Public records from Maine’s child welfare agency show multiple child protective services employees were disciplined, but not fired, for failures related to child welfare investigations in 2022. In that same year, twenty-eight children died in cases where agents from the Maine DHHS were involved. Although the records concern only a handful of employees from DHHS’s Office of Child and Family Services (OCFS), they provide previously unavailable insight into how the agency is struggling to execute…

In an exclusive interview with Maine Wire Editor-in-Chief Steve Robinson, conservative legal activist Leonard Leo gave his opinion on how conservatives ought to address corruption in the administrative state, and revelations regarding the politicization of the United States’ intelligence agencies. [LISTEN: Maine Wire Podcast: Conservative Legal Activist Leonard Leo – Part 1] Leo also addressed overreach by federal regulatory agencies that have affected Maine’s lobstermen, social media censorship, and the importance of education on the…

A federal judge Tuesday ordered President Trump to suspend construction of a $400 million ballroom it demolished the East Wing of the White House to make space for, barring work from proceeding without congressional approval.District Judge Richard Leon granted a preservationist group’s request for a preliminary injunction that temporarily halts Trump’s ballroom project.Leon, nominated to the bench by Republican President George W. Bush, concluded that the National Trust for Historic Preservation is likely to succeed…

Inhabiting the moon and Mars sounded like a dream but now it might be a nightmare.A new study shows that male sperm and female eggs don’t make a sustainable reproductive match in weightlessness.Scientists took samples of the ingredients for fertilization from humans, pigs and mice (respectively) and tried to join them together in a weightless atmosphere to see if they would reproduce offspring.What they found is that gravity such as we experience on earth is…

BATH, Maine – Bath Iron Works and the Bath Marine Draftsmen’s Association failed to reach a new collective bargaining agreement after weeks of negotiations, pushing the dispute to a strike as the union’s prior contract expired at midnight Sunday, March 22. BIW said BMDA planned to begin its strike at 12:01 a.m. Monday, March 23, after the company’s latest offer did not win ratification. The company said its proposal included annual wage increases of 10.1…

LEWISTON, Maine — Elise Bergeron, a 25-year-old resident of Lewiston, is facing a murder charge in connection with the fatal shooting of 22-year-old Maliyah Powell. According to authorities, the shooting occurred at approximately 1:26 a.m. on Friday, March 20, 2026, on Union Street in Lewiston. Officials report the incident followed a verbal altercation that escalated into a physical fight. Bergeron was arrested on the day of the shooting and charged with murder. On March 23,…

A coalition of states and cities, including Maine, has filed a lawsuit against the Trump Administration over its February reversal of a 2009 declaration that has served as the basis for the government’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. Known as the Endangerment Finding, this 2009 declaration states that the “current and projected concentrations” of greenhouse gases “threaten the public health and welfare of current and future generations.” This stemmed from a 2007 Supreme Court…

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Treasury Department continues its busy year after striking another financial network tied to Hezbollah after blacklisting 16 individuals and companies that funneled more than $100 million to the Iranian-backed terrorist group. Since 2020, the network has been led by Lebanese public investment official Alaa Hassan Hamieh, where family relatives’ companies spanned across Lebanon, Syria, Poland, Slovenia, Qatar, and Canada — using these shell companies to launder money and divert funds directly…

A 19-year-old UMaine student was found dead in an Orono retention pond on Tuesday after he was first reported missing in January. [RELATED: Auburn Police Investigating after Homeless Man Found Dead…] The Orono police received a tip from a local resident, urging them to investigate the retaining pond outside an apartment complex. Officers arrived to discover a deceased person in the water, and requested assistance from the Maine Warden Services to remove the body from…

Jane Fonda, known as much for hopping on an enemy tank during the Vietnam War than any movie she’s made, is aiming her guns now at Barbra Streisand.Anti-war activist Fonda is sulking that Streisand hogged all her time eulogizing Robert Redford at Sunday’s Oscars.“I wanna know how come Streisand was up there doing that for Redford?” Jane quipped to Entertainment Tonight on the red carpet at the Vanity Fair Oscars Party. “She only made one…

AUGUSTA, Maine – A legislative effort to honor the life and legacy of Charlie Kirk cleared the Maine House without a roll call and without controversy, but it came to a halt in the Maine Senate, last week, after a majority of Democrats moved to indefinitely postpone it. Monday speaking on WVOM’s George Hill Ric Tyler Show, State Rep. Reagan Paul, (R-Winterport), said the resolution passed through the House smoothly before running into resistance in…

Funny how the very newspapers that are failing are the same ones that don’t cover news.The annual convention of the New England Newspaper & Press Association featured a speaker who said that “for the first time in American history, trust in journalism is now lower than Congress, which until recently held the lowest level of trust among the people.”That gem of recycled wisdom came from Rufus Friday, executive director of the Center For Integrity In…

PORTLAND, Maine — The Portland Police Department has released its latest weekly calls for service numbers as part of its ongoing effort to provide transparency to the public, offering a snapshot of the types of incidents officers handled over the previous week. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1KrV7hZWLJ The department said weekly arrest logs and daily media logs are also available through its public statistics page. The newly released figures show that police made numerous arrests across a range of…

Two teenagers from Massachusetts were among those arrested during a Wednesday drug raid at a Carthage residence following a months-long investigation. [RELATED: South Portland Man Faces Potential 20-Year Sentence After Cocaine Trafficking Guilty Plea…] The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, with assistance from the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) and Rumford Police Department, executed a search warrant at 810 Carthage Road in Carthage. The residence, owned by Michael Gordon Jr., 37, of Carthage, appears to be…

The Androscoggin Sheriff’s Department arrested three suspects on Tuesday during a search-warrant execution following a months-long investigation. [RELATED: MDEA Bust in Searsport Leads to Five Arrests Including Two Suspects from Massachusetts…] At approximately 1:30 p.m., Androscoggin deputies, working with the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, executed a search warrant at a Bean Street residence in Turner. Investigators obtained the search warrant following a months-long investigation into drug trafficking, initiated after community members reported suspicious activities. During…