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COVID Lab CEO Indicted for Lucrative Fraud Scheme

By Steve RobinsonJune 21, 20241 Crime

A Morton, Illinois man has been indicted on multiple fraud charges for allegedly defrauding health insurance companies and the State…

News

LGBT Mass Shooter Pleads Guilty to Hate Crimes Against LGBT People

By Seamus OthotJune 20, 20242 News

Anderson Aldrich, who identifies as “non-binary,” pled guilty on Tuesday to 74 additional charges related to hate crimes and firearms.…

News

Maine Voter ID Initiative Gains Over 40,000 Signatures on Primary Election Day

By Edward TomicJune 20, 20247 News 2K Views

On Maine’s June 11 primary election day, a conservative political action committee says it collected more than 40,000 signatures on…

News

Susan Collins Backs Biden’s Pick for Maine’s U.S. District Court

By Libby PalanzaJune 20, 20248 News

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R) expressed support Tuesday for Stacey Neumann’s nomination to serve as a U.S. District Court Judge…

Energy & Environment

Democrat Crony Capitalism Has Corrupted Maine’s Energy Markets: Editorial

By The Maine WireJune 20, 202412 Energy & Environment 1K Views

Crony capitalism — driven entirely by Maine Democrats and far-left ideological extremists — has corrupted Maine’s energy market, and the…

News

Far Left Dem Rep. Cori Bush Claims She Has Christ-Like Powers to Make Paralytics Walk, Heal Cancer

By Seamus OthotJune 20, 202411 News

In recently resurfacing statements, Democrat Congresswoman Cori Bush (D-Mo.) claimed that during her time as a female pastor with the…

News

White House, Media Falsely Claim Videos of Confused, Frail Joe Biden Are Fake

By Seamus OthotJune 20, 20246 News

Following a series of recent incidents in which President Joe Biden froze up on camera, wandered off, and needed to…

News

Climate Activists Vandalize Stonehenge With Orange Paint

By Seamus OthotJune 20, 20242 News

Climate activists continued their spree of vandalism, adding Stonehenge to the list of numerous cultural icons, including famous paintings, vandalized…

Energy & Environment

Heatwave Strains New England’s Power Grid After Nat Gas Generator Taken Offline

By Steve RobinsonJune 19, 20246 Energy & Environment 4K Views

New England’s power grid operator, ISO New England Inc., declared a level 1 emergency alert on Tuesday as a severe…

News

Angus King Says ‘path to freedom isn’t complete’ in Juneteenth Statement

By Edward TomicJune 19, 202424 News

In a Wednesday statement marking Juneteenth, a federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States, U.S. Senator…

Featured

Massive New “Solar Tax” Hikes Coming for Maine’s Businesses

By Steve RobinsonJune 19, 202421 Featured 7K Views

Maine’s businesses are about to be hit with massive cost increases — in some cases of more than $50,000 for…

News

Maine Woman Sentenced for Stealing More Than $500k from Employer Over Seven Years

By Edward TomicJune 19, 20243 News

A Maine woman has been sentenced to More than a year in federal prison for stealing from her employer and…

News

$2.4 Million in State Grants Awarded to “Improve Energy Efficiency” and “Prepare for Climate Effects”

By Libby PalanzaJune 19, 20246 News

Gov. Janet Mills (D) announced Tuesday that $2.4 million worth of grants have been awarded to municipalities throughout the state…

News

Dominican National Pleads Guilty After Being Found with Meth, Fentanyl, Cocaine During Maine Traffic Stop

By Edward TomicJune 19, 20243 News

A Dominican national pleaded guilty Monday in a Bangor federal court to possessing controlled substances with intent to distribute after…

News

Biden Administration Hosts Cast of LGBT Show ‘Queer Eye’ at the White House

By Seamus OthotJune 19, 20243 News

On Tuesday, Vice President Kamala Harris was criticized after she posted a video with the cast of the LGBT show…

News

Maine AARP to Host ‘Pride Month’ Event With Screening of Documentary About Maine’s Gay Bars

By Seamus OthotJune 18, 202412 News

The Maine branch of AARP, a non-profit medical lobbyist, which also provides Medicare supplement insurance and other healthcare benefits, is…

News

Biden Announces Path to Legal Status for Over Half a Million Illegal Aliens

By Seamus OthotJune 18, 202410 News

President Joe Biden announced new actions on Tuesday that will allow over 500,000 illegal immigrants who have been in the…

Healthcare

Kansas AG Sues Pfizer Over COVID Vaccine Misinformation

By Seamus OthotJune 18, 20245 Healthcare

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach (R) filed a lawsuit against Pfizer on Monday, accusing the massive pharmaceutical company of misleading…

News

Portland City Council Approves Tourism Bureau’s $74,500 Promotion Campaign for ‘LGTBQ+’ and ‘BIPOC’ Markets

By Edward TomicJune 18, 202410 News

Visit Portland, a tax-exempt nonprofit organization that promotes tourism in the greater Portland area, is set to launch a $74,500…

News

Maine to Spend $8.6 Million Installing 52 EV Chargers Across 17 Locations Statewide

By Libby PalanzaJune 18, 202416 News 1K Views

Gov. Janet Mills (D) announced this past Wednesday that $8.6 million worth of high-speed electric vehicle (EV) chargers will be…

News

Maine’s Plan to Expand Broadband Internet Access with $272 Million Grant Approved by Federal Government

By Libby PalanzaJune 18, 20242 News

Maine’s plan to “expand access to high-speed, reliable, and affordable internet across the state” using a $272 million federal grant…

News

New York Man Faces up to 20 Years for Role in Maine Firearm Straw Purchasing Conspiracy

By Edward TomicJune 18, 20242 News

A New York man is facing up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty in a Bangor federal court…

News

Trump Has a Roughly 75% Chance of Winning Re-Election in November, Per The Economist

By Seamus OthotJune 17, 20246 News

Former Republican President Donald Trump has a roughly three in four chance of winning the presidency, according to a new…

News

Recount Requested in Dem Primary for State Senate Seat After Winner Decided by 24 Vote Margin

By Libby PalanzaJune 17, 20242 News

Secretary of State Shenna bellows announced Friday that a recount has been requested for the State Senate District 24 Democrat…

News

LGBT-Only Housing Planned for Portland

By Seamus OthotJune 17, 202415 News 1K Views

A Portland based LGBT group is planning to build affordable, taxpayer funded housing units for LGBT people, in a project…

News

Election 2024: What Mainers Need to Know About Registering to Vote and Casting Their Ballots This November

By Libby PalanzaJune 17, 20243 News

With the 2024 presidential election just a few months away, now is the time for Mainers to begin taking steps…

News

House GOP Wants to Block Rule Requiring Electronic Trackers in Cattle

By Seamus OthotJune 17, 20243 News

A group of Congressional Republicans are taking steps to block a proposed federal regulatory scheme that would require the tracking…

Top News

Chinese ‘Cyber Police’ Agent Runs Online Network Helping Illegal Immigrants Flood Into US: DCNF Exclusive

By DCNFJune 17, 20241 Top News

The Daily Caller News Foundation – By Philip Lenczycki on June 17, 2024 A private social network run by a…

Crime

Money Launderer in $5.6 Million Nigerian Advance Fee Scheme Gets 3 Years in Prison

By Edward TomicJune 17, 20242 Crime

An Indiana man has been sentenced to three years in prison for his role as a money launderer in a…

News

Final Ballot Question Wording Released for Citizens’ Initiative Seeking to Limit SuperPAC Contributions

By Libby PalanzaJune 17, 20241 News

Secretary of State Shenna Bellows announced Friday the final question wording for a citizens’ initiative that is set to go…

News

Penobscot Man Found Guilty of Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material for the Second Time

By Edward TomicJune 17, 20240 News

A Penobscot man is facing up to 20 years in prison after being convicted of the possession of child sexual…

News

California Border Agents Seize 25 AK-47 Style Rifles Headed for Mexico

By Edward TomicJune 17, 20242 News

U.S. Border Patrol agents at a California gas station last week intercepted a shipment of 25 AK-47 style rifles believed…

Triad Weed

Maine Sheriff Raids 20th Chinese Mafia Drug House of 2024

By Steve RobinsonJune 14, 202410 Triad Weed 5K Views

The Somerset County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Division executed a drug search warrant at a residence in Anson Friday morning, Sheriff…

Commentary

Multi-Millionaire Pingree Puts Migrants Ahead of Mainers and National Security

By Steve RobinsonJune 14, 202426 Commentary 2K Views

The United States is in the middle of a genuine open-borders crisis that is leading us, at best, to the…

Crime

Mexican Cartels Targeting Americans in Timeshare Fraud Scams, FBI Warns

By Steve RobinsonJune 14, 20242 Crime

Mexican transnational criminal organizations are increasingly targeting American timeshare owners in sophisticated fraud schemes, according to a new report from…

News

Equity: Portland Schools to Consider Redrawing Enrollment Boundaries to Address ‘demographic disparities’

By Edward TomicJune 14, 20248 News

The Portland Board of Public Education next week will consider a resolution to form a committee that would evaluate and…

Housing

Maine’s Unprecedented Housing Crisis Is Worse Than You Think

By Steve RobinsonJune 14, 20249 Housing 3K Views

Everyone living in Maine understands that we’re in the middle of a housing affordability crisis. Data from the Federal Reserve…

News

Bidenomics: Nearly One in Five Americans Can’t Afford a $100 Emergency Expense

By Seamus OthotJune 14, 20249 News

Survey results published by the Federal Reserve (Fed) have revealed that nearly one in five American adults, 18 percent, cannot…

News

Gorham Residents Approve $53 Million School Budget with 9.05 Percent Tax Hike by Just 4 Votes

By Libby PalanzaJune 14, 20248 News

On Tuesday, Gorham residents approved by just four votes a more than $53 million school budget accompanied by a 9.05…

News

SCOTUS Unanimously Rejects Challenge to Abortion Pill Due to Lack of Standing

By Libby PalanzaJune 14, 20241 News

The Supreme Court released a unanimous opinion Thursday morning rejecting an effort to roll back the Food and Drug Administration’s…

News

Man Wanted for Manslaughter in Connecticut Arrested at Bangor Hotel

By Edward TomicJune 14, 20243 News

A man wanted on a warrant out of Connecticut for manslaughter was arrested in Bangor on Wednesday, the U.S. Marshals…

News

Maine Voters Pessimistic About State’s Direction: Poll

By Seamus OthotJune 13, 202413 News 1K Views

The Portland-based Digital Research Inc. (DRI) has published its semiannual Critical Insights Poll, which asks Mainers a variety of questions…

News

Maine Woman Sentenced for Speeding Through Sherman Border Patrol Checkpoint

By Edward TomicJune 13, 20244 News

A Maine woman was sentenced in a Bangor federal court on Wednesday for speeding away from a U.S. immigration checkpoint…

News

Chellie Pingree Advocates to Move Funding from Border Wall to Bus More Migrants to Maine, Pay for their Housing and Expenses

By Edward TomicJune 13, 202426 News 2K Views

In remarks on the House floor on Wednesday, Democratic Maine Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (CD-1) advocated for shifting funds from the…

News

Famous Political Analyst Marks Maine’s CD-2 “Likely Republican” Win

By Seamus OthotJune 13, 20243 News

The famous political analyst Larry Sabato, working with The Center for Politics on his Sabato’s Crystal Ball project, has published…

Featured

Bay State Hotel Flop House Becomes Hub for Illegal Alien Rape and Domestic Violence on Maura Healey’s Watch

By Seamus OthotJune 13, 202412 Featured 9K Views

A Holiday Inn in Marlborough, Massachusetts, has become a hotbed of domestic abuse and child sexual assault since it became…

Crime

Texas ICE Agents Arrest 5 Illegal Aliens Wanted for Murder Within Two Weeks

By Edward TomicJune 13, 20245 Crime

Enforcement officers with U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Texas have arrested five illegal aliens who are currently wanted…

Merrick Garland News

House Holds AG Merrick Garland in Contempt for Refusing to Turn Over Audio of Hur-Biden Interviews

By Libby PalanzaJune 12, 20245 News

The United States House of Representatives voted Wednesday to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for his…

News

Westbrook Voters Reject School Budget with Nearly 16 Percent Property Tax Hike

By Libby PalanzaJune 12, 20246 News

Westbrook residents voted Tuesday to reject the town’s proposed $51.7 million school budget that included a nearly 16 percent increase…

News

Lewiston Voters Reject Nearly 13 Percent Property Tax Hike for $110 Million School Budget

By Libby PalanzaJune 12, 20242 News

On Tuesday, Lewiston residents voted down a $110 million school budget that would have raised the school portion of the…

News

Maine Department of Education Wants to Spend $23,500 on ‘Happiness Expert’ Motivational Speaker

