AUGUSTA, Maine – The Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices has voted to open an investigation into an…
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BANGOR, Maine – U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R) joined families, friends, and members of the Bangor community Tuesday to welcome…
AUGUSTA – Maine lawmakers are calling for a formal investigation into the Maine Community Foundation after alleging that millions of…
The founder of a nationwide organization combating gun violence called Sunday for Maine’s presumptive U.S. Senate Democrat candidate to leave…
PORTLAND, Maine — Drivers and pedestrians in downtown Portland may have done a double take over the weekend when the…
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Troy Jackson is receiving support from a PAC funded by a variety of out-of-state organizations and a…
Just three days after Claude Lemieux carried the torch in Montreal’s Bell Centre before the Canadiens took on the Hurricanes…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) held an event at Westbrook High School earlier this week celebrating a new policy that was…
LEWISTON, Maine – Lewiston City Councilor and state Rep. Scott Harriman is facing a third formal censure by the City…
The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit on Thursday against Maine after Secretary of State Shenna Bellows refused to…
According to a new Pine Tree State Poll, a States of Opinion Project conducted by the University of New Hampshire…
The Portland teachers union is urging voters to reject the $179.3 million school budget that was sent to the ballot…
By Jon Fetherston Shenna Bellows wants to be governor of Maine. That ambition carries a simple question: Why should Maine…
Rep. Randall Hall (R-Wilton) pleaded guilty on Tuesday to charges of unsworn falsification and criminal violation of the Maine Clean…
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) empowered ICE to crack down on immigration attorneys who facilitate fraudulent asylum claims in…
A student at Hampden Academy brought a firearm onto school grounds in his car last Wednesday, triggering a police response.…
Related development: former Harbor Commission chairman reveals FBI investigated previous city administration. University of New England’s president has sued Biddeford…
Two huge wins Tuesday in Texas elections for President Trump – including defeating John Cornyn by nearly 30 points. Ken…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Donald Trump is meeting with his Cabinet on Wednesday as his administration confronts a volatile turning…
LEWISTON, Maine – Lewiston City Councilor Chrissy Noble is facing backlash after posting inflammatory comments on social media directed at…
Secretary of State (SoS) Shenna Bellows decided on Tuesday to remove the referendum question to protect girls’ sports and spaces…
In the wake of an attack on him by Democrat Hannah Pingree, the GOP’s Bobby Charles is challenging her to…
Two peas in a pod, as they say. In one corner, U.S. Senate Democrat candidate Graham Platner, who once said…
On June 3, 2026, the Maine Data Center Advisory Council, established via executive order by Gov. Janet Mills (D) earlier…
The U.S. House scored a victory for parental rights on Wednesday, passing a bill to prevent schools from hiding gender…
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) sent a letter to the lawyer representing Gateway Community Services last…
A Maine church has filed a lawsuit against the federal government over alleged interference with members’ use of a hallucinogenic…
The U.S. House overwhelmingly passed a massive bipartisan housing bill on Wednesday that bars institutional investors from buying single-family homes,…
The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts moved Thursday to approve President Donald Trump’s plan to construct a 250-foot commemorative arch…
LEWISTON, Maine – A Lewiston man who lived at 210 Blake Street with now-disgraced former Lewiston City Councilor Iman Osman…
AUGUSTA, Maine – A top official in Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows’ office has recommended invalidating a citizen initiative…
The Maine Democrat Party reportedly canceled a Friday rally in Bangor set to feature Graham Platner and David Costello, the…
Platner’s campaign has been plagued by his derogatory comments about women. For Maine Democrat U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner, the…
BOSTON – Anyone who has ever had a frightening pop-up warning appear on their computer knows how convincing those messages…
WASHINGTON – Iran has hardened its position in fragile peace negotiations with the United States, with the country’s Supreme Leader,…
The New Pan Atlantic Research Omnibus Poll spelled bad news for Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), cemented Bobby Charles and Nirav…
Barstool’s Pardon My Take host Hank Lockwood, under fire from Toucher & Hardy on 98.5, isn’t taking kindly to their…
SULLIVAN, Maine – A Maine parents’ advocacy organization is calling for Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner (D) to be…
LEWISTON, Maine – In Maine politics, controversies that once might have ended political careers now seem to generate little more…
The Midcoast Villager, recently lavished with blind fawning praise by CBS News for its alleged innovations, has abolished the jobs…
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is investigating immigration fraud allegations against Somali-born Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) Vice President J.D.…
Three Democrats running for the Second Congressional District Seat banded together on Wednesday and penned a letter to frontrunner Joe…
BANGOR, Maine – Former Gov. Paul LePage joined Maine’s Morning News on WVOM Wednesday morning, telling host Ric Tyler that…
Augusta residents will have an opportunity later this month to voice their concerns over the city’s homelessness problems and hear…
LEWISTON, Maine — One week after Lewiston voters overwhelmingly rejected a proposed $129.71 million school budget, the Lewiston City Council…
A healthcare fraudster operating out of Massachusetts agreed on Monday to pay back $1.4 million to resolve allegations of Medicare…
SULLIVAN, Maine – Just when it seemed Graham Platner’s controversies had reached what some at The Maine Wire jokingly call…
LEWSITON, Maine – Matthew Theriault of Mid Valley Motors Towing and Recovery filed a harassment order Friday against Lewiston community…
The U.S. House passed a bill on Thursday requiring an annual report on state and local governments that allow cashless…
