A group of Republican lawmakers have introduced a bill aims to eliminate the eight percent sales tax on prepared food, including meals sold in restaurants. The official summary of this legislation indicates that the purpose…

Maine State Rep. Reagan Paul (R-Winterport) proposed a bill on Tuesday that would impose significant new restrictions on chemical abortions, preventing providers from prescribing abortion pills by mail through telehealth appointments and ensuring that the…

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered a new contingent of troops to help secure the southern border on Saturday, including an armored Stryker brigade combat team and a general air support battalion, totaling approximately 5,000…

Sen. Richard Bennett (R-Oxford) sponsored a bill to combat the state’s opioid crisis by creating overdose prevention centers that give drug addicts a “safe” place to use illicit substances with no risk of legal consequences.…

Child care workers gathered at the State House Tuesday morning to protest tens of million dollars worth of cuts that were included in the proposed biennial budget. To allow workers to participate in Tuesday’s protest,…

The Legislative Judiciary Committee held a public hearing on a bill from Rep. Reagan Paul (R-Winterport) on Tuesday that would prevent doctors from withdrawing life support from hospitalized children without parental approval. [RELATED: Report: 57…

Democratic Texas Rep. Al Green was kicked out of the chamber Tuesday evening after disrupting President Donald Trump’s speech. Trump began his joint address to Congressional members discussing his election win, stating how he had…

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked Wednesday about Maine Gov. Janet Mills’ decision to defy federal civil rights law by forcing female athletes to compete against male athletes. Leavitt reiterated President Trump’s commitment…

Pollster Frank Luntz said Tuesday that Democrats’ strategy of attacking President Donald Trump by highlighting fired federal employees is bound to fail. Democrats plan to take fired federal employees to Trump’s Tuesday night congressional address and the…

Republican Sens. Jim Banks of Indiana and Tom Cotton of Arkansas will introduce legislation Wednesday to stand up for parents fighting against left-wing gender ideology. The act, titled the “Guaranteeing Unalienable and Anatomical Rights for…

Democrats attending President Donald Trump’s Tuesday night speech to a joint session of Congress refused to stand when Trump honored a 13-year-old boy with cancer. Trump addressed the joint session for over an hour and a half,…

U.S. President Donald Trump delivered his fifth State of the Union address and the first of his current administration on Tuesday night, offering an expansive speech of about 100 minutes, breaking former president Bill Clinton’s…

Rep. Deqa Dhalac (D-South Portland) outside Shusha, Nagorno-Kabarakh

An illegal alien from Ecuador was arrested in Maine on Sunday for operating under the influence (OUI), and is now being held on an immigration detainer by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), booking records…

Federal law enforcement officials announced the arrest of a “high-ranking” MS-13 gang leader who wielded international influence just minutes away from Washington, D.C. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents Thursday arrested David Alejandro Orellana-Aleman, a…

Following the execution of a search warrant at 199 Middle Road in Fairfield related to an illegal cannabis growing operation, the Somerset County Sheriff’s Department released images from the raid that show illegal Chinese-made fumigants—highly…

Multiple Maine law enforcement agencies responded on Tuesday to a property at 199 Middle Road in Fairfield that has long been suspected of having ties to Asian Transnational Criminal Organizations (ATCOs) involved in illicit drug…

Maine is currently facing a significant housing crisis, and researchers at a state-based think tank have written a report illustrating how the situation has been exacerbated by some of the policies being pursued at the…

The Supreme Court sided with San Francisco on Tuesday in its challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). A majority on the court held that the EPA exceeded its authority by issuing San Francisco a permit that…

The Maine Trust for Local News (METLN), the nonprofit organization that owns the Portland Press Herald, Lewiston Sun Journal and more than a dozen other regional newspapers, announced on Tuesday that it will be laying…

Two suspects in a fraudulent check cashing scheme that targeted a bank in Waterboro and other banks in the area were identified by the York County Sheriff’s Office on Monday. The York County Sheriff’s Office…

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) explained her support for a bill to stop males from competing in women’s sports on Monday after Democrats stopped the bill from overcoming a filibuster despite unanimous support from Republicans who…

Following a month-long investigation into suspected drug trafficking, the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant at a Norridgewock home that resulted in four arrests and the seizure of over $20,000 in illegal drugs…

Maine lawmakers are again considering proposals to allow the State Police to require the use of an electronic inspection program for the state’s annual vehicle safety inspections. If approved, this would create an electronic surveillance…