Maine state Rep. Randall Hall (R-Wilton) is facing multiple forgery charges after an Oxford County grand jury indicted him on Wednesday for allegedly forging signatures required to qualify for taxpayer-funded campaign cash under the Maine Clean Election Act (MCEA). [RELATED: Legislative Panel Considers a Trio of Bills That Could Reform Maine’s Campaign Finance Laws…] The

Portland Public Schools will be working with the Portland Education Association, the district’s teachers’ union, to form a task force aimed at creating a “progressive” student discipline policy, officials agreed at meeting earlier this week. [RELATED: ‘Words can hurt more deeply than any fist’: Portland School Board Responds to ‘unsettling’ Comments from Public Regarding Student

Hedge fund tycoon S. Donald Sussman – who once took an ownership stake in the ailing Portland Press Herald – wants government approval to put a seawall up along the shore of his $2.5 million Deer Isle estate. Sussman, 78, one of the two ex-husbands of Maine First District Democrat U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, has

Maine’s education system – like that of much of the nation – is in a free-fall, maybe even has already crashed, and must be rebuilt. Serious studies confirm the state’s schools, like schools nationwide, are in extreme distress. In this grim scenario, Maine kids, parents, and teachers have been horribly betrayed. Start with the studies.

The Maine Legislature’s Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs held a public hearing on Wednesday to consider Rep. Benjamin Hymes’ (R-Waldo) “Defend the Guard” bill to protect the Maine National Guard from deployment in undeclared overseas wars. [RELATED: Maine Republicans Add “Defend the Guard” to Official Platform…] “The U.S. Constitution clearly states that Congress, and

Two people are dead after a tractor-trailer crashed through a median and hit two vehicles on the Maine Turnpike in Ogunquit early on Thursday. Xiaoying Ma, 35, of New York City was driving a tractor-trailer north on Interstate 95, near mile marker 14, at about 6:05 a.m. when he lost control and crashed through the

The Senate voted to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the next Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Thursday in a 52-48 vote. The vote was mostly along party lines, though former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was the lone GOP holdout. The Senate confirmed Kennedy Jr. after a night of fierce debate

The Senate confirmed Director of National Intelligence (DNI) nominee Tulsi Gabbard Wednesday morning. She was confirmed in a vote of 52 to 48, with all Democrats opposing her nomination. Republican Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell joined Democrats and voted against confirming Gabbard. Some Republican senators once considered key swing-votes ended up supporting Gabbard, including Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski

Just when you thought all hope for real-time media watchdogging was lost comes a blog devoted to Portland Press Herald shenanigans. The newly unveiled Reddit social-media site features all things screwy at the Maine Trust for Local Snooze. https://www.reddit.com/r/PortlandPressHerald/s/9o2TsJNj1Q When The Maine Wire’s Edward Tomic exposed the trust’s cozy relationship with a drug-trafficking suspect, the

A man was shot and killed by police in Lincoln after allegedly trying to attack officers with a knife. Officers responded to a trespassing complaint at 7 Whalen St. shortly after 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Lincoln Police said in a press release. According to police, the complainant reported that Derek Beach, 37, was at the

A lifetime sex offender registrant from Lewiston was arrested this week after he attempted to meet what he thought was a child for a sexual relationship during a law enforcement sting operation. Lewiston police say that the undercover investigation targeted 48-year-old Luke Johnson of Lewiston. According to the Maine Sex Offender Registry, Johnson is a

A shortage of regional emergency dispatchers has triggered a personnel crisis for coordination first responders in at least one county along Maine’s midcoast region. It’s gotten so bad that some deputy sheriffs are being forced off the road to instead sit behind the otherwise-vacant radio desk. The biggest community in Knox County, Rockland, has gotten

A massive carbon monoxide leak at Building Blocks Daycare in Kittery left seven children hospitalized on Wednesday, along with four adults. [RELATED: Maine DEA Executed a High-Risk Search Warrant on a Drug Distribution Operation in a Portland Apartment…] The Kittery Fire Department received a call at around 3 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon, reporting a carbon

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have taken a total of 12 suspected illegal aliens into federal custody at the Cumberland County Jail just this week, according to the facility’s booking records. [RELATED: ICE Arrests Five Suspected Illegal Aliens in Single Day at Maine’s Cumberland County Jail…] A dozen inmates at the jail taken into

A Northfield, New Hampshire man will spend six years in prison after pleading guilty to using the U.S. Postal Service to traffic methamphetamines into the state from California with the intent to distribute, a federal judge ruled on Monday. [RELATED: Suspected Drugs Hidden in Candy Packaging Seized After South Portland Police Pursuit, Two Arrested…] Joseph

Worcester, Massachusetts’ city council voted 9-2 on Tuesday to declare their city an official sanctuary city for transgender and “gender diverse” people, in an apparent rebuff to President Donald Trump’s executive actions “restoring biological truth to the federal government.” [RELATED: Maine to Continue to Allow Boys to Compete in Girls Sports in Defiance of Trump

Tired of your straw decomposing before you’re halfway through your drink? Sick of only being able to buy LED bulbs? If so, relief is in sight. President Donald Trump took multiple actions this week to roll back some of the small, burdensome environmental mandates and regulations imposed by the Biden administration that impact Americans on

When homeless encampments flourished throughout Maine’s largest city in 2023 and 2024, Maine’s newspaper reporters were eager to tell the sad story of down-on-their-luck Mainers who had been failed by the state’s generous social services. In dozens of instances, they turned to one man—46-year-old Bruce Cavallaro—the quasi-mayor of whatever homeless camp the reporters were covering

The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) executed a high-risk search warrant at a Portland apartment building on Tuesday and arrested seven suspects allegedly running a drug enterprise from the building. [RELATED: Portland Police Investigating Deaths of Two Homeless Men Found in Woods Behind Riverton Hannaford…] The MDEA, working alongside the Portland Police Special Reaction Team

Elon Musk’s visit to the Oval Office on Tuesday was no simple courtesy call, a new executive order setting strict guidelines on how federal agencies may hire new staff suggests. The far-reaching mandate puts a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) “team lead” at the apex of every federal agency and sets a cap on hiring

If you think it’s hard running Maine’s biggest embattled newspaper chain, try doing it while you’re also flipping two eggs over easy with an order of toast. That’s the plight of Stefanie Manning, who took over just weeks ago as the top manager of the Portland Press Herald in the wake of the resignation of

U.S. Senator from Maine Angus King (I) is renewing his push for his “Kids of Social Media Act,” a bipartisan bill he first introduced last year that would ban children under the age of 13 from social media. “Children in Maine and across the country deserve protection from the potential harm posed by social media

A judge’s order blocking the Trump administration’s spending freeze is “intolerable judicial overreach,” the Department of Justice (DOJ) argued Monday night. The DOJ appealed Judge John J. McConnell, Jr.’s block on the spending freeze to the First Circuit Court of Appeals, writing that a judge “cannot oversee the Executive Branch’s spending authority for several weeks and shield

After reaching the next-to-last step in passing a $120 million supplemental spending package, Democratic leaders put off a final vote late Monday night for an additional two weeks. The Maine House of Representatives gaveled in at 7:13 pm on Tuesday and almost immediately adjourned for until 10 a.m. Tuesday, February 25th at 10am. The development

A defense contractor that supplies parts for American military aircraft and advises the U.S. government on supply chain security is owned by an immigrant with extensive ties to Chinese Communist Party (CCP) intelligence and influence agencies, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation has found. The Department of Defense (DOD) has awarded tens of millions of dollars in defense

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth issued a Department of Defense (DoD)-wide memo on Friday, officially banning the recruitment of new transgender-identifying military service members, and implementing a January 27 executive order from President Donald Trump. [RELATED: Pete Hegseth Confirmed as Defense Secretary…] “Effective immediately, all new accessions for individuals with a history of gender dysphoria

Fifty years ago, the freshman town manager of Old Orchard Beach angered a state official over the way he was managing a government handout of job-creation money. When a reporter quizzed Jerome Plante about the controversy he wasn’t just mad. He was hurt. How dare you? “I thought you were on my side,” Plante said

Maine Gov. Janet Mills and her Democratic allies in the Legislature are poised to once again invoke an extraordinary parliamentary maneuver to pass a major spending package without Republican votes. The process, which has never before been used to pass a supplementary spending bill, is necessary in order to make up for an unexpected shortfall

Republican U.S. Senator from Maine Susan Collins has stated that she will be voting to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be the next secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), verifying reports from Monday that nominee successfully addressed her earlier concerns and now earned her support. “After extensive public and

Maine Attorney General (AG) Aaron Frey signed a confidential agreement with Democrat Attorneys General just weeks after the 2024 election to develop a strategy to oppose President Donald Trump’s agenda despite his democratic victory. [RELATED: Maine AG Joins Blue State Coalition Defending ‘Gender-Affirming Care’ for Children Against Trump Order…] The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project first

As promised while when route to the Super Bowl on Sunday afternoon, U.S. President Donald Trump announced increased tariffs on imported steel and aluminum late Monday and said America would hike its current 10 percent penalty to 25 percent by mid-March. Tuesday morning, the White House issued a fact sheet elaborating on President Trump’s planned

A Maine Democratic lawmaker made a Facebook post for Black History Month celebrating Assata Shakur, an FBI’s most wanted terrorist who was part of the revolutionary extremist organization the Black Liberation Army (BLA) and Black Panther Party (BPP) and who escaped from prison in 1979 while serving a life sentence for the brutal murder of

Three people were arrested are facing a slew of narcotics and other charges after police found methamphetamine, fentanyl, a handgun and other drug trafficking paraphernalia in a vehicle at a convenience store in Medway over the weekend. East Millinocket Police say an officer observed a suspicious vehicle parked at a local convenience store in Medway

Does it make sense to get rid of cents? President Donald Trump ordered U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent to stop the production of new pennies on Monday as part of his campaign against government waste, citing the penny’s production cost, which exceeds its value. [RELATED: How the U.S. Treasury Department Helps Chinese Organized

On her second day as Maine’s new public advocate – the official responsible for representing the interests of low-income ratepayers before Maine’s Public Utilities Commission – Heather Sanborn gave an interview to the Portland Press Herald which read like a full-throated defense of Maine’s controversial net energy billing (NEB) policy. NEB is a system which provides participating

A Maine Democratic lawmaker has introduced a bill that would launch a two-year, state-funded pilot program to provide inmates recently released from the state’s prisons with paid transitional housing for six months. LD 244 or “An Act to Provide Safe, Short-term Housing to Indigent Individuals Recently Released from Correctional Facilities,” is sponsored by State Sen.

President Donald Trump proclaimed the first ever Gulf of America Day from Air Force One on Sunday while en route to Super Bowl LIX and flying over the body of water known until recently as the Gulf of Mexico. [RELATED: Greenland, Panama, and the Gulf of America: Trump Plans 21st Century Monroe Doctrine for Second

Southern Maine residents tired of getting woken up by trash haulers clanking dumpsters may finally get some sleep soon, at least in one town. A new noise law on the Feb. 11 Kennebunk town-meeting ballot would forbid emptying trash bins during the night. The noise ordinance does have some exceptions, but there’s no sympathy for

David Asher, a long-time U.S. advisor on national security, appeared on Canada’s state-funded CBC news on Sunday to defend Trump’s efforts to force Canada to secure its borders, citing the largest fentanyl lab in the history of the world busted in October. [RELATED: Trade War in Flux as Trump Agrees to Delay Tariffs on Mexico

The head of U.S. Border Patrol operations in Maine’s Houlton sector, which covers encompasses the entire state, coastline and U.S.-Canada border, warned against illegal northern border crossings in a statement issued last week, citing harsh and dangerous winter conditions. [RELATED: Border Patrol Agents in Caswell Arrest 2 Romanian Nationals Who Illegally Crossed US-Canada Border…] “The

The annual tradition of visiting an auto mechanic to get an inspection sticker could come to an end if a group of Republican lawmakers succeed in repealing Maine’s auto inspection requirement. Under a bill introduced by Rep. Ann Fredericks (R-Sanford), the mandatory safety inspection requirement would be repealed for the majority of cars that are

Maine lawmakers are slated to consider creating protections for workers that will limit how American businesses can use emerging monitoring and surveillance systems, which some corporations have adopted to spy on remote workers and ensure they are not slacking off. The bill, introduced by Rep. Amy Roeder (D-Bangor), would require employers to obtain informed consent

As Maine faces an impending half-billion dollar budget shortfall, and Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine) considers a flurry of tax increases that would barely dent the deficit, legislative Democrats are aiming to expand welfare benefits to include weight-loss drugs like Ozempic. [RELATED: The State of the Budget: Bad. Why? Mills…] Rep. Anne Graham (D-North Yarmouth), along

A group of Republican lawmakers are looking to end the controversial practice of same-day voter registration in Maine. Rep. Barbara A. Bagshaw (R-Windham), together with eight Republican co-sponsors, are pushing legislation that would reinstitute time limits on when voters must register to vote in order to participate in a given election. “I recently had favorable

A Guatemalan national, who was previously deported three times from the U.S. and served a nearly six-year prison sentence in Oregon for assault and weapons charges, pleaded guilty in a Maine federal court this week to illegally reentering the U.S. Jorge Martinez-Urizar, 50, a Guatemalan citizen, pleaded guilty on Wednesday in U.S. District Court in

A Maine man who wanted to be buried in the town cemetery but was told there was no more room figured there was only one option – buy the damn thing. But Lawrence Butler had no idea what kind of a backlash he would face in the town of Thomaston when he tried to –

A well-connected New England media analyst says he’s “heard from serious people that substantial cuts may be coming” to the company running Maine’s biggest newspaper chain. Dan Kennedy, who teaches journalism at Northeastern University in Boston, is self-admittedly close to the power structure of the “non-profit” Maine Trust for Local News. Kennedy even acknowledged being

The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) told 8 Investigates that a records request aimed at exposing the agency for failing to pay thousands of dollars it owed to day care providers would cost over $250,000 to fulfill and take four years. [RELATED: Maine Democrats Take Dim View of Bills to Increase Government

In the face of a new executive order issued by President Donald Trump on Wednesday imposing significant penalties on schools that allow males to compete in girls’ sports, the Maine Department of Education (DOE) maintained its commitment to radical gender ideology. [RELATED: Maine Education Department Tells Public Schools to Ignore Trump’s Order on Transgender Ideology…]

Democratic Maine Rep. Jared Golden urged his party to pump the brakes on their reflexive, hair-trigger responses to Republican advances in an interview with The Washington Post on Friday. Golden expressed frustration with Democrats’ tendency to quickly characterize President Donald Trump’s agenda as “dictatorial or illegal,” arguing such rhetoric undermines the party’s credibility. Democratic lawmakers

