The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has granted nearly half a million dollars to a Lewiston-based nonprofit in order to fund support services for refugees, immigrants and asylum-seeking migrants who are victims of domestic or sexual violence. According to a no-bid contract document published by the Mills administration Tuesday, the Maine DHHS

Voter ID for ME has gathered more than double the number of signatures required to create a ballot measure, giving citizens the chance to choose whether the state should require photo ID for voters. [RELATED: Voter IDs Are Discriminatory, Burdensome, and Unnecessary: AG Garland…] “I am so proud of our Voter ID for ME team

President-elect Donald Trump selected Tom Homan as the administration’s “Border Czar” on Sunday, choosing an immigration hardliner to take over a position previously held by Vice President Kamala Harris. “I’ve known Tom for a long time, and there is nobody better at policing and controlling our borders. Likewise, Tom Homan will be in charge of

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey (D) promised on MSNBC on Wednesday that she would not allow the Massachusetts State Police to assist President Donald Trump in deporting immigrants in the U.S. illegally. [RELATED: CBS Poll Reveals Most U.S. Voters Support Mass Deportation of Illegal Aliens..] “If the Trump administration requests it, would the Massachusetts state police

Voters in Bar Harbor narrowly rejected a proposal Tuesday that would have overturned a 2022 ordinance capping the number of cruise ship passengers allowed to disembark per day at 1,000, replacing it with an updated set of rules that took a markedly different approach to cruise ship regulation. According to results published by the Town

Nearly 60 percent of Portland voters supported a measure Tuesday allowing local emergency wage provisions to go into effect only when a state of emergency is declared by the City, as opposed to when one is called by state, as is currently the case. In addition to this, 67 percent of voters also approved changes

As nationwide focus revolved around last Tuesday’s Presidential and Congressional elections, eleven states also decided on their governors. [RELATED: Golden, Pingree, and King Retain Seats as GOP Wins Trifecta Nationally…] Not one of the 11 states flipped parties in their gubernatorial elections, despite the massive shift toward Republicans nationally. Three of these states supported governors

On the heels of a disappointing election Tuesday for Maine Republicans, in which they failed to obtain a majority in the State House of Representatives, Rep. Billy Bob Faulkingham (R-Winter Harbor) successfully defended his position as the House Republican Leader for Maine’s 132nd Legislature. Faulkingham, who faced competition for the top House GOP spot, emerged

Wes Pelletier, a longtime member of the Maine Democratic Socialists of America (Maine DSA) was elected to the Portland City Council on Tuesday, making him the second democratic socialist who will be serving on the city’s nine-member policymaking body. [RELATED: ‘They’re not gonna jump up and bite ya’: Socialist Portland City Councilor Claims ‘no public

Bangor city officials warned residents on Tuesday that at least one person has been engaged in illegal ballot harvesting, going door-to-door asking people for their absentee ballots. [RELATED: Exclusive: Records Show Votes Cast Under Names of Non-Citizens in Multiple Maine Elections Since 2016…] “As a voter, you need to protect your own ballot, and when

In business since the 1950s, Cookie Jar Bakery in Cape Elizabeth is now fighting to retain use of the four parking spaces in front of its building. Although the use of this area for parking has been unchallenged for years, controversy was sparked when the bakery recently applied to create a delivery entrance in the

Kennebec and Somerset County District Attorney Maeghan Maloney is currently facing allegations before the Maine Board of Overseers of the Bar concerning her conduct with respect to an Oakland woman who has alleged she was drugged and sexually assaulted in a Waterville bar. The complaint against Maloney was first reported by Keith Edwards of the

Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) called for an end to the Electoral College at a Wednesday night debate hosted by News Center Maine, citing his kindergarten education in support of his position. [RELATED: Maine House Narrowly Approves National Popular Vote After Dem Lawmakers Leave Chamber Before Roll Call…] Rob Caldwell, the debate moderator, brought up the

Former Republican President Donald Trump has a slight lead over Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris in New Hampshire as Election Day approaches, according to a new poll, suggesting that the New England state is in play. The poll conducted by Praecones Analytica and the New Hampshire Journal found that Trump has less than a one-point