By Edward TomicJune 12, 202412 News

Maine taxpayers may have to foot the more than $20,000 bill for a motivational speaker to deliver a keynote address…

News

Maine to Receive $4.8 Million from Multistate Settlement with Johnson & Johnson

By Edward TomicJune 12, 20241 News

Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey announced on Wednesday that he, alongside 42 other attorneys general, reached a $700 million settlement…

News

Portland City Council to Consider Repealing ‘Cruising’ Ordinance Intended to Deter Prostitution and Drug Deals

By Edward TomicJune 12, 20242 News

The Portland City Council’s Health and Human Services and Public Safety Committee on Tuesday voted to recommend repealing the city’s…

News

Report: Biden Ordered Illegals Aliens Released Into U.S. Days After Executive Order Allegedly Restricting Illegal Immigration

By Seamus OthotJune 12, 20241 News

New documents acquired by the Washington Examiner show that the Biden Administration instructed the San Diego border patrol to release…

Top News

Security Theater: IG Report Reveals Vetting of Illegal Aliens, Asylum Seekers Has Glaring Weaknesses

By Steve RobinsonJune 12, 20242 Top News

A recent audit by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) has revealed significant deficiencies in the Department of Homeland Security’s…

Energy & Environment

Biden’s Ambitious EV Charging ‘Fantasy’ May Be On A Collision Course With Reality

By DCNFJune 12, 20242 Energy & Environment

President Joe Biden has pledged to install 500,000 public electric vehicle (EV) chargers around the U.S. by 2030, but logistical…

Commentary

Matthews: Will Mainers Let the Media Tar The 1901 Pine Tree Flag?

By Roy MatthewsJune 12, 202410 Commentary 2K Views

Controversy at the United States Supreme Court usually takes the form of high-profile cases that could reshape federal law. These…

News

Trump’s Pick for Maine CD2 Wins Big in GOP Primary

By Edward TomicJune 12, 20244 News

Republican President Donald Trump’s endorsed candidate in Maine’s Second Congressional District — a district he won in both 2016 and…

News

Gorham Residents to Vote on School Budget with 9.05% Property Tax Hike

By Libby PalanzaJune 11, 20243 News

Gorham residents will be asked Tuesday to approve the school district’s budget for the upcoming fiscal year, which includes a…

Crime

Westbrook Man Charged For Headbutting Officer During Arrest, Woman Arrested for Obstruction

By Edward TomicJune 11, 20241 Crime

A Westbrook man is facing multiple assault charges and one count of refusing to submit to arrest after allegedly headbutting…

News

Election Day: Proposed Voter ID Law, People’s Veto of National Popular Vote Among Signature Collection Efforts

By Libby PalanzaJune 11, 20247 News

Voters heading out to the polls Tuesday will likely encounter petitioners seeking signatures for two initiatives in hopes of earning…

News

Ukrainian NGO Linked to U.S. State Department Publishes List of Americans Deemed Enemies of Ukraine

By Seamus OthotJune 11, 20244 News 1K Views

A Ukrainian Non-Government Organization (NGO), Texty.org, has compiled a list of U.S. citizens considered enemies of Ukraine, published with accompanying…

News

Washington Teen Faces Ten Years in Prison for Scooter Tracks on a Pride Mural, D.C. Police Make No Arrests for Anti-American Vandalism of U.S. Monuments

By Seamus OthotJune 11, 20247 News 7K Views

Three teenagers were arrested in Washington state last week after they were accused of marking a pride flag painted on…

News

Hunter Biden Found Guilty on All 3 Felonies in Federal Gun Trial

By Edward TomicJune 11, 20244 News

The president’s son, Hunter Biden, was convicted Tuesday of all three felony charges related to his purchase of a revolver…

News

Maine Is Handing Out Free “Boofing” Kits to Help Fentanyl Addicts Squirt Drugs Up Their Butts

By The Maine WireJune 11, 202433 News 38K Views

By Steve Robinson and Edward Tomic Maine’s taxpayer-funded “harm reduction” specialists call it “boofing” or “booty dumping,” but those are…

News

Mass Migration Spurs Right Turn in European Union Elections

By Seamus OthotJune 10, 20243 News

European elections held over the weekend saw significant gains for conservative parties across the continent, as European voters appear to…

News

Lewiston Voters to Decide on School Budget That Would Hike Property Taxes 13%

By Libby PalanzaJune 10, 20248 News

On Tuesday, Lewiston residents will be asked to weigh in on a proposed school budget for a second time this…

News

Portland Democrat Withdraws from State House Bid Day Before Primary Election

By Edward TomicJune 10, 20244 News

One of the three Democrats running for the Maine House of Representatives seat left vacant by House Speaker Rachel Talbot…

Commentary

BDN Editorial Board Gives Vapid – But Revealing – CD2 Endorsement

By Steve RobinsonJune 10, 20242 Commentary

The Bangor Daily News, a once-vital news source for northern Maine that has transmogrified into a left-wing taxpayer-subsidized propaganda rag,…

News

Biden Confuses Ukraine With Iraq While in France. It’s Not the First Time He’s Made the Same Mistake

By Seamus OthotJune 10, 20242 News

During President Joe Biden’s trip to France to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day, which was filled with public relations…

News

York Sheriff’s K-9 Sniffs Out Fentanyl Hidden in Chinese Food Container During Traffic Stop

By Edward TomicJune 10, 20244 News

Two Massachusetts men are facing drug trafficking charges after a York County Sheriff’s Office K-9 successfully sniffed out fentanyl hidden…

News

U.S. Appeals Court Rules that mRNA COVID Shots Do Not Qualify as Vaccines

By Seamus OthotJune 10, 20246 News 3K Views

The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, the largest court of appeals in the country, and one which is often…

News

CBS Poll Reveals Most U.S. Voters Support Mass Deportation of Illegal Aliens

By Steve RobinsonJune 10, 20241 News

Sixty-two percent of registered voters in the U.S. — including a third of registered Democrats — support the mass deportation…

Crime

Westbrook Teen Accused of Robbing, Pistol-Whipping Juvenile Victim

By Edward TomicJune 10, 20242 Crime

The Westbrook Police Department on Sunday announced the arrest of a juvenile suspect as a result of their investigation of…

News

City of Portland’s Syringe ‘Exchange’ Hands Out Thousands More Needles Than They Collect

By Edward TomicJune 10, 20246 News 2K Views

Since 2020, the City of Portland’s Syringe Service Program has distributed thousands more hypodermic needles annually than were collected, according…

News

California’s New $20 Minimum Wage for Fast Food Workers Leads to Price Hikes, Layoffs, and Closures

By Libby PalanzaJune 10, 20242 News 1K Views

Minimum wage hikes for fast food workers touted by California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and Democratic state lawmakers have caused…

News

South Portland City Council to Consider Turning Former Middle School into Transitional Housing for Homeless Families

By Edward TomicJune 10, 20246 News 1K Views

The South Portland City Council is set to discuss a proposal to allow a nonprofit to operate a transitional housing…

Commentary

Americans Must Criticize Our Corrupt Courts: Holloway

By The Maine WireJune 10, 20240 Commentary

Editor’s Note: The group quota regime is a revolutionary threat which aims to overthrow the political order of the United…

Business

Mortgage Company Increases Loan Amounts for Foreign Nationals Looking to Buy U.S. Property

By The Maine WireJune 10, 20240 Business

A&D Mortgage, a Florida-based lender, announced Monday that it has increased the maximum loan limits for Foreign National and Foreign…

News

Nonprofit Issues Guidance on How to Report on Maine’s Tribes

By Seamus OthotJune 10, 20243 News

Maine’s Wabanaki Alliance has issued a new set of “guidelines” for how journalists should discuss the state’s tribes in news…

News

EPA May Pressure Maine Schools to Use Problem-Prone Electric School Buses

By Libby PalanzaJune 10, 20245 News

Winthrop Public Schools may soon be putting its fleet of problematic electric school buses back on the road in order…

Commentary

Maine’s One-Party Government Rules Through Deception: Bobby Charles

By Robert "Bobby" CharlesJune 10, 20242 Commentary

Maine is emblematic of a phenomenon occurring nationwide. States controlled by one-party Democrat governments, intent on pushing radical agendas, are…

Featured

Maine State Police Raid Illicit Marijuana Grow in York County Linked to NH Restaurant: Triad Weed

By Steve RobinsonJune 7, 202413 Featured 4K Views

The Maine State Police executed a search warrant at a property in Parsonfield Friday morning that was suspected of harboring…

News

Biden Has Disastrous Day While in France Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of D-Day

By Seamus OthotJune 7, 20248 News 1K Views

President Joe Biden added yet more fuel to arguments that he is mentally incompetent following a disastrous appearance in France…

News

Polling Breaks Down Voter Views on Key Social Issues, Including Transgender Ideology, Going Into 2024 Election: Pew Research

By Seamus OthotJune 7, 20241 News

Pew Research released new polling results on Thursday covering numerous cultural issues which could prove to be key issues during…

News

Angus King Concerned New Federal Regulations May Cause Veterans in Rural Areas to Have “Reduced Access” and “Worse Health Outcomes”

By Libby PalanzaJune 7, 202410 News

Sen. Angus King (I) and Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) have co-signed a letter raising concerns about a recently-approved federal regulation…

News

Triad Weed: Kennebec Sheriff’s Office Two More Illegal Pot Grows — No Arrests

By Seamus OthotJune 7, 20244 News

The Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office executed search warrants at two unlicensed marijuana cultivation operations on Thursday — one in Farmingdale…

News

Sanford To Close Homeless Encampment Due to Excrement Polluting Mousam River

By Edward TomicJune 7, 20246 News 1K Views

A homeless encampment located at Heritage Crossing in Sanford, the site of a large abandoned mill complex, is scheduled to…

News

Three Arrested After Major Bangor Drug Bust Nets $45,000 in Fentanyl, Crack

By Edward TomicJune 7, 202491 News 2K Views

Three people in a Bangor apartment were arrested Thursday afternoon and are facing drug trafficking charges, the Maine Drug Enforcement…

News

Former Trump Advisor Steve Bannon Must Report to Prison by July 1 to Serve Four-Month Sentence for Contempt of Congress Conviction

By Libby PalanzaJune 7, 20242 News

Steve Bannon — who previously served as an advisor to former President Donald Trump (R) — was ordered by a…

News

Maine School District Votes to Delete Transgender Student Policy

By Edward TomicJune 7, 20247 News 2K Views

The Board of Directors of Maine’s Regional School Unit 40 (RSU 40) on Thursday evening voted to delete a transgender…

Top News

Southern Maine Public School Teacher Charged for Assaulting 12-Year-Old Student: Sheriff

By Steve RobinsonJune 6, 20243 Top News 1K Views

The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday it has concluded an investigation into an alleged assault by a teacher against…

News

Jared Golden Pushes for Vote on Bill Establishing Right to Contraceptives, Sterilization Procedures

By Edward TomicJune 6, 202412 News

Democratic Congressman Jared Golden of Maine’s 2nd District on Wednesday issued a statement calling for a vote on a bill…

Featured

Illegal Alien Rapist with Active Warrants in Iowa Arrested in Maine After Canada Kicked Him Out

By Steve RobinsonJune 6, 20249 Featured

A Congolese illegal alien was arrested last month at the Maine-Canada border and is being held without bail at the…

Triad Weed

Maine Sheriff Busts 19th Illegal Chinese Cannabis Hub of the Year

By Steve RobinsonJune 6, 20245 Triad Weed 2K Views

The Somerset County Sheriff’s Department executed on Thursday morning its 19th search warrant of the year as part of an…

News

Maine Christian School Loses Bid to Stop “Poison Pill” Rules from Blocking Access to Town Tuitioning Program

By Libby PalanzaJune 6, 20245 News

A federal judge has declined, for a second time, to issue an injunction suspending enforcement of a clause in the…

News

Maine Woman Files Sues Insurance Company That Won’t Pay For Ozempic, Claims Obesity a ‘Disability’

By Seamus OthotJune 6, 202412 News

A Falmouth woman has filed a class-action lawsuit against her health insurance company, claiming that it illegally discriminated against her…

News

Maine’s Taxpayer-Funded Migrant Groups Upset at Biden’s New Asylum Seeker Limits

By Seamus OthotJune 6, 20248 News

The Maine Immigrant Rights Coalition (MIRC) has issued a statement condemning President Joe Biden’s new executive order, which aims to…

News

Biden Accuses Trump of Planning to Jail Political Opponents While Dems Actively Try to Jail Trump

By Seamus OthotJune 6, 20247 News

President Joe Biden’s campaign issued a statement criticizing former President Donald Trump for allegedly planning to jail his political opponents…

News

How the Prevalence of Remote Work Has Affected Maine’s Job and Worksite Statistics: MDOL Report

By Libby PalanzaJune 6, 20241 News

A new report from the Maine Department of Labor (MDOL) has revealed that the rise of remote work in recent…

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