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Massachusetts City Declares Itself a Sanctuary for Transgenderism in Wake of Misgendering Spat

Worcester, Massachusetts’ city council voted 9-2 on Tuesday to declare their city an official sanctuary city for…
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Portland Police Investigating Deaths of Two Homeless Men Found in Woods Behind Riverton Hannaford

Portland Police announced Monday morning that they are investigating two deaths in the wooded area behind Hannaford on Riverside Street. Police say they received a call reporting two unconscious males in the wooded area behind…
President Donald Trump proclaimed the first ever Gulf of America Day from Air Force One on Sunday while en route to Super Bowl LIX and flying over the body of water known until recently as…
A traffic stop following a police chase in South Portland early Saturday morning led to the arrest of two Massachusetts men on drugs and weapons charges after police found large amounts of suspected drugs in…
David Asher, a long-time U.S. advisor on national security, appeared on Canada’s state-funded CBC news on Sunday to defend Trump’s efforts to force Canada to secure its borders, citing the largest fentanyl lab in the…
Southern Maine residents tired of getting woken up by trash haulers clanking dumpsters may finally get some sleep soon, at least in one town. A new noise law on the Feb. 11 Kennebunk town-meeting ballot…
‘Whiteouts, dangerous cold, and hazardous terrain’: Maine’s Chief Border Patrol Agent Warns Against Illegal Crossings

The head of U.S. Border Patrol operations in Maine’s Houlton sector, which covers encompasses the entire state, coastline and U.S.-Canada border, warned against illegal northern border crossings in a statement issued last week, citing harsh…
A group of Republican lawmakers are looking to end the controversial practice of same-day voter registration in Maine. Rep. Barbara A. Bagshaw (R-Windham), together with eight Republican co-sponsors, are pushing legislation that would reinstitute time…
Instead of Cutting Fat from the Budget, Maine Democrats Want State-Funded Weight Loss Drugs

As Maine faces an impending half-billion dollar budget shortfall, and Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine) considers a flurry of tax increases that would barely dent the deficit, legislative Democrats are aiming to expand welfare benefits to…
Maine lawmakers are slated to consider creating protections for workers that will limit how American businesses can use emerging monitoring and surveillance systems, which some corporations have adopted to spy on remote workers and ensure…
The annual tradition of visiting an auto mechanic to get an inspection sticker could come to an end if a group of Republican lawmakers succeed in repealing Maine’s auto inspection requirement. Under a bill introduced…
‘Substantial cuts’ on horizon for Maine’s largest newspaper conglomerate, says top source
A well-connected New England media analyst says he’s “heard from serious people that substantial cuts may be coming” to the company running Maine’s biggest newspaper chain. Dan Kennedy, who teaches journalism at Northeastern University in…
A Maine man who wanted to be buried in the town cemetery but was told there was no more room figured there was only one option – buy the damn thing. But Lawrence Butler had…
3x Deported Illegal Alien, Convicted of Assault and Weapons Charges, Pleads Guilty to Illegal Reentry

A Guatemalan national, who was previously deported three times from the U.S. and served a nearly six-year prison sentence in Oregon for assault and weapons charges, pleaded guilty in a Maine federal court this week…
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) told 8 Investigates that a records request aimed at exposing the agency for failing to pay thousands of dollars it owed to day care providers would…
Democratic Maine Rep. Jared Golden urged his party to pump the brakes on their reflexive, hair-trigger responses to Republican advances in an interview with The Washington Post on Friday. Golden expressed frustration with Democrats’ tendency…
In the face of a new executive order issued by President Donald Trump on Wednesday imposing significant penalties on schools that allow males to compete in girls’ sports, the Maine Department of Education (DOE) maintained…
Over a year after the tragic mass shooting that rocked Lewiston in October 2023, scrutiny has emerged over how one Maine nonprofit organization distributed funds raised in response to the tragedy. While more than two-thirds…
A man previously arrested for a stabbing in Portland is now being accused of trying to grab, kiss and give alcohol to a 13-year-old girl who was walking home in Westbrook on Wednesday. Westbrook Police…
The Mills administration is seeking an organization to award $300,000 to administer the state’s “social equity program,” a taxpayer-funded affirmative action business development initiative for disproportionately incarcerated, racial, ethnic or tribal populations, according to state…
The Portland International Jetport has been ordered to stop cutting trees near the runways until authorities can determine whether the project went too far. Neighbors sounded their vehement opposition to the tree-cutting before city councilors,…
The South Portland Police announced late Thursday afternoon that they had arrested 20-year-old Ahmed Basheer Awad, who is suspected of injuring a man in a Wednesday shooting at the Maine Mall. South Portland Police, along…
An automotive trade association based out of Washington D.C. has sued Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey over the enforcement of a “right to repair” law approved by voters in 2023. The complaint alleges that enforcement…
Maine Attorney General Aaron M. Frey has joined a coalition of 12 state attorneys general in opposing the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s decision to grant Elon Musk and his newly established Department of Government…
DCNF EXCLUSIVE: GOP Rep Unveils Bill To Prevent ‘Left-Wing Lunatics’ From Holding US Highways Hostage

Republican Georgia Rep. Mike Collins reintroduced legislation Thursday to criminalize protests that block highways. Collins’ Safe Passage on Interstates Act would make intentionally blocking interstate highways a crime, according to background information on the bill…