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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...
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...
The state of Maine is staring down a $450 million “structural deficit” for the 2026-2027 fiscal year. “Structural deficit” is the term government employees use when the state’s economists are predicting money allocated by lawmakers or spent by Gov. Janet Mills will be nearly half-a-billion short of the revenue collected in taxes. It’s kind of
Maine’s Democratic Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (ME-CD1) says the wildfires raging in Southern California are the result of rising temperatures, stronger winds, and longer droughts — all caused by climate change. “It’s clear that climate change is helping fuel these fires,” Pingree said in an Instagram post. In a similar post on BlueSky, Pingree predicted that
The Maine Republican Party on Saturday elected York County GOP Chairman Jim Deyermond to serve as the chairman of the part’s state committee, replacing Joel Stetkis, a former Republican state lawmaker from Canaan. “I’m excited to get rolling and get to work — the next elections are right around the corner and Maine badly needs
The Mills Administration warned lawmakers Tuesday that Maine’s looming half-a-billion dollar budget shortfall and a $118 million projected MaineCare deficit may mean the state needs to increase revenues—which is government-speak for raising fees and taxes. Although the memo mentioned potentially reducing some expenditures already obligated under existing law, the administration was clear that the only
The Maine State Police (MSP) have arrested a suspect in the murder of William “Nate” Robinson, 34, of Austinville, Virginia, whose body was found inside a trash barrel in the Schmid Preserve in Edgecomb on December 3, 2023. The Maine Wire previously reported on Dec. 19 that the Maine State Police were investigating a homicide
More than 80 cannabis industry stakeholders gathered Friday in Augusta to address the myriad challenges facing Maine’s adult-use and medical marijuana markets as the State Legislature prepares for its 132nd session. From testing issues to regulatory complaints, the discussion painted a sobering picture of an industry grappling with high operating costs, illegal competition, and intense
The Democratic majority on the Legislative Council voted Monday to preserve the controversial practice of “concept drafts,” brushing aside Republican leaders’ efforts to boost transparency in Maine’s legislative process. In a party-line vote, the Council rejected a Republican proposal to ban the placeholder bills, which critics say allow lawmakers to sidestep scrutiny and introduce sweeping
Maine’s Democratic leaders held a press conference in Bath on Thursday to tout the beginning of a new program that will see most Maine businesses and employers pay an additional one percent tax on paychecks to fund a paid leave program that will begin in 16 months. Starting with the first pay period of 2025
Advocates for Voter ID laws in Maine will mark a significant milestone on Monday with the submission of over 170,000 petition signatures to the Secretary of State’s Office, aiming to bring a citizen initiative requiring voter identification to the 2025 ballot. The grassroots effort, led by Dinner Table Action Executive Director Alex Titcomb and Rep.
As many as 40 percent of the noncitizens present in Maine, including those who entered the U.S. illegally and those with legal alien status, may have voted in the 2024 elections or had votes cast in their names, according to records obtained and reviewed by the Maine Wire. That figure is based on a collection
Maine has been treated to a near non-stop barrage of demands that we acquiesce to the lucrative demands of the wind turbine and solar panel lobbies for the sake of saving the environment. However, the impeccably dressed lobbyists who frequent the State House corridors, advocating passionately about global warming or climate change, often neglect to
The shooting of a 34-year-old Virginia man whose body was discovered in Edgecomb on Dec. 3 is tied to an illicit Chinese marijuana grow in Turner, the Maine Wire has learned. The Maine Wire previously reported on Thursday that the Maine State Police (MSP) were investigating a homicide at 57 Conant Road in Turner, the
The federal government under President Joe Biden has engaged in broad efforts to censor Americans’ speech and manipulate information relevant to elections, according to a new congressional 17,000-page report from the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. The report is the culmination of work by congressional Republicans to document what they view
The CEO of the nonprofit group that owns most of Maine’s newspapers received a massive pay increase for 2023, a boost that came even as she reduced staff at many of Maine’s once-reputable newspapers. The pay hike was first flagged by former Press Herald reporter Ted Cohen in a post at Patch.com. As Cohen reported
State House Republicans are joining calls for reform at the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) after 145 unionized workers issued a letter of no confidence in the leadership of Bobbi Johnson, director of the Office of Child and Family Services (OCFS). The audacious letter, rare to see from government employees, criticizes systemic
Authorities seized nearly 1,500 marijuana plants, 53 pounds of processed marijuana, and other items during a drug raid at a property in Cornville on Thursday afternoon, according to the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office. The raid, conducted around 1 p.m. on West Ridge Road, involved detectives from the sheriff’s office, Waterville Police Department, an agent from
The Maine State Police are investigating a homicide that is tied to the location of a former illegal Chinese marijuana grow in Turner, near the defunct Twitchell-Turner-Auburn Airport. According to a source who asked to remain anonymous, the Maine State Police (MSP) have asked at least one Turner property owner for security camera footage from
Three Chinese nationals — only one of which was present in the U.S. legally — have been arrested in York County for attempting to scam and 82-year-old Alfred man out of more $100,000. “The local man was tricked into believing that he received a fraudulent payment in his bank account and was coaxed to repay
A Holden man with a troubling criminal history is back in custody after a domestic violence incident, raising questions about why he wasn’t behind bars serving his sentence. David MacKenzie, 52, was arrested Wednesday night after police responded to a 911 call from an upset woman around 9:15 p.m. Holden Police said in a Facebook
On Jan. 1, working Mainers will ring in the new year with an unwelcome gift from State House Democrats: the largest blue-collar tax increase in decades. Unless lawmakers can summon the common sense to kill off this ruinous program in its infancy, most Maine workers and businesses will be subjected to the new one percent