Just five American governors are more unpopular than Maine. Gov. Janet Mills (D), according to the Morning Consult analysis released…
The Maine State Housing Authority (MaineHousing) announced earlier this month that a pilot program aimed at helping older homeowners list…
Reps. Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden (D-Maine) voted with the majority of the house over the weekend to send billions…
The City of Portland is set to begin considering ways to allocate nearly $750,000 in funds received from a 2022…
A former New Hampshire man has been arrested in relation to a series of robberies at southern Maine churches, authorities…
The American Parents Coalition (APC), a group dedicated to promoting parental rights and defending America’s children, launched a campaign on…
A Chinese national arrested at an illegal marijuana grow site in February has become the first person to face federal…
Homes in Maine are significantly more expensive than they were a year ago. At the same time, however, more people…
U.S. Attorney General (AG) Merrick Garland could not provide an answer when asked by Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) about the…
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) is calling for increased regular testing for HIV statewide for…
The U.S. Army will begin conducting cognitive assessments on new soldiers and is exploring ways to provide servicemembers who are…
Maine’s senate approved a bill on Wednesday, the final day of the legislative session, which will require a 72-hour waiting…
Nine individuals were arrested Thursday following a joint operation by the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) and the Berwick Police…
The Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) announced Thursday that the North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA) now predicts that the…
A Buxton man was sentenced Thursday to just over a year in prison following his December conviction for posting a…
Authorities discovered a “massive marijuana grow” operation Wednesday at a farmhouse on Route 133 in Jay, according to the Franklin…
A Mexican non-government organization was caught handing out fliers on the Mexican side of the border, telling immigrants to vote…
Independent Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed on Monday that he was approached by representatives of Former President Donald…
Democratic Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) on Wednesday introduced a bill alongside a bipartisan group of his House colleagues that would…
Democrat legislators on Maine’s Appropriations and Financial Affairs (AFA) Committee reversed course on multiple controversial measures following criticism for their…
A proposed “red-flag” bill will not be signed into law this session despite support from Cumberland County’s District Attorney (DA)…
Maine legislative Democrats forced through a controversial measure on the final day of the legislative session by hiding it inside…
The United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a case concerning a man who was indicted for his…
Democratic Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) took to X Wednesday to slam the Biden administration’s recent approval of a massive foreign-owned…
A shipment originating from China containing over 1,000 pounds of a methamphetamine precursor powder was intercepted by U.S. Customs and…
A South Berwick man formerly employed by the U.S. Postal Service as a postal carrier in southern Maine has pleaded…
Somerset County Sheriff Dale Lancaster’s office took down yet another illegal cannabis cultivation and processing hub on Tuesday located in…
Beginning in August of this year, Maine lawmakers will again have oversight of agency rulemaking related to vehicle emissions standards,…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) announced Monday that she will be allowing the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact — an agreement…
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The Maine House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a proposal to implement a required 72-hour waiting period between the sale…
A Brazilian national charged with raping a minor in Massachusetts has been arrested by U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE)…
CBS News Investigations ran a segment Tuesday highlighting the proliferation of Asian transnational criminal organizations throughout rural Maine, including an…
The 87-year-old self-described “frontman” for an elaborate Chinese-run drug trafficking organization active in rural Maine told the Maine Wire that…
The Democrat-controlled Maine State Legislature elected on Patriot’s Day — the holiday that commemorates some of the first battles in…
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) called out President Joe Biden’s (D) Fiscal Year 2025 budget for not doing “nearly enough…
The U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) decided Monday that it would not hear an appeal from Black Lives Matter (BLM) activist…
The extreme left-wing bias of NPR’s new CEO has added to the controversy surrounding the taxpayer-funded outlet, which began when…
Four Illegal Immigrants have been arrested and face federal charges for their involvement with a group which has stolen from…
Lawmakers in Augusta voted nearly-unanimously this past Friday to advance a bill guaranteeing Mainers the right to repair their electronic…
A Skowhegan courtroom devolved into an all-out brawl during the sentencing of Jason Servil for the 2022 murder of Alice…
Numerous Democrat representatives walked out of the House on Thursday when Rep. Heidi Sampson (R-Alfred) delivered a speech meant to…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) signed into law a bill last week repealing limitations on municipal property tax collection that have…
Smith and Wesson has threatened to shutter its 44,000-square-foot Houlton facility if a Democratic gun control bill under consideration in…
Maine’s House unanimously passed a bill forbidding state and local government from contracting with businesses affiliated with hostile foreign governments,…
Lawmakers in Augusta have approved legislation changing how medical debt is handled in the State of Maine. LD 2115 —…
A month-long joint investigation between the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) and the Portland Police has led to the arrest…
The Legislature voted Wednesday to sustain Gov. Janet Mills’ (D) veto of a bill preventing repeat offenders from being charged…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) announced on Friday that she has appointed retired Air Force Colonel Alice Briones as Maine’s…
Democratic Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (ME-01) on Thursday released a statement praising the Biden administration’s move to expand background checks on…
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey on Friday announced that he was filed a lawsuit against Monsanto alleging that the agricultural…
A Republican bill passed the Maine House of Representatives late Thursday evening that will result in tax increases on high-earners…
The Maine House of Representatives voted late Wednesday evening to advance a bill that would institute legal protections for those…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) and House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross (D-Portland) issued a joint statement on Thursday requesting that the…
A traffic stop on Route 9 in Eddington last week led to the seizure 60 grams of fentanyl, the Penobscot…
Republican candidate in the 2024 primary race in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District Rep. Austin Theriault (R-Fort Kent) has accused his…
Residents of New England are paying some of the highest taxes in the United States, according to a comprehensive study…
Iowa’s Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill into law Wednesday allowing Iowa law enforcement to arrest individuals present in…
A former undergraduate student at Cornell University faces up to five years in prison after pleading guilty to making a…
A former educator in Maine School Administrative District 75 (MSAD 75), who resigned following the district’s adoption of a “transgender…
A South Portland man has been found guilty of possessing a firearm after being convicted of a domestic violence misdemeanor…
Given the Maine Wire’s role as the fastest growing media outlet in Maine and the preeminent investigative reporting team focused…
The City of Portland’s Social Services Division, in charge of administering the city’s General Assistance program, has nearly tripled its…
Lawmakers in Augusta have scrapped a bill that would have legalized the possession of illicit drugs, including opioids, swapping it…
The Falmouth High School Civil Rights Team on Tuesday gave a presentation on the Falmouth Public Schools’ recently adopted “Transgender…
A Salvadoran national who is a documented member of the notorious MS-13 transnational criminal street gang, and who was previously…
Maine’s House of Representatives voted Tuesday to require that farmworkers be paid the state minimum wage despite concerns that artificially…
Early Saturday morning, when most Mainers were asleep or recovering from a blizzard which knocked out power across the state,…
A Caribou man has been sentenced to more than 13 years in prison for his role in a large drug…
The Oxford County Sheriff’s Department responded Monday night to reports of a stabbing in Buckfield. Deputies, along with officers of…
A proposed amendment enshrining abortion in Maine’s state constitution failed Wednesday to gain enough support for final passage in the…
The Biden Administration announced Monday that it is pushing forward with a plan to cancel an additional tranche of student…
In just under three years, the U.S. Department of Justice task force in charge of investigating and prosecuting instances of…
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday that the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), the key…
Transnational criminal organizations scored a major victory Tuesday in their ongoing effort to exploit rural Maine through the illicit cultivation…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) signed into law this past Wednesday a bill that implements new regulations on the fees that…
The foreign-born population in the United States grew by 15.6 percent from 2010 to 2022, according to a new report…
Maine’s taxpayer-funded racial equity commission has revised their public comment policy to disallow input from the public during meetings of…
New Hampshire’s Republican-led Senate on Friday passed two bills that aim to protect young female athletes and provide parents with…
The City of Portland has announced that it is looking to hire a new director for their Department of Planning…
Lawmakers in Augusta have approved a bill providing property tax relief to a broader group of Maine veterans and their…
The Maine State Police were welcomed inside an illegal drug trafficking operation in Belgrade, confirmed that the owner had no…
Amid the snow-covered debate on Friday over a bill that would allow the state to seize firearms from Maine residents…
Former Republican President Donald Trump announced his stance Monday on abortion and fertility treatments in advance of the 2024 presidential…
A man was arrested Sunday in connection with a fire at the Burlington office of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders (I)…
Three individuals are facing drug trafficking charges after Auburn Police conducted a major drug bust at a South Main Street…
The Maine Home Education Alliance (MHEA) hosted its first annual Leader Summit on Saturday, drawing homeschool leaders from across the…
The Vatican on Monday released a document condemning transgender surgeries, gender theory and surrogacy as “grave violations” of human dignity,…
In an uncommon display of evenhandedness in their coverage, several corporate media outlets have reported on the disinformation tactics used…
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania) once again broke with the establishment Democratic Party and spoke out against squatters rights and soft-on-crime…
Maine’s recently defeated electric vehicle (EV) mandate tried to put the electric car before the battery. The citizen’s petition delivered…
On Tuesday, the Maine Legislature sustained Gov. Janet Mills’ veto of a bill that would have placed restrictions on the…
“Set ups” are not right. In Maine and the Nation, law abiding gun-owners – Republicans, Independents, and Democrats – are…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) issued a statement Saturday, mourning the passing of former Gov. Joseph Brennan, a Democrat who governed…
It’s painful to watch a once-great newspaper commit professional suicide in slow motion. Sadly, the Bangor Daily News has transformed…
Despite hundreds of thousands of Mainers still being without power Friday following a nor’easter, Democratic lawmakers plowed ahead with a…
When Tom Schaller and Paul Waldman released their new book, “White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy,” the publication…
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday that total nonfarm payroll employment in March rose by 303,000, with the…
Rep. Lynn Williams (D-Bar Harbor) has quietly resigned from her position in the House of Representatives, shrinking the Democrat’s majority…
A Bangor Police officer was justified in shooting at a woman who was brandishing a pair of knives at two…