The Daily Caller News Foundation – Laurel Duggan on March 12, 2023 Adolescents with autism are overrepresented in the youth transgender population, and some medical professionals attribute this to autism spectrum traits such as obsessive thinking, vulnerability to body image issues and a sense of social rejection and isolation during adolescence. Dr. Susan Bradley, a Canadian psychiatrist who began working with gender dysphoric children in the 1970s, said she believed most of the children who sought…

A famous link to the Bush brand in Maine has come down on golf phenom Tiger Woods, calling the ill-fated driver “a loser.”Billy Bush, the nephew of one president, the cousin of a second, and the brother of a Maine gubernatorial candidate, pulled out all the stops Tuesday on his podcast.Bush does his podcast out of midcoast Maine where his family owns property on North Haven.He devoted his latest broadcast to lacing into Woods, who…

The Trump Administration announced last week that Maine is going to be one of 13 states investigated over their abortion laws. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (DHHS) Office for Civil Rights, the federal government is looking into whether the states in question are violating the 2005 Weldon Amendment, which prohibits discrimination against health care entities that do not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or refer for abortions. “OCR launches…

AUGUSTA, Maine – A new campaign ad released by Janet Mills’ (D) U.S. Senate campaign features an Army veteran and rape survivor delivering a blunt and emotional rebuke of Democrat candidate Graham Platner (D), marking the latest escalation in a race increasingly defined by Platner’s past online comments. In the ad, identified only as “Betsy E.,” the veteran speaks directly to the camera, recounting her personal experience and condemning Platner’s past remarks about rape survivors,…

Gov. Janet Mills (D) has signed an emergency bill carving out an exception to the state’s new law prohibiting stores containing pharmacies from selling tobacco products. Because of this, small grocery stores could still potentially be eligible for a tobacco license, assuming that several other key conditions are met. Although many retail pharmacies, including CVS in 2014 and Hannaford in 2020, have already independently decided to stop offering tobacco products in stores, most businesses will…

NEW YORK – A new report out of New York is offering Maine lawmakers a costly warning: homelessness policy can devour taxpayer dollars fast, especially when government spends heavily but cannot clearly show the results. According to New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, New York City’s Department of Homeless Services spent nearly $368 million in fiscal year 2025 on services for 4,504 unsheltered homeless individuals. That comes out to roughly $81,700 per unsheltered person in…

A third contender – claiming a mantle of bureaucratic reform – has emerged in what until now has been a two-way primary contest aimed at dethroning Maine’s five-term GOP senator.David Costello, a Democrat living in Brunswick who submitted the qualifying nominated petitions this week, likely can’t beat Janet Mills or Graham Platner.But the one thing he can do is spoil the race that so far has been all about them.The polls seem to give Platner…

LEWISTON, Maine — Federal agents descended on 95 Park St. in Lewiston on Tuesday, executing a search warrant at an address already familiar to anyone who has followed the growing questions surrounding interpreter billing, MaineCare-linked service networks, and alleged tax fraud in Maine. The search was led by agents with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, with assistance from other federal agencies and support from the Lewiston Police Department. The Park Street building…

Maine Director of Elections and Voter Registration Heidi Peckham sent out a notice to municipal clerks warning them to follow procedures requiring voters to be citizens after an independent journalist exposed how easily non-citizens can vote in the state. [RELATED: ‘Honest Mistake’ or Cover-Up? Maine Officials Offer No Answers After Ballots Found in Amazon Box…] “A group in Maine is calling towns and pretending to ask about how to register their friend to vote, and…

When a politician resorts to using animals as props, you know there must be a problem. Embattled Maine Democrat Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has enlisted her cat to meet what the gubernatorial hopeful calls in a new X post “a critical fundraising deadline.” To clarify, it’s the Shenna who’s running for governor speaking (not the one flailing in her constitutional duties). Sid is only a campaign gimmick, if you will. Even if Bellows does…

New accounts from former Bates College classmates are raising serious questions about the past conduct and political character of Democratic activist Kiernan Majerus-Collins (D), who is now running for Maine State Representative while simultaneously serving as the attorney for controversial Lewiston City Councilor-elect Iman Osman, a man under federal indictment for stolen firearms who continues to refuse to clarify his residency status. As scrutiny over Lewiston’s political turmoil intensifies, several Bates alumni, some willing to…

By Owen McCarthy I grew up in a trailer in Patten, the son of a logger and a lunch lady. My parents worked hard, stretched every dollar, and taught me that you never spend money you do not have. That simple rule works for every household and every small business in Maine. It is a rule that seems foreign to the politicians in Augusta. A recent Maine Wire article showed that state revenues are projected…

Lewiston, Maine, once stood as a monument to American resilience, a booming mill city powered by the Androscoggin River, strengthened by generations of hardworking immigrant families, and anchored by institutions like Bates College and the Saints Peter and Paul Basilica. Its French-Canadian heritage, its historic architecture, and its tightly woven working-class identity defined Maine’s second largest city for more than a century. Today, many residents look around and barely recognize the city they once knew.…

Maine has the ninth-highest rate of fatal drug overdoses in the U.S. – and is the only New England state in the top-ten worst, a new analysis shows. The state showed an average of 42.56 deaths per 100,000 people in 2023, the latest year on record – 35 percent higher than the national average of 31.51 per 100,000. Over the 12 months, the state saw 514 deaths from opioid abuse alone. Though Maine is seeing…

Mainers are becoming increasingly less reliant on oil to keep their homes warm throughout the winter, but despite this trend, fuel oil is still the most predominant way that Mainers are choosing to heat their homes. Federal data shared by the State of Maine reveals that 50.3 percent of residential heating is achieved with fuel oil, a proportion that has steadily declined for the past several years as alternatives have begun to gain prominence. Down…