Over a year after the tragic mass shooting that rocked Lewiston in October 2023, scrutiny has emerged over how one Maine nonprofit organization distributed funds raised in response to the tragedy. While more than two-thirds of the funds went directly to victims, nearly a third was parceled out to an array of local nonprofits, many

The Portland International Jetport has been ordered to stop cutting trees near the runways until authorities can determine whether the project went too far. Neighbors sounded their vehement opposition to the tree-cutting before city councilors, arguing that the airport had no right to cut down so many trees, which happen to be home to local

The Mills administration is seeking an organization to award $300,000 to administer the state’s “social equity program,” a taxpayer-funded affirmative action business development initiative for disproportionately incarcerated, racial, ethnic or tribal populations, according to state contract documents published Friday. [RELATED: Maine House Speaker Introduces Bill to Establish State ‘Social Equity Program’ Pushing Affirmative Action for

An automotive trade association based out of Washington D.C. has sued Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey over the enforcement of a “right to repair” law approved by voters in 2023. The complaint alleges that enforcement of the law right now would violate the Constitution’s Due Process Clause, as well as the Supremacy Clause. It is

Maine Attorney General Aaron M. Frey has joined a coalition of 12 state attorneys general in opposing the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s decision to grant Elon Musk and his newly established Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) access to sensitive financial and personal data of American citizens. In a joint statement released Thursday, the attorneys

New Hampshire State Rep. Travis Corcoran (R-Weare) is working to pass a bill through the state’s Republican-controlled legislature that would revoke the tax-exempt status from any non-profits that resettle illegal immigrants in the Granite State. [RELATED: NH Legislators Want Control of Maine’s Portsmouth Naval Shipyard…] “I sponsored this bill alone, with no co-sponsors. The let’s-bring-more-illegals

The Kennebec County Democratic Committee pulled its support from a planned protest outside the State Capitol in Augusta on Wednesday that was held as part of a “50 Protests, 50 States, 1 Day” movement nation-wide because of concerns about “infiltrators,” a county party leader said. “I am deeply saddened to report that The Kennebec County

California Democratic Rep. Jared Huffman protested the National Prayer Breakfast Thursday, claiming it violates the separation between church and state. The congressman said in an X video that “Christian prayer” should not be allowed in the Capitol building and that the government needs to “build a wall” between church and state to uphold a “secular

Republican Georgia Rep. Mike Collins reintroduced legislation Thursday to criminalize protests that block highways. Collins’ Safe Passage on Interstates Act would make intentionally blocking interstate highways a crime, according to background information on the bill obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. Though criminal penalties on intentionally obstructing highways exist at the state level, Congress

Maine Gov. Janet Mills’ (D) Office of Policy Innovation and the Future (GOPIF) is partnering with a Brunswick-based nonprofit organization to fund the training of Maine students to be climate change activists. [RELATED: Hack-o-Rama: Longtime Dem, Gov Employee Hired in $121k per Year Role as Maine ‘Green Schools Director’…] According to a state contract document

Maine may gradually increase its current limit on charter schools if lawmakers pass a Republican-led bill introduced in late January. Several Republican lawmakers have proposed a bill that would increase the state’s limit on charter schools by one every time that it is reached, allowing for a continually greater number of these schools to operate

A Maine-based nonprofit funded entirely by U.S. taxpayers is using its social media presence to teach illegal aliens tips and tricks for evading Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Maine. The nonprofit, Presente! Maine, is funded almost entirely by government grants, which means taxpayers are footing the bill for the Spanish-language activists’ efforts to

The Maine Trust for Local News, already reeling from a string of executive resignations, is now losing the publisher of one of its largest papers. Jody Jalbert, publisher of the Lewiston Sun Journal and the Maine Trust for Local News Community News Division, said she is stepping down. A 36-year-veteran of the newspaper, including the

The Trump administration is reportedly developing a plan to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria, marking an end to the decade-long excursion in the region, two defense sources told NBC News on Wednesday. The Department of Defense (DOD) is reportedly drafting a plan to withdraw all 2,000 troops from Syria in either 30, 60 or 90

As Elon Musk moves to shutter the U.S. Agency for International Development, the agency’s support for the discovery of novel viruses in collaboration with the Wuhan Institute of Virology has come under an intense new spotlight. “Did you know that USAID, using YOUR tax dollars, funded bioweapon research, including COVID-19, that killed millions of people?”

The Maine Legislature’s Judiciary Committee held public hearings on Wednesday regarding two bills that would bring Maine’s public record laws into line with government transparency statutes in other states. The bills’ respective sponsors, Sen. Rick Bennett (R-Oxford) and Rep. Laurel Libby (R-Auburn), both believe that Maine’s current disclosure law — the so-called Freedom of Access

Springing forward and falling back may soon be a thing of the past in Maine if lawmakers advance either of the proposals introduced by Sen. Rick Bennett (R-Oxford). While one bill would allow the state to observe Eastern Standard Time (EST) year round, the other would establish Daylight Savings Time (DST) as the official setting

More than 20,000 federal employees have announced their resignations in response to President Donald Trump’s severance offer, which would allow them to receive eight months of full pay and benefits, according to an unnamed official cited by Axios. [RELATED: “Resign”: Trump Offers Fed Bureaucrats Buyout to Trim Bloated Government Payrolls…] As part of his effort

Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey on Wednesday joined with the attorneys general of 14 other states in issuing a statement committing to protecting access to so-called “gender-affirming care” in response to an executive order from President Donald Trump aimed at ending federal funding for sex-change “transition” procedures on children. [RELATED: Maine AG Aaron Frey Defends

Local officials in Bangor, Lewiston, and Portland were reluctant to say whether they would comply with deportations promised by President Donald Trump, even with the threat of prosecution for officials impeding deportation efforts. [RELATED: Pingree Votes Against Protections for Women, Harsher Deportation Rules for Illegal Aliens…] Acting Attorney General (AG) James McHenry issued a Department

A Maine Republican lawmaker has introduced a bill that would classify political affiliation as a protected class under the Maine Human Rights Act, on equal footing with sexual orientation, race, “gender identity” and other classes that are protected from discrimination in employment, housing, education and other public accommodations. Sponsored by Sen. James Libby of Cumberland

Standing next to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. President Donald Trump suggested on Tuesday evening that America take over the war-torn Gaza Strip and reconstruct the ravaged territory on the Eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea into “the Riviera of the Middle East.” “We’ll own it,” President Trump said during the news conference, “Level

El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele extended an offer to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Monday meeting that his country is ready to house prisoners from the United States in its CECOT maximum security prison built to house gang members. [RELATED: Salvadoran Illegal Alien Charged with Raping Child Arrested by ICE on Nantucket

The Senate Intelligence Committee voted in favor of advancing Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination for Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tuesday. The vote was expected to be along party lines, with nine Republicans supporting and eight Democrats opposing her nomination. The committee voted on her nomination in a “closed session,” a committee aide told CBS News. 9-8 LTC

More than $1.3 billion in taxpayer funds from the Biden administration ended up helping groups that sponsored or committed terrorism. Federal watchdog reports and other documents show former President Joe Biden’s aid programs funneled the money toward a network of terrorism in the Muslim world — largely by reversing Trump-era policies. National security experts told the Daily

A Maine State Police K9, Preacher, was killed in the line of duty on Monday night during a Portage Lake shootout that left one Aroostook County deputy injured and the suspect dead after he opened fire on law enforcement during a domestic dispute. [RELATED: Portland Police Say They Are Making Progress on Unsolved Homicide Investigations…]

A contractor who’s suffered lengthy zoning delays on a $15 million Portland-area project is now wondering whether it’ll ever get off the ground. The Cape Elizabeth council will vote Feb. 10 whether to allow zoning amendments paving the way for Center Court, a 33-unit, senior-housing development. Bob Gaudreau of Hardypond Construction said he may never

A federal jury in late January indicted three people for their alleged involvement in a massive 400-acre illegal marijuana cultivation that has been operating out of Navajo Nation land in New Mexico and involved Chinese investment and migrant workers, charging documents indicate. The nine-page indictment charges Dineh Benally, 48, his 78-year-old father, Donald Benally, and Irving Rea

Massachusetts authorities have finally arrested the 42-year-old illegal alien alleged to have incestuously raped his 14-year-old daughter multiple times in law enforcement documents first published last June by the Maine Wire. Eight months ago, the Maine Wire published incident reports revealing that Ronald Joseph, an undocumented immigrant who entered the U.S. via the southern border

A group of Democrats in the legislature, led by Rep. David Sinclair (D-Bath), put forward a radical criminal justice reform bill that would override minimum sentencing guidelines, allowing judges to impose minor penalties for major crimes. [RELATED: Progressive DA Shares Perspective on Restorative Justice, Prosecuting Migrants, & Maine’s Flawed Criminal Justice System…] Rep. Sinclair introduced

A bipartisan group of five New Hampshire state legislators put forward a bill calling on the federal government to declare the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard part of New Hampshire rather than Maine, shielding workers from Maine’s higher tax burden. [RELATED: Bath Iron Works, Maine Chamber Sue State Over Paid Leave Rules…] The bill, put forward by

Speaker of the House Ryan Fecteau (D-Biddeford) and Senate President Mathea Elizabeth Larson Daughtry (D-Cumberland) will name members of special councils and committees as the Maine Legislature proceeds with its 132nd session this week. The most notable of the council appointments is to the Office of New Americans Advisory Council. The first appointments to the

A bill introduced in the Maine Legislature by a Democratic lawmaker seeks to help alleviate the caseload on the state’s public defenders by eliminating the misdemeanor-level crime associated with violations of bail conditions. The bill, titled “An Act to Amend the Maine Bail Code to Eliminate the Class E Crime of Violation of Condition of

Lawmakers in Augusta heard arguments on Monday for and against a series of bills that would reform Maine’s campaign finance laws ad well as potentially alter and expand the taxpayer funded Maine Clean Elections Act (MCEA) program. The legislature’s Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee (VLA) held public hearings to consider LD 9, An Act Regarding

Democratic Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (ME-01) on Monday published a thread on X outlining what steps Congress, federal courts and the public can play to fight against what she called President Donald Trump’s “extreme actions.” [RELATED: Pingree Opposes Bill To Deport Illegal Immigrant Sex Offenders…] Rep. Pingree said in the thread that she frequently receives the question:

U.S. President Donald Trump and Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum spoke on Monday morning and forged a temporary agreement to delay threatened tariffs between the countries one month, both leaders said. President Trump also posted on Truth Social on Monday that he has spoken with Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and will do so again later

Are you frustrated with the unorthodox was Mainers elect federal officials or do you think it works well? Members of the public will have the opportunity on Monday, February 3 to make their voices heard on a new bill that would repeal the state’s controversial ranked choice voting (RCV) system. The hearing is set to

A Republican lawmaker has proposed amending Maine’s constitution to clearly state that only United States citizens may vote in state and local elections. Earlier this month, Rep. Laurel Libby (R-Auburn) introduced LD 175, titled Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Ensure That Only Citizens of the United States May Participate in Elections.

A Yarmouth teenager who was mowed down and killed by a drunk driver more than 30 years ago is about to have her memory honored anew with an updated public walkway bearing her name. Work is expected to begin soon to expand the Beth Condon Memorial Pathway in Yarmouth, state transportation officials said. Before doing

A string of crises facing Kennebunk schools reached a new nadir with embezzlement charges against a newly appointed drama teacher. Holly Fougere was arrested Thursday – just four days after being hired. The school board had appointed Fougere to succeed Dennis St. Pierre, former Kennebunk High School theater director. But just four days after she

American airstrikes targeted leaders of the Islamic State, or ISIS, in Somalia on Saturday and killed senior leaders of the organization without harming civilians, U.S. President Donald Trump said. “The message to ISIS and all others who would attack Americans is ‘WE WILL FIND YOU AND WE WILL KILL YOU!’ President Trump posted on social

A medical ambulance plane carrying a young child and her mother crashed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Friday night in a neighborhood near the Roosevelt Mall. According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), a total of six people, including a doctor, paramedic, pilot, and co-pilot, were aboard the plane at the time of the crash. There were

Several of the tax increases and changes included in Gov. Janet Mills’ (D) proposed biennial budget are set to have a public hearing on Monday, February 3. Among the proposals up for discussion are increased taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products, changes to the state’s cannabis taxes, and the imposition of a five and

Scores of green beanies lined the halls of the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Thursday. The forest green hats with white lettering adorned the heads of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s impassioned supporters, there to lend their energy to his bid to become the U.S.’s next Health and Human Services Secretary. The caps read “Make America

The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) launched an investigation on Tuesday into the Denver, Colorado Public Schools District for converting the women’s restroom at its largest school to an “all-gender” restroom. [RELATED: Trump Executive Order Threatening to Pull Funding from Schools Promoting DEI and Trans Ideology Could Spell Doom for Leftist Schools in Maine…] “The

New Hampshire’s Republican-controlled Senate passed three bills on Thursday in party-line votes intended to combat illegal immigration and aid Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) with its efforts to deport illegal immigrants. [RELATED: New Hampshire’s New Governor Wants to Ban Cell Phones from Schools…] State Sen. Bill Gannon (R-Sandown) introduced the three bills, complementing President Donald

One loophole in President Donald Trump’s executive order banning birthright citizenship could permit Chinese nationals, along with other non-citizens, to continue obtaining U.S. citizenship for their children. The order’s language leaves room for the growing international surrogacy industry — which allows intended parents from across the word to hire an American woman to carry their

President Donald Trump’s Wednesday executive order combating radical gender ideology and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) education in public schools could prove disastrous for Maine’s far-left school districts, which could risk losing part of their funding. [RELATED: Maine Education Department Tells Public Schools to Ignore Trump’s Order on Transgender Ideology… “Parents trust America’s schools to

Delinquent Maine property taxpayers just got a gift from the newly elected Democrat state treasurer. But guess who has to pick up the slack… Joe Perry of Bangor, who last month was a successful dark-horse candidate for the state money manager’s job, decided his first big act would be lowering the interest rate charged on

Democrat lawmakers in Augusta have introduced a bill that would impose a three percent sales tax on hotel rentals in order to increase the amount of state funding available for public schools. If approved, an additional three percent sales tax would levied on the cost of renting a room in a hotel or other lodging

Army Reserve Major and former Maine National Guardsman Michael Gary lost his position in the Guard and faced multiple investigations after he filed for a preemptive religious exemption in December 2020 from the COVID vaccine mandate issued for the armed forces nine months later, in August 2021. Gary, a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN)

An effort is underway to give Maine citizens the right to elect their constitutional officers, including the Secretary of State, Attorney General, and Treasurer. Currently, lawmakers in the House and Senate are responsible for selecting individuals to fill these critical roles, with votes held every two years during the Legislature’s First Regular Session. Nationwide, Maine