Last month the Maine Department of Education (Maine DOE) launched a first-in-the-nation project aimed at bringing collections of children’s picture books about race, diversity and immigration into all public schools across the state. [RELATED: Maine Education Chief: “Academic Learning” Takes Backseat to Social-Emotional, Gender, and Race…] The initiative, called The Pine Project’s Welcoming Libraries, is

In just a matter of days, Cape Elizabeth residents will be deciding whether or not to approve a $94.7 million school improvement plan, including the construction of a new middle school for $89.9 million. Voters will also be asked to authorize the expenditure of nearly $1.7 million worth of gifts and grants to install solar

The Maine Department of Labor (MDOL) announced Monday that Maine’s unemployment employer tax schedule, which supports the state’s unemployment trust fund, will remain at the lowest level going into 2025. Unemployment benefits are paid to Mainers out of the state unemployment trust fund using the money contributed by employers via unemployment taxes. According to Bloomberg

The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) on Tuesday will hold the first competitive auction for roughly 850,000 acres in the Gulf of Maine designated by the Biden-Harris administration for offshore wind energy development. [RELATED: Biden Celebrates Offshore Wind ‘Progress’ Despite Industry’s Major Struggles, Cancellations…] The eight areas up for lease sale lie on the

Women across the globe have lost nearly 900 sports medals due to policies allowing biological males to compete against them, according to a new U.N. report from Reem Alsalem titled “Violence against women and girls in sports.” “According to information received, by 30 March 2024, over 600 female athletes in more than 400 competitions have

Maine’s Committee on Judicial Conduct has reportedly said that Justice Catherine Connors of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court violated the Maine Code of Judicial Conduct by participating in two cases that ultimately overturned recent precedent with respect to the state’s foreclosure law, according to the Portland Press Herald. The Committee conducts its proceedings in secret

Two men, including one Chinese national, were arrested in Farmington on Monday after police discovered 115 pounds of marijuana in the back of a van after the pair was pulled over for speeding on Fairbanks Road. [RELATED: Triad Weed: How Chinese Marijuana Grows Took Over Rural Maine…] The Monday afternoon traffic stop was made by

Election officials in Lancaster County, Penn., have uncovered approximately 2,500 instances of voter registration fraud, the county’s Board of Elections disclosed in a press release Friday morning. Staff detected the fraudulent applications during routine processing and quickly alerted law enforcement. [RELATED: Exclusive: Records Show Votes Cast Under Names of Non-Citizens in Multiple Maine Elections Since

A national poll released by Gallup on Thursday found that the vast majority of Americans support photo Identification requirements at polling locations and proof of citizenship for anyone registering to vote for the first time. [RELATED: Exclusive: Records Show Votes Cast Under Names of Non-Citizens in Multiple Maine Elections Since 2016…] A staggering 84 percent

Homes in Maine are 8.68 percent more expensive than this time last year — reaching a median sale price of $409,450 — according to a press release from the Maine Association of Realtors. 5.39 percent more homes were sold last month compared to September of 2023, coming in at a total of 1,486 completed sales.

A new poll published by Politico and conducted by Axis Research shows that Maine State Rep. Austin Theriault (R-Fort Kent) currently has a two-point lead over incumbent Rep. Jared Golden (D) in the highly-competitive race for the Second Congressional District’s seat in the United States House of Representatives. This represents a major change from the

Maine voters may be some of the nation’s most powerful in the upcoming election, according to a recent report published by personal finance website WalletHub. Based on the outlet’s Voter Power Scores, Maine voters will be the thirteenth most powerful in the presidential election and the seventh most powerful in casting their ballots in the

The number of apprehensions of migrants entering the U.S. illegally across the northern border in Maine’s Houlton Sector reached a new high in fiscal year 2024 (FY24), representing a six-fold increase over the number of apprehensions in 2021, according to data published this week by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Throughout FY24, from October

A Biden-Harris administration official, Wilson Osorio, has been encouraging non-citizens to cross into the U.S. illegally using various social media platforms, according to a new report from the American Accountability Project provided to Fox News. [RELATED: Over Half-a-Million Illegal Immigrants Released Into the U.S. Have Criminal History, Including Over 10,000 Convicted of Homicide: ICE Report…]

The Portland City Council on Monday rejected a resolution proposed by Mayor Mark Dion that was aimed at reducing the number of hypodermic needles littered throughout the city by reimplementing a 1:1 ratio at the city’s syringe exchange program. [RELATED: Maine Is Handing Out Free “Boofing” Kits to Help Fentanyl Addicts Squirt Drugs Up Their Butts…]

Federal officials have rejected Maine’s application for $456 million to construct an offshore wind port at Sears Island. According to reporting from the Portland Press Herald, Paige Sterling — a media advisor at the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) — said in an email that the agency does not comment on applications, “but noting that

South Portland voters will be asked to make their voices heard on several questions this November, including a proposed charter amendment and three school bonds. The first question on the ballot asks voters if they would like to require citizen approval for the sale, lease, trade, or gift of three key City-owned properties: Mill Creek

Portland Mayor Mark Dion on Monday offered an apology to the city’s Jewish community for his vote last month in support of a resolution that called for a divestment of the city’s funds from a long list of entities allegedly “complicit in the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.” [RELATED: Portland City Council Unanimously Passes Israel Divestment

Two people are dead and several others were hospitalized from carbon monoxide poisoning at a home in Freedom that was previously identified as an illegal marijuana grow operation. [RELATED: Maine Law Enforcement Raids Waldo County House Linked to Chinese Drug Trafficking Network…] Authorities were called to the home on Belfast Road at around 6 a.m.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office in New Hampshire indicted ten people last Wednesday in connection with a Lawrence and Methuen, Massachusetts-based drug trafficking ring bringing narcotics into New Hampshire. [RELATED: Police Bust Drug Ring in Concord, NH…] Law enforcement officials from numerous agencies arrested seven defendants in New Hampshire and Massachusetts for conspiracy to distribute controlled

Former President Donald Trump took a brief break from rallies and media interviews on Sunday to campaign in a less traditional way: working at a McDonald’s in Feasterville-Trevose, Pennsylvania, and manning the french fry station. [RELATED: Al Smith Dinner: Trump Roasts Dems as Harris Skips Catholic Charity Event…] “I’ve always wanted to work at McDonald’s.

Vice President Kamala Harris mocked two Christian student protestors for shouting “Christ is King” during an event at the University of Wisconsin on Thursday before having them removed from the rally. Video from the rally shows two University of Wisconsin juniors, Luke Polaske and Grant Beth, shouting “Christ is Lord” and “Christ is King,” before

The Maine Governor’s Energy Office (GEO) was selected by the federal Department of Energy (DOE) to receive a $65 million grant to aid in the adoption of new technologies designed to help Maine’s electrical grid to better support the transmission of “clean energy.” Known as Flexible Interconnections and Resilience for Maine (FIRM), this project represents

During their meeting on Monday, the Portland City Council will be considering a resolution that would call upon the City Manager to reduce the exchange ratio at the city-operated Syringe Services Program (SSP) to 1:1 due to concerns from residents over the improper disposal of used needles. Portland’s SSP, commonly referred to as “The Exchange,”

The Head of Operations for the United Kingdom’s Labour Party, Sofia Patel, revealed on Wednesday that nearly 100 Labour officials are going to U.S. swing states to sway the election in favor of Vice President Kamala Harris. [RELATED: Foreign Interference: Zelenskyy Campaigns for Harris While on U.S. Visit…] Patel revealed the plan in a now-deleted

Planned Parenthood of Northern New England’s Maine-based Political Action Committee (PAC) this week spent $90,000 on online advertising spread across 38 different candidates running for the Maine House of Representatives this November. [RELATED: New England’s Top Taxpayer-Funded Abortion Clinic Operator Projects $8.6 Million Deficit Over Next Three Years…] According to filings with the Maine Ethics Commission

Residents of Bar Harbor will be given the opportunity this November to overturn a 2022 ordinance capping the number of cruise ship passengers allowed to disembark per day at 1,000 and replace it with an updated set of rules that take a markedly different approach to cruise ship regulation. If the referendum is approved, the

Bangor City Manager Debbie Laurie announced last Thursday that the city would clear the massive 73-person homeless encampment, located at the intersