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Public Access Advocate Seat on Maine’s ‘Right to Know’ Committee Left Vacant by House Speaker

By Edward TomicApril 5, 20244 Politics

A position on the state’s Right to Know Advisory Committee meant to represent advocates for Mainers’ freedom of access to…

Top News

Maine Dems Use Snowstorm, Power Outages as Cover to Move “Red Flag” Gun Grab Bill

By Steve RobinsonApril 5, 202410 Top News

Democratic lawmakers in Augusta are plowing forward Friday with an attempt to impose a so-called “Red Flag” gun control bill,…

Top News

Study Shows The Vast Majority of Children Confused About Their Gender Grow Out of The Feelings Without Intervention

By Seamus OthotApril 5, 20248 Top News

A new study out of the Netherlands, which surveyed children over a 15-year period, showed that the vast majority of…

News

Controversial Bill Targeting “Unauthorized Paramilitary Training” Passes Through Maine’s House

By Seamus OthotApril 5, 202410 News 1K Views

Maine’s House passed a controversial bill targeting “unauthorized paramilitary training” which has raised concerns with Second Amendment rights advocates, who…

Top News

Public Hearing for “Red Flag Law” Bill Scheduled During Snow Storm

By Seamus OthotApril 4, 20243 Top News

Maine’s Judiciary Committee is pushing forward with its plan to hold a public hearing on a controversial gun-control bill as…

News

No Labels Abandons Plan to Advance “Unity Ticket” in 2024 Presidential Election

By Libby PalanzaApril 4, 20241 News

No Labels announced Thursday that it will not be advancing a ticket in the 2024 presidential election. This comes just…

News

Bill Authorizing Municipalities to Impose Tax on Short-Term Rentals Defeated by Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers

By Libby PalanzaApril 4, 20241 News

Earlier this week, lawmakers defeated a bill that would have allowed municipalities to impose a one percent sales tax on…

News

MDOE to Study “Opportunities for Clean Energy and Energy Efficiency” in Public Schools

By Libby PalanzaApril 4, 20246 News

In the coming months, the state government will be studying ways to increase the use of renewable energy in and…

News

New Mainer at Arabella-Funded Dark Money Group Says Maine Should Give Up ‘privileged position’ in Electoral College ‘for the good of the country’

By Edward TomicApril 4, 202417 News

An “Economic Policy Analyst” at the left-wing dark money-funded think tank the Maine Center for Economic Policy (MECEP) is arguing…

News

Bill Separating Child Welfare Office from DHHS Approved by Senate with Strong Bipartisan Support

By Libby PalanzaApril 4, 20243 News

A bill separating the Office of Child and Family Services (OCFS) from the Maine Department of Health and Human Services…

News

Colombian National Paroled into US After Illegal Border Crossing Charged With Rape of Minor in MA

By Edward TomicApril 4, 20245 News

A Colombian national who was paroled into the U.S. after illegally crossing the border at Eagle Pass, Texas, has been…

News

Maine Receives $7 Million in Federal Funding for “Energy Efficiency Investments” in Rural Maine

By Libby PalanzaApril 3, 202411 News

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved more than $7 million in taxpayer funding for renewable energy and…

News

Lewiston Police Arrest Two Out-of-State Fugitives, One Accused of Murdering His Brother in MA

By Edward TomicApril 3, 20240 News

Lewiston Police on Tuesday announced the arrest of two out-of-state fugitives from Massachusetts, one of whom is wanted for a…

News

Biden Condemns Israel After Airstrike Kills Seven Aid Workers

By Seamus OthotApril 3, 20242 News

President Joe Biden issued a statement condemning Israel following the deaths of seven humanitarian aid workers in Gaza as a…

News

ICE Captures Dominican Illegal Alien Wanted for Murder, Fentanyl Trafficking Charges in MA

By Edward TomicApril 3, 20242 News

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Boston have arrested a Dominican national previously charged with homicide, strangulation, and…

Education

Maine Superintendent Resigns Amid Religious Discrimination Lawsuit Against Hermon Schools

By Seamus OthotApril 3, 20246 Education 3K Views

Hermon’s school superintendent Micah Grant unexpectedly announced his resignation on Monday after years of controversy. Grant, who has attributed his…

Featured

Paul LePage Quietly Raises Nearly Half a Million Dollars For Victims of Maine’s Worst Mass Shooting

By Seamus OthotApril 3, 20244 Featured

Former Maine Gov. Paul LePage announced on Tuesday that the fundraiser he hosted along with his wife Ann raised nearly…

Top News

Trump Posts $175 Million Bond, Blocking NY AG Letitiaย James Craven Bid to Seize Trump Tower

By Seamus OthotApril 3, 20240 Top News

Former Republican President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he posted the $175 million bond set in the New York…

News

Biden Admin Sends Vast Majority of Illegal Alien Flights to Red States: CIS

By Seamus OthotApril 3, 20242 News

The vast majority of illegal immigrants flown directly into the U.S. by the Biden Administration since 2022 have been sent…

Joe Rogan Commentary

No, Joe Rogan, Israel is Not Committing Genocide in Gaza

By Joshua FillerApril 3, 20249 Commentary

Recently, people fromย Joe Roganย toย U.N. diplomatsย have argued that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, with Rogan going so far as to…

News

Texas Border Officials Intercept Fentanyl Hidden in Hamburger Being Smuggled into US from Mexico

By Edward TomicApril 3, 20240 News

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Tuesday announced a series of large drug and illicit currency seizures near El…

News

Bangor Man Pleads Guilty to Straw Purchasing Firearms for Trafficking to MA via Snapchat

By Edward TomicApril 3, 20244 News

A Maine man pleaded guilty in a Massachusetts federal court Monday to a conspiracy to straw purchase firearms in Maine…

News

Lawmakers Vote to Repeal 2005 Limits on Municipal Property Tax Collection

By Libby PalanzaApril 3, 20242 News

Lawmakers in Augusta have voted to repeal limitations on municipal property tax collection that have been in place for nearly…

Maine and New England

Car Struck by Train in Enfield, Driver Sustains Minor Injuries

By Edward TomicApril 3, 20240 Maine and New England

The Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a train versus car collision on the Hammett Road in Enfield. On Monday,…

News

Mainers Bear Nation’s Highest Property Tax Burden, 4th Highest Tax Burden Overall: WalletHub Study

By Libby PalanzaApril 2, 202411 News 3K Views

Mainers are some of the most heavily taxed citizens in the United States. According to a recent study conducted by…

News

Democrat Oregon Governor Signs Bill Recriminalizing Drug Possession into Law

By Edward TomicApril 2, 20243 News

Democratic Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek on Monday signed into a law a bill that recriminalizes the possession of small amounts…

News

Houlton Border Patrol Chief Warns Tourists Against Illegally Crossing Border to See Solar Eclipse in Maine

By Edward TomicApril 2, 20245 News

Juan Bernal, Chief Patrol Agent of the U.S. Border Patrol’s Houlton Sector, is warning tourists who plan to come to…

Politics

Secretary of State Blinken Appoints New Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer

By Edward TomicApril 2, 20246 Politics

Following a 10-month vacancy in the role, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Tuesday the appointment of a new…

Politics

Maine House Narrowly Approves National Popular Vote After Dem Lawmakers Leave Chamber Before Roll Call

By Edward TomicApril 2, 202424 Politics 3K Views

After a nearly two-week delay, the Maine House of Representatives on Tuesday once again took up consideration of a proposed…

News

Liberal School District Allows Teachers and Students to Opt-Out of LGBT Class After Petition from Conservative Group

By Seamus OthotApril 1, 20242 News

The Osseo Area School District in Minnesota decided that parents could opt their children out of the upcoming “LGBTQIA+ History…

Maine and New England

Lewiston Shooting Commission to Hear from Army Staff, Police, and Medical Examiners

By Edward TomicApril 1, 20241 Maine and New England

The Independent Commission tasked by Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) with investigating the facts and circumstances surrounding the Oct. 25,…

News

Abortion Amendment Fails to Get 2/3 Backing in Maine Senate, Continues to Advance Along Partisan Lines

By Libby PalanzaApril 1, 20245 News

The Democratic effort to amend Maine’s Constitution to protect the abortion industry is on life-support after failing to get a…

News

Lewiston Police Arrest Man on Drug Trafficking, Criminal Trespass Charges

By Edward TomicApril 1, 20246 News

Lewiston Police announced the arrest of a 26-year-old man Monday after he was found trespassing in a common area of…

News

House Approves Mills’ Plan to Tap Budget Stabilization Fund for Storm Damage, Climate Change Projects

By Libby PalanzaApril 1, 20240 News

On Monday, state lawmakers in the House of Representatives advanced Gov. Janet Mills’ proposal to transfer millions out of the…

News

White House, Maine Democrats Celebrate “Trans Day of Visibility” on Easter Sunday

By Seamus OthotApril 1, 202413 News

Conservatives and Christians across the country were outraged when President Joe Biden announced on Good Friday, a day when Christians…

National

Maine Ranks Last Among All States for Unwinding Medicaid Rolls After COVID-19 Enrollment Spike

By Steve RobinsonApril 1, 20242 National

The state of Maine ranks dead last among all U.S. states for progress made toward “unwinding” the massive pandemic emergency…

Commentary

Wisconsinโ€™s Constitutional Amendments Will Assure Election Integrity: Bobby Charles

By Robert "Bobby" CharlesApril 1, 20240 Commentary

Two amendments to Article III of the Wisconsin Constitution are being voted on this week. They are pivotal for Wisconsin,…

Energy & Environment

Michigan Nuke Plant to Re-Open As Maine Shuns Nuclear in Favor of Wind, Solar

By Seamus OthotApril 1, 20244 Energy & Environment

Michigan’s Democrat Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced on Wednesday that the state’s Palisades nuclear power plant, which closed down in 2022,…

News

House Speaker’s Bill Would Put Racial Quota on Board Overseeing Maine Veterans’ Homes

By Edward TomicApril 1, 20248 News

A bill sponsored by House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross (D-Portland) would establish racial quotas for membership on the board in…

News

Investigation Underway After Bowdoin Student Found Dead in Topsham Parking Lot

By Edward TomicApril 1, 20241 News

An investigation is underway after a Bowdoin College student was found dead by police Sunday in a parking lot near…

News

Illegal Alien Facing 9 Counts of Child Sex Crimes Arrested by ICE After Being Released by MA Court

By Edward TomicApril 1, 20243 News

U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Boston have arrested an unlawfully present Guatemalan national who has been charged…

Triad Weed

Triad Weed: Here Are All the Raids Maine Cops Have Conducted on Illegal Chinese Drug Trafficking Operations

By Seamus OthotMarch 31, 20247 Triad Weed 4K Views

Hundreds of illegal Marijuana grow sites operated by Asian Transnational Criminal Organizations have cropped up throughout Maine. Since the Maine…

News

Janet Mills Announces Proposal to Spend Millions in Surplus Tax Dollars on Slate of One-Time Initiatives

By Libby PalanzaMarch 30, 202422 News 3K Views

Gov. Janet Mills (D) announced Friday her plans to allocate millions in taxpayers’ dollars to a series of one-time initiatives…

News

More Than 10% of Maine Dem Presidential Primary Ballots Left Blank in Protest Vote Against Biden

By Edward TomicMarch 29, 20245 News

More than 10 percent of the ballots cast in Maine’s March 5 Democratic presidential primary election were recorded as “blank”…

Featured

Chinese Citizen Charged With Felony Drug Trafficking in Maine Invokes “Asylum” Claim to Avoid Deportation

By Steve RobinsonMarch 29, 202410 Featured 3K Views

A Chinese citizen charged with felony drug trafficking after his arrest in China, ME, has invoked his status as an…

Top News

Maine’s Republican Senator ‘Cannot Support’ Trump in the General Election

By Seamus OthotMarch 29, 202432 Top News

Maine’s Republican Senator, Susan Collins (R-Maine) said that she cannot support former President Donald Trump’s bid for a second term,…

News

Taxpayer-Funded Flophouse in Ellsworth Has Residents Living in Fear

By Seamus OthotMarch 29, 202412 News 2K Views

The Sanctuary Inn, located in downtown Ellsworth, bills itself as a place for recovering drug addicts, people experiencing homelessness, and…

Top News

Sunday Hunting Ban Upheld by Maine Supreme Court Despite Recently-Enacted Right to Food Amendment

By Libby PalanzaMarch 29, 20243 Top News

The Maine Supreme Court has ruled that the state’s longstanding ban on Sunday hunting is constitutional despite the recently-enacted Right…

News

Migrant Dies After Falling From US-Mexico Border Fence

By Edward TomicMarch 29, 202411 News

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has reported the death of a 24-year-old Guatemalan woman who fell from the border…

News

Auburn Couple Faces Drug Charges After Narcotics Worth $24k, EBT Card Seized

By Edward TomicMarch 29, 20244 News

An Auburn couple is facing multiple drug trafficking charges after police found $24,000 worth of illegal drugs at a woman’s…

News

Maine Banking Exec Argues For “Cashless” Economy

By Edward TomicMarch 29, 202414 News 2K Views

A Maine banking executive says that for the United States, “evolving to a cashless environment” should be a priority because…

News

Right to Repair Electronic Devices Receives Bipartisan Backing in Augusta

By Libby PalanzaMarch 29, 20241 News

All members of the Maine State Legislature’s Innovation, Development, Economic Advancement and Business (IDEA) Committee have supported the passage of…

Maine and New England

Jared Golden Trolls Austin Theriault, Trump’s Pick for ME-CD2

By Steve RobinsonMarch 29, 20243 Maine and New England

With less than 75 days to go before Maine Republicans in the Second Congressional District will pick a candidate to…

Featured

Maine Democrats Sneak in Last-Minute Gun Grab Measure

By Seamus OthotMarch 28, 202414 Featured 2K Views

Elected Democrats in Augusta continue to leverage last year’s mass shooting in Lewiston in order to secure passage of long-sought…

Top News

DeSantis OKs Florida Squatter Crackdown

By Seamus OthotMarch 28, 20248 Top News

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) signed a bill Wednesday meant to combat the growing national scourge of squatting — that is,…

Crime

South Portland Habitual Offender Who Obtained a $20k PPP Loan for his ‘Courier’ Business While on Probation Arrested for Drug Trafficking

By Edward TomicMarch 28, 202410 Crime 2K Views

A drug trafficking investigation involving the South Portland Police Department and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) led to the…

News

Lawmakers Unanimously Approve Increased State Funding for Homeless Shelters and Development of 10-Year Plan to Address “Root Causes” of Homelessness in Maine

By Libby PalanzaMarch 28, 202413 News

Lawmakers have unanimously voted to advance a bill allocating additional state funding for homeless shelters, explicitly reserving a portion of…

Crime

Disgraced Crypto Mogul Sam Bankman-Fried Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison

By Edward TomicMarch 28, 20242 Crime

Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of the fraud-ridden cryptocurrency exchange FTX, was sentenced to 25 years in prison Thursday, the culmination of…

Business

Collins Goes to Bat for the Maine Potato’s “Vegetable” Classification

By The Maine WireMarch 28, 202413 Business

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins is urging federal bureaucrats to avoid reclassifying the potato as a vegetable, a move which could…

News

Gov Mills “Jobs and Recovery Plan” Diverted $1,000,000 to Maine DEI Commission

By Edward TomicMarch 28, 202415 News 2K Views

The Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous, & Tribal Populations (PCRITP), which was established in 2019 by the…

Crime

Texas Border Officials Intercept Mexican National Attempting to Smuggle Over $1.1 Million Worth of Meth Across Border

By Edward TomicMarch 28, 20241 Crime

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers stationed at the Eagle Pass, Texas Port of Entry intercepted over $1.1 million…

Commentary

Maine Rejects Electric Vehicle Nonsense: Bobby Charles

By Robert "Bobby" CharlesMarch 28, 20248 Commentary 5K Views

Among radical ideas destined to run aground, โ€œhard rudder left,โ€ are recyclable diapers, solar-, wind-, and Flintstone cars, snowplows pulled…

News

Julian Assange Extradition Halted Unless U.S. Guarantees That He Won’t Face Execution

By Seamus OthotMarch 28, 20240 News

A British court ruled that Wikileaks founder and journalist Julian Assange cannot be extradited to face espionage charges in the…

News

Bill Setting $500 Threshold to Charge Repeat Offenders with Felony Theft Advances in Legislature

By Libby PalanzaMarch 28, 20243 News

Lawmakers in Augusta have advanced a bill that aims to prevent repeat offenders from being charged with felony theft if…

News

Maine State Housing Authority to Construct 105 New Affordable Housing Units in Rural Maine

By Libby PalanzaMarch 27, 202421 News 3K Views

The Maine State Housing Authority will be financing the construction of 105 new affordable rental units in several towns throughout…

News

Portland Motel 6 Used to House Illegal Immigrants and Homeless People Has Lodging License Revoked for All But Five Rooms: Portland Officials Say

By Seamus OthotMarch 27, 202412 News 3K Views

The Motel 6 in Portland has lost the lodging licenses for all but five of its rooms due to health…

News

Trump Endorses Austin Theriault for Maine CD2, Slams Jared Golden as ‘beholden to Radical Left’

By Edward TomicMarch 27, 20245 News

Former President Donald Trump has weighed in on the 2024 Republican primary race in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, throwing his…

News

DeSantis Signs Bill Prohibiting Children Under 14 From Having Social Media Accounts