Sen. Susan Collins (R) released a statement Monday reacting to the confirmation of Andrew B. Benson as the United States…
A group of five teenagers was arrested on Monday after they allegedly led police on a multi-town chase in a…
AUGUSTA, Maine – As Portland, Lewiston, and Bangor moved to restrict cooperation with federal immigration authorities, the political battle over…
WATERVILLE, Maine – A Republican candidate for the Maine House says he was removed from an advisory role at a…
PORTLAND, Maine – The City of Portland has selected Stantec to lead the development of Portland in Motion, a comprehensive…
Harrison Ford, who has repeatedly called President Trump a criminal, just gave a criminally vacuous speech to an Arizona State…
Just one day after Vice President JD Vance visited Maine and promised to crack down on the massive amount of…
A trio of guided-missile destroyers built at Bath Iron Works is being given a new strategic thrust to help salvage…
Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine) issued a response to Vice President JD Vance’s anti-fraud visit to Bangor on Thursday, claiming that…
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump wrapped up a two-day diplomatic state visit to Beijing on Thursday, meeting with Chinese President…
The Maine Office of the Public Advocate (OPA) has filed a complaint with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission against Eversource…
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey and Rep. Michele Meyer (D-Maine) announced a $1 million investment of opioid settlement funds on…
A New Hampshire woman faced a horrifying ordeal when she was allegedly kidnapped, taken to Vermont, tortured, and held for…
The United States Supreme Court has paved the way for Alabama’s new congressional map, drawn up in 2023, ahead of…
A Puerto Rican man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a charge of damaging or disabling an aircraft as his flight…
The U.S. is placing a temporary pause on new Medicare billing enrollments for home healthcare and hospice providers amid a…
Vice President JD Vance, welcome to Maine. Thank you for coming! Thank you for acknowledging what too many elected officials,…
Maine’s first Safe Haven Baby Box was opened Tuesday at the Rumford Fire Department. These boxes “legally permits a mother…
A Veazie man was sentenced to ten years in prison on Friday after he enticed a minor to produce child…
Two brothers arrested last year after allegedly admitting to drunk driving to police have ties to multiple home healthcare providers…
WASHINGTON – Multiple Maine airports will receive more than $13.6 million in federal funding for infrastructure improvements through the Federal…
President Donald Trump has announced that he is looking to suspend the nation’s gas tax in the face of rising…
Gerald Talbot rightfully got a beautiful sendoff column from the Portland Press Herald after he died recently at age 94.…
The tough-talking drawling multi-millionaire who made environment a household world and created TV’s first liberal cable sanctuary has died. But…
AUGUSTA, Maine – Gerald Talbot, a major figure in Maine’s civil rights history and the first Black person ever elected…
A Liberty man was charged on Tuesday after he allegedly attacked a member of the town’s Select Board. [RELATED: St.…
Fenway welcomed back legendary 42-season announcer Joe Castiglione earlier this week to call a game for old time’s sake. WEEI…
Unemployment in Maine has remained relatively consistent in recent months, holding steady at 3.2 percent in March. This is down…
LEWISTON, Maine – A survivor-led nonprofit organization says more than $84,000 has now been directly distributed to victims and survivors…
Maine’s Office of Cannabis Policy (OCP) policy director Gabi Berube Pierce is running for a seat on the Augusta School…
The Bangor Daily News meet-and-greet at the Bangor Public Library exceeded expectations on Thursday with a crowd size straying into…
AUGUSTA, Maine – The Republican race for governor is heating up as the June 9 primary approaches, with Jonathan Bush,…
Sen. Susan Collins (R) has teamed up with Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) to encourage Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner…
LEWISTON, Maine – For months, Lewiston residents have packed city council chambers demanding action over shootings, stolen firearms, juvenile violence,…
BANGOR, Maine — Collins for Senator released its first television advertisement of the 2026 campaign cycle, focusing on U.S. Sen.…
The Maine Secretary of State’s Office released the question wording for a potential People’s Veto of the recently signed supplemental…
As Graham Platner pivots towards a pitched battle against Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) after Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine) dropped out…
PORTLAND, Maine – Republican candidates for governor squared off Tuesday night in a televised primary debate hosted by WMTW Maine’s…
The state’s largest halfway-house chain for the mentally ill had just hired a new executive director as a staffer was…
The league has fined Celtics big mouth Jaylen Brown $50,000 for criticizing the refs during a live stream after Boston’s…
The Biddeford zoning board has rejected University of New England’s request to start cutting down trees for a new research…
The White House has expressed support for making the moratorium on new regulations pertaining to North Atlantic Right Whale valid…
The National Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) called Democratic Congressional Candidate Jordan Wood at 1:00 a.m. to inform him that…
HAMPDEN, Maine – The Maine State Police Major Crimes Unit North has taken the lead in the ongoing investigation into…
The Maine Department of Corrections (MDOC) is searching for an escapee who allegedly walked off a job site while he…
Barney Frank, reprimanded as a congressman after hiring and then living with a male prostitute, now is giving Democrats advice?…
As of May 1, most employees in Maine are eligible to take up to twelve weeks of paid leave to…
Maine isn’t the only state where Somali immigrants have used the home health care system to draw millions in taxpayer…
A sports-betting company hired a plane to hover above the Boston Red Sox with a banner blasting team ownership. The…
Owen McCarthy, the health-tech entrepreneur seeking the Republican nomination for governor, took his first swing at television this week with…
Angus King III proved during the first key statewide Democrat primary pivotal televised debate he doesn’t have Daddy’s killer instincts.…