The young couple gunned down Monday night in Westbrook had recently relocated to Maine from Texas with their two young…
Portland’s Corporation Counsel’s Office is conducting “legal research” into whether City Councilor At-Large Pious Ali violated a state law against…
Over the past few days, the Legislature has shot down a series of bills and resolutions aimed at shoring up…
If lawmakers voted to approve a paid leave program — funded by a new one percent payroll tax on workers…
U.S. Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.), Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, said Thursday that the committee has received credible…
The U.S. House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday released shocking whistleblower testimonies suggesting alleged impropriety by the IRS and…
Two stories regarding Maine’s second most powerful legislator, House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross (D-Portland), have remained largely untouched by the…
At a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday entitled “Protecting Pride: Defending the Civil Rights of LGBTQ+ Americans,” a queer…
The State Legislature has officially defeated a bill that would have lowered Maine’s sales tax rate from 5.5 percent to…
Following the retirement announcement of current Portland Police Department Interim Chief F. Heath Gorham, the city stated Thursday that Interim…
A new policy directive from Maine Information Technology (MaineIT) has put a six-month moratorium on the adoption and use of…
Maine’s Republican Senators on Wednesday defended their opposition to an effort by Democratic lawmakers to create a new one percent…
The Senate voted Tuesday to require MaineCare reimbursement for “medically necessary treatment for or related to gender dysphoria,” following a…
An employee of the world’s largest asset management company, BlackRock, describes how the company attempts to stay out of the…
One-hundred members of the House of Representatives voted Wednesday in favor of House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross’s (D-Portland) tribal sovereignty…
Lawmakers voted Wednesday to kill a bill that would have facilitated the installation of “safe haven baby boxes,” referred to…
After rejecting an effort to censure Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) last week over his role in the debunked Trump-Russia…
Maine’s top newspapers have refused to publish a pro-life op-ed written by the long-time former Executive Director of Maine’s State…
The following is an opinion editorial written by Myra Broadway of Gardiner. Originally submitted to the Bangor Daily News and…
An “accounting error” resulted in the Department of Defense sending an extra $6.2 billion in aid to Ukraine, a Pentagon…
The Senate resoundingly rejected last week a bill that would have raised vehicle inspection costs and given the Maine State…
Boston Police and Fire crews responded to a medical emergency at a public housing complex Saturday and discovered a bizarre…
American 13-year-olds have posted another decline in math and reading testing, according to a Wednesday release of data from the…
A new rule from the Biden Administration has sharply limited the number of migrants who can legitimately claim asylum after…
Late last week, the Senate defeated a bill that would have abolished Maine’s state income tax and established a zero-based…
Earlier this year, Merrick Garland, America’s attorney general, went to the extraordinary length of actually denying that there exist two…
An aspiring rap artist from South Portland was arrested Monday night after allegedly murdering two Westbrook residents in front of…
In the latest episode of Tucker Carlson’s massively popular new show “Tucker on Twitter” released Tuesday, Carlson roasts fellow Maine…
The Maine State Police Bomb Unit was called in last week to investigate and disarm an “explosive device” discovered in…
The Senate voted Tuesday along party lines to reject a bill that would have restricted the use of private donations…
The Maine Department of Education (MDOE) is a failing institution that is based on white supremacy, according to comments Speaker…
President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden has struck a deal with the U.S. Attorney of Delaware in which he is…
The upcoming November referenda authorizing $13.5 billion in borrowing charged to the electricity consumer’s credit card and cosigned by Maine…
A federal court of appeals released an opinion Friday siding with the Maine Lobstermen’s Association in their lawsuit against the…
Municipalities across the state were granted a reprieve last week when LD 1706 was signed into law, extending the deadline…
Democrats in the House of Representatives on Friday rejected a floor amendment that would have required MaineCare, Maine’s Medicaid program,…
The state of Maine has lurched from short-term spending agreement to short-term spending agreement, often using pricey borrowing to pay…
Maine’s school rank 34th among all 50 states in the nation when it comes to education, according the 2023 Kids…
Portland City Councilor At-Large Pious Ali went live on Facebook outside Portland City Hall on Election Day, and may have…
Former Democratic Rep. Clinton Collamore said Thursday that “someone in the Democratic Party” urged him to remain silent on his…
Maine’s Republican lawmakers scored a victory on Thursday by rejecting a bill that would have added a three-day waiting period…
On Thursday the Maine Legislature’s Judiciary Committee held a follow-up work session on House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross’ (D-Portland) bill,…
A Twitter thread published Thursday by Daily Wire political commentator Matt Walsh showed internal documents from Fox News revealing the…
Candidates for state office who choose to seek taxpayer funding for their campaigns will not be required to disclose on…
The State Legislature has rejected a bill that would have expanded school choice in Maine by creating an Empowerment Scholarship…
Democratic House lawmakers on Thursday killed a bill that would have guaranteed parents’ “fundamental right to make decisions regarding the…
MSNBC beat out Fox News in average primetime viewers last week, breaking Fox’s 120 week most-watched cable news network winning…
St. Dominic Academy in Auburn filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Mills Administration and the Maine Human Rights Commission alleging…
Whether Maine will hike the statewide hourly minimum wage to $15.00 per hour is in Gov. Janet Mills’ hands after…
After a settlement reached on Monday between the operator of South Portland’s Howard Johnson hotel and around 60 migrant families,…
Portland’s downtown Congress Street Starbucks is not festooned with Pride decorations inside or outside the store two weeks into Pride…
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows (D) is going head-to-head with No Labels, the political third party that has pledged…
Last night, the Maine House of Representatives was up late debating whether to approve a bill that would add more…
Students at the Marshall Simonds Middle School in Burlington, Mass., tore down rainbow decorations and chanted “U.S.A are my pronouns”…
Maine’s House of Representatives approved a bill (83-56) that will increase security arrangements at the State House complex just moments…
The Maine House on Wednesday rejected a bill (76-71) that would have prohibited cities and towns in the state from…
The Maine Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) on Tuesday voted to approve electricity rate increases associated with a program that hikes…
Maine Republicans and conservative candidates posted victories last night in a State House special election and a handful local elections.…
State lawmakers are considering a proposal to let cities and towns create areas where narcotic users can consume the illegal…
Former President Donald Trump has entered a not guilty plea to all 37 counts of federal charges brought against him…
As offshore wind power continues its inexorable advance in the Gulf of Maine, Gov. Janet Mills and Maine’s Congressional Delegation…
As of Tuesday, House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross (D-Portland) has not responded to three requests for comment on why she…
The Maine House of Representatives has passed a bill that will force hospitals to comply with federal price transparency requirements.…
The South Portland City Council is set to hold a workshop on Thursday to discuss implementing a citywide “Pay As…
On Monday evening the Portland City Council voted to approve a contract to build a new 180-bed shelter targeted towards…
The scandal surrounding the Biden family’s foreign business deals took a turn Monday when U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said…
North Korea has joined the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Executive Board, a leadership position that will give a leading state…
Two academics at Canada’s University of Toronto have published a paper analyzing the use of medically assisted suicide in cases…
In an effort to reduce the stigma associated with committing crimes and going to jail, Maine House of Representatives approved…
Democratic lawmakers on Monday rejected a proposal from Rep. John Andrews (R-Paris) that would have allowed the boards of government-run…
Watch a fiery back-and-forth between Laurie Osher and Billy Bob Faulkingham An Orono Democrat on Monday compared members of the…
Amid a debate over whether Maine’s schools should adopt a rating system for sexually explicit books, Rep. Charles Skold (D-Portland)…
Portland High School was temporarily locked down last week after a brawl between students that some say included a knife,…
A Maine Transgender Network, Inc. steering committee member resigned from a voluntary position with the organization in May after writing…
Over the past few years, corporate leaders have worked to acclimate to a culture wherein there seemed to be an…
Maine had the third highest percentage of out-of-state campaign contributions during the 2022 election cycle at 67.82 percent, according to…
State lawmakers are considering a bill that would increase the cost of vehicle inspection fees and create a new surveillance…
Unity residents who signed a petition opposing the town’s embrace of “Pride Month” in May have found themselves targeted by…
In the latest round of legal filings related to Newcastle mom Amber Lavigne’s lawsuit against the Great Salt Bay Community…
On Monday afternoon the Portland City Council will hold a meeting to take public comment and then vote on a…
On Monday JPMorgan Chase announced that they have agreed “in principle” to a settlement in a class action lawsuit alleging…
Democratic lawmakers attempted to pass off a definition of “racial profiling” from the left-wing ACLU of Maine as though it…
The Maine Board of Licensure in Social Work held a disciplinary hearing Friday for a conditionally licensed public school social worker who…
The Maine State Legislature voted this week to kill LD 1636, “An Act to Ensure the Right to Work Without…
Former President Donald Trump revealed Thursday on social media that he has been indicted by a federal grand jury on…
After the Judiciary Committee gave Gov. Jant Mills’ late-term abortion bill the stamp of approval Friday, Maine Wire Editor-in-Chief Steve…
Carroll Conley, Executive Director of the Christian Civic League of Maine, joins Maine Wire Editor-in-Chief for a podcast session on…
Maine Wire Editor-in-Chief Steve Robinson sat down for a podcast with Christian Civic League of Maine Executive Director Carroll Conley…
Able-bodied adults without children will not be required to work or seek employment for a few more years following a…
On Thursday Democratic lawmakers in Maine’s House of Representatives defeated a series of Republican-proposed parental rights bills. [RELATED: Lawmakers Nix…
Officials within the Biden Administration are preparing for the possibility that the Supreme Court will strike down its large-scale student…
The Maine State Legislature is expected to soon put its seal of approval on LD 1101, “An Act to Support…
A Syrian asylum seeker has been arrested Thursday morning after a horrific knife attack at a French Alpine town playground…
Almost 30 percent of Americans ages 18-29 support the government putting “1984-style” surveillance cameras in every household, according to a…
Rep. Mike Soboleski (R-Phillips) joins the Maine Wire podcast to talk about how a policy 2021 policy aimed at advancing…
The Democratic co-chairs of the Judiciary Committee have scheduled a work session on LD 1619, Gov. Janet Mills late-term abortion…
The Maine Legislature’s Judiciary Committee held a work session Wednesday afternoon on a proposed bill LD 1735, “An Act to…
Democrats in the State Senate and House of Representatives have officially voted to kill bill that would have required public…
As funding runs out for General Assistance vouchers, asylum seekers occupying about 30 rooms of the Sanford Inn will soon…
U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) tweeted Tuesday night an image of her setting fire to a Republican energy bill that…