By Edward TomicMarch 27, 20243 News

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has signed into a law a bill that prohibits minors under 14 years old in…

Crime

Multiple Teenagers Arrested as Portland PD Seizes 400 Grams of Cocaine, 6 Handguns, and $44,000 Following Drive-by Shooting

By Edward TomicMarch 27, 202418 Crime 2K Views

Portland Police held a press conference Tuesday afternoon to announce that their investigation of a drive-by shooting involving two vehicles…

Top News

Sagadahoc County Seeks Record 15% Tax Hike and Pay Raise for Sheriff Who Bungled Lewiston Shooter Reports

By Seamus OthotMarch 27, 20247 Top News

The Sagadahoc County Budget Committee is considering a spending proposal that would bring about a massive 15 percent tax increase…

Top News

Arabella Advisors, the Left’s Dark Money Juggernaut, Must Open Books Following Lawsuit

By Seamus OthotMarch 27, 20242 Top News 2K Views

The liberal non-profit New Venture Fund, the largest subsidiary of the leftist dark-money organization Arabella Advisors, will be forced to…

Top News

Biden Admin Says Baltimore Bridge Collapse Not an “Intentional Act”

By Seamus OthotMarch 27, 20246 Top News

A cargo ship flying a Singapore flag crashed into a support beam of the 1.6 mile long Francis Scott Key…

News

SCOTUS Hears Oral Arguments in First Abortion-Related Case Since Overturning Roe v. Wade

By Libby PalanzaMarch 27, 20241 News

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday morning in a case concerning the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) recently loosened…

News

The Destruction of a Massive Texas Solar Farm Highlights the Fragility of “Renewable Energy”

By Seamus OthotMarch 26, 202411 News 6K Views

The recent destruction of a massive solar farm in Texas highlights the fragility of “renewable” energy infrastructure, and has raised…

Triad Weed

Maine Sheriff Raids Three More Black Market Pot Houses, Seizes $39k, 900 Plants, and a Toyota — One “Brooklyn” Woman Arrested

By Steve RobinsonMarch 26, 20245 Triad Weed 4K Views

Maine law enforcement has executed three search warrants in March on suspected illegal marijuana cultivation sites throughout northern Maine, the…

Crime

Maine Child Sexual Assault Suspect Dies After Crashing into Tree During Police Chase

By Edward TomicMarch 26, 20243 Crime

A suspect in a child sexual assault case in Strong died after crashing head-on into a tree during a police…

News

Russia Again Extends Detention of Evan Gershkovich After Almost Full Year in Moscow Prison

By Edward TomicMarch 26, 20241 News

A Moscow court on Tuesday again extended the pretrial detention for Bowdoin graduate and Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich…

News

19-year-old Accused of Brandishing Knife, Robbing Cart Full of Alcohol from Bangor Walmart

By Edward TomicMarch 26, 202411 News 1K Views

A 19-year-old man allegedly pulled a knife on employees while stealing alcohol from the Bangor Walmart over the weekend, police…

News

Augusta Democrats Advance Bill Expanding Regulation of Fees Charged by Landlords

By Libby PalanzaMarch 26, 20244 News

Maine lawmakers have approved along party lines a bill to implement new regulations on the fees that landlords can impose…

Featured

Maine Gov. Janet Mills’ Brother Helped Transfer Nine-Acre Black Market Cannabis Grow to Chinese National “Mother” Living in Guangdong Province: Triad Weed

By Steve RobinsonMarch 26, 202445 Featured 73K Views

A Chinese national living in the Guangdong Province, China, became the proud owner of a “fixer upper” in Penobscot County…

News

Squatters Invade Homes Across the Country; In Some Cases, Cops Protect the Squatter

By Seamus OthotMarch 26, 202413 News

If surging crime, unprecedented levels of illegal immigration, and a deadly fentanyl epidemic wasn’t enough, now we can add a…

Crime

Seven Chinese Nationals Charged With Operating CCP-Backed Hacking Group to Target Critics of China, US Businesses, Politicians

By Edward TomicMarch 26, 20245 Crime

Seven Chinese nationals have been indicted on federal charges for their alleged involvement in a hacking group that spent over…

News

Push for Oversight of Rulemaking for Vehicle Emissions Standards Gains Ground in Augusta

By Libby PalanzaMarch 26, 20244 News

A proposal requiring legislative oversight for agency rulemaking related to vehicle emissions standards — including the establishment of “zero-emission requirements”…

Featured

Senate Passes Massive Spending Package While Voting Down Republican Amendments to Curtail Illegal Immigration