A group of 29 Maine Republicans sent a letter to the state’s Department of Education (DOE), urging it to comply with President Donald Trump’s federal efforts to protect female-only bathrooms, locker rooms, and sporting events from biological males who identify as females. The executive order was one of several from President Trump’s first week in

“Jason” spoke broken English. But the energetic Chinese man communicated well enough to tell an HVAC tech from Lewiston-Auburn about working for the Chinese Communist Party as an organ harvester. Jung Yen Tsai, or Jason, was a middle-aged man from the Flushing area of New York with a noticeable scar over one eye. He told

Officials announced Thursday morning that there not believed to be any survivors from the crash that occurred late Wednesday night in the Washington D.C. area as a passenger was on final approach to the Reagan National Airport. An American Airlines flight out of Wichita, Kansas collided midair around 9pm Wednesday with a military Blackhawk helicopter

Maine elementary and middle school students are continuing to struggle academically, according to the 2024 Nation’s Report Card. The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) — commonly known as the Nation’s Report Card — has been used to gauge students’ level of academic achievement since 1969. NAEP describes itself as “the largest nationally representative, continuing

The Portland Police Department says they have made significant progress in recent years with their investigations into unsolved homicides, with charges having in brought in four formerly unsolved cases in the last few years. In a Thursday press release, Portland Police announced that earlier this week, 37-year-old Shane Hall pleaded guilty to and was sentenced

President Donald Trump’s Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offered on Tuesday to give all federal employees nearly eight months of full pay and benefits if they decide to turn in their resignation before Feb. 6. [RELATED: Report Shows 94% of Federal Bureaucrats Don’t Come Into the Office Full Time…] The offer allows President Trump, along

If the crash Wednesday night of a plane into the Potomac River is reminiscent to Mainers, it’s for good reason. A Cape Elizabeth woman was one of five survivors of the last plane to slam into the Potomac in 1982. Priscilla Tirado was on Air Florida Flight 90 with her husband and her baby when

A federal judge in Manhattan sentenced former U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-New Jersey) to 11 years in prison on Wednesday afternoon for multiple acts of corruption and serving as an agent of a foreign power while chairing the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee. “You were successful, powerful, you stood at the apex of our political

A columnist who’s among several ousted by Maine’s largest daily paper fears that the next shoe to drop may be the staff writers. “I share the worry of many that layoffs of staff writers could be next,” said Avery Yale Kamila, the first ousted freelance columnist to break her silence. Make no mistake, Kamila says

An American Airlines flight out of Wichita, Kansas crashed in the Washington D.C. area Wednesday night near the Reagan National Airport after colliding midair with a military Blackhawk helicopter. American Airlines has said that 60 passengers and 4 crew members were aboard the flight involved in the crash. As of 11:30pm Wednesday night, officials have

President Donald Trump’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) rescinded a memorandum freezing some federal grant spending that could have violated the priorities of the administration, after implementation of the memo was blocked by a judge appointed by former President Joe Biden. [RELATED: Trump Places Indefinite Halt on Offshore Wind Development and New England Fisherman

The Maine Department of Education (Maine DOE) is seeking grant applications for $650,000 in available funding that will go towards professional development courses on climate education for Maine pre-K-12 teachers. [RELATED: Maine DOE Announces $650K in Grants for Climate Education Training…] Created by LD 1902, a bill passed in the 130th Maine Legislature and signed

Below is the full transcript of Gov. Janet Mills’ full “State of the Budget” speech, delivered to a joint session of the State Legislature on Jan. 28.

Lt. Col. Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump’s nominee for Director of National Intelligence, faces a series of challenges to her confirmation and the first major test will be her hearing before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on Thursday.  [RELATED: Pete Hegseth Confirmed as Defense Secretary…] U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) is one of several

A week after President Donald Trump signed an executive order designating drug cartels as terrorist organizations, cartel terrorists opened fire on Texas Border Patrol agents on Monday as members of the terror group were trying to smuggle illegal aliens into the U.S. [RELATED: American Citizen Shot by Suspected Cartel Terrorists While Hiking in Wilderness North

The Maine Department of Labor (MDOL) released two guides Monday for employers looking to opt out of the state’s new Paid Family and Medical Leave Program in favor of using their own private plan, though concerns about an overlap in payments and a challenge to the constitutionality of the new benefit persist. MDOL’s guides come

A Sanford man was sentenced to a decade in federal prison this week for the possession of fentanyl after police found a bag of the deadly synthetic opioid sticking out of his pocket during a 2023 traffic stop. Nicholas Delahunt, 39, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Portland on Tuesday to 120 months in

Gov. Janet Mills (D) delivered her 2025 State of the Budget Address to a joint session of the Maine Legislature Tuesday night. In order to reach the chamber, though, the governor had to skirt a crowd of Mainers who had gathered to protest her proposed budget just outside its doors. Demonstrators told the Maine Wire

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt of New Hampshire held the Trump Administration’s first official press briefing Tuesday afternoon. At just 27 years old, Leavitt is now the youngest White House Press Secretary in United States history. Leavitt studied communications and political science at Saint Anselm College, a Catholic institution in her home state of

Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-Calif.) put forward a bill last week that would prevent states from using either federal or state Medicaid funds for illegal immigrants. [RELATED: Maine House Approves Taxpayer-Funded MaineCare Coverage for Illegal Aliens…] “This common sense legislation ensures that taxpayer-funded healthcare benefits are preserved for those who lawfully qualify, prioritizing the needs of

A total of 11 men are now facing charges of engaging a person for prostitution following a December raid on a massage parlor in Rockland, police announced on Monday. Rockland Police say they received a tip in late July 2024 from law enforcement in Lincoln County regarding an investigation into sexual acts that were being

10:55am State House, Augusta This morning the Maine Senate took up the nomination of Heather Sanborn to be Maine’s next Public Advocate, and approved her by a four vote margin. One Republican crossed the aisle to support Sanborn and two Democrats voted against their leadership to oppose her nomination. The Public Advocate represents Maine’s utility

The United States Supreme Court is set to consider the constitutionality of the nation’s first religious charter school. Originating in Oklahoma, this case focuses on St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School and its application for public funding through the state’s charter school program. Although charter schools operate independently from the public school system, they

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey’s (D) office claimed on Friday that its investigation of the numerous hotels converted into illegal immigrant shelters across the state found no major issues or evidence of criminal activity. [RELATED: Vibe Shift: Boston Globe Finally Acknowledges Healey Hotel Horror, Bay State Gov Changes Tune on Illegal Alien Crime…] “I find it

The Maine House of Representatives is scheduled to convene Tuesday at 10 a.m. in Augusta. Late January House session days are usually pretty quick, lasting an hour or maybe a little more. The bulk of the calendar is filled with new bills being referred to their respective committees for public hearings, work sessions, and eventual

The New Hampshire State Police arrested two suspects in Franklin, NH, on Thursday and seized over a thousand grams of fentanyl following a months-long narcotics investigation. [RELATED: Dispute Among Group of Juveniles Leads to Gunfire in Auburn Neighborhood…] The State Police Narcotics Investigation Unit (NIU) arrested Michael Brownell, 39, of Franklin, NH, and seized 1,300

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated with a statement from Colombian President Gustavo Petro in response to President Trump’s retaliatory measures. Colombian authorities turned away U.S. military airplanes attempting to deport Colombian illegal migrants to Colombia Sunday, alleging that the U.S. mistreated the deportees and drawing the ire of the U.S. government. Colombian President

President Donald Trump has fulfilled his promise to embrace cryptocurrency, with a Thursday executive order promoting digital assets and prohibiting the establishment of a controversial Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). [RELATED: Beware the Digital Dollar and CBDCs…] “The digital asset industry plays a crucial role in innovation and economic development in the United States, as

An illegal alien who entered the U.S. for the fourth time as a “gotaway” was deported back to his home country of Mexico this week, where he was wanted for the rape of a child, U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced on Thursday. ICE says that Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Houston repatriated 59-year-old

A teenager who was injured in a shooting in Lewiston last week is refusing to cooperate with investigators, Lewiston Police said Friday. Police say they responded to 129 Pierce St. at about 10 p.m. Thursday night for a report of a male suffering a gunshot wound to the leg. [RELATED: Lewiston PD Chief, DA Cite Lack

Auburn Police are investigating a shots fired incident that occurred in the Grove Street neighborhood Sunday evening after a verbal confrontation between several juveniles in an apartment building. [RELATED: Auburn Police Investigate Shooting Involving ‘group of teenagers’…] Police responded to Grove Street shortly before 9 p.m. on Sunday for a report of several shots fired

A minor earthquake struck Maine late Monday morning, rattling residents across parts of New England but causing no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The U.S. Geological Survey recorded the 4.1-magnitude quake at 10:22 a.m. local time. The epicenter was located at a depth of 20 kilometers (12 miles), approximately 19 kilometers (12 miles) east

Republican lawmakers have proposed creating a minimum “student wage” in Maine, allowing employers to pay some high school students a lower rate than is currently mandated by state law. Under this legislation, students could be paid at a rate half that of the current state minimum wage — or $7.33 an hour — for at

A leading progressive law firm in Maine is advising public school officials on how they can effectively resist potential immigration enforcement actions that may involve the families of minors who attend government-run schools, including by destroying evidence of potential immigration crimes. The advice may place school officials in the legal crosshairs of the Trump Administration

Maine lawmakers have introduced a bipartisan bill that would incrementally increase the state’s property tax homestead exemption over the next several years. By lowering the tax-assessed value of Mainers’ homes, the homestead exemption helps to reduce the total property tax bill for which homeowners are responsible. Currently, the homestead exemption allows Mainers to take $25,000

State House staff have published the final list of legislative proposals that state lawmakers will consider during the 132nd Legislature, a whopping 4,256 bills — most of which are certain to die a quick death. The pile of nascent legislative bills and resolves includes 394 bills related to taxes and 115 bills related to energy

The Senate confirmed Pete Hegseth as the nation’s Secretary of Defense in a vote held late Friday night. With three Republicans opposing Hegseth’s nomination — including Sens. Susan Collins (R), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Mitch McConnell (R-KY) — Vice President J.D. Vance stepped in to break the tie. This is only the second time in

An American citizen and a Canadian citizen were robbed and attacked by two armed suspected Mexican cartel terrorists while hiking in the Jacumba Wilderness north of the U.S.-Mexico border this week, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced on Thursday. CBP says that California’s El Centro Sector Communications received a call from the Imperial County

Town officials in Gray revealed during a Wednesday meeting of the Zoning Board of Appeals that an applicant to the board received a realistic looking AI-generated phishing email that was requesting thousands of dollars be wired to an address. The single item on the meeting’s agenda was a request from two property owners to slightly

President Donald Trump terminated Dr. Anthony Fauci’s security detail provided by the National Institutes of Health on Thursday, a source familiar with the situation told CNN. Since his security detail was pulled, Fauci has hired his own personal security, the source told CNN. Trump addressed the report Friday, saying that officials who once served in the government

President Donald Trump froze the ability of unelected bureaucrats at federal agencies to impose rules that affect the whole nation on Monday, signing the executive order on stage at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. [RELATED: Report Shows 94% of Federal Bureaucrats Don’t Come Into the Office Full Time…] President Trump signs a regulatory

The Maine Department of Public Safety, through the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services (MEMS), has announced the availability of $1 million in funding to address healthcare disparities and enhance emergency medical services across “underserved populations.” The state opened the requests for applications (RFA) earlier this month, under which eligible EMS agencies may apply for grants

President Donald Trump issued a full pardon on Thursday for 23 pro-life activists who were incarcerated after the Biden Administration prosecuted them under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act for peacefully protesting against abortion. [RELATED: Biden Lawfare: The Biden Administration’s History of Political Persecutions of Everyday Americans, Media Personalities, and Political Figures…]

The superintendent of Lewiston Public Schools issued an announcement on Thursday on the “real fear” among the school community regarding the potential for U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to make arrests on school grounds, advising families on their constitutional rights and recommending that they seek advice from a lawyer before being detained. Superintendent K.

A previously convicted felon was arrested Wednesday after Lewiston Police found a firearm in his apartment during a search connected to an open firearms investigation. On Wednesday afternoon, Lewiston Police executed a search warrant at 204 Blake St., Apt. #2 in Lewiston. Police say that the warrant was connected to an open firearms investigation. Investigators

An illegal Haitian migrant openly praised former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden as Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested him in Boston, Massachusetts, for his alleged involvement with a gang. President Donald Trump’s administration is ramping up its efforts to arrest and deport illegal immigrants, particularly those with lengthy criminal records, and reversed a Biden-era

The Maine State Police, along with a Maine Marine Patrol dive team, discovered the sunken wreck of a missing fishing vessel on Wednesday, with what they believe to be a human body inside. [RELATED: Trump Places Indefinite Halt on Offshore Wind Development and New England Fisherman Celebrate…] Officials, along with local fishermen aiding in the

A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump’s (R) Executive Order redefining birthright citizenship. This comes just days after several lawsuits were filed against the president for allegedly violating the Fourteenth Amendment and federal law by declaring that the children of those who are in the country illegally or temporarily are not guaranteed United States

Weeks after former President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of all but three federal death row inmates, President Donald Trump signed a Day One executive order rescinding a Biden-era moratorium on federal executions and requiring judges to follow laws permitting capital punishment. “Capital punishment is an essential tool for deterring and punishing those who would

Some Maine students are granted the ability to attend a public school outside of their home district through what is known as a Superintendent Agreement. Although current state law requires these contracts to be reviewed annually, a bipartisan bill introduced earlier this month would allow these agreements to automatically be renewed each year. While these

The U.S. State Department, under Trump’s chosen Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, announced its new “One Flag” policy, preventing federal facilities at home and abroad from flying non-American flags, such as Pride or Black Lives Matter (BLM) flags. [RELATED: Trump Withdraws the U.S. from the World Health Organization on First Day in Office…] The Washington

On Jan. 1, working people across the state of Maine started paying their share of a new one percent tax on paychecks created by Democratic lawmakers to fund a new paid leave program. But unbeknownst to many private sector workers, non-government employees will also be shouldering the new tax burden for state government employees, who

A sanctuary city mayor, who once suggested he’d use his police force to stop deportation officers and be willing to go to jail over the matter, is now signaling that he wants to work with federal immigration authorities under certain circumstances. Denver Mayor Mike Johnston said the city will cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement

At the opening of their Tuesday meeting, several members of the Portland Board of Public Education responded to “unsettling” comments they received from the public regarding violence by students in the district. The discussion stemmed from public reaction to a violent incident from last October involving Jemal Murph, the Lincoln Middle School Athletic Director. Murph

A Maine lawmaker has put forward a proposal that would create certain incarcerated individuals to obtain loans so that they can improve their creditworthiness. The bill, introduced by Rep. Daniel Sayre (D-Kennebunk), would allow prisoners in Maine’s correctional facilities to access special loans and then use those funds on certain limited expenses. “This bill allows

A self-described independent investigative journalist admitted Tuesday to falsely accusing a pro-Trump activist of providing drugs and alcohol to a minor as part of a ruse to get the activist fired from his job. The alleged journalist — Chris J. Barry, 56, a.k.a. Crash Barry — confessed to leveling the false allegations against an activist

A group of Democratic lawmakers have put forward a plan to restructure Maine’s income tax brackets, a proposal that will result in higher taxes on the state’s individuals who earn more than $144,500 per year. LD 229 — An Act to Bring Fairness in Income Taxes to Maine Families by Adjusting the Tax Brackets and

Republican lawmakers urged the U.S. Coast Guard on Wednesday to take “decisive action” against a Chinese military company that has “expansive operations at major U.S. ports,” according to a letter exclusively obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. The House Committee on Homeland Security and House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party sent a letter to

Maine’s Department of Education (DOE) issued a statement on Tuesday opposing President Donald Trump’s day-one executive order that officially acknowledges there are only two sexes and preserves women-only spaces from males. “The Executive Order ‘Defending Women From Gender ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government’ applies to the Federal government/Federal government agencies

The U.S. military will order more than a thousand additional active duty troops to assist with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Border Patrol operations there, CNN reported Wednesday. The report comes two days after President Donald Trump declared a national emergency at the southern border via executive order Monday. The troops are expected to join 2,200 existing

President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Monday that will substantially reduce federal support for offshore wind power and potentially halt the controversial industry’s development in the Gulf of Maine. The order prevents any of the Outer Continental Shelf, including the entire coastline of the mainland U.S. and Alaska, from being leased for offshore

President Donald Trump is working to make America beautiful again with a day-one executive order requiring new federal buildings to be beautiful and adhere to classical architectural traditions. “Federal public buildings should be visually identifiable as civic buildings and respect regional, traditional, and classical architectural heritage in order to uplift and beautify public spaces and

A Canadian national has pleaded guilty to illegally crossing the border into Maine while in possession of methamphetamine and marijuana. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maine, 31-year-old Canadian national Nathan Paul Curran-McQuade was stopped by U.S. Border Patrol agents in Caswell in September 2024 for unlawfully crossing the U.S.-Canada border

Authorities made six arrests during a Tuesday morning search of a Sanford residence being investigated as the site of suspected illegal drug trafficking. The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) and Sanford Police Department say that for the past month, they have responding to citizen complains and tips regarding potential drug trafficking occurring at 8 York

Lawmakers in Augusta will be considering a proposal to establish “hope accounts” for Maine students who either are home-schooled or attend a private school. These hope accounts would allow parents who do not send their children to public school to use a portion of funds that would otherwise have gone to their local school districts

Following President Donald Trump’s day one promise to put America first, he signed an executive order on Monday placing a 90-day pause on foreign aid. [RELATED: Trump’s Day One Illegal Alien Crackdown Confronts Drug Cartels, Migrant Flights, and Open Border…] The pause is intended to allow various agency heads, along with Secretary of State Marco

A group of Maine Republicans have introduced legislation that would withdraw the state from the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, an agreement among the states that could bring about sweeping changes to how the President of the United States is elected. If enough states were to join the Compact, it would effectively override the electoral

Northern Light Health, the nonprofit that operates some of Maine’s largest health care providers, is bringing back COVID-19 Era mask mandates for all employees. “Beginning Tuesday, January 21, 2025, at 7 am, all staff will be required to wear a Northern Light Health issued masks in all areas,” Deborah M. Sanford, vice president of Nursing

Sanford Police announced Tuesday morning that they are conducting a joint operation alongside the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency and the Southern Maine Special Response Team. In a public safety announcement issued on social media shortly after 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Sanford Police wrote that they are “currently conducting an operation” in the area of Avon

The Senate Armed Services Committee voted Monday along party lines to send President Donald Trump’s pick for Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, to the full Senate for confirmation with a favorable report following an extremely adversarial confirmation hearing. [RELATED: Democrats Grill Hegseth During Extremely Adversarial Confirmation Hearing…] The committee voted along party lines, with all 14

A man armed with a machete was shot and tased by police early Tuesday morning on the Merrymeeting Bridge in Topsham. According to Topsham Police, shortly after 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday the Sagadahoc Regional Communications Center received a call from 33-year-old Joseph Mendez who “[thanked] them for their service,” and informed the dispatcher “that they

No member of Maine’s congressional delegation has been a supporter of President Donald Trump, with the only Republican, Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), openly criticizing him. Following President Trump’s inauguration Monday, Maine’s federal elected officials provided a wide range of responses, including silence, condemnation, and congratulations. Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) issued the most positive statement, congratulating

President Donald Trump officially withdrew the U.S. from the World Health Organization (WHO) and cut all funding for the international agency amid a storm of executive orders issued on Inauguration Day. [RELATED: WHO Declares Monkeypox an International Health Emergency…Again…] “The United States noticed its withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2020 due to

President Donald Trump signed a wide array of executive orders related to immigration policy and the southern border on his first day in office, quickly reversing course from the Biden-Harris administration and following through on several promises he made on the campaign trail. The executive orders on immigration and the border were the first of

Vermont border patrol agent, 44-year-old David Maland, was killed in a shooting while conducting a traffic stop on Interstate 91 in northern Vermont on Monday. The incident left one suspect dead and another injured and in custody. [RELATED: Trump’s Day One Illegal Alien Crackdown Confronts Drug Cartels, Migrant Flights, and Open Border…] “Every single day

Xisen Guo, 68, pleaded guilty Jan. 14 to federal drug trafficking charges, becoming the first individual in Maine to do so as the result of an investigation into a massive rural drug trafficking operation linked to Asian Transnational Criminal Organizations. Guo, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in China, was arrested at 549 Main Road in

The State of Maine, as well as the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine (ACLU Maine), have filed lawsuits against the Trump Administration over an Executive Order signed Monday redefining birthright citizenship. “That’s a big one,” President Donald Trump (R) said as an aide handed him the Executive Order. “We’re the only country in the

Maine’s Land Use Planning Commission (LUPC) unveiled new rules on Friday that will impose additional red tape on Maine property owners trying to improve their property with accessories such as a deck, shed, or outdoor lighting. [RELATED: Maine’s LUPC Confirmation Hearing Once Again Becomes an Unusually Contentious Issue…] Starting on January 29, Mainers living in

The nine former members of the January 6 Select Committee appeared to accept preemptive pardons issued by former President Biden during the last hours of his administration Monday despite several members previously urging the former president not to make them immune from prosecution related to their work on the select committee. Biden granted members of

China on Sunday revealed a national action plan to strengthen its education system by 2035 and bolster the country’s “international influence.” The plan, issued by the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council, is aimed at building an education system to “support its modernization drive and national rejuvenation,” according to Xinhua, China’s official state

At his final pre-inauguration rally on Sunday night, President Trump promised to order the military to begin construction on a nationwide “Iron Dome” missile defense system, modeled after the system that defends Israel from attacks. [RELATED: Jared Golden Advocated for US to Send Ukraine Long-Range Tactical Missiles Now Being Used Against Targets Inside Russia…] “I

State-sponsored Chinese hackers breached U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s computer, accessing thousands of unclassified documents in December, anonymous sources told Bloomberg on Thursday. The hackers also infiltrated computers belonging to two of Yellen’s lieutenants, Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo and Acting Under Secretary Brad Smith, the report said. The breach is the latest in a series of Chinese-linked

The left-wing Boston Globe has finally begun to publish articles critical of Gov. Maura Healey (D-Mass.) and the disastrous “Healey Hotel” illegal immigrant shelter program. That’s a major shift for a liberal media outlet that ignored the epidemic of drug crime, sexual assault, and domestic violence the program spawned for six months after the Maine

President Joe Biden released a statement Friday declaring that the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) “has become part of our Constitution.” Biden asserted that as of 2020, 38 states have ratified the amendment and stated it should now be recognized as “the law of the land,” according to a White House press release. The amendment is meant to

Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) is once again throwing his weight behind a Republican-led effort to bar Congress members from trading stocks, after Rep. Chip Roy (R-Tex.) reintroduced the TRUST in Congress Act on Tuesday. [RELATED: Golden Calls For Ban on Politicians Trading Stocks…] “As lawmakers our priority should be serving our constituents — not leveraging

Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) told House Republicans that if they can’t support raising taxes as outlined in her budget, then they should expect her to sign whatever proposal legislative Democrats put on her desk, including a potential increase in Maine’s income tax. According to House Republican leaders, the Mills Administration informed GOP lawmakers that

Rep. Josh Brecheen (R-Okla.) proposed a bill on Thursday that would prevent people on welfare from using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) — a.k.a. Food Stamps — to buy certain types of junk food and soda. [RELATED: ‘As a fat person, I can guarantee you that the reason why I’m fat is not because I

With three recent votes, U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree (ME-CD1) has taken extreme positions on immigration and transgender ideology, including opposing bills that would protect women and girls’ sports and deport illegal aliens arrested for sexual assault. [RELATED: Pingree Doesn’t Think Illegals Who Attack Police Should Be Deported…] Rep. Pingree, along with 144 other Democrats, voted

A federal judge has denied a Belfast church’s request to halt the sale of a former University of Maine (UMaine) property after the school reneged on their initial decision to sell to the church. Calvary Chapel Belfast’s legal team has subsequently signaled that they intend to continue fighting the school’s ability to sell the former

President-elect Donald Trump tapped three actors on Thursday to serve as his special ambassadors to Hollywood, California, to help advise him in his plan to bring the American entertainment industry back to its pre-Biden Administration success. “It is my honor to announce Jon Voight, Mel Gibson, and Sylvester Stallone, to be Special Ambassadors to a

A foreign national from the Ivory Coast is facing possible deportation from the United States after he was sentenced this week to just over four years in prison for the 2021 robbery of a convenience store in Maine. Max Gbetibouo, 51, an Ivory Coast national who was living in Lewiston, was sentenced to 51 months

A group of Republican lawmakers in Maine are hoping to repeal Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) this legislative session. LD 234 — An Act to Eliminate Ranked-Choice Voting — was sponsored by Rep. Richard H. Campbell (R-Orrington) and cosponsored by Rep. Amy Bradstreet Arata (R-New Gloucester), Rep. Irene A. Gifford (R-Lincoln), Rep. Randall Adam Greenwood (R-Wales), Rep.

Two tractor trailers crashed on I-95 in York Thursday afternoon, resulting in serious injuries to the driver of one trailer after the vehicle rolled over. Maine Department of Public Safety spokesperson Shannon Moss says Maine State Troopers responded to the scene of the crash at Exit 7 southbound on I-95 shortly after 5:40 p.m. on

President Joe Biden’s tone was familiar during his final address to the country, as he used his brief speech to paint a  depressing picture of the future of America. The 82-year-old sat behind the Resolute desk one more time to address the nation on Wednesday, spending his 16 minutes less focused on his administration’s accomplishments

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows provided an update to the Maine Legislature’s Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee regarding the administration of the state’s voter registration systems in 2024 on Wednesday. The letter, addressed to the committee chairs, Sen. Craig Hickman (D-Kennebec) and Rep. Laura Supica (D-Bangor), Bellows provided the following stats: Maine’s Central Voter

The Maine State Chamber of Commerce and Bath Iron Works (BIW) have sued the Maine Department of Labor (MDOL) over their rules implementing the state’s new Paid Family and Medical Leave Program. In the lawsuit, the Chamber of Commerce, which represents large businesses in Maine, and BIW, a subsidiary of defense contractor General Dynamics, allege

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday announced that they have authorized the marketing of a wide array of ZYN nicotine pouch products to adults 21 and older as a less harmful alternative to cigarettes or smokeless tobacco products. [RELATED: Zynflation: Nicotine Pouches to Soar in Maine Thanks to 42% Excise Tax Hike…]

President-elect Donald Trump is working with former Democrat and current Republican Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.) to draft an executive order halting offshore wind turbine production off the East Coast and setting the stage for further restrictions, the congressman said Monday. [RELATED: Biden-Harris Admin Set to Auction 850,000 Acres in Gulf of Maine for Offshore

Even as Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) is looking to close Maine’s yawning $450 million FY 26-27 budget gap and $118 million MaineCare deficit with an increased tobacco tax, Democrats in the legislature want to make it harder to buy cigarettes. A new bill from House Majority Leader Rep. Matt Moonen (D-Portland) would impose a

A high-ranking official at the cabinet-level state agency admitted Wednesday that she intentionally withheld a report from lawmakers last year to protect the Office of Cannabis Policy’s legislative agenda. Anya Trundy, the deputy director for legislative affairs for Maine’s Department of Administrative and Financial Services (DAFS), made the shocking confession during the Office of Cannabis

After more than a year of war, Israel and Hamas have reached a ceasefire deal in which Hamas will return the surviving hostages it took during its October 7, 2023, attack that left over 1,200 Israelis dead and over 200 civilians as hostages, including some American citizens. [RELATED: Hamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh Assassinated in Tehran;

The first person to be charged federally for operating an illegal Chinese-controlled marijuana growing operation in Maine entered a guilty plea on Monday. Xisen Guo, 68, of Brooklyn, N.Y., pleaded guilty to maintaining a drug involved premises in U.S. District Court in Bangor. [TRIAD WEED: Maine Sheriff Raids Another Black Market Drug House Run by

Maine lawmakers have proposed doing away with the cost-of-living adjustment for the state’s minimum wage this legislative session. Under the proposed Republican-led legislation, the state minimum wage would be set at $14.65 per hour and all references to cost-of-living increases would be removed. LD 206 was sponsored by Sen. Jeff Timberlake (R-Androscoggin) and cosponsored by

Heather Sanborn, Gov. Janet Mills’ pick to serve as Public Advocate for the state, was confirmed by the Maine Legislature’s Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee after a Tuesday hearing. Sanborn’s nomination will be subject to final confirmation by the Maine State Senate. [RELATED: Effort to Ban New Natural Gas Installs Returns to Maine State House…]

The Biden Administration has awarded Maine a $22 million grant for the state’s Forest Bioproducts Advanced Manufacturing Tech Hub. In October of 2023, the organization was designed as one of thirty-one Federal “Tech Hubs,” opening the door for additional funding opportunities going forward. According to Gov. Janet Mills (D), the Tech Hub was designed to

Republican leaders say that any Democratic budget that includes tax increases, such as the budget proposal Gov. Janet Mills (D) unveiled Friday, will receive zero GOP votes. The Republican leaders from both the House and Senate held a press conference Tuesday to draw a line in the sand over what will be the biggest fiscal

President-elect Donald Trump announced a plan on Tuesday to create a new External Revenue Service (ERS) to collect revenue from foreign sources, making countries benefiting from trade with the U.S. pay their “fair share.” [RELATED: Russia and China Respond After Trump Threatens BRICS Nations with 100% Tariffs For Trying to Replace the Dollar…] “For far

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Wednesday it will ban Red No. 3, a common artificial food dye linked to cancer. The dye, which the FDA banned for cosmetics and topical drugs in 1990 after it was found to promote tumor growth in rats, is widely used in hundreds of products ranging from candies to ADHD

A Portland residence on Eleanor Street was targeted by a second shooting this week, just months after gunfire pierced a gas line at the home in October. [RELATED: Man Injured in Portland Shooting, Fourth Shots Fired Incident in Recent Days…] Portland Police say they responded to 12 Eleanor St. for a report of shots fired

The Department of Defense (DOD) under President Joe Biden spent more in September than in any previous month since 2008, with some funds being used for multi-million dollar splurges on luxury items, according to an Open The Books report published Tuesday. The DOD spent a grand total of $79.1 billion in September 2024, with $33.1

Gov. Janet Mills (D) has again proposed implementing a tax on streaming service subscriptions in Maine that would raise the cost of most popular entertainment streaming by 5.5 percent. Although lawmakers ultimately rejected the governor’s efforts to include a streaming service tax in the supplemental budget signed into law in 2024, Gov. Mills has again

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, a decorated combat veteran and former Fox News host, faced a contentious confirmation hearing on Tuesday in the Senate Armed Services Committee. [RELATED: Maine Senator Unimpressed with Decorated Military Vet Pete Hegseth’s Nomination for Defense Secretary…] Hegseth, along with former Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.) for

Gov. Janet Mills (D) released her proposed biennial budget Friday, accompanied by a 129-page piece of enacting legislation. Among these pages are a number of tax increases and higher fees, as well as a new tax on subscription-based streaming services and new fees assessed against health care providers. Below, the Maine Wire breaks down some

A blowtorch-wielding man subdued by Los Angeles residents in a viral online video is living in the United States unlawfully despite multiple arrests and an assault conviction, federal immigration authorities confirmed. Juan Manuel Sierra, a 33-year-old Mexican national, is an illegal migrant “gotaway” who carries an extensive rap sheet with local law enforcement, an Immigration

Maine will be sending two firefighting crews to California to help battle the devastating fires that continue to ravage the state. The two crews will consist of eight Forest Rangers and twelve volunteer firefighters. These first responders will spend two weeks in California assisting in the “response and recovery efforts.” These Mainers are expected to

New Hampshire’s new Gov. Kelly Ayotte (R) announced during her inaugural speech on Thursday that she would work to ban cell phones in the state’s public schools, citing the harm done by distracting devices to children’s education. [RELATED: One Third of Portland Students are Learning English, Fifth Receive Special Education: 2024 State of the Schools

Last week, Maine Gov. Janet Mills warned of a $118 million gap in MaineCare funding — a shortfall that appears to have been exacerbated at least in part by high demand for an expensive injectable HIV treatment. In an effort to combat the HIV/AIDS epidemic, in June 2021, Gov. Mills signed LD 1115 into law

A Republican Member of Congress wants to get rid of the Income Tax and move the United States to a consumption-based tax system, a system he says will ensure that illegal aliens pay their fair share of the nation’s taxes. U.S. Rep. Earl “Buddy” Carter (R-Ga.) introduced a bill on Wednesday, “The Fair Tax Act,”

Gov. Janet Mills (D) proposed a new one-dollar-per-pack tax increase on cigarettes Friday. The tax proposal comes as Mills attempts to stabilize the 2026-2027 budget in the face of an impending half-billion-dollar budget shortfall, plus a shorter-term $118 million Medicaid deficit. “This was a difficult budget to put together. Our economy is strong, but our

A Portland man was arrested Sunday after he allegedly stole a boat and caused at least $25,000 of damage to the vessel before it was recovered by the United States Coast Guard in the Casco Bay. Portland Police say that a boat owner reported that their boat had been stolen from Fore Points Marina just

Maine leaders have decided that the state will not be increasing the minimum legal catch size for lobsters this July as was originally expected. Following a meeting in Augusta this past Thursday where dozens of lobstermen voiced strong opposition to the rule change, Maine Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) Commissioner Patrick Keliher issued a statement

A federal court in Kentucky has blocked the Biden Administration’s effort to redefine the term “sex” in Title IX to include expressions of “gender identity.” Chief Judge Danny Reeves argues in his ruling that the updated Title IX regulations exceed the Department of Education’s authority, violate the Constitution, are the result of “arbitrary and capricious”

The United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments Friday morning in the case concerning a potential ban of the popular, Chinese-owned social media app TikTok. Justices are expected to rule quickly in this case, as the app is set to be banned in U.S. app stores in just a matter of days. The deadline for

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 Biden administration announced on Friday it will provide protections to hundreds of thousands of El Salvadoran nationals living in the United States, citing stormy weather and heavy rain that took place in the country. The roughly 234,000 El Salvadoran beneficiaries of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) will be allowed to register for an 18-month extension

President Joe Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the nation, to Hillary Clinton and Democratic megadonor George Soros on Saturday, just days after giving Liz Cheney a lesser award. [RELATED: Biden Awards Presidential Citizen’s Medal to Liz Cheney after She Endorsed Kamala Harris and Headed Up January 6 Committee…]

Republican Texas Sen. John Cornyn introduced a bill Thursday to allow concealed carry license holders to carry their guns in any state. The bill, titled the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, will compel states to recognize concealed carry permits from all states as a valid certification to carry a concealed firearm, according to the bill text. A

A bipartisan bill imposing an “impact fee” on megayachts has been introduced by Sen. Rick Bennett (R-Oxford) and co-sponsored by Rep. Grayson B. Lookner (D-Portland). The fees collected under this law would go toward supporting harbor infrastructure and public transit. Under the proposed legislation, “megayachts” are defined as “privately owned pleasure vessel[s]” that are over

Sen. Craig Hickman (D-Kennebec) has sponsored a bipartisan bill that would grant the Legislature’s Government Oversight Committee (GOC) the right to receive otherwise confidential records in order to carry out their responsibilities. This legislation has been cosponsored by a number of both Democrats and Republicans, including: Rep. Amy Bradstreet Arata (R-New Gloucester), Sen. Donna Bailey

Gov. Janet Mills (D) has proposed elevating the Governor’s Energy Office (GEO) to a cabinet-level department as part of her upcoming biennial budget proposal. In a press release published Thursday, Gov. Mills suggested that establishing a Maine Department of Energy Resources “would allow for a more integrated, comprehensive, and consistent approach to the planning and

A universal basic income study published in November found that paying low-income Americans an average of $492 a month led to a net increase of just $92 in monthly income, and a significant average decrease in non-grant income compared to control groups. “When the value of cash transfers is included in total household income, treatment

The first bill of Maine’s 132nd Legislature is a governor’s bill aimed at implementing the recommendations from the Maine Infrastructure Rebuilding and Resilience Commissions established in response to this past winter’s devastating storms. The proposed legislation has been cosponsored by both the Republican and Democratic members of the State Legislature’s leadership. If approved, this bill

King Frederik X of Denmark tweaked his country’s royal coat of arms to enlarge symbols of Greenland and the Faroe Islands in December amid President-elect Donald Trump’s overtures to acquire the Danish territory. The king revised the coat of arms, which for 500 years featured three crowns representing an historic union between Denmark, Sweden and

President Joe Biden confirmed in an interview with USA Today that he is considering preemptive pardons for Dr. Anthony Fauci and former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney. Following Biden’s decision to pardon his son Hunter (after months of insisting he would not do so), Politico reported that the president was considering pardoning those he thinks President-elect Donald Trump may target

Maine’s Democrat-controlled House of Representatives pushed through a resolution on Wednesday, demanding a House Committee on Ethics investigation into Rep. Lucas Lanigan (R-Sanford), who faces domestic violence charges. [RELATED: Maine Republican Representative Up for Re-Election Arrested on Aggravated Assault Charges…] House Majority Leader Rep. Matt Moonen (D-Portland) proposed the resolution taken up in the House

A consulting firm based in Massachusetts has been awarded a $300,000 taxpayer-funded contract to advise the Maine Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) on soliciting bids for offshore wind energy development and renewable energy projects in northern Maine. [RELATED: ‘Maine Labor Climate Council’ Pushing Offshore Wind is Front Group for Dark Money Progressive Activist Org…] Power Advisory

The Mills administration managed to botch the rollout of their own new Paid Family and Medical Leave program, mistakenly listing the one percent payroll tax deduction for the program as being fully paid by the employee on Maine state employees’ paychecks this week. Contributions to the so-called Paid Family and Medical Leave program came into

President Joe Biden (D) signed the Social Security Fairness Act (SSFA) — authored by Sens. Susan Collins (R) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) — into law Monday. The SSFA will repeal two provisions currently in place — Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) — that reduce the amount of Social Security benefits

President-elect Donald Trump announced a new plan during a Mar-a-Lago press conference on Tuesday to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America while discussing a wide range of other topics, including his expansionary vision for U.S. control of the Western Hemisphere. “We’re going to be changing the name of The Gulf of

Maine lawmakers have officially begun submitting bills for the new legislative session scheduled to begin Wednesday, and among these are a number of proposed laws concerning the state’s education system. These proposed pieces of legislation cover a wide range of subjects, including cursive writing, a new higher education grant program, teachers’ salaries, and public school

U.S. Senator from Maine Susan Collins (R) wrapped up the 118th Congress last week without missing a single vote, extending her nearly three decade perfect voting streak that began when she first took office in the late 1990s. Sen. Collins, 72, first cast a vote in the U.S. Senate on Jan. 22, 1997, when she

After a year in which many Mainers were burdened with skyrocketing property tax bills, state lawmakers are poised to consider a bill giving senior citizens an additional measure of relief. Introduced by Sen. Rick Bennett (R-Oxford), LD 7 — An Act to Increase the Homestead Property Tax Exemption for Residents 65 Years of Age or

Oral arguments were heard Tuesday in the cases filed by two Maine Christian schools — St. Dominic Academy in Auburn and Crosspoint Church, which runs Bangor Christian School — against the state for allegedly violating their freedom of religion. The controversy at the center of this case surrounds a 2021 amendment to the Maine Human

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized new regulations on Tuesday, prohibiting credit reporting agencies and lenders from considering medical debt or any other medical information when establishing a credit score or determining which loans to approve. [RELATED: Maine Lawmakers Consider Insulating Medical Debt from Credit Score Calculation, Interest Accumulation, and Legal Action…] “The CFPB’s

President-elect Donald Trump announced a $20 billion foreign investment in new data centers Tuesday. The pronouncement came during Trump’s pre-inauguration press conference at Mar-A-Lago, his second since his November victory. The $20 billion investment will come from Billionaire Hussain Sajwani, a Trump associate and founder of the property development company DAMAC Properties. (RELATED: ‘Amazing Idea’: Scott Jennings Says Buying Greenland

McDonald’s announced Monday it is abandoning some of its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, joining a growing list of major companies to cast the policies aside amid intense public scrutiny. The fast food chain’s announcement stated it is “retiring” “aspirational representation goals,” rebranding the company’s diversity team as the “Global Inclusion Team,” and nixing diversity pledges

Going into the first session of the 132nd Legislature, lawmakers have already submitted two bills aimed at rolling back restrictions on the bags available to Mainers at the grocery store. While one proposed bill aims to do away with the five cent fee on paper grocery bags, another seeks to repeal the law regulating grocery

In his State of the City Address Monday evening, Portland Mayor Mark Dion urged the City Council to reconsider the city’s “Green New Deal” zoning policies in order to encourage housing development, and made a renewed plea for state financial assistance to shelter the city’s homeless population. [RELATED: Interview with Newly Inaugurated Portland Mayor Mark

Honduran President Xiomara Castro threatened President-elect Donald Trump during her New Year’s address that if he moves forward with his plan to implement mass deportations of illegal immigrants, including Hondurans, she will expel U.S. military bases from the country. [RELATED: Border Czar Tom Homan Reminds Democrat Officials Opposed to Deportations That it is a Felony

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

Over the past few years, Maine’s child welfare system has come under fire for its failure to protect the state’s most vulnerable children. The Child Welfare Ombudsman’s 2024 Annual Report describes these continued shortcomings and offers recommendations for improvement. Contracted with the Governor’s Office and overseen by the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, the

Lame-duck President Joe Biden’s administration unveiled more environmental regulations the day after Christmas, banning the manufacture of many natural gas water heaters and potentially costing consumers an extra $450 when buying a new appliance. The new regulations will go into full effect in 2029 and will require all new gas-powered tankless water heaters to use

Maine’s Secretary of State received more than 170,000 petition signatures on Monday from a conservative group that is looking to put a Voter ID referendum question on the ballot in November. Voter ID for ME, an organization led by Dinner Table Executive Director Alex Titcomb and co-founder Rep. Laurel Libby (R-Auburn), spoke at the Maine

Pope Francis on Monday appointed a new cardinal with a liberal track record to head the archdiocese of Washington, D.C. Cardinal Robert W. McElroy of San Diego, who was selected to lead the archdiocese, has previously criticized President-elect Donald Trump’s stance on immigration, advocating for the country to admit more migrants and has expressed support

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his plans to resign from office Monday in the wake of a public dispute with President-elect Donald Trump and plummeting popularity among even those in his own party. The decision comes in the wake of Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s resignation, which was prompted in part by Trudeau’s spat with Trump over tariff policy. He

Commissioner of Maine’s Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) Heather Johnson will be stepping down from her position on March 1 of this year. Johnson was first appointed by Gov. Janet Mills (D) in 2019 and since then has been described as a “driving force” behind the governor’s “efforts to strengthen, grow, and diversify

A Dominican national residing at a state-funded migrant shelter in Massachusetts was recently identified by U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as an illegal alien after he was charged with multiple firearm and drug offenses. According to ICE, 28-year-old Leonardo Andujar Sanchez of the Dominican Republic unlawfully entered the U.S. at some unknown location and

Non-citizen voting in Maine is an actual threat to Democracy. So of course, the Democrat constitutional officers are ignoring it…

President Joe Biden is once again working to undermine President-elect Donald Trump’s upcoming agenda, rushing to impose new restrictions on domestic oil production after President Trump promised to “drill, baby, drill” to increase American energy independence. [RELATED: Biden Makes it Easier for Illegal Immigrants to Evade Authorities Ahead of Trump’s Inauguration: Report…] President Biden is

Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) has officially been reelected as Speaker of the House, allowing lawmakers to move forward with their other critical responsibilities. Several lawmakers delayed casting their votes for Speaker until the end of the first round Friday, leaving Johnson’s fate uncertain throughout the initial rundown of representatives. Those initially remaining silent on their

A costly dockworkers’ strike could ignite just days before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, presenting the Republican’s administration with a major domestic challenge on day one. The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), which represents 47,000 workers, is planning to strike on Jan. 15 after a short three-day strike in October, where the union secured a 62% pay

First lady Jill Biden collected tens of thousands of dollars in gifts from foreign leaders throughout 2023, according to documents released by the State Department. Throughout 2023, the president and his wife were presented with thousands of dollars of gifts from foreign leaders, with the first lady receiving the most expensive gift of the year, a $20,000

A Dominican national living in the U.S. illegally since crossing the southern border into Texas in early 2023 was arrested by U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) last month after being charged locally with kidnapping and sex crimes against a Massachusetts resident. ICE agents with Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston arrested 46-year-old Emilio Jose

Maine lawmakers are set to receive a 61 percent higher salary than their predecessors when they reconvene next week. This comes as a result of legislation included in the most recent budget signed into law raising lawmakers’ compensation from $28,000 for a two-year term to $45,000. Legislators will receive $25,000 for the first session and

At its upcoming meeting on Monday, the Portland City Council will consider issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the development of affordable housing on two sites along Brighton Avenue. The proposed development sites include 1125 Brighton Avenue and a portion of the property that houses the Barron Center, the city-operated long-term care facility. [RELATED:

President Joe Biden selected 20 Americans to receive the Presidential Citizens Medal on Wednesday, including former Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney, known for endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris and vice-chairing the January 6 Committee. [RELATED: Biden Commutes Sentences for 37 Death Row Inmates, Including Rapists and Child Killers…] “Throughout two decades in public service, including as

Six Worcester, Massachusetts, college students are facing felony kidnapping charges after a botched October attempt to participate in the online “to catch a predator” trend led to alleged false pedophile accusations and a violent mob. [RELATED: 16-Year-Old Girl Shot During Assault on Dennison Street in Auburn…] The six students of Worcester’s Assumption College allegedly lured

The FBI issued an update Thursday on the terrorist attack that took place in the early hours of the day on January 1 in New Orleans on Burboun Street. Officials have indicated that there is “no definitive link” at this time between this attack and the Tesla Cybertruck loaded with fireworks and camping fuel driven

Illegal immigrants from the violent Venezuelan Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang assaulted an El Paso, Texas, border crossing in December, armed with knives, tire irons, and liquor bottles, according to leaked documents provided to the New York Post. [RELATED: Venezuelan Gang Recruiting Kids from Migrant Shelters in New York: NYPD…] According to an internal memo

New York is poised to fine energy companies billions of dollars in the name of fighting climate change under a new law that will likely make life more costly for ordinary consumers. Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed Senate Bill S2129B on Thursday, enacting a law that will require energy companies to cough up $75 billion to the state over

Beginning Monday, Maine childcare facilities are no longer permitted to use baby gates under most circumstances. Under the new guidance from the Maine Fire Marshall’s Office, baby gates can only be used to protect children from hazards, such as fireplaces or stoves. An October 18 communication from the Fire Marshall explained that “means of egress”

After taking heavy losses from Israeli forces, Hamas is now picking fights with the Palestinian Authority (PA) as its manpower continues to dwindle, according to The Wall Street Journal. Gaza-based Islamic terrorist organization Hamas and the PA, which governs much of the West Bank, have been ramping up fighting over the course of December, according to the

A 16-year-old girl was shot in the leg and her older sister was injured during an assault on Dennison Street in Auburn early Wednesday morning, Auburn Police announced. Police say they responded to the area of Winter Street and Dennison Street in Auburn after receiving multiple calls reporting that a female had been shot in

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

The South Portland Police Department is investigating a shooting that occurred late Sunday night at an apartment complex. Police responded to the Redbank Village apartment complex in South Portland after receiving several calls reporting gunshots. Upon arrival at the scene, police identified 98 Wainwright Circle West as the residence that shots were fired into. Officers

Beginning on Wednesday, January 1, Maine’s minimum wage will go up to $14.65 per hour — a fifty cent increase over 2023 — in order to keep pace with the cost of living. Under current State Law, the hourly minimum wage must be increased in accordance with the cost of living as of August the

Many of Maine’s elected officials have issued statements following the death of former President Jimmy Carter at the age of 100, with Gov. Janet Mills ordering Maine flags to remain at half-staff in honor of the 39th American president. “President Carter led a remarkable life centered around service to others,” said Gov. Janet Mills (D).

President-elect Donald Trump (R) has endorsed Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) to again serve as Speaker of the House for the upcoming Congress. Lawmakers are set to reconvene later this week, and electing a Speaker will be their first priority. Without a Speaker in place, the House cannot move forward with critical business, including election certification.

The Portland Police Department has announced that they responded to a shooting incident late Sunday night, marking the third shooting incident in the city officers have responded to within the past week. [RELATED: Lewiston PD Chief, DA Cite Lack of Funding for Spate of Unsolved Youth-Involved Shootings: 27 Shootings This Year…] Police say they responded

A Maine legislative committee has been blocked by the state’s highest court from requiring a state agency to turn over confidential records concerning the deaths of four children in 2021. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled Thursday that the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) cannot be compelled to give certain child protective

Some Maine voters will again be asked to go to the ballot box in February to fill a now-vacant seat in the Maine House of Representatives. The Maine Secretary of State’s Office announced this past Friday that a special election will be held in House District 24 on February 25, 2025 for the seat previously

Senator Rand Paul released his annual Festivus Report highlighting the most egregious examples of government waste on Friday, as Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are set to tackle wasteful spending and unnecessary bureaucracy with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). “Last Festivus, we bemoaned the national debt nearing $34 trillion. In just a year, Washington’s

Maine’s unemployment rate has increased slightly since October, rising to 3.1 percent. Despite this, unemployment in Maine still came in below national and regional averages. Labor force participation rates for the state also remained well below national trends, as well as those of demographically similar states. According to a press release from the Maine Department

A federal judge ruled earlier this week that the trial for Ryan Routh — the man accused of attempting to assassinate former and president-elect Donald Trump (R) in Florida — will be held in September of 2025. In October, federal prosecutors asked Florida District Judge Aileen Cannon to designate this case as “complex,” allowing the

The U.S. launched a probe into China’s semiconductor industry on Monday with just weeks remaining in President Joe Biden’s term. The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)’s office announced it was launching an investigation into China’s “acts, policies, and practices related to targeting of the semiconductor industry for dominance.” China largely dominates the semiconductor market, with Chinese semiconductors being used in various applications such

Gov. Janet Mills (D) announced last week that she is establishing a 21-member Artificial Intelligence task force, meant to compile an advisory report on the potential dangers and benefits of advanced AI. “Emerging AI technologies offer the potential to improve lives, drive economic growth, and help solve complex challenges. But like all new technologies, AI

A little-known environmental provision in the fiscal year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) has no impact on military operations, but will instead serve to “protect the native vegetation,” a Navy spokesperson told the Daily Caller News Foundation in a statement Tuesday. The nearly $884 billion defense bill passed by the U.S. Senate Wednesday includes an initiative

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

Two Californians arrested after allegedly stealing $1,836 worth of products from various stores in Seal Beach, California, went viral on Sunday after footage showed them shocked to learn that theft is now a felony in the Golden State. [RELATED: Even Californians are Tired of Soft-on-Crime Policies…] “That’s a felony,” asked one unnamed suspect, speaking on

President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of 37 out of the 40 federal death row inmates in the U.S. on Sunday, including convicted rapists and child murderers. The action by Biden means that some of America’s most heinous criminal offenders will be spared the death penalty. [RELATED: Biden Pardons His Son Hunter after Promising He

U.S. Congresswoman from Texas, Rep. Kay Granger (R), has been living in an assisted living facility that provides dementia care, according to an investigation published Sunday by the Dallas Express, and has not voted in Congress since July. “The lack of representation for CD-12 is troubling to say the least. At a time when extraordinarily

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

President-elect Donald Trump threatened in a Truth Social post Friday to impose tariffs on the European Union (EU) unless the bloc increases the purchases of U.S. oil and gas. “I told the European Union that they must make up their tremendous deficit with the United States by the large scale purchase of our oil and

Maine’s housing market is looking promising for buyers in the final month of 2024 despite prices increasing substantially in comparison to this same time last year. The median price, however, has dropped about $10,000 since October. Maine’s median home sale price for November of $385,000 represents an 8.45 percent increase over November of 2023. Nonetheless

The State of Maine is hiring a former professional casino gambling cheat to train the state’s casino inspectors, table game supervisors and other casino staff. The Maine Department of Public Safety, which oversees the Maine Gambling Control Unit, will be paying casino table game protection consultant and ex-cheat Richard Marcus $12,000 for a four-day training

Pentagon spokesman Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder admitted on Thursday that the U.S. has more than double the number of troops in Syria than the government originally claimed, as the country faces turmoil after terrorists overthrew its government. [RELATED: Department of Defense Fails 7th Consecutive Audit on $824 Billion Budget as Officials Claim “Momentum is on

Despite having one more month left in office, President Joe Biden has been radio silent as Congress scrambles to put a government funding deal together. Negotiations over government funding stalled earlier in the week after President-elect Donald Trump came out in opposition to House Speaker Mike Johnson’s first bill. Yet, the second plan, this time endorsed by the president-elect

U.S. Senator from Maine Susan Collins (R) this week met with Kash Patel, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in his upcoming second administration, discussing topics including organized crime, illegal drugs and human trafficking going on in Maine and across the U.S. [RELATED: DEA Administrator Briefs Susan Collins on

President Joe Biden wasted no time leveraging a tragic Monday shooting at the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, to further his political push for stricter gun control. [RELATED: Auburn Police Investigate Shooting Involving ‘group of teenagers’…] On Monday morning, a 15-year-old girl, Natalie Lynn Rupnow, opened fire at the Abundant Life School, killing

The Rockland Police Department and U.S. Border Patrol were involved in a raid at an Asian massage parlor in Rockland on Thursday. Photos of the raid obtained by the Maine Wire show a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Border Patrol vehicle parked outside of the 193 Park St. Asian Massage location. [RELATED: NY Man

The U.S. House failed to pass a temporary continuing resolution (CR) funding bill on Thursday, bringing the government closer to a shutdown, after President-elect Donald Trump worked to trim over a thousand pages of excess “pork” spending. [RELATED: 1,500-Plus Page Continuing Resolution Needed to Avoid Gov’t Shutdown Includes Billions in Storm Relief and Pay Raise

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

The Somali Embassy in Washington, D.C., hired the services of the political lobbying firm BGR Group last month, just weeks after the Biden administration forgave the war-torn nation’s billion dollar plus debt. “This $1.1 billion in debt relief is in addition to the $1.2 billion of development, economic, security, and humanitarian assistance the United States

Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa introduced legislation Thursday that would send nearly a third of the federal employees out of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. The bill, known as the ‘Decentralizing and Reorganizing Agency Infrastructure Nation-wide To Harness Efficient Services, Workforce Administration, and Management Practices (DRAIN THE SWAMP) Act, is far more sweeping than the

The Cape Elizabeth Town Council voted unanimously Monday in favor of covering both the employer and employee contributions to the state’s new paid leave program for Town employees through the end of the fiscal year. Town Manager Patrick Fox explained in a December 10 memo to the Town Council that covering these costs through June

Two months after launch and one month after moving to waiting list procedures due to high demand, the Maine State Housing Authority’s newly launched Eviction Pilot Program has made nearly $1 million in payments and is already committed for roughly $1.5 million more. These figures, however, represent just a fraction of the total amount of

The South Portland Police Department is investigating a shooting incident that occurred late Wednesday afternoon in the parking lot of a steakhouse near the Maine Mall. Officers responded to the parking lot of Kobe Steakhouse, located at 380 Gorham Rd., shortly after 5 p.m. on Wednesday after receiving a 911 call about a possible shooting.

H5N1 bird flu has been making headlines sporadically throughout 2024, fueling fears of another, deadlier, COVID-style pandemic. On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced the first severe human case of the virus in the U.S. [RELATED: U.S. DHHS Announces $176 Million Contract with Moderna to Produce mRNA Bird Flu Vaccine…] The health agency

Maine Gov. Janet Mills has named Tarlan Ahmadov, a former refugee coordinator with Catholic Charities Maine, as the first director of the state’s taxpayer-funded migrant resettlement office: the “Office of New Americans” (ONA). [RELATED: What to Know About Maine’s “Office of New Americans”…] Gov. Mills announced the appointment in a Wednesday press release, saying that

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

The United States Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments on January 10 in TikTok’s challenge to a federal law that has the potential to ban the popular social media app nationwide by the end of next month unless certain conditions are met. Although TikTok and it’s Chinese-owned parent company ByteDance asked the Court

Retailer T.J. Maxx and automaker Kia are listed as co-sponsors of a program that distributes LGBTQ-themed books to K-12 schools across the U.S., according to a Wednesday report from conservative nonprofit Consumers’ Research obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. The initiative, titled the Rainbow Library, is run by national LGBTQ+ activist organization the Gay, Lesbian

The Town of Cape Elizabeth is revisiting the possibility of constructing a new middle school after voters narrowly rejected $94.7 million proposal for the project in November. The “Middle Ground School Project Design” bond was rejected by just 166 votes, representing only 2.47 percent of those who turned out to the polls. The $89.9 million

The Ellsworth City Council suggested at a Monday meeting that it might eliminate the ability for citizens to comment at their council meetings after they said comments from former conservative City Council candidate John Linnehan violated their rules. [RELATED: Taxpayer-Funded Flophouse in Ellsworth Has Residents Living in Fear…] City Council Chair Michelle Beal said on

United States Congressional leaders released another short-term funding agreement Tuesday night that, if passed, would keep the government open through March 14 of next year. Absent this legislation, the government would be facing a shutdown Friday when the stop-gap funds approved in September are set to expire. Among the hundreds of pages worth of legislation

A heavily redacted record obtained after a lengthy legal fight of Maine’s Freedom of Access Act. Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine) drummed up controversy one year ago last December when Mainers struggled through a devastating winter storm but the state’s Chief Executive and her staff remained incommunicado for several days. Following the controversy, the Maine Wire

The City of Portland’s lobbyist the to Maine Legislature admitted during a Tuesday meeting with the city’s elected officials that the state revenue forecast — which projected a nearly $1 billion shortfall for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 — will mean less funding for new projects and broad cuts to state agencies. [RELATED: Maine Faces

