The Legislature’s Taxation Committee has unanimously rejected a bill exempting any money earned by Maine kids from state income tax.…
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A bill that aims to abolish Maine’s income tax and require state agencies to regularly engage in “zero-based budgeting” may…
Once again, a Maine transgender-identifying male athlete seized victory over girls at a high school track meet on Friday, as…
The Maine Department of Corrections (DOC), through its Division of Juvenile Services, has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) to…
Three juvenile suspects are facing felony charges after allegedly participating in an armed robbery at an apartment building in Auburn…
In two days, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will begin enforcing a long-expected deadline for airline travelers to producer Read…
A 34-year-old Oregon man was arrested in Bangor on Wednesday after allegedly assaulting a police officer during an altercation at…
Have you ever been in the middle of a binge session of Real Housewives and heard your stomach grumble? If…
It appears Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey has been taking counsel from the late troubadour Kenny Rogers, who famously sang:…
The number of homes available for sale in Maine has increased substantially since last year, and home prices have also…
The Portland Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a man who allegedly lunged out of his car…
If Maine’s anti-gun crowd resents the fake award the Portland Press Herald is boasting about possibly receiving for doing nothing,…
The Portland City Council at their next meeting will consider launching a $40,000 indoor soccer program for the asylum-seeking migrants…
Over her term in office to date, Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has changed the way that Maine runs its…
A violent male criminal using the name Ashley Lynn Bushey, 54, is currently being housed in a women’s prison following…
The attorney who filed a recently dismissed professional misconduct complaint against Kennebec County District Attorney Maeghan Maloney (D) has landed…
Thursday saw an array of anti-gun bills debated in public hearings before the Maine State Legislature’s Judiciary Committee, but an…
Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) formally notified the City of Portland of multiple violations in its General…
Rep. John Edar (R-Waterboro) is working to ensure that Maine schools never repeat the dangerous precedent set during the COVID-19…
The Maine Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee held a work session April 30 at which it considered slate of…
Catholic Charities Maine, one of three refugee resettlement agencies in the state, announced last week that it plans to close…
The Manchester, New Hampshire school district is working to conceal its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) related materials from the…
Twenty-five years ago famed conservative David Horowitz got invited to lecture at Bates College – and then got scolded by…
The Portland homeless man who became a media darling and was featured in well over a dozen articles in Maine…
A Portland woman has been charged with terrorizing after being accused of impersonating a cop and threatening to shoot an…
While Maine already has in place a Yellow Flag law that includes a due process element before authorities may strip…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) has signed a bipartisan bill into law prohibiting banks from charging customers a fee for opting…
If America were a household, we’d be the kind that earns $50,000 a year, spends $70,000, then hosts a pizza…
Is the generous application of bail in pre-trial criminal cases, or early release when it comes to convicted and incarcerated…
The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF) announced on Tuesday $3 million in grants for research supporting farmers…
More than a quarter of Mainers feel that the most important problem facing the state right now is the political…
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Tuesday released immigration data and arrest totals for the first 100 days of…
A Maine “journalist” who says he “goes places – and tells stories – that other media won’t” also does something…
Maine’s Secretary of State will imminently release the ballot wording for a referendum question to go before voters this November…
Portland residents and business owners are speaking out and asking the City Council for help to address what they say…
Does your heart pound with dread every time the electric bill lands in your mailbox? If so, you’re not alone.…
If the Portland Press Herald could credibly blame the vice president of the United States for banning adults from a…
The Maine Legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee held a public hearing Monday on a bill that proposes to increase…
A bipartisan group of Maine representatives joined together on Thursday to kill a “Defend the Guard” bill from Rep. Benjamin…
The new-and-improved versions of what was always basic journalism are now on sale at your favorite local constabularies. The Bangor…
The New Hampshire Free State Project (FSP) hosted its annual NH Liberty Forum this past weekend, featuring presentations from a…
Maine Rep. Laurel Libby’s (R-Auburn) has filed an emergency petition to the United States Supreme Court, asking for their intervention…
A Maine man accused of carrying out a violent carjacking in Massachusetts over the weekend has been apprehended in New…
In Maine, we know we can do better. Many of us recall days when life was predictable, safe, affordable, normal…
Don’t you wish there were cameras set up on Maine highways to catch you speeding, so you can get tickets…
A 67-year-old Wesley man and former school bus driver for the Machias Bay Area School System (AOS 96) has been…
A proposed constitutional amendment requiring at least two-thirds support to increase Mainers’ taxes is up for a public hearing early…
A bipartisan group of lawmakers have introduced a bill that aims to provide property tax relief to Maine homeowners, as…
A 15-year-old has been arrested in connection to a Tuesday shooting on Bartlett Street in Lewiston. Lewiston Police announced on…
The Maine state GOP lawmaker who got officially silenced by Democrats for defending girls’ high-school sports is now fighting her…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) on Thursday signed a proclamation recognizing the Armenian genocide just months after appointed a now-resigned…
