January 12, 2026
Steve Robinson is the Editor-in-Chief of The Maine Wire. He can be reached by email at [email protected].
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…
Maine House Democrats voted again on Tuesday to impose controversial rules on Rep. Laurel Libby (R-Auburn) that deprive her of her right to vote and speak on the floor of the House of Representatives, the latest in a weeks-long drama stemming from a social media post Li…
Rainbow bullies have hijacked Maine’s state government and our allegedly democratic institutions. After winning majorities in the Maine State Senate and House by just a few hundred votes, the far-left Democrats are governing like they’ve got some kind of mandate. Th…
The Maine House Democrats endeavored to move forward with what will be a nearly $12 billion biennial spending program on Thursday—a controversial measure that the majority party is looking to pass, once again, on a majority basis with zero input from Republican lawmak…
After failing to secure a $120 million MaineCare bailout package at the State house last week, the Democrat-controlled State Legislature is slated to vote on the first part of a nearly $12 billion budget that contains spending for fiscal years 2025, 2026, and 2027. As a…
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights ruled Monday that Maine’s education authorities and a local high school violated federal law by forcing female athletes to compete against a male athlete who identifies as a female. The ruling…
The young Maine child who was given a controversial and experimental Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA injection at a public school without his parents consent may not have immunity from Covid-19. But the doctor who delivered the non-consensual shot and the powerful hospital system …
Legislative Democrats failed this week to secure a $120 million supplemental spending bill — thanks largely to Republicans in the Senate opposing the latest version of the MaineCare bailout package. At the same time, Democratic lawmakers in the House and the Senate al…
The Maine Democrats’ failed to advance a $120 million plan to bailout MaineCare through the State Senate on Thursday. Following a lengthy procedural fight, complicated by the absence of some GOP lawmakers, the Democrat-controlled Senate could not get two-thirds suppor…
Maine’s leading Democratic figures have recently condemned the act of posting pictures of minors on Facebook as a serious political offense — one worthy of stripping Rep. Laurel Libby (R-Auburn) of her right to vote and speak on the floor of the House of Representat…
The fentanyl crisis in North America is not just a drug problem—it is deeply intertwined with a sophisticated international money laundering operation. As President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth increasingly succeed in clamping down on the southern b…
A Maine church embroiled in a legal dispute with the Hermon School System has claimed that Drummond Woodsum—the law firm representing Hermon and numerous other public schools in Maine—intentionally withheld emails during the discovery phase. These emails, according …
As a result of every federal judge in Maine recusing themselves from a Republican State Representative’s case against the Democratic Speaker of the House, the case will now be heard by a Biden-appointed Rhode Island judge with a history of eschewing judicial tradition…
President Donald Trump issued an executive order Wednesday targeting the law firm Perkins Coie LLP, directing federal agencies to suspend security clearances for its employees, review contracts linked to the firm, and investigate its hiring practices for alleged racial …
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins has joined a bipartisan group of senators in introducing the Northern Border Security Enhancement and Review Act, which aims to bolster security along the U.S.-Canada border. The legislation, co-sponsored by Sens. Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Maggie Hass…
President Donald Trump issued a memorandum Wednesday directing federal agencies to enforce a rule requiring plaintiffs who seek injunctions against the federal government to post security covering potential costs and damages in cases where an injunction is later overtur…
Ever since President Donald Trump went full Don Rickles on Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) at the White House, Maine has taken center stage in a national debate over the morality and legality of forcing girls to compete athletically against males who say they’re transgende…
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked Wednesday about Maine Gov. Janet Mills’ decision to defy federal civil rights law by forcing female athletes to compete against male athletes. Leavitt reiterated President Trump’s commitment to enforcing federal…
Following the execution of a search warrant at 199 Middle Road in Fairfield related to an illegal cannabis growing operation, the Somerset County Sheriff’s Department released images from the raid that show illegal Chinese-made fumigants—highly toxic chemicals not a…
Multiple Maine law enforcement agencies responded on Tuesday to a property at 199 Middle Road in Fairfield that has long been suspected of having ties to Asian Transnational Criminal Organizations (ATCOs) involved in illicit drug trafficking. Video obtained by the Maine…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills emerged from seclusion on Monday to address corporate media reporters for the first time since she and her Chief of Staff Jeremy Kennedy put on a petulant and embarrassing display in Washington, DC. Of her now-infamous tantrum in front of Presiden…