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Immigration

Rep. Golden Pushes Compromise Bill on Border and Foreign Aid

By Seamus OthotFebruary 16, 202412 Immigration

Maine Congressman Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) took to X on Friday to draw support for a compromise bill meant to…

News

Three Undocumented Ecuadorian Nationals Taken into Custody by Border Patrol After Crash in Eustis Left Two Seriously Injured

By Edward TomicFebruary 16, 202415 News 2K Views

A two-vehicle accident in Eustis early Saturday left two seriously injured and resulted in three undocumented Ecuadorian nationals being taken…

News

‘As a fat person, I can guarantee you that the reason why I’m fat is not because I eat candy and soda,’ Says Kansas State Rep Opposing SNAP Restrictions [VIDEO]

By Edward TomicFebruary 16, 202412 News 2K Views

A Democratic Kansas State Representative criticized a bill currently being considered by the Kansas State Legislature that would ban the…

News

Portland Museum of Art Lays Off 13 Employees Amidst Controversial $100 Million Expansion Citing COVID-19 and Decreased Attendance

By Libby PalanzaFebruary 16, 20248 News

The Portland Museum of Art announced Thursday that it will be laying off thirteen employees, citing the continued impacts of…

News

Democrats Continue to Dominate Early-Voting In Maine and Across the Country

By Seamus OthotFebruary 16, 20246 News

In a recent Pennsylvania special election, the race was called with less than half of the votes counted after it…

News

Russian Opposition Leader Dead Under Mysterious Circumstances

By Seamus OthotFebruary 16, 20241 News

Alexie Navalny, a Russian politician who has consistently opposed Russian President Vladimir Putin, was found dead in a Russian prison.…

Commentary

‘Unmitigated Carbon Super-Polluters:’ The Truth About Offshore Wind.

By Reagan PaulFebruary 16, 202416 Commentary 2K Views

The following is an op-ed from Representative Reagan Paul: If you had a dollar for every time it was said…

News

DOJ Sues Tennessee Over Law That Gives Harsher Penalties to HIV-Positive Prostitutes

By Edward TomicFebruary 16, 20241 News

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit against the State of Tennessee and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation…

News

Multiple Super Bowl Ads From China-Based Online Retailer Temu Reignites Controversy Over Allegations of Spying on Customers and Complacency with Slave Labor

By Libby PalanzaFebruary 16, 20241 News

Launched in 2022, online discount shopping website Temu — owned by the China-based company PDD Holdings — has come under…

Featured

Maine Republican Proposes Bill to Crack Down on Blackmarket Chinese Drug Houses

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 15, 20248 Featured 2K Views

Maine Wire Reporter Seamus Othot contributed to this report. A Maine Republican is looking to crackdown on the foreign organized…

News

Missing Child from Iowa Found Safe on Peaks Island

By Edward TomicFebruary 15, 20241 News

A 6-year-old missing child from Iowa has been found safe on Peaks Island off the coast of Portland. Avery Doherty,…

News

$24.4 Million in Maine Medicare Fraud Clawed Back, Mostly from Martin’s Point Health Care: DOJ

By Edward TomicFebruary 15, 20246 News 1K Views

U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine Darcie McElwee announced Wednesday that her office collected a total of $24.4 million…

Top News

Maine’s Bellows Has Not Released Ballot Drop-Box Locations, Over a Week after Maine’s Republican Primary Early Voting Began

By Seamus OthotFebruary 15, 20248 Top News 1K Views

Maine’s Office of the Secretary of State (SoS) has not yet released its list of ballot drop-box locations, over a…

News

Maine Airports Receive More Than $18 Million in Federal Funding for “Critical Infrastructure Improvements”

By Libby PalanzaFebruary 15, 20240 News

Three Maine airports have received a combined $18,024,800 in federal funding from the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Fiscal Year 2024…

News

New England Fishermen Fear NOAA Retaliation as Feds Pin Dead Whale on Maine Lobstermen

By Libby PalanzaFebruary 15, 20243 News 1K Views

For the first time in twenty years, the death of a North Atlantic Right Whale has been linked to Maine…

Immigration

Global Warming Will Send Thousands of Migrants to Maine, Claims Portland’s Sustainability Director [VIDEO]

By Edward TomicFebruary 15, 202414 Immigration

Maine Gov. Janet Mills has proposed creating an “Office of New Americans” to bring 75,000 low-skill workers to Maine, but…

