Former Republican President Donald Trump is preparing to launch his 2024 campaign for president after next week’s midterm elections, according…
The White House on Wednesday deleted a tweet that misleadingly credited President Joe Biden with increasing social security payments. Social…
Members of a commission in Augusta are proposing the creation of a new rental assistance welfare program that would cost…
“Let’s declare a pandemic amnesty,” writes Emily Oster, in a new piece for The Atlantic magazine. “We need to forgive…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills spent more than $500,000 to mail physical checks, rather than make $850 instant electronic deposits, so…
Maine Governor Janet Mills’s administration recommends that elementary schools carry pornographic books such as Gender Queer, a graphic novel (what we…
If it’s brown, it’s down! Maine’s 2021 hunting season resulted in plenty of overstuffed deep freezers, according to the new…
Trinity College in Hartford, CT, ordered the removal of a student’s American flag and attempted to confiscate the flag, according…
The Maine Department of Corrections is providing padded bras to juvenile inmates without breasts and chest binders to juvenile inmates…
The Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) program, a short-term program designed to protect Maine renters from the economic harm caused by…
The Maine Department of Corrections (DOC) had employees take an hour off of work on Thursday for a lecture from…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills, a Democrat, told college students Sunday widespread and increasing inflation of the U.S. dollar was a…
Karina Lipsman, the Republican congressional challenger for Virginia’s 8th Congressional District, is calling on her opponent, entrenched Democrat Rep. Don…
Former Gov. Paul LePage and State Sen. Trey Stewart (R-Aroostook) are calling for an investigation into whether a phone call…
Hillary R. Clinton, former U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of State, and candidate for President of the United States, cut a…
Democratic Gov. Janet Mills and Republican former Gov. Paul LePage clashed once again Thursday night in a debate that may…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills reversed her position on mandated COVID-19 vaccinations for school children Thursday night during her third debate…
It’s a genuine Aroostook County Mystery: What happened to Sue McCrum, the matriarch of the powerful Penobscot McCrum potato empire, that led…
Despite home heating oil prices surging to about $5.40 per gallon, Maine Gov. Janet Mills told a few dozen University…
The University of Southern Maine is headed before the Maine Human Rights Commission (MHRC) on Monday, Nov. 7 to appeal…
The National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), fresh off their Pandemic Era advocacy for school…
In both of the gubernatorial debates, Republican Gov. Paul LePage has brought up changes to Maine’s fentanyl trafficking laws made…
Let me say at the beginning, Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman deserves very little of the blame for what happened…
With the 2022 midterm elections already underway in most parts of the country, thanks to early voting, President Joe Biden’s…
Maine Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) joined her fellow members of the Congressional Progressive Congress in signing a now-retracted letter to…
Former Scarborough Schools Superintendent Julie R. Kukenberger has another acrimonious school departure in her wake as she leaves her job…
As Maine retail heating oil prices surge to $5.43 per gallon and some market analysts predict rationing, Maine’s oil dealers…
With midterm elections just days away, we’re finally hearing some talk on the campaign trail about the impact of illegal…
It was a small moment with big implications. Last night during the second major gubernatorial debate, Maine Gov. Janet Mills…
Blame it on the public education system or declining mental health care, but whatever the cause, the new crop of…
In all likelihood, William Marbury was really bummed when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1803 that it lacked jurisdiction…
The Institute for Research on Presidential Elections (IRPE), a supposedly non-partisan non-profit, has invited some Maine lawmakers on an indulgent…
Government lockdowns following the COVID-19 outbreak caused unprecedented declines in American students’ math and reading test scores, according to new…
A conservative political action committee on Sunday announced a $600,000 TV ad buy to draw attention to the inclusion of…
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday announced a total ban on the sale of handguns in the country, including…
Randall Liberty, the Commissioner of the Maine Department of Corrections, has objected to a request from a parole reform committee…
Maine Center for Disease Control (MCDC) Director Nirav D. Shah on Thursday joined fellow members of the federal Center for…
President Joe Biden is slated to join Pennsylvania senate candidate Jon Fetterman on the campaign trail today, but that move…
Boston Globe sports writer Ben Volin told the low-rated WEEI morning radio show “someone that would know” told him everyone…
Maine Wire EIC Steve Robinson joined WVOM’s George Hale and Ric Tyler show Tuesday morning to talk about Maine Wire’s…
The Oxford Hills school board provisionally approved new rules for the district on Monday that will require school officials to…
The Maine Legislature’s Government Oversight Committee(GOC) voted October 19 to direct Assistant Attorney General Christopher Taub to ask a Superior…
A Hermon third grade teacher who also heads the Hermon Teachers Association has a message for parents who are upset…
American’s trust major corporate media outlets less than ever, American polling firm Gallup reported Tuesday. “At 34%, Americans’ trust in…
Up until a week ago, I wrote a weekly column on politics for three papers in the Mid-coast: The Republican…
With Indigenous Peoples Day replacing Columbus Day, Goodbye, Columbus seemed a natural, but I realized that most folks under 50…
Maine, and the rest of New England, may face energy blackouts this winter due to sky prices for liquified natural…
The price of a gallon of No. 2 heating oil in Maine is back around $5.00 per gallon, according to…
A scientific laboratory in Boston says it has created a deadlier version of the COVID-19 virus that led governments around…
Add another Hunter Biden Corruption story to the pile of items Americans must learn about in the British press. On…
Gray-New Gloucester Middle School Teacher Ann Cook’s politically charged conversation with an 8th grader, first reported on by The Maine…
The State Representative from New Gloucester on Monday called on MSAD 15 officials to launch an investigation into allegations that…
More than 120 Republican candidates for the Maine State House and Senate vowed Monday to oust Attorney General Aaron Frey…
First Lady Dr. Jill Biden received thunderous boos and even an R-Rated chant last night when she attended Lincoln Financial…
A New York Times / Siena College poll released Monday suggests Republican candidates have gained ground with independent voters after…
Maine Wire EIC Steve Robinson joined WGAN Morning News host Matt Gagnon this morning to cover his reporting on a…
AUGUSTA – Maine Gov. Janet Mills’s male employees are making more money than their female counterparts, according to The Maine…
A Rumford man whose 2016 arrest for fentanyl trafficking landed him in jail — and in former Gov. Paul LePage’s…
Shocking audio obtained by The Maine Wire reveals a Maine public school teacher subjecting a student to a racially charged…
The Maine Office of Cannabis Policy (OCP) released a guidance memo reminding medical cannabis registrants and adult use licensees that…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills is blaming Russia for the high price of energy as Maine heads into winter. “Energy prices…
Maine’s congressional delegation has voted to increase funding for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) by more than $6…
Maine Wire EIC Steve Robinson joined WGAN Morning Show host Matt Gagnon to talk about his coverage of Dr. Meryl…
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, a.k.a. the mega celebrity AOC who boasts 13.5 million Twitter followers, was lambasted by protesters opposed…
Boston Red Sox employee Peter Tolan was arrested Monday on the charge of child enticement. “When we learned of the…
Inflation in the U.S. economy hit 8.2% in September, a sharper rise than some economists predicted, while the Core Consumer…
Maine lobstermen and women aren’t stupid, though it seems Gov. Janet Mills thinks they are. The governor was recently heckled by members…
The affiliate of a labor union group spending money to help Senate President Troy Jackson (D-Aroostook) win re-election also provided…
Maine’s Second Congressional district is receiving national attention, which isn’t a great sign for incumbent Democratic Rep. Jared Golden (CD-2),…
A Maine state agency met Tuesday for the first of several hearings that will determine whether an Ellsworth doctor who…
The number of parents submitting Freedom of Access Act requests to Maine’s government-run schools is “out of control,” according to…
The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday the results of a deep investigation into the stock trading of federal government officials,…
The Maine Department of Education (DOE) is expanding an online learning platform that drew criticism for teaching kindergartners about transgenderism…
President Joe Biden on Thursday issued a blanket pardon for Americans who have been convicted of simple marijuana possession and…
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has made the world understand that western countries cannot be dependent on autocratic nations for oil,…
Maine’s congressional delegation will take action to limit funding to the Monterey Bay Aquarium after the California-based aquarium’s Seafood Watch…
President Joe Biden may have won the election, but he’s not really in charge, according to former Republican Gov. Paul…
New York Times reporter Stuart A. Thompson labeled the story a far-right “conspiracy theory” involving a Michigan company whose software…
Maine’s Democratic Gov. Janet Mills and former Republican Gov. Paul LePage defended their differing policies for addressing the opioid epidemic…
Former Republican Gov. Paul LePage returns to the debate stage to square off against Democratic Gov. Janet Mills.
Maine lobster was recently placed on the unsustainable “red list” by the environmental group Seafood Watch, a non-profit associated with…
The Maine Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) are no longer supporting a referendum question they worked to place on Portland’s…
President Biden may have admitted “the pandemic is over” with regard to COVID-19, but that doesn’t mean we won’t be…
Portland city officials cleared trash and a homeless encampment from Deering Oaks Park in Portland ahead of a planned event…
The estimated amount of pandemic unemployment compensation paid out to fraudulent claims has risen to $45.6 billion, according to recent…
On February 7, 1968, after American military forces rained rockets, napalm, and bombs on the village of Ben Tre in…
Maine’s unemployment rate increased in August, rising to 3.1 percent from July’s rate of 2.8 percent. The labor force participation…
The Maine Legislature’s Government Oversight Committee (GOC) will subpoena confidential case files related to the recent deaths of four children…
Inflation still isn’t letting up, and it’s a top concern for Americans right now. But we just learned of yet…
For most Americans, COVID-19 long ago stopped being an immediate crisis and has become little more than a dull annoyance,…
New rules for Maine’s adult-use cannabis program went into effect on September 8. Included in the rules are new requirements…
While the number of jobs available in Maine has recovered to near pre-pandemic levels, the state’s labor force participation rate…
From early March 2020 through the summer, when discussions about whether to close and reopen schools because of COVID-19 were…
The Maine Department of Education (DOE) worked with several interest groups in the state to coordinate COVID-19 messaging and guidelines…
As the summer of 2020 progressed, the Maine Department of Education (DOE) continued communications with interest groups in the state,…
There are mounting concerns over profound learning loss due to prolonged school closures and remote learning. New data released last…
If the inevitable tradeoffs are ignored, most people would be in favor of getting a free lunch. Unfortunately, there ain’t no…
As I predicted, Biden’s latest policy announcement spelled the end of the student loan payment pause which began during Covid-19…
High energy costs are making Maine increasingly unaffordable for people of average means. Misguided state energy policies are contributing to…
A federal appeals court this week sided with several companies whose applications to sell nicotine vaping products in a variety…