GOC) the right…
A bipartisan bill imposing an “impact fee” on megayachts has been introduced by Sen. Rick Bennett (R-Oxford) and co-sponsored by…
The first bill of Maine’s 132nd Legislature is a governor’s bill aimed at implementing the recommendations from the Maine Infrastructure…
A universal basic income study published in November found that paying low-income Americans an average of $492 a month led…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) has proposed elevating the Governor’s Energy Office (GEO) to a cabinet-level department as part of her…
President Joe Biden confirmed in an interview with USA Today that he is considering preemptive pardons for Dr. Anthony Fauci…
King Frederik X of Denmark tweaked his country’s royal coat of arms to enlarge symbols of Greenland and the Faroe…
Maine’s Democrat-controlled House of Representatives pushed through a resolution on Wednesday, demanding a House Committee on Ethics investigation into Rep.…
The Mills Administration warned lawmakers Tuesday that Maine’s looming half-a-billion dollar budget shortfall and a $118 million projected MaineCare deficit…
Oral arguments were heard Tuesday in the cases filed by two Maine Christian schools — St. Dominic Academy in Auburn…