Imagine two nuclear-armed, global superpowers sleepwalking into a war that would, by conservative estimates, cost at least 10,000 American lives…
Thomas College, a private post-secondary institution in Waterville, Maine, is under scrutiny from the U.S. Department of Justice following a…
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr.’s “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) agenda is moving…
President Donald Trump aims to restore “common sense” to school discipline practices with a Wednesday executive order that will end…
A Democrat-led bill aimed at softening the criminal possession thresholds for crack cocaine was advanced by the Maine Legislature’s Criminal…
Bangor Publishing Company — the company that owns both the Bangor Daily News (BDN) and a lesser-known marketing agency —…
Maine’s new Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) Program was the center of sustained attention Wednesday afternoon in Augusta as…
A Guilford-based business is touting a simple trick to avoid disruptions caused by President Donald Trump’s tariffs and trade negotiations:…
The Maine native who made a cottage industry out of poking fun at downeasters is about to have the last…
Noting an uptick of crime in Maine committed by individuals out on bail for a previous offense, Sen. David Haggan…
Rep. Kristen Cloutier (D-Lewiston) withdrew a bill earlier this month that would have put taxpayer-funded tampons in public school boys’…
The Maine Legislature’s Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs (ECA) held public hearings for four Democrat-led bills on Tuesday aimed…
Lewiston Police are investigating a pair of shooting incidents that occurred on the same street over two separate days this…
Rep. Mike Soboleski (R-Phillips) penned a letter to U.S. Attorney General (AG) Pam Bondi, signed by nearly every Republican in…
U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) is undeterred by the “No Kings” signs that have become prominent at recurring ‘Hands Off’…
Maine’s Democrat-controlled legislature has approved a measure that will create a $12M fund for the benefit of Maine’s abortion clinic…
President Donald Trump’s administration issued stop-work orders earlier this month on three University of Maine (UMaine) offshore wind development projects,…
Maine Rep. Laurel Libby (R-Auburn) has filed an emergency appeal of an April 19 ruling on her lawsuit against Maine…
The head of U.S. Border Patrol Houlton (USBP) Houlton Sector, Chief Patrol Agent (CPA) Juan Bernal, retired during a ceremony…
A homeless man is facing a dozen counts of aggravated reckless conduct with a firearm for allegedly firing a handgun…
A reclusive Swiss liberal billionaire whose cash helped buy Maine’s largest paper is now being targeted by several states over…
Hansjorg Wyss in 2015 (Oceana / Wikimedia Commons)
An Ecuadorian national now faces federal charges for allegedly attempting to transport a group of illegal aliens through Vermont. On…
There’s an old saying in Washington that goes “where you stand is where you sit,” which is to say too…
The federal jurist assigned to the federal lawsuit against Maine for refusing to bar transgender-identifying men from women’s sports, U.S.…
Duke superstar freshman and Newport native Cooper Flagg has confirmed that he is officially entering the NBA draft. Flagg, the…
A group of renegades from Maine’s upper reaches tired of liberal Gov. Janet Mills (D) are forming their own faction…
The Winthrop and Monmouth Police Departments both rescinded their applications for an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) partnership program on…
U.S. State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce confirmed on Thursday that the Chinese satellite company, Chang Guang Satellite Technology, is “directly”…
Why would a nationally-recognized Democrat pollster pen an article about her political research in the state of Maine? It could…
Portland Police have made an arrest following a Sunday shooting that left a 36-year-old woman with non-life threatening injuries. Police…
A 39-year-old Portland man was arrested early Sunday after a nearly two-hour standoff with police, during which he threatened officers…
Pope Francis passed away early Monday morning at the age of 88 after a 12-year pontificate, just hours after making…
A bipartisan group of Maine lawmakers have introduced a bill aiming to increase the value of the state’s Property Tax…
Democrat lawmakers are looking to expand the use of ranked choice voting (RCV) to all Maine elections, including for the…
New Hampshire U.S. District Judge Joseph N. Laplante ruled on Wednesday that the Trump administration must give 72 hours’ notice…
Both nationally, and especially in places like Maine, housing is becoming unaffordable for too many. This trend kills the American…
Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Golden (ME-CD2) is courting Maine’s “No Labels” third-party as speculation builds over when he’ll announce what…
Maine’s House Democrats slipped a surprise vote onto Thursday’s legislative calendar to force through a proposed equal rights amendment to…
Democratic lawmakers in the Maine House of Representatives on Thursday voted down a bill that would have shifted the financial…
Rhode Island-based U.S. District Court Judge Melissa DuBose reportedly issued a ruling late on Friday denying Maine State Rep. Laurel…
If you wanted to build a name for yourself with Maine Democrats to lay the foundations to run against Republican…
President Donald Trump moved to reinvigorate the U.S. seafood industry and restore U.S. dominance on Thursday with an executive order…
Tarlan Ahmadov stepped down as director of the Maine Office of New Americans in early April — just three months…
Yet another bill aiming to allow Maine municipalities to adopt a local option sales tax has been introduced in Augusta…
It’s been a busy week for law enforcement in the Paris area. On Thursday, a Maine State Police tactical team…
The Maine Rail Group (MRG), a pro-railway non-profit lobbying organization, is presenting survey data claiming that 58 percent of Mainers…
Over the past year, Maine has seen a series of high-profile raids on Chinese-run massage parlors suspected of operating as…
Maine lawmakers on the Taxation Committee have unanimously rejected three proposals to increase the state’s homestead exemption, a program designed…