By Seamus OthotMarch 25, 20246 Featured

Senate Democrats voted down a series of conservative amendments to a massive spending package which would have prevented the use…

News

Linda L. Bean, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist and GOP Donor, Has Died at Age 82

By Edward TomicMarch 25, 20242 News

Linda Lorraine Bean, the granddaughter of L.L. Bean founder Leon Leonwood Bean and a force in Maine’s business and political…

Energy & Environment

Mainers Will Continue to Subsidize Solar With Their Energy Bills

By Roy MatthewsMarch 25, 202417 Energy & Environment 2K Views

Last month, Maine lawmakers killed a bill that would have stopped a regressive energy program and lowered energy costs for…

Top News

Portland Reports Making 162 Housing Placements in 2023 for Homeless, Migrants Living in City Shelters

By Edward TomicMarch 25, 20245 Top News

The City of Portland has released a 2023 Year in Review Homeless Services report detailing the city’s response to the…

News

Chellie Pingree Says US Aid to Israel is Illegal Due to Israeli PM Netanyahu’s Interference with Humanitarian Aid

By Edward TomicMarch 25, 202410 News

Democratic Maine Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (CD-1) issued a statement Friday claiming that U.S. aid to Israel is illegal due to…

News

Lawmakers Seek to Study Extent of “Housing Discrimination” Against Those Using Rental Assistance Programs in Maine

By Libby PalanzaMarch 25, 20243 News

Maine lawmakers have approved a resolution establishing a Commission to study the extent to which housing voucher recipients in the…

Commentary

Crocus City Belies Putin’s Image of Strength: Patten

By Sam PattenMarch 25, 20241 Commentary

โ€œCry havoc and let slip the dogs of war,โ€ Mark Antony warns in Act of Three of Shakespeareโ€™s Julius Caesar.…

News

Video of Illegal Immigrants Storming Through Texas National Guardsmen Sparks Outrage

By Seamus OthotMarch 22, 20244 News

On Thursday, the New York Post released a video showing a mob of illegal immigrants storming past border fencing and…

News

Angus King Sponsors Legislation to Allow ICE to Keep Violent Criminal Aliens in Custody in Sanctuary Jurisdictions

By Edward TomicMarch 22, 20244 News

Independent Maine Sen. Angus King, alongside six of his colleagues, has introduced a bill that would allow U.S. Immigration and…

News

South Portland Approves Spending Nearly $15,000 to Lease Three New Electric Vehicles

By Edward TomicMarch 22, 20247 News

The South Portland City Council on Tuesday approved an order to spend nearly $15,000 to lease three new electric vehicles…

Maine and New England

Janet Mills Signs Bill Adding Ten New Public Defenders Across Rural Maine

By Edward TomicMarch 22, 20243 Maine and New England

Maine Gov. Janet Mills on Thursday signed into law a bill that will expand the availability of public defenders in…

News

Maine Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Role in Multistate Meth Trafficking Ring

By Edward TomicMarch 22, 20242 News

A Maine man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for his role in a multistate methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy…

News

Federal Chair Touts Job Market, But Data Show Foreign Born Workers Make Up Almost All Post-2018 Job Growth

By Seamus OthotMarch 22, 20243 News

Amid concerns that cracks are appearing in the U.S. economy, U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is reassuring Americans that…

Top News

Angus King Wants American Military Using “Off the Shelf” Gear While Biden Admin Sends Ukraine Billions

By Seamus OthotMarch 22, 20247 Top News

During a hearing in the Senate Armed Forces Committee, U.S. Sen. Angus King (I-Maine), a top proponent of sending billions…

Top News

EPA Announces “Strongest-Ever” Vehicle Pollution Standards, Expected to Dramatically Increase Sale of New EVs and Plug-In Hybrids by 2032

By Libby PalanzaMarch 21, 20249 Top News

The federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Wednesday that it has adopted the “strongest-ever pollution standards for cars” which are…

News

Legislative Committee Recommends Lawmakers Reject Plan to Develop Right to Housing Amendment

By Libby PalanzaMarch 21, 20247 News

The Maine Legislature’s Housing Committee has recommended that lawmakers reject a bill requiring the government to convene a stakeholder group…

News

Apple Sued by State of Maine, U.S. DOJ, and Others for Alleged iPhone Monopoly

By Libby PalanzaMarch 21, 20244 News

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), alongside 16 states — including Maine — have filed a civil anti-trust lawsuit against…

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