News

Janet Mills $71M Spending Bill Will Bring Maine’s 24-25 Budget to $10.41 BILLION

By Seamus OthotFebruary 15, 20241 News

Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) announced a $71 million new spending proposal on Wednesday that would bring Maine’s total spending…

News

Far Left Activists Shaft Rural Maine Over Wolfden Resources’ Pickett Mountain Mine

By Seamus OthotFebruary 15, 20246 News

Far left activists have successfully blocked a proposed mining project in remote Township 6, Range 6 (T6R6) that would have…

News

Former U.S.-Mexico Border Official Selected as New Chief Patrol Agent of Maine’s Houlton Sector

By Edward TomicFebruary 15, 20242 News

U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) Chief Jason Owens has appointed Juan Bernal as the new Chief Patrol Agent (CPA) of Maine’s…

Crime

Three Arrested After Police Seize Cocaine, Fentanyl, Marijuana, Prescription Pills from Pittsfield Home

By Edward TomicFebruary 15, 20242 Crime

Three people were arrested Wednesday after a search of a Pittsfield home by Maine State Police led to the discovery…

News

Maine High School Ditches Biometric Student Scanning After MW Viral Report

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 14, 20243 News

A high school in Maine has opted to ditch a plan to using biometric fingerprint scanners to help staff keep…

Featured

Exotic Dancers, Tax Liens & Debauchery: Maine’s CD2 Republican Primary Is Getting Fiery

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 14, 202411 Featured 2K Views

Maine’s Second Congressional District is big — 27,326 square miles, encompassing what passes in Maine for cities, Lewiston-Auburn and Bangor,…

Crime

Triad Weed: Valentine’s Day Bust Breaks Heart of New York Man Illegally Growing 1,310 Pot Plants in Norridgewock, Maine

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 14, 20246 Crime 3K Views

A New York man was arrested Wednesday morning in Norridgewock following a raid on a Betterment Road property that uncovered…

News

Bill Amending Maine Human Rights Act Rejected 9-0 by Maine Judiciary Committee

By Libby PalanzaFebruary 14, 20240 News

The Maine State Legislature’s Judiciary Committee has voted nine-to-zero against a bill that would have amended the Maine Human Rights…

News

Angus King Urges DOT to Protect Witty Highway Signs in Pun-Filled Letter

By Edward TomicFebruary 14, 20244 News

Maine Senator Angus King (I) is calling for the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to protect humorous and witty highway…

News

Cost of Housing Driving Homelessness, Per Portland’s 2023 Year-in-Review

By Edward TomicFebruary 14, 20240 News

The Portland Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released a 2023 year-in-review report on the city’s response to…

Top News

Mayorkas Impeachment 2nd Attempt Succeeds By a Single Vote

By Seamus OthotFebruary 14, 20240 Top News

On Tuesday, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives successfully impeached Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas for his mishandling…

News

Sheriff’s Deputy Shot in Minot Amid Fiery Altercation

By Seamus OthotFebruary 14, 20240 News

An Androscoggin Sheriff’s Deputy was shot early Wednesday morning while responding to a call about an unspecified disturbance at a…

Top News

Maine Lawmakers Consider “Right to Repair” for Electronic Devices

By Libby PalanzaFebruary 14, 20240 Top News

Maine lawmakers are considering a bill that would institute a statewide consumer products rule — dubbed the “right to repair”…

News

Janet Mills Signs Bill Granting Commission Investigating Lewiston Shooting Subpoena Power

By Edward TomicFebruary 14, 20240 News

Maine Gov. Janet Mills signed into law Tuesday a bill that grants the Independent Commission investigating the Oct. 25, 2023…

Politics

Maine Speaker’s Racial Equity Board Gave Her Sister’s Nonprofit $12,000 for Black History Month

By Edward TomicFebruary 13, 202413 Politics 1K Views

A taxpayer-funded commission originally proposed and currently co-chaired by Maine House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross (D-Portland) is celebrating Black History…

News

Maine Republican Lawmakers Reveal ‘Alarming’ Cost of Taxpayer-Funded Housing, Welfare for Migrants

By Edward TomicFebruary 13, 202412 News 3K Views

Maine Republican lawmakers held a press conference Tuesday on the state’s homelessness crisis and spending related to providing taxpayer-funded housing…

News

Biden Won’t Take Cognitive Test Despite Growing Concerns about His Mental Fitness for Office

By Seamus OthotFebruary 13, 20242 News

President Joe Biden will not take a cognitive exam during his next visit to the doctor’s office despite growing doubts…

News

Migrant Families Are Moving Into Massachusetts Homes Under a Voluntary Government Program

By Seamus OthotFebruary 13, 20244 News 2K Views

Multiple residents of Brookline, Mass., have volunteered for the state’s immigrant resettlement program, which begged residents to host illegal immigrant…

News

Illinois Democrat Pushes Bill to Make It a Crime for Parents to Refuse to Affirm Child’s Gender Dysphoria

By Seamus OthotFebruary 13, 20243 News 3K Views

An Illinois Democrat is pushing for a bill that would amend the definition of child abuse to make it a…

News

Trump Taps NC GOP Chair Whatley to Replace Ronna McDaniel

By Seamus OthotFebruary 13, 20240 News

Former Republican President Donald Trump has tapped North Carolina GOP Chair Michael Whatley to replace Ronna McDaniel as the Republican…

Politics

Joe Biden Met With Officials of Chinese Energy Firm That Did Business With Hunter in 2017, Former Associate Testifies

By Edward TomicFebruary 13, 20241 Politics

President Joe Biden met with the chairman of a Chinese government linked energy firm that later wired millions of dollars…

News

Attempted Mass Shooting at Joel Osteen’s Houston Megachurch Leaves Unanswered Questions About Shooter

By Seamus OthotFebruary 13, 20243 News

The individual who attempted a mass shooting at Joel Osteen’s Lakewood megachurch in Houston on Sunday has been identified as…

Commentary

Foreign Fentanyl Threatens American National Security: Robert Charles

By Robert "Bobby" CharlesFebruary 13, 20242 Commentary

Let me ask you, what do you think China would do if President Xi discovered thousands of stealth drones, quiet…

News

Biden Campaign Joins TikTok Despite Persistent Security Concerns

By Libby PalanzaFebruary 13, 20241 News

President Joe Biden (D) has received criticism after his campaign officially joined TikTok — the Chinese-controlled social media app widely…

News

Lawmakers Considering Proposals to Allocate Millions of Dollars in Response to Recent Destructive Storms

By Libby PalanzaFebruary 12, 20241 News

Elected officials in Maine are considering proposals that would allocate millions of dollars in response to destruction caused by the…

News

Ukraine Aid Bill Would Force a Re-Elected Trump to Fund War or Face Impeachment: Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance

By Seamus OthotFebruary 12, 20242 News

U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) sent a letter to every Republican member of congress on Monday, urging them to oppose…

Top News

Brakey Scores a Win for Bitcoin and Strikes a Blow Against CBDC Advocates

By Seamus OthotFebruary 12, 20242 Top News

Maine Sen. Eric Brakey (R-Androscoggin) has scored a victory in his fight against the implementation of legislation that would pave…

News

Homeless Man Arrested for Drug Trafficking, Refusing to Submit to Arrest, Assaulting Police Officer in Portland

By Edward TomicFebruary 12, 20246 News

A homeless man was arrested on Riverside Street in Portland Sunday on charges of drug trafficking, refusing to submit to…

News

Portland’s Homeless Services Center Reports High Number of “Out-of-State” Intakes

By Edward TomicFebruary 12, 20244 News 1K Views

Portland’s Homeless Services Center (HSC) received a total of 178 intakes in January, including two dozen homeless individuals from out-of-state,…

Top News

U.S. Defense Secretary Austin, 70, Hospitalized Once Again

By Seamus OthotFebruary 12, 20240 Top News

On Sunday, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III was once-again hospitalized on Sunday, this time for a non-specified…

Top News

Bangor’s Lawless Tent City Results in Shooting Near UMA Campus: No Arrests

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 12, 20246 Top News

A Saturday night shooting near the University of Maine at Augusta’s Bangor campus stemmed from a dispute between residents of…

News

Activists, American College of Pediatricians Differ Over Benefits of Sex Change Interventions

By Seamus OthotFebruary 12, 20242 News

A new report from a group of transgender ideology activists has published survey data that conflicts sharply with a recently…

Top News

Biden Causes Confusion With Ominous “Dark Brandon” Post on X

By Seamus OthotFebruary 12, 20241 Top News

President Joe Biden celebrated the Superbowl with a baffling post on one of his two official X accounts. [RELATED: Biden…

News

Maine Reports Nearly 10,000 Drug Overdoses in 2023, 16 Percent Decrease in Fatal Overdoses from 2022

By Edward TomicFebruary 12, 20240 News

According to the most recent state data, there were nearly 10,000 drug overdoses in Maine during 2023, though the number…

News

Maine Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Case Challenging Vaccine Mandates for EMTs

By Libby PalanzaFebruary 12, 20243 News

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court heard oral arguments last week concerning the imposition of vaccine mandates on emergency medical technicians…

News

Penobscot Sheriff’s Office Says Teens Started Fire at Abandoned Eddington Home

By Edward TomicFebruary 12, 20249 News

The Penobscot Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fire at an abandoned home in Eddington that was allegedly started by a…

Energy & Environment

Former CEO of Sustainable Fuel Company Pleads Guilty to Multimillion-Dollar Embezzlement Scheme

By Edward TomicFebruary 12, 20242 Energy & Environment

A co-founder and former CEO of a sustainable fuel company pleaded guilty Thursday to wire fraud in connection to a…

News

Maine Receives $4.4 Million Federal Grant to “Increase Electrical Grid Resilience” and Support the State’s “Climate and Clean Energy Goals”

By Libby PalanzaFebruary 12, 20241 News

Maine has been awarded a $4.4 million from the federal government to improve the “resilience” of the state’s electrical grid,…

News

Blow to Press Freedom as DC Jury Orders Mark Steyn to Pay Climate Activist Michael Mann $1M

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 10, 20247 News

Renowned conservative columnist Mark Steyn has been ordered by a Washington, D.C. jury to pay controversial global warming activist Michael…

News

King, Golden, and Pingree Tout $1 Million Federal Grant for Installation of EV Chargers and Rooftop Solar Panels at New Acadia National Park Maintenance Complex

By Libby PalanzaFebruary 10, 202413 News

The past few weeks have marked the receipt of several million dollars in federal funding being sent to Maine in…

News

Boston CBP K-9 Thwarts Illegal Import of Mummified ‘bushmeat’ Monkey Remains

By Edward TomicFebruary 9, 20245 News

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) K-9 unit at Boston’s Logan Airport thwarted an attempt to illegally import four…

Politics

Maine’s Liberal Members of Congress Stand by Biden After Disastrous, Confused Press Conference

By Edward TomicFebruary 9, 202417 Politics

Maine’s liberal Members of Congress are either keeping quiet, pointing at former President Donald Trump, or defending President Joe Biden…

News

Mills Orders Hearings Over Request to Remove Oxford Sheriff for Alleged Misconduct

By Seamus OthotFebruary 9, 20246 News

Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) issued an Executive Order on Friday calling for hearings over allegations of misconduct against Oxford…

News

BREAKING: Sheriffs Raid Multiple Triad Weed Properties Throughout Central, Northern Maine – Guilford, Mercer, Corinna & Sangerville

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 9, 202414 News 17K Views

Multiple properties throughout northern Maine suspected of being part of the network of illegal Chinese marijuana growing operations were raided…

Commentary

Tucker’s Putin Interview — Bold Gambit Worth Taking: Sam Patten

By Sam PattenFebruary 9, 20245 Commentary

Tucker Carlson is neither Walter Duranty (the notorious New York Times correspondent in Moscow in the 1930s who helped Josef Stalin cover…

Featured

Biden Lashes Out at Press, Suffers Memory Lapse While Denying Senility

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 9, 20247 Featured

U.S. President Joe Biden held a surprise press conference Thursday night to respond to allegations contained in a Special Counsel…

Top News

Tuckler Carlson Interviews Vladimir Putin [VIDEO]

By The Maine WireFebruary 9, 20245 Top News

Journalist Tucker Carlson, of Maine, published his controversial Feb. 6 interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin Thursday evening. The interview…

Crime

No Arrests as Illicit Chinese Marijuana Grow in Norridgewock Busted

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 8, 20242 Crime 2K Views

Maine law enforcement busted a massive illegal marijuana growing operation Thursday morning at 9 Riverside Drive in Norridgewock. Although no…

News

SCOTUS Hears Oral Arguments on Trump Ballot Case

By Libby PalanzaFebruary 8, 20241 News

The United States Supreme Court on Thursday heard oral arguments in the case of Trump v. Anderson out of Colorado…

Crime

U.S. Border Agents Arrest Three Chinese “Asylum Seekers” with 23 Fake IDs

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 8, 20241 Crime 2K Views

Five Chinese nationals were arrested this week in California after border agents discovered thousands of gift cards, merchandise, and 23…

Politics

Zelenskyy Fires Commander-In-Chief of Ukrainian Armed Forces

By Seamus OthotFebruary 8, 20241 Politics

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy replaced the Commander-In-Chief of all Ukrainian armed forces on Thursday following disputes. “The year 2024 can…

Politics

Susan Collins One of Four Republican Senators to Vote in Favor of Failed Border Security and Foreign Aid Package

By Edward TomicFebruary 8, 202413 Politics

U.S. Senator from Maine Susan Collins was one of four Republican Senators to join Democrats in voting in favor of…

News

Maine’s State Racial Equity Commission Lobbies for Drug Decriminalization, Expanded Welfare Programs

By Edward TomicFebruary 8, 20248 News

Maine’s Permanent Commission on Racial, Indigenous & Tribal Populations (PCRITP) have released a report detailing the legislative initiatives they are…

News

Maine’s Tucker Carlson Could Face EU Sanctions for Putin Interview

By Seamus OthotFebruary 8, 20243 News

Multiple members of the European Union’s (EU) parliament have called for sanctions against Tucker Carlson following his interview with Russian…

News

State Senate Rejects Bill Requiring Search Warrants to Access Wider Range of Mainers’ Electronic Data

By Libby PalanzaFebruary 8, 20242 News

The Maine State Senate rejected a bill Tuesday aimed at extending search warrant requirements to cover a wide range of…

News

National Medical Association Concludes ‘Gender Affirming Care’ has ‘No demonstrable, long-term benefit’ to Adolescents with Gender Dysphoria

By Edward TomicFebruary 8, 20245 News

The American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds) released a statement Wednesday following a review of 60 studies that concluded “social transition,…

Featured

Allagash Brewing Becomes Top Sponsor of Group That Advocates Late-Term Abortion, Sex-Changes for Kids

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 7, 202425 Featured 4K Views

Allagash Brewing Company has become the leading “Visionary Sponsor” for a Portland-based non-profit that is among Maine’s leading advocates for…

News

Maine Continues Fight to Improve Testing of Sexual Assault Kits, as Thousands Are Left Untested Nationally

By Seamus OthotFebruary 7, 20241 News

Maine state legislators are continuing efforts to improve sexual assault kit testing in the state, as kits continue to go…

News

Portland Police Investigating Two Car Shootout in Sagamore Village

By Edward TomicFebruary 7, 20242 News

Portland Police are investigating a shootout between the occupants of two cars that occurred Tuesday evening in the city’s Sagamore…

News

South Portland Directs $150,000 in State Funds to Help Migrants Currently Staying at Hotel Find Permanent Housing

By Edward TomicFebruary 7, 20247 News

The South Portland City Council approved an order Tuesday that freed up $150,000 in state funds that will be used…

News

Child Welfare Ombudsman Reports Continued “Decline in Child Welfare Practice” for 2023

By Libby PalanzaFebruary 7, 20241 News

Maine’s child welfare system has frequently come under fire in recent months for its failure to protect the state’s most…

Top News

White House Spins After Confused Biden Claims He Recently Spoke to Long-Dead French President

By Seamus OthotFebruary 7, 20244 Top News

President Joe Biden has faced heavy criticism this week after he recounted a 2021 conversation he had with French President…

News

Congressional Corruption: Pelosi Profits from Shady Nvidia Stock Trading

By Seamus OthotFebruary 7, 20242 News 1K Views

Former Speaker of the House Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-California) has made staggering profits off of some suspect tech trading, according…

Triad Weed

50 Members of Congress Sign Onto Letter Demanding Answers from DOJ on Illegal Chinese Marijuana Grows

By Edward TomicFebruary 7, 20245 Triad Weed

A bipartisan group of 50 members of Congress sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland last week demanding…

News

Five Arrested After Lewiston Drug House Raided For the Second Time

By Edward TomicFebruary 7, 20241 News

For the second time in less than three months, the Lewiston Police Department executed a search warrant at 149 College…

News

Male High School Athlete Expected to Dominate Division II Girls High Jump in New Hampshire

By Seamus OthotFebruary 7, 20247 News 1K Views

A trans-identifying biological male is expected to dominate at the New Hampshire Division II championship track meet this Sunday, where…

News

Biden White House Pressured Amazon to Censor Books Critical of Big Pharma

By Seamus OthotFebruary 7, 20240 News

U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, (R-Ohio) took to X on Monday to reveal that the White House pressured Amazon to censor…

News

Rachel Talbot Ross Pushes Bill to Rename “Offensive” Place Names in Maine

By Edward TomicFebruary 7, 20244 News 1K Views

A bill aimed at establishing an state advisory board to facilitate renaming place names in Maine had a public hearing…

News

Mainer’s Are More in Debt Than Than Residents of 46 Other States

By The Maine WireFebruary 7, 20244 News

Maine, a state that has some of the highest taxes and electricity costs in the country, can also now count…

Immigration

Biden Doesn’t Need Disastrous Immigration Bill to Close the Border: Josh Filler

By Joshua FillerFebruary 7, 20244 Immigration

Any among us that hoped the Senate negotiated border bill would somehow be better than the leaks had advertised were sadly disappointed…

Top News

Maine Lawmakers Divided Over Potentially Joining the “National Popular Vote” Interstate Compact

By Libby PalanzaFebruary 6, 202413 Top News

The Maine Legislature’s Veterans and Legal Affairs (VLA) Committee held a work session this afternoon to discuss the possibility of…

Triad Weed

Maine Sheriff Arrests Two More New Yorkers Linked to Illegal Marijuana Operation in Whitefield

By Steve RobinsonFebruary 6, 20246 Triad Weed 2K Views

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office has arrested two more individuals in relation to a series of raids it carried out…

News

Maine U.S. Attorney Condemns Female Genital Mutilation as ‘Child Abuse’

By Edward TomicFebruary 6, 20248 News

Editor’s Note: Following the publication of this story, a public affairs professional from Maine Health contacted the Maine Wire asking…

News

MaineHousing Grants Portland $364,000 to Extend City’s Migrant Resettlement Program For 12 Months

By Edward TomicFebruary 6, 20249 News

The Portland City Council unanimously approved an order Monday accepting a $364,000 grant from the Maine State Housing Authority (MaineHousing)…

News

King Praises Embattled UNRWA, Calls for More Aid to Gaza

By Edward TomicFebruary 6, 20249 News

Maine Sen. Angus King (I) joined a group of Democratic U.S. Senators on a letter calling on the Biden administration…

News

ICE Boston Arrests Illegal Alien Previously Convicted of Child Rape, Soliciting Prostitution After Sneaking Back Into US

By Edward TomicFebruary 6, 20241 News

On Jan. 25, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Lynn, Mass. arrested an illegal alien with Mexican and…

News

New York Man Sentenced For Role in Rockland Couple’s Overdose Death

By Seamus OthotFebruary 6, 20241 News

New York resident Tyler Dean, 49, was sentenced on Monday for his role in the overdose deaths of a Rockland…

News

Maine Man Interviews Russian President Vladimir Putin

By Justin DelMonicoFebruary 6, 20244 News

Russian media has confirmed that Tucker Carlson, a resident of Oxford County, was photographed over the weekend in Russia, has…

News

Maine’s Congressional Delegation Repeats Call for Federal Crackdown on Illegal Chinese-Owned Marijuana Operations

By Edward TomicFebruary 6, 20242 News

Maine’s congressional delegation renewed their call for federal action to be taken against a sprawling network of illegal Chinese-owned marijuana…

News

Maine’s Restrictions on the Dissemination and Use of Voter Registration Data Contradict Federal Law: First Circuit Court of Appeals

By Libby PalanzaFebruary 6, 20240 News

The First Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling last Friday declaring that Maine’s laws governing the use and dissemination…

News

Portland City Official Rebuts Press Herald, Claims City is Enforcing Rent Control Ordinances

By Edward TomicFebruary 5, 20243 News

The City of Portland Director of Permitting and Inspections (PID) Jessica Hanscombe sent a Jan. 25 letter to City Manager…

Politics

Jared Golden Accuses House Speaker Mike Johnson of Siding with Vladimir Putin for Opposing Compromise Senate Deal

By Edward TomicFebruary 5, 202415 Politics

Note: This story was updated to include a statement from State Rep. Austin Theriault. Democratic Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) released…

News

Biden Admin Convicts Pro-Life Activists for Peacefully Protesting Outside Abortion Clinic

By Seamus OthotFebruary 5, 20242 News

Last week, six pro-life activists were convicted following a peaceful protest outside a Tennessee abortion clinic, and now face up…

Politics

‘Dead on Arrival:’ Senate Border and Foreign Aid Package Faces Immediate Backlash

By Edward TomicFebruary 5, 20247 Politics

The details of a border security bill tied to a foreign aid package for Ukraine and Israel were released by…

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