Maine’s Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife has issued a nearly $70,000, no-bid contract, set to last through all of 2025, for a federal agency to identify and neutralize the unnamed predators killing the endangered Piping Plover. [RELATED: Down the Crapper: Maine University Offers Class on Bathrooms…] According to the $68,890 no-bid contract, the bird

An Augusta man pleaded guilty Tuesday in a federal court in Bangor to distributing and possessing child sexual abuse material, following a tip from an online anonymous chat platform. Federal law enforcement, alongside the Augusta Police Department, began investigating 35-year-old Nathaniel Gagne of Augusta in April 2023, after a tip from the National Center for

A Tuesday afternoon shooting in Lewiston left one man who had fled the scene of the incident in critical condition from a gunshot wound. [RELATED: Somali-American Maine Rep Says Immigrants’ ‘lives at stake’ in 2024 Election, Claims Lewiston was ‘dead town’ Before Immigrants Made it ‘booming city’…] Lewiston Police say they responded to the intersection of

TikTok and it’s Chinese-owned parent company ByteDance have asked the United States Supreme Court to block a law that could potentially result in a nationwide ban on the app late next month. They have asked the Court to act on their request by January 6. If the Justices ultimately do decide to issue an injunction

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson’s record slim majority could face greater division following a GOP lawmaker’s announcement that she will not be caucusing with House Republicans for the foreseeable future. Republican Indiana Rep. Victoria Spartz, who won reelection in November after initially deciding to not seek a third term, announced her exit from the House Republican

Then-national climate adviser Gina McCarthy appears to have met directly with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in 2021 to urge him to ease up on a Chinese solar company linked to slave labor, according to documents obtained by Protect the Public’s Trust, a government watchdog group. A pre-meeting primer prepared for Mayorkas by staff

A total of 30 inmates at Cumberland County Jail have booking records that indicate that they were either arrested by U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or are subject to a federal hold by ICE, indicating that the agency suspects the inmate of being an illegal alien. Three out of those 30 inmates are also

Two Iranian men who illegally conspired to arm the Islamic Republic of Iran with U.S. drone technology, culminating in an attack that killed three Americans, have been arrested by federal authorities, the FBI said Monday. At a press conference in Boston, an FBI official said the agency had arrested Iranian businessman Mehdi Mohammad Sadeghi, 42

At Monday evening’s meeting of the Portland City Council, Board of Public Education Chair Sarah Lentz presented the annual State of the Schools address, highlighting the district’s diverse demographics and high percentage of students learning the English language. [RELATED: Member of Portland Schools’ Redistricting Committee Suggests Minimizing School Choice to Increase Diversity…] Similar to her

President Joe Biden will sign a proclamation Monday establishing a national monument in honor of former Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins — a registered socialist and key architect of the New Deal. A March 2024 executive order claimed “women’s history is vastly underrepresented in our National Park System” and mandated action to “strengthen the Federal Government’s recognition

The Maine Department of Labor (MDOL) released a report this week exploring the state’s projected job outlook through 2032, outlining trends such as expected job growth, demographic shifts, and industry changes. Based on the agency’s analysis, job availability is not expected to rise as quickly as the population, but they say this differential will likely

U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson took time away from her job in the nation’s highest court on Saturday night to appear in the Broadway musical “& Juliet,” featuring a “non-binary” man in a dress. [RELATED: SCOTUS Considers TN Ban on Prescribing Certain Drugs to Children for “Gender-Affirming Care”…] “It’s very important to

A notable critic of President-elect Donald Trump appears to be gearing up to oppose key parts of the incoming administration’s foreign policy agenda despite America First’s electoral mandate. Republican Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell is going on offense against the president-elect’s foreign policy worldview, calling on Trump to reject America First’s right’s so-called “flirtation with isolation

A bombshell Department of Justice (DOJ) report confirmed on Thursday that 26 undercover FBI informants were operating in the crowd during the January 6, 2021, Capitol riots, and participated in illegal activity. The report adds important new evidence to the January 6th criminal cases against thousands of Americans, including multiple Mainers. [RELATED: Amid Controversy, Failure

Over 60 percent of Americans are supportive of expanding educational freedom for students nationwide, according to a new poll conducted by YouGov on behalf of yes. every kid. foundation. All three of the school choice policies included in the poll received support from at least 60 percent respondents, being backed by as many three-out-of-four K-12

A newly elected Waterville representative was caught taking advantage of her legislative plates — and the slim design on her Chevy Spark — to slip into a “No Parking” zone over the weekend. Less than two weeks in office and someone is already putting that legislative plate to good use! Nice 😎 pic.twitter.com/r9EYmKMKIi— Steve Robinson

The Washington Post’s editorial board acknowledged that the alleged evidence showing the benefits of so-called “gender-affirming care” for minors could be inaccurate, misleading, and biased in a new opinion piece on Sunday. “The uncertainty [of the benefits of puberty blockers] is the result of scientists’ failure to study these treatments slowly and systematically as they

The former president of a Vermont labor union that represents federal employees has pleaded guilty to a charge of wire fraud for embezzling approximately $36,000 in union funds to pay for personal expenses, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont announced last week. Leticia Russi-Shareno, 60, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, Dec. 10, in

The United States House of Representatives approved a bill Tuesday limiting the Department of Energy’s (DOE) authority to enforce energy conservation mandates for washing machines. Under HR 7673 — also known as the Liberty in Laundry Act — the DOE would be prevented from enforcing such regulation unless they are (1) are “technologically feasible and

The Auburn Police Department is investigating a shots fired incident involving a group of teenagers that occurred Saturday night in the Main Street area of the city. [RELATED: Auburn Teen Accused of 3 Hit-and-Runs in October Now Facing Drug Trafficking, OUI Charges…] Police say that officers responded to the area of Main Street at about

Sen. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) urged President Joe Biden on Thursday to alter the U.S.’s nuclear strike doctrine to prevent presidents from unilaterally ordering a nuclear first strike without congressional approval. [RELATED: Jared Golden Advocated for US to Send Ukraine Long-Range Tactical Missiles Now Being Used Against Targets Inside Russia…]

Rep. Josh Morris (R-Turner) has formally submitted a bill that, if passed, would repeal the state’s new payroll tax—set to take effect on January 1—that is designed to fund the recently established Paid Family and Medical Leave program. Titled “An Act To Stop Government Overreach and Repeal Payroll Taxes,” the proposed legislation was filed as

The House Republican Office distributed the following press release on Friday afternoon. The weekly radio address can be viewed here: Mid-December and the weather is just perfect for taking a day to go walk on my family hunting property. I’m State Representative Billy Bob Faulkingham and this is this week’s Republican Radio Address. So the

Students of the taxpayer-funded University of Maine at Augusta will have the opportunity to take a college-level course all about bathrooms starting in the spring semester, studying under gender studies professor Lisa M. Botshon. [RELATED: Men Banned from Women’s Bathrooms at U.S. Capitol…] The upcoming class, “An Interdisciplinary Exploration of the Bathroom,” promises to consider

Two Maine-based political action committees (PACs) and their founder have sued members of the state’s ethics commission and Attorney General Aaron Frey over the new limits on PAC contributions approved by voters in November. Brought by the Dinner Table — a Maine PAC focused on “faith, family, and freedom” and dedicated to supporting “conservative candidates”

A federal indictment was unsealed Wednesday charging five individuals for allegedly conspiring to fraudulently apply for more than 1,000 driver’s licenses in Massachusetts and New York to give to illegal aliens. [RELATED: Maine Cops Warn BMV Issuing Driver’s Licenses to Individuals with Bogus Social Security Numbers…] The five defendants were each charged with one count

The Maine Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous & Tribal Populations (PCRITP) has released an interactive map that shows where minority populations live in the state, with additional overlays indicating various other data, such as the distribution critical infrastructure, hospitals, schools and environmental hazards. [RELATED: Maine Racial Equity Board Sponsors Educational Walking Tours

Maine Governor Janet Mills’ Office of Policy Innovation and the Future (GOPIF) is paying $12,500 to a California-based nonprofit that will advise state agencies on how to transition all Maine K-12 public schools to zero carbon emissions in order to address the “changing climate.” [RELATED: Mills Admin Discloses Payments to Press Herald for Publishing Positive Articles

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), embroiled in serial controversies related to its overtly political and unethical conduct, has found time to chase down the real threat to Americans’ safety and security: Barstool Sports’ podcast host Kirk Minihane. Minihane, host of the eponymously named and thrice-weekly podcast, the Kirk Minihane Show, revealed on Thursday that

Recent reports from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reveal that inflation continued to climb in November. As a result of this, the BLS explained separately that real average hourly earnings for all employees remained unchanged from October to November. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) — widely recognized as a critical indicator of inflation

San Diego County doubled down on its existing sanctuary policy by voting to further restrict local cooperation with federal immigration authorities, even in cases where migrants have been charged with “heinous crimes.” In a 3-1 vote on Tuesday, members of the Democrat-controlled San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted to further restrict local law enforcement’s ability

Federal law enforcement arrested a Chinese foreign national on Monday as he prepared to fly back to the People’s Republic of China after being caught allegedly flying a drone illegally over Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara, California. [RELATED: Chinese Illegal Immigrant Arrested after Smuggling Weapons to North Korea…] Yinpiao Zhou, 39, a Chinese

The U.S. government has executed the fourth “large-frame charter removal flight” returning Chinese illegal aliens to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in less than six months, the Department of Homeland Security announced Wednesday. The Dec. 9 flight carried Chinese nationals who had no lawful basis to remain in the United States. Illegal immigration by

The U.S. Army fired a four-star general for abusing his authority by giving an under-qualified female subordinate promotions and special treatment, according to a report from the Army Inspector General obtained by Military.com Tuesday. Gen. Charles Hamilton gave a subordinate officer, who had been found unfit for command, a leadership role with the help of

An illegal alien who was charged with assault for the second time in a span of four months after being released by a court in Massachusetts has been taken into custody by U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the agency announced Tuesday. ICE says that Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston arrested Anderson De Sousa

Social media platform TikTok and its Chinese-owned parent company ByteDance have asked an appeals court to temporarily block a law requiring divestment by January 19 in order to avoid a ban in the United States pending review of their case by the U.S. Supreme Court. The emergency motion filed with the United States Court of

Many who are self-employed can expect to receive a new tax form next year following a recent rule change by the IRS. This update, however, will not impact what income must be reported to the government or how much tax is owed on it. The new regulations require online platforms — such as Etsy, Airbnb

The Bangor City Council voted on Monday to postpone clearing its massive 50-plus-person homeless encampment after it announced in October that the camp would be cleared by the end of this year. [RELATED: Bangor Set to Shut Down Massive Homeless Encampment…] The massive encampment at the intersection of Texas Avenue and Cleveland Street, colloquially referred

U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) took to X on Tuesday to express her disapproval of the passage of a bill designed to prevent the federal government from imposing sweeping regulations that would dictate how Americans are allowed to wash their clothes. [RELATED: House GOP Passes Bill to Help Educate High Schoolers on the Evils of

U.S. Sens. Peter Welch (D-VT) and Joe Manchin (I-WV) put forward a resolution on Wednesday calling for a constitutional amendment to institute 18-year term limits for U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) justices. [RELATED: Lame Duck Biden Pitches SCOTUS Term Limits, End to Presidential Immunity…] “Taking action to restore public trust in our nation’s most powerful Court

In a unanimous decision, the Maine Legislative Council on Tuesday voted to approve a pay raise for Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, who entered the national spotlight last year for her controversial attempt to disqualify President-Elect Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 Republican primary ballot. [RELATED: Democrats Stick with Bellows, Frey as Legislature Appoints Constitutional

The controversial satanic holiday display erected outside the New Hampshire State House in Concord was found destroyed Tuesday morning, just days after it was put up by the Satanic Temple of Vermont and New Hampshire. [RELATED: Satanic Temple Puts Up Display Outside NH State House…] The display, consisting of a statue of the goat-headed demon

After holding its inaugural meeting last week, the Portland City Council on Monday held a workshop to discuss and identify the city’s goals and policy priorities for the coming year. The common goals decided upon by the Council serve as a framework for the Council Committee’s work plans over the course of the year, and

Electricity Maine is set to begin sending out payments to eligible customers as part of a settlement reached with the Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) over unfair billing practices. It has been estimated that, in total, about 20,000 Mainers will be paid in connection with this settlement. Approved by the Maine PUC in October, the

The United States Supreme Court announced Monday that they will not be hearing a case out of Wisconsin challenging a school district’s gender identity policies. Justices Brett Kavanaugh, Samuel Alito, and Clarence Thomas dissented. As a result of this decision, the lower court’s ruling that the parents lacked standing to bring this case — which

Watch as Maine Wire Editor-in-Chief Steve Robinson joined the Absolute Truth with Emerald Robinson on Frank Speech for a detailed and illuminating discussion regarding the latest developments on illegal Chinese marijuana grows in Maine.

A new trend sweeping Maine schools has parents concerned about the lack of transparency surrounding medical treatments — including sex-change related treatments and mind-altering prescription drugs — their children might be receiving without their knowledge or consent. The latest battleground is the Gardiner area school system, where school officials are looking to create a so-called

Maine’s Sen. Angus King (I) and Rep. Chellie Pingree (D), along with Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine), called on Friday for a permanent extension of work permits for immigrants, weeks before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. The move would represent a substantial, last-minute executive action by the lame-duck Biden Administration, an action that runs contrary to

The Satanic Temple of New Hampshire and Vermont (TST) installed a satanic holiday display outside the New Hampshire State Capitol building in Concord on Saturday night in an attempt to criticize the Christian Nativity set up just feet away. [RELATED: New Hampshire School Teacher Arrested in Sting Operation After Soliciting Sex from a 12-Year-Old While

Lisa DeSisto, CEO and publisher of the Maine Trust for Local News, has stepped down — marking the second resignation of a top executive at the news organization since it was acquired by the nonprofit trust last summer. The Maine Trust for Local News, a subsidiary of the National Trust for Local News, is the nonprofit trust

U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), a medical doctor and staunch ally of President-elect Donald Trump, put forward a bill last week to ban transgender surgeries or drugs for minors. [RELATED: Men Banned from Women’s Bathrooms at U.S. Capitol…] “Americans resoundingly rejected the Left’s dangerous transgender agenda. Let’s call it exactly what it is: child abuse.

