Interview with Jerry Leeman: Today we bring you a story about a handful of fishermen rallying against a billion-dollar green industrial project, shady foreign corporations, and our own federal and state government. All are conspiring to generate a cash cow for...
Author: Maine Wire Staff
Shot, Silenced, and Smeared: One Physician’s Ordeal with Abuse of Process and his Continued Fight to Clear his Name
By Greg Yates The criminal case People v Gosselin took place in a little red house structure known as the “Town of Highland Justice Court” located in Sullivan County, New York. This little red structure is also known as the Barryville Town Hall, where court is...
Feds Find Maine DoE in Violation of Title IX
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights has found Maine to be in violation of Title IX protections of girls in school sports, Maine media outlets are reporting. Late last month, the federal office announced it was investigating the Maine Department of Education’s refusal to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order barring
The Sinister Side of Tarlan Ahmadov’s Shusha Junket
Just what were they thinking? When three Maine legislators agreed to go on junket to Azerbaijan last year with former Maine Department of Labor official and current director of Governor Janet Mills’ Office of New Americans Tarlan Ahmadov, did it occur to Rep. Deqa Dhalac (D-South Portland), Rep. Mana Abdi (D-Lewiston) and Sen Jill Duson
Tariff Hikes Kick In Today, Trade War Looms
Substantial tariff hikes for goods from Canada, Mexico and China went into effect at midnight on Tuesday, and China has already reciprocated, as the threats underpinning U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade policy reached their deadline on March 4. Canada and Mexico now have 25 percent tariffs imposed on their goods (though it’s only ten percent
It Didn’t Take a Border Bill After All, Early Results Show
After his first full month in office, President Donald Trump can point to at least one key statistic to show he’s already delivering on a core campaign promise: attempted, illegal crossings of the United States’ southern border are down over 70 percent for the month of February, initial figures show. In light of such a
‘March Against Mills’ Draws Large Protest to Augusta
With a turnout estimated at over 500 Mainers, demonstrators gathered outside the State House in Augusta on Saturday to show their support for protecting girls in school sports from transgender athletes unfairly impacting the playing field, protestors and speakers at the event said. “We will protect our girls and we will NOT back down!” Assistant
Susan Collins Supports Blackburn Bill to Train Cosmetologists to Identify Domestic Violence
Maine’s senior U.S. senator, Susan Collins (R), signed on to allocate a nominal amount of federal funds to a uniquely targeted program for domestic violence prevention training for cosmetologists. “No state, no community, and no family is immune to the horrors of domestic violence. In Maine, domestic violence has historically been involved in approximately half








