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Maine Republicans Call for Investigation Into Senate President After Maine Wire Report Details Residency Requirement Violation, Potential Fraud

By Steve RobinsonAugust 30, 20230 News 1K Views

Maine Republicans called for investigations on Wednesday into Maine Senate President Troy Jackson following a Maine Wire exclusive report that…

Crime

Illegal Migrants From Mexico Assault Northern Border Agent, Official Says

By DCNFAugust 30, 20230 Crime

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Jennie Taer on August 30, 2023 Three illegal migrants from Mexico assaulted a Border…

Flappr’s Docu Series on the Chinese Revolution is Perfecting Counterprogramming for the Brainless Communist in Your Life

By Steve RobinsonAugust 30, 20230 Commentary

If you’re looking for a funny and educational review of how disastrous Marxist-inspired communism has been for mankind, you can…

News

Neo-Nazis or Neo-Marxists: Which Are the Biggest Threat to Life & Liberty in Maine?

By Larry LockmanAugust 30, 20232 News

Is Maine at risk of being transformed into a bastion for white-supremacist neo-Nazi deadbeats such as the loser who claims…

News

Golden Slams Dark Money-Funded ‘Radical Leftist Elites’ Who Criticized His Opposition to Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan

By Edward TomicAugust 30, 20232 News

In a letter to his constituents published on his Substack Monday, Democratic Congressman for Maine’s 2nd District Jared Golden called…

News

Eight Arrested for Drug Trafficking in Central and Mid-Coast Maine Following Months-Long Investigation

By Libby PalanzaAugust 30, 20231 News 29K Views

Eight people have been arrested and charged with drug trafficking offenses following a lengthy investigation, the Maine Department of Public…

News

Mainers’ Approval of Gov. Janet Mills Is On The Decline: UNH Poll

By Libby PalanzaAugust 29, 20233 News 2K Views

A poll conducted earlier this month by the University of New Hampshire (UNH) reveals Mainers’ thoughts on Gov. Janet Mills’…

News

Maine Senate President Troy Jackson Locked in Bitter Legal Fight Over Augusta Home He Bought – and Moved Into – in 2019

By Steve RobinsonAugust 29, 20234 News 12K Views

Maine Senate President Troy Jackson, a Democrat, agreed in a federally insured mortgage contract to make an Augusta house his…

News

Portland Police Seize Fentanyl and Laced Counterfeit Pills from Repeat Offender After Traffic Stop

By Edward TomicAugust 29, 20230 News

Portland Police made a traffic stop last Monday afternoon at the intersection of Park Ave. and Mellen St. in Portland…

Energy & Environment

Environmentalists Blast Offshore Wind as 69th Dead Whale in Less than Year Found Dead on Atlantic Coast

By Steve RobinsonAugust 29, 20233 Energy & Environment 2K Views

In a less than 24-hour span this weekend, two more dead whales have been discovered off the northern Atlantic coast…

News

Left-wing Lincoln County DA Drops Assault Charges on Angolan Citizen Who Brutally Attacked Woman, Gave Man Detached Retina, Then Fought a Cop

By Edward TomicAugust 29, 20237 News 2K Views

Lincoln County District Attorney Natasha Irving dismissed five charges against a man who allegedly assaulted his fellow staff members at…

News

Judge Denies Maine Governor’s Bid to Halt Lawsuit Alleging Her COVID-19 Vax Mandate Violated Religious Freedom

By Libby PalanzaAugust 29, 20235 News 44K Views

A District Court judge has denied Gov. Janet Mills’ (D) request to halt the First Amendment lawsuit filed against her…

News

California Attorney General Sues School District Over ‘Forced Outing Policy’ to Notify Parents of Their Kid’s Gender ID Changes

By Edward TomicAugust 29, 20230 News

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Monday a lawsuit to challenge the mandatory gender identity disclosure policy of the Chino…

News

Maine Police Find Claymore Mine, Grenades in Dead Man’s House

By Edward TomicAugust 29, 20230 News

Police in Portland, Maine were called Saturday to the house of a recently-deceased man whose daughter found three explosive devices…

Energy & Environment

How 150 People Are About to Drive Maine Car Prices and Inflation Up Drastically—and Permanently

By Tom DesjardinAugust 28, 202310 Energy & Environment 4K Views

Only eight U.S. states can boast that all-electric vehicles exceed 1 percent of all vehicles registered there. None are greater…

Crime

Iconic Retailer Closes Shop In Blue City Thanks To Rampant Crime

By Steve RobinsonAugust 28, 20230 Crime

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Lillian Tweten on August 28, 2023 Nordstrom permanently closed its San Francisco location after 35…

News

Fatal Stabbing of GOP Activist in New Hampshire Home Deemed Homicide

By Edward TomicAugust 28, 20230 News

The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office announced Sunday that the death of Republican legal activist Alexander Talcott, 41, in his…

News

York County Residents Targeted By Deed Scam from Utah-based Land Investment Company “Edge Equity”

By Edward TomicAugust 28, 20232 News 2K Views

York County residents are being targeted with unsolicited purchase agreements by a Utah real estate investment company, but county officials…

News

Maine Hospital Threatened Defamation Lawsuit Over 15-year-old’s op-ed on Patient Safety Concerns

By Edward TomicAugust 25, 20232 News 2K Views

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) is fighting back against a Maine hospital that threatened to file a…

News

BREAKING: Suspicious Package Left at Topsham Walgreens Being Investigated by Maine State Police Bomb Squad

By Libby PalanzaAugust 25, 20230 News

The Maine State Police has dispatched its bomb squad to Walgreens in Topsham in response to the discovery of a…

Featured

“We are asking for help”: Business Across From Portland Park and Ride Homeless Encampment Put on Lockdown After Man High on Drugs Enters Store

By Edward TomicAugust 25, 20235 Featured 2K Views

Port City Flooring, a business directly across from one of the city’s largest homeless encampments at the Maine Department of…

News

Plant-Based Straws May Not Be As “Eco-Friendly” As You Think: Recent Study Found “Forever Chemicals” in Majority of Paper and Bamboo Straws

By Libby PalanzaAugust 25, 20230 News

Paper and bamboo straws may not be as “eco-friendly” as they seem, according to a Belgian study. Recent research revealed…

News

South Portland Police Involved in Deadly Shooting after ‘Armed Confrontation’

By Edward TomicAugust 25, 20230 News

Officers from the South Portland Police Department were dispatched at approximately 4 a.m. Friday to Summit Terrace apartments for a…

News

“Never Surrender!”: Trump Makes Return to Site Formerly Known As Twitter, Posts Mug Shot After Being Booked in Atlanta Jail

By Edward TomicAugust 25, 20231 News

Former President Donald Trump has returned to X — the social media platform formerly known as Twitter — for the…

News

Laura Loomer: Fulton County Deputies Shut Down My Jailhouse Trump Rally

By Neil McCabeAugust 25, 20231 News 2K Views

Armed Fulton County Sheriff’s deputies approached former Florida Republican House candidate Laura Loomer and shut down her Thursday morning rally…

News

Legal Battle Over Dissemination and Use of Maine’s Voter Registration Records Ramps Up As Case Heads to First Circuit Court of Appeals

By Libby PalanzaAugust 24, 20230 News

For the past three years, Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) has been locked in a legal battle with the Maine…

News

Trump Interview with Tucker Carlson Surges Past 200 Million Impressions in Under 24 Hours, Fox Debate Gets 12.8 Million Live Viewers

By Edward TomicAugust 24, 20230 News

Instead of attending the first 2024 Republican presidential primary debate hosted by Fox News, former president and current primary frontrunner…

News

House Judiciary Launches Probe into Fulton County DA’s ‘Politically Motivated’ Trump Indictment

By Edward TomicAugust 24, 20233 News

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) sent a letter Thursday to Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis demanding…

News

Cumberland Police Conclude “Gender Queer” in High School Library Does Not Violate Maine Law Against Dissemination of Obscene Matter to Minors

By Edward TomicAugust 24, 202312 News 2K Views

The Cumberland Police Department has found that the Greely High School library is not in violation of Maine state laws…

News

Maine Congressional Delegation Urges DOJ to Shut Down Illegal Chinese-Owned Marijuana Grows

By Edward TomicAugust 24, 20234 News

Maine’s Congressional Delegation is urging the U.S. Department of Justice to shut down numerous illegally operated Chinese marijuana growing operations…

News

Riding the Casco Bay Ferry May Soon Become More Expensive: Casco Bay Transit District Considers Raising Prices, Reducing Service, and Cutting Staff

By Libby PalanzaAugust 23, 20230 News

Riding the ferry may become more expensive for tourists and Maine’s island residents alike. The Casco Bay Transit District (CBITD)…

News

State Rep Mike Soboleski Considers 2024 Challenge to Golden in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District: Interview

By Edward TomicAugust 23, 20232 News 1K Views

Maine State Representative Mike Soboleski (R-Phillips) is considering challenging Rep. Jared Golden in the 2024 race for Maine’s 2nd Congressional…

Top News

MaineHealth DEI Exec Holds ‘Antiracist’ Prayer Service, Tells White People to Feel Uncomfortable about their ‘Whiteness’

By Edward TomicAugust 23, 202314 Top News 4K Views

A MaineHealth executive hosted an antiracist prayer service in which he had a group of White people apologize for their…

News

Maine Supreme Judicial Court Rules Government Entity Withheld Public Records in Bad Faith

By Edward TomicAugust 23, 20230 News

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled in favor of a non-profit prisoner advocacy organization Tuesday, finding that Maine County Commissioners…

News

Maine Public Transit’s Primary EV Supplier Files for Bankruptcy Amidst Statewide Push Toward Vehicle Electrification

By Libby PalanzaAugust 22, 20232 News

Amidst Maine’s push to adopt California-style vehicle emissions standards, the manufacturer that produced the electric buses used by Maine’s major…

News

Billionaire’s Favorite Nikki Haley Fundraises off ‘Rich Men of Richmond”

By Neil McCabeAugust 22, 20230 News

Going into Wednesday’s GOP Presidential Debate in Milwaukee, former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley is fundraising off the YouTube sensation…

Top News

Chellie Pingree Applauds Inflation Reduction Act as “Biggest Climate Bill in Our Nation’s History”

By Edward TomicAugust 22, 20236 Top News

According to the Congressional Budget Office, the Inflation Reduction Act, signed into law by President Joe Biden on Aug. 16,…

News

Trump to be Booked in Georgia Thursday on Racketeering Charges, Court Sets $200k Bond

By Edward TomicAugust 22, 20230 News

Former President Donald Trump says that he will surrender Thursday to authorities in Atlanta, Georgia, to face charges that he…

Top News

USM Professor’s First Amendment Lawsuit Against the University of Maine System Given Green Light by District Court Judge

By Libby PalanzaAugust 21, 20231 Top News 3K Views

A District Court judge just gave the lawsuit brought against the University of Maine System for allegedly violating a former…

News

GOP-Led House Committees Subpoena IRS and FBI Officials Over Alleged Interference in Hunter Biden Investigation

By Edward TomicAugust 21, 20231 News

The House Committees on the Judiciary and on Ways and Means issued subpoenas Monday to IRS and FBI officials in…

News

AG Frey Files Permanent Injunction Under Maine Civil Rights Act in Racial Threatening and Terrorizing Case

By Edward TomicAugust 21, 20231 News

Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey announced Monday that the Court granted his request for a permanent injunction under the Maine…

News

Trump to Skip First GOP Primary Debate For Interview with Tucker Carlson

By Edward TomicAugust 21, 20230 News

Former President and current front-runner in the 2024 Republican presidential primary Donald Trump confirmed in a post to Truth Social…

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Jared Golden Said an Obviously True Thing About Biden’s Student Debt Scheme — and Radical Leftists Are Losing Their Minds

By Steve RobinsonAugust 18, 20235 News 2K Views

Maine’s liberals spent Friday bellyaching online because U.S. Rep. Jared Golden (ME-CD2), a Democrat, had the audacity to oppose President…

News

“Just Please Drop the Lawsuit”: Cape Elizabeth Town Council Continues Legal Battle With The Lumbery Despite Residents’ Continued Pleas

By Libby PalanzaAugust 18, 20233 News 2K Views

After nearly a year, the Town of Cape Elizabeth still has an open lawsuit against The Lumbery — a small…

News

Vivek Ramaswamy Bucks Party Line on Ukraine in Tucker Carlson Sit-Down

By Edward TomicAugust 18, 20233 News 1K Views

In his latest episode of “Tucker on Twitter,” Tucker Carlson sat down with 2024 Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy. Ramaswamy,…

Commentary

“Gender Affirming” Care Is Conversion Therapy

By The Maine WireAugust 18, 20233 Commentary 3K Views

The following is an op-ed submission from Jay T. Allen, a board certified medical doctor currently living in Maine. He…

News

Here’s What the Maine State Legislature Did (and Didn’t Do) This Year [PODCAST]

By Steve RobinsonAugust 18, 20231 News 1K Views

Maine Policy Institute’s Director of Legislative Affairs Jacob Posik joined the Maine Wire podcast to review everything that has happened…

Featured

Press Herald and Janet Mills’ Sister Hype “Eris” COVID-19 Variant to Push More mRNA Injections

By Steve RobinsonAugust 18, 20234 Featured 2K Views

The Portland Press Herald collaborated with Gov. Janet Mills’ sister Dora Mills on Friday to hype a new COVID-19 variant…

News

Massive Turnout for Public Hearing on Proposed California-Style Vehicle Emissions Regulations

By Libby PalanzaAugust 17, 20233 News 2K Views

AUGUSTA – Citizens turned out in droves Thursday morning to make their voices heard at the Maine Department of Environmental…

News

Dr. Meryl Nass Sues Maine Medical Board Over Suspension, Alleges First Amendment Violation

By Edward TomicAugust 17, 20231 News 2K Views

Dr. Meryl Nass, a Ellsworth doctor who has been a vocal critic of official policies during the pandemic and of…

News

Maine Budget’s ‘Rainy Day Fund’ Reaches Statutory Maximum, Surplus to be Distributed to Affordable Housing Programs

By Edward TomicAugust 17, 20231 News

Gov. Janet Mills announced Thursday that the state’s Budget Stabilization Fund, commonly known as the “Rainy Day Fund,” has reached…

News

More than 1.6 Million Pending Asylum Claims Halfway Through 2023 Thanks to Biden Admin: Former Immigration Judge

By Edward TomicAugust 17, 20230 News

Through March of 2023, there were more than of 1.6 million pending asylum applications in the United States — a…

Top News

Illegal Chinese Marijuana Grow Operations Are Taking Over Maine, Leaked Memo Says: DCNF EXCLUSIVE

By DCNFAugust 16, 20238 Top News 10K Views

The Daily Caller News Foundation – By Jennie Taer on August 16, 202 https://twitter.com/JennieSTaer/status/1691972541257007194?s=20 The state of Maine has become…

News

Maryland Man Arrested in Portland in Connection to Abduction of 10-year-old from Baltimore

By Edward TomicAugust 16, 20231 News

Portland Police announced Tuesday that they have arrested a 17-year-old Honduran national in connection to the abduction of a 10-year-old…

Business

Woke to Broke: Target CEO Blames Pride Month for Earning Fail

By Neil McCabeAugust 16, 20230 Business

Target executives told investors and reporters the company was punished for its Pride Month collection, hitting both sales and share…

Housing

City of Portland Relocates Asylum Seekers to Hotels in Freeport and Lewiston to Clear Expo for Maine Celtics

By Libby PalanzaAugust 16, 20232 Housing

The “asylum seekers” that have been living in the Portland Expo were transported north this morning to their new accommodations.…

News

“We have a crisis on our hands”: Portland Encampment Crisis Response Team Updates City Council on Housing Efforts

By Edward TomicAugust 16, 20232 News 4K Views

Portland Department of Health and Human Services Director Kristen Dow updated the City Council Monday on the progress of the…

News

Co-Owner of Neo-Nazi Compound in Northern Maine, a Former Democratic Activist, May Be Prohibited from Owning Firearms

By Steve RobinsonAugust 16, 20237 News 28K Views

The co-owner of the neo-Nazi compound in northern Maine may be prohibited from possessing firearms due to prior felony convictions,…

News

Mills Admin Announces New Initiative to Expand Educator Apprenticeships in Maine Schools

By Edward TomicAugust 15, 20231 News

Gov. Janet Mills announced Tuesday a new initiative to help Maine schools recruit, train, and retain educators through pre-apprenticeship and…

News

‘Concerned Citizens of the West End’: Flyer Addressing Public Health and Safety Concerns of Portland’s West Prom Homeless Encampment

By Edward TomicAugust 15, 20233 News 1K Views

A Tuesday post on the subreddit community for Portland claims that residents in the city’s West End neighborhood received a…

News

Trump and 18 Allies Face Racketeering Charges in Georgia Election Interference Probe

By Edward TomicAugust 15, 20230 News

Former President Donald Trump and 18 of his allies were indicted by a grand jury in Georgia on Monday on…

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Maine’s Community Colleges Still Mandating COVID-19 Shots for Some Students

By Steve RobinsonAugust 15, 20230 Education

Maine’s Community College System (MCCS) is still mandating COVID-19 shots for students enrolled in programs that require visiting third-party locations,…

News

Maine Health Care Workers Ask Supreme Court to Decide Whether Their Employers Violated Federal Anti-Discrimination Laws When Complying with Gov. Mills’ Controversial COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

By Libby PalanzaAugust 15, 20230 News 2K Views

Maine health care employers may have to defend themselves before the U.S. Supreme Court against an allegation that they violated…

News

Colleges Skirt Supreme Court Ruling Barring Race-Based Admissions By Asking About ‘Identity’

By DCNFAugust 15, 20230 News

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Brandon Poulter on August 14, 2023 Colleges and universities have started implementing questions about identity…

Bill Kristol News

New GOP Group Launches Campaign To Encourage Continued Support For Ukraine

By DCNFAugust 15, 20231 News

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Mary Lou Masters on August 15, 2023 Republicans launched an organization Tuesday to advocate for…

Business

Texas Heads To Court After Suing Planned Parenthood For Millions

By DCNFAugust 15, 20230 Business

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Kate Anderson on August 15, 2023 Texas is looking to regain millions of dollars in…

News

Public Hearing on California-Style Rules to Limit Gas-Powered Cars, Trucks Scheduled for Later This Week at Augusta Civic Center

By Libby PalanzaAugust 14, 20232 News

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection (Maine DEP) is set to hold a public hearing at 9am on August 17…

News

A Look At Planned Parenthood’s Influence in Maine

By Libby PalanzaAugust 14, 20233 News

Abortion has been at the forefront of politics in Maine this past year. From the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn…

News

Collins, King, Golden Announce $194,000 Federal Grant for Aroostook Mi’kmaq Grid Upgrades

By Edward TomicAugust 14, 20230 News

On Monday U.S. Senators from Maine Susan Collins, Angus King, and Congressman Jared Golden announced a $194,000 federal grant from…

News

South Portland Leads “Affordable Housing” Push As Municipalities Statewide Work to Accommodate Augusta’s One-Size-Fits-All Zoning Mandates by 2024 Deadlines

By Libby PalanzaAugust 14, 20230 News

From statewide mandates coming down from Augusta to municipal-level initiatives, affordable housing has become a priority for elected officials in…

Media

Biden on Maui Fire Deaths: “No comment”

By The Maine WireAugust 14, 20230 Media 1K Views

President Joe Biden was once again vacationing on Rehoboth Beach in Delaware on Sunday. Asked to comment on the devastating…

News

Maine’s 2024-2025 Supplemental Budget Includes $3.5 Million for English Language Learners at Public Schools

By Edward TomicAugust 14, 20230 News

The $445 million Fiscal Year 2024-2025 supplemental budget passed by the Maine Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Janet…

News

Electric Vehicles vs. Maine Winters: Will EVs struggle with Maine’s frigid cold?

By Steve RobinsonAugust 14, 20230 News 2K Views

The Mills Administration has made it a top priority to get Mainers driving electric vehicles (EVs) as part of its…

Politics

60th Whale Death Since 2022 Raises Questions Over Offshore Wind Power’s Impact on Endangered Species

By Steve RobinsonAugust 14, 20230 Politics 2K Views

On Saturday, New Jersey lifeguards discovered a dead humpback whale washed ashore, the latest in a string of unexplained deaths…

Education

‘Smear Parents’: Parental Rights Advocates Sound The Alarm As Bill Targeting Parents Moves Through Legislature

By DCNFAugust 14, 20230 Education

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Reagan Reese on August 13, 2023 In July, California’s Senate Bill 596, which would make…

Immigration

Dem Govs, Mayors Declared Emergencies After Receiving Trickle Of Southern Border’s Migrant Flood

By DCNFAugust 14, 20230 Immigration

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Jennie Taer on August 13, 2023 Even as southern border communities deal with an influx…

News

Biden’s ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ Did Nothing To Bring Down Inflation, Economists Agree

By DCNFAugust 14, 20230 News

The Daily Caller News Foundation by Will Kessler on August 14, 2023 The Inflation Reduction Act did nothing to address the…

News

Florida Congressman Files Articles of Impeachment Against Biden for High Crimes and Misdemeanors

By Edward TomicAugust 14, 20230 News

U.S. Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.) has filed four articles of impeachment against President Joe Biden for alleged high crimes and…

Commentary

Janet Mills’ Ludicrous Five-Year Immigration Plan Is a Catastrophe Waiting to Happen

By Larry LockmanAugust 14, 20234 Commentary 3K Views

Lawrence Lockman of Bradley served four terms in the Maine House of Representatives, from 2012 to 2020. He is co-founder…

Maine Wire TV

The Maine Wire Tours Portland’s Tent Cities [PODCAST]

By The Maine WireAugust 14, 20230 Maine Wire TV 2K Views

Last week, the Maine Wire’s Steve Robinson and Edward Tomic spent some time touring Portland’s various homeless encampments. Hundreds of…

News

‘Millsvilles’: The Maine Wire Visits Portland’s Drug-Infested Tent Cities

By The Maine WireAugust 14, 20231 News 42K Views

On Thursday, Maine Wire Editor-in-Chief Steve Robinson and reporter Edward Tomic visited Portland’s largest three homeless encampments and spoke with…

News

Portland Spends 50 Times More Per Person on Welfare Than Other Maine Cities, Spent 73% of All General Assistance Dollars Since 2019, Records Show

By Steve RobinsonAugust 11, 202310 News 5K Views

Maine’s municipal welfare spending, known as General Assistance, has been dominated by the city of Portland over the last four…

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Attorney General Merrick Garland Appoints Special Counsel to Investigate Hunter Biden

By Edward TomicAugust 11, 20237 News

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Friday that he will be appointing the U.S. Attorney from Delaware, David Weiss, as…

News

Child Labor Law Violations on the Rise — Both in Maine and Nationwide

By Libby PalanzaAugust 11, 20234 News

Child labor violations are on the rise in Maine, according to a report released earlier this week by the Maine…

News

“This sounds like a setup to me”: Tucker Carlson Interviews Chief of Capitol Police on Jan 6 [VIDEO]

By Edward TomicAugust 11, 20233 News 9K Views

Tucker Carlson released an interview Thursday with the former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund to discuss the intelligence and security…

News

Two People Found Living on Elementary School Roof in Augusta Adds Twist to Statewide Homelessness Crisis

By Libby PalanzaAugust 10, 20234 News

Two people were discovered last week to be living on the roof of the Lillian P. Hussey Elementary School in…

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Golden Works to Grow Ranks of “Blue Dog” Congressional Coalition: “I Want to Empower My Local Communities”

By Libby PalanzaAugust 10, 20234 News

Rep. Jared Golden (D) of Maine’s Second Congressional District took over as a co-chair of the Blue Dog Coalition earlier…

News

Portland Police Investigating Death At Western Promenade Homeless Encampment

By Edward TomicAugust 9, 20234 News 1K Views

Portland Police announced Wednesday that they are investigating the death of a 58-year-old man at a homeless encampment in the…

News

Maine Hospital That Fired Unvaccinated Nurses Over Mills’ Mandate Is Begging Them to Return Two Years Later

By Steve RobinsonAugust 9, 202328 News 13K Views

Nurses and other health care workers at MaineGeneral Health, one of Maine’s largest healthcare providers, were unceremoniously fired two years…

News

Pro-Life Group Won’t Pursue a People’s Veto of Late-Term Abortion Law

By Libby PalanzaAugust 9, 20232 News

Speak Up for Life, a pro-life organization run by Rep. Laurel Libby (R-Auburn), has decided today against pursuing a People’s…

News

EXCLUSIVE: Senator Collins Blasts Biden Admin for Withholding Funds from Schools with Hunting and Archery Programs

By Edward TomicAugust 9, 20239 News 1K Views

Maine’s Republican U.S. Senator Susan Collins sent a letter Tuesday to the Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona expressing her…

News

Portland Taxpayers Foot the Bill for “Significant Increases in Expenditures” for “Social Service Programs” Through Property Taxes and Fees

By Libby PalanzaAugust 9, 20234 News

The city of Portland has experienced massive increases in spending to accommodate migrants seeking asylum and residents experiencing homelessness, but…

News

Maine Municipal Association to Host Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Training Program Later This Year

By Libby PalanzaAugust 9, 20236 News

The Maine Municipal Association (MMA) is hosting a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Cohort Program aimed at providing “a more…

News

Biden Family and Business Partners Received Over $20 Million From Foreign Sources During Joe Biden’s Vice Presidency

By Edward TomicAugust 9, 20231 News 2K Views

Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability James Comer (R-Ky.) released a third bank records memorandum Wednesday which…

News

DeSantis Suspends Soros-Funded Prosecutor for Neglect of Duty and Incompetence

By Edward TomicAugust 9, 20230 News

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Wednesday the suspension of State Attorney Monique Worrell of the 9th Judicial Circuit for dereliction…

News

Maine State Employees Union, Spurned by Mills Over Pay Increases, Considers Illegal “Sick Out”

By Steve RobinsonAugust 9, 202319 News 7K Views

Maine’s second largest labor union is considering illegal tactics, including tactics that could temporarily shut down state government, to gain…

National

Trump Holds Big Lead in NH, DeSantis Drops to Tie With Christie: NH Journal

By NH JournalAugust 8, 20233 National

This story by Michael Graham was originally published by the NH Journal and is republished here with permission. When Donald…

News

Maine AG’s Probe of Lewiston Shooting Deaths Concludes With No Prosecution

By Edward TomicAugust 8, 20236 News

The Maine Department of Public Safety provided an update to a July shooting in Lewiston that resulted in the deaths…

News

Maine State Police Apprehend Fugitive Oklahoma Couple Wanted On Child Sexual Abuse and Porn Charges

By Edward TomicAugust 8, 20234 News 1K Views

On Monday, Maine State Police Troopers from the Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Unity and Southern Field Troop apprehended two fugitives wanted…

News

Maine School Board Member Called Police on Parents Who Spoke Out Against Pornographic Books: 911 Transcripts

By Edward TomicAugust 8, 20238 News 3K Views

Following a tense Maine School Administrative District 51 (MSAD #51) board meeting in July that was adjourned after a parent…

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