Reporters bombarded White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre at a Friday briefing about the pardoning of Hunter Biden despite herself and President Joe Biden promising his son would not receive one from his father. The president formally issued a “full and unconditional” pardon for his son on Sunday that relieved him of any conviction, potential crime or

A Michigan group received federal funds for a “family therapy” program that instructs parents to affirm their child’s gender confusion — and enlists public school districts in the effort. A nearly $1.3 million federal grant awarded in early 2024 to Arbor Circle, a resource center that offers counseling and support for youth 10-18 who identify as LGBTQ, states that

New Hampshire State Police Narcotics Investigations Unit (NIU) busted four alleged drug dealers in Claremont, New Hampshire, last month, following months of investigation into drug crime in the area. [RELATED: State Troopers Bust Two Massachusetts Residents Trafficking Fentanyl in Portsmouth, NH…] State police revealed the arrests in two separate press releases, both published on Thursday.

A judge on Friday ruled that the U.S. Naval Academy is allowed to continue to use race as a factor in its admissions process. U.S. District Judge Richard Bennett determined that the Naval Academy does not fall afoul of the Supreme Court’s June 2023 ruling to strike down affirmative action in college admissions because the Naval Academy

The FBI arrested far-left Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson on Friday on corruption charges for allegedly funneling taxpayer funds into her private accounts, following an already controversial career. [RELATED: Democrat Senator Convicted of Corruption, Acting as a Foreign Agent of Egypt, Qatar…] “Her behavior, as alleged in today’s indictment, is a slap in the

Dominic LeBlanc, Public Safety Minister of Canada, announced another expansion of the nation’s restrictive gun laws on Thursday, adding 342 firearms to the prohibited list and threatening to send confiscated weapons to Ukraine. [RELATED: Jared Golden Advocated for US to Send Ukraine Long-Range Tactical Missiles Now Being Used Against Targets Inside Russia…] “Firearms designed for

The State of Maine’s Office of Tourism has awarded a $165,000 grant to a black travel influencer as part of a marketing campaign aimed at attracting more “diverse visitors” and “Black travelers” to Maine. The contract, dated Nov. 25, indicates that the $165,000 will go to Black Travel Maine, Inc., with a goal of “[Enhancing]

U.S. officials arrested three U.S. Army personnel stationed at Fort Cavazos in late November and earlier this week for their alleged roles in a conspiracy to smuggle illegal immigrants into the U.S. [RELATED: Texas Law Enforcement Arrest Mexican National Smuggling a Five-Year-Old Girl into the U.S…] The arrests stem from a Nov. 27 incident in

President-elect Donald Trump selected businessman and experienced commercial astronaut, Jared Isaacman, 41, on Wednesday to head up NASA and work towards “advancing the new space economy.” [RELATED: Trump DEA Pick Withdraws Over Conservative Backlash…] “Jared will drive NASA’s mission of discovery and inspiration, paving the way for groundbreaking achievements in Space science, technology, and exploration,”

The Associated Press’ post-election AP VoteCast poll has revealed that female voters with an affinity for felines — a.k.a. “Cat Ladies” — were the only demographic of pet owners to support Vice President Kamala Harris over President-elect Donald Trump. The AP analysis would seem to vindicate Vice President-elect J.D. Vance’s analysis during the campaign that

Several cryptocurrency stocks gained, while bitcoin surged ahead, following President-elect Donald Trump’s Wednesday announcement nominating Paul Atkins as chair to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), according to multiple reports. The premarket trading session on Thursday revealed “substantial gains” for multiple companies with exposure to cryptocurrency, according to Investing.com. Riot Platforms saw a 6% uptick in its

U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) published a damning report entitled “Out of Office” on Thursday, investigating the excesses and inefficiencies of the federal bureaucrats working from home since they were transitioned out of the office during COVID. Sen. Ernst found, based on cell phone data, that only six percent of federal workers come into the

Maine Democrats confirmed their nominees for Attorney General, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, and State Auditor on Wednesday, with Republican only nominating alternative candidates for AG and Secretary of State. Following the votes taken by a unicameral body State Senators and State Representatives, Attorney General Aaron Frey, Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, and State Auditor

New Hampshire State Police arrested two men on Friday during a routine traffic stop after they allegedly attempted to throw large quantities of fentanyl and crack cocaine from their vehicle. State Troopers were conducting a routine traffic stop for speeding in Portsmouth when a passenger, identified as 43-year-old Raymundo DeJesus of Haverhill, Massachusetts, allegedly threw

A Wednesday stabbing at Portland’s Munjoy South Apartments left a 56-year-old man in critical condition, police announced on Thursday. Portland Police say that they responded to a report of a stabbing at 11:35 p.m. on Wednesday at 137 Munjoy South St., a townhouse in the Munjoy South complex. [RELATED: Portland Police Make Arrest in Marshall

Federal agents arrested Shenghua Wen, 41, a Chinese national in the U.S. illegally, for allegedly working as an agent of the North Korean government to smuggle weapons out of the U.S. [RELATED: Border Patrol Seizes 11,000 Round of Ammo Being Smuggled into the U.S…] “At the direction of government officials from the Democratic People’s Republic

Following the swearing in of the 132nd Maine State Legislature on Wednesday, Sen. Rick Bennett (R-Oxford) was set to introduce an order directing the Joint Rules Committee to consider and report on a number of recommendations made by lawmakers at the close of the previous session, including serious reforms to the use of “concept draft”

The United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday morning in a case out of Tennessee concerning bans on the provision of certain medications to minors for the purpose of so-called “gender-affirming care.” United States v. Skrmetti focuses specifically on restricting the prescription of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormone therapies to minors. The case has

An illegal alien who has been deported from the United State at least seven times and who has five felony convictions was again deported in November by U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after being found attempting to cross the northern border into Vermont. [RELATED: Mexican National Sentenced for Illegal Reentry, Faces Deportation After Being

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson compared child sex change bans to interracial marriage prohibitions on Wednesday. Jackson made the remarks during a hearing for United States v. Skrmetti, a case considering whether Tennessee’s law banning medical procedures intended to enable “minor[s] to identify with, or live as, a purported identity inconsistent with the minor’s sex,” violates the 14th Amendment’s

The Maine Department of Labor (MDOL) released Wednesday the final rules for the state’s new Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) program set to launch, in part, in just four weeks. These rules include several updates from the second draft released for public comment in September, most notably with respect to employers’ ability to assert

China announced an export ban on Tuesday, preventing the sale of certain rare earth minerals to the U.S., including gallium, germanium, and antimony — all materials that have key military and technological applications. The decision serves as a prelude to what could become an escalating trade conflict as President-elect Donald Trump, who had a firmer

Florida Sheriff Chad Chronister withdrew his name from consideration for the top spot in the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on Tuesday following conservative backlash just days after President-elect Donald Trump chose him for the job. [RELATED: Trump’s DEA Head Pick Bragged on X About Arresting a Pastor Who Held Services During COVID…] President Trump announced

Portland Police announced on Wednesday that they have arrested a suspect for murder in connection to an ongoing investigation into a late November homicide on Marshall Street. [RELATED: Single Portland Neighborhood Accounted for Nearly a Third of City’s Arrests, 40% of Overdoses This Year…] Police say that officers responded to 24 Marshall St. shortly after

A Mexican national who was previously deported from the United States again faces deportation after being sentenced for illegal reentry in a Bangor federal court last week. [RELATED: No Hablo Inglés: Maine Sheriff Busts Illegal Alien with Over 100 grams of Fentanyl, Crack Cocaine During Traffic Stop…] On Monday, Nov. 25, 20-year-old Juan Manuel Castro

The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) fined the mayor of the small Canadian town of Emo, Ontario, $5,000 after he refused to proclaim June as Pride Month and fly the pride flag. HRTO fined the township itself $10,000 after its refusal to participate in the rite and declining to fly a “LGBTQ2 rainbow flag”

Gov. Janet Mills (D) announced Tuesday that applications are now open for a second round of funding from the Business Recovery and Resilience Fund (BRRF). Grants through this program are available to small businesses impacted by the storms that swept through Maine last winter. About $2 million remains in the fund and will be allocated

Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) troopers apprehended Mexican national Roman Ibarra Rojo in Del Rio, Texas, on Friday as part of a scheme to smuggle a five-year-old girl across the Mexican border into the U.S. The Texas DPS received reports that border surveillance captured a man on camera carrying a child across the Rio

The University of Maine (UMaine) has denied Calvary Chapel Belfast’s appeal of the institution’s decision to sell the former Hutchinson Center to a non-profit organization after originally accepting the church’s bid. On November 20, the church filed a formal appeal of the university’s decision to renege on their offer. UMaine’s response Monday argued that that

President-elect Donald Trump released a statement Monday on social media warning Middle East leaders and terrorists about the consequences they could face if hostages from the Israel-Hamas war are not released before Inauguration Day. While some hostages taken over a year ago by the terrorist group have been released, 101 people are still in Gaza, with seven

President-elect Donald Trump has once again angered conservatives with one of his cabinet picks, this time choosing Florida Sheriff Chad Chronister to head the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). As a Republican Sheriff of Florida’s Hillsborough County, Chronister worked to support progressive priorities, including transgender ideology and so-called “restorative justice.” In one example cited by conservative

The taxpayer-funded Freeport Community Services (FCS) nonprofit canceled its rental agreement with Parents’ Rights in Education two days before the group was set to rent space for an event featuring former Rep. Heidi Sampson (R-Alfred). “After thoughtful consideration, the Board decided to cancel the event, exercising our rights under the rental agreement. We understand there

Ranked choice voting has recently taken center stage following the November 5 election, during which a number of critical state, local, and federal races were on the ballot. In the days that have followed, complications have arisen and caused significant delays in the tabulation process for the race between incumbent Rep. Jared Golden (D) and

The Maine State Housing Authority announced this past Wednesday that the agency had awarded $12.8 million worth of state and federal affordable housing tax credits across seven projects in four counties representing a total of 319 units. Taken together, it is estimated that these tax credits will generate $73.4 million in equity from private investors

U.S. Senator from Maine Susan Collins (R) is calling for an investigation into reports of widespread political bias in how the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) administers disaster relief, following revelations that an agency supervisor advised relief workers in Florida to avoid homes displaying pro-Trump signs in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton. In a Monday

President-elect Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Saturday to threaten member nations of the BRICS economic alliance with staggering 100 percent tariffs if they try to replace the U.S. dollar as the standard in international trade. [RELATED: Canada, Mexico Bend the Knee to Trump 24 Hours After Tariff Threats…] “We require a commitment from

Maine’s state racial equity commission has entered into a taxpayer-funded $7,000 contract with a Waterville-based company to sponsor educational walking tours about the “historical struggles and contributions of Black individuals” and to dispel the myth that the state is “too old and too white.” [RELATED: Maine Speaker’s Racial Equity Board Gave Her Sister’s Nonprofit $12,000

President Joe Biden issued a full pardon for his son Hunter Biden’s crimes on Sunday night after he was convicted of felony gun and tax charges, despite President Biden’s previous promise not to pardon him. [RELATED: Hunter Biden Found Guilty on All 3 Felonies in Federal Gun Trial…] Biden claimed that Hunter was unjustly targeted

The South Portland City Council unanimously approved the creation of a new Tax Increment Financing District (TIF District) and thirty year credit enhancement agreement (CEA) — or property tax reimbursement plan — for a mixed-use housing project slated to be built in the heart of Mill Creek. Set to be located at 170 Ocean Street

The Mills administration has made a $50,000 taxpayer-funded purchase of larger size nursing bras that they say will help support both breastfeeding and “chestfeeding” for participants in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) federal welfare program. [RELATED: CDC Says Trans People Can ‘Chestfeed’ Children, Accused of Not Considering Potential Health

The infamous and violent Venezuelan street gang, Tren de Aragua (TdA), is recruiting illegal immigrant children into its ranks from New York City’s migrant shelters, according to the New York Police Department (NYPD). [RELATED: Venezuelan Criminal Organization Infiltrates New York City: Report…] NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny informed CBS News that many of the

President-elect Donald Trump has named staunch COVID lockdown opponent Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to serve as Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), drawing praise from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Bhattacharya, who emerged as one of the most prominent critics of the U.S. government’s response to the COVID-19 scare as part of the Great Barrington

The Maine Wire has obtained a copy of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s list of 270 properties in Maine that federal law enforcement believes are affiliated with Asian Transnational Criminal Organizations. Additionally, we’ve obtained records from the Maine Office of Cannabis Policy that show, in a few limited cases, that the agency has revoked

Maine’s Office of Cannabis Policy (OCP) has for the first time released documents related to its investigations into marijuana operators who have fallen afoul of the agency and had their licenses revoked. The documents, which the Maine Wire has been pursuing for more than a year, offer a glimpse at how the cannabis regulatory agency

Bangor horror writer Stephen King’s perplexing attempt at music-making surfaced this week on X, and users were quick to react with acid tongues and mockery, with one user comparing King to their imaginary “elderly, liberal, lesbian, Subaru-driving aunt who owns a bakery for cats and dabbles in music.” My elderly, liberal, lesbian, Subaru- driving aunt

Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) put forward the “Returning Education to Our States Act” on Thursday, a bill to end the Department of Education (DOE) and return control of education to local governments. [RELATED: Trump Taps WWE Cofounder Linda McMahon for Secretary of Education…] “The federal Department of Education has never educated a single student, and

The Maine Republican Party announced Tuesday that they intend to nominate Robert B. Charles for the position of Maine Attorney General. In Maine, Constitutional Officers — including the Attorney General, Secretary of State, the State Auditor, and State Treasurer — are selected biennially as the start of the first session of the Legislature. Charles is

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he agreed to a ceasefire deal with Hezbollah on Tuesday. Israel and Hezbollah have been locked in conflict since October 2023, and hostilities between the two have only risen in recent months. Netanyahu announced on Tuesday he would press his security cabinet to agree to the current ceasefire deal on the table

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Border Czar, Tom Homan, issued a stark warning on Tuesday to any Democratic officials obstructing deportations, reminding them that they could be jailed for obstructing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). [RELATED: Trump Selects Former ICE Head Tom Homan as Border Czar…] “I’ve said a hundred times, and last week, don’t

The State of Maine reached a settlement Tuesday with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) in a lawsuit over alleged violations of the the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) due to their handling of children with behavioral disabilities. According to the lawsuit filed in September, the State “unnecessarily segregat[ed] children with behavioral health disabilities

A Saturday recount revealed that Bar Harbor residents rejected an updated cruise ship disembarkation ordinance by just 65 votes, upholding the original results of the vote reported following the election. This represents a slight increase in opposition votes over the initial count when it was found that the measure had been rejected by just 63

President-elect Donald Trump took to social media on Monday to announce his plan to impose massive tariffs on China, Mexico, and Canada on day one until they stop sending illegal immigrants and drugs into the U.S. Within 24 hours, left-wing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican Claudia Sheinbaum conceded to President Trump’s demands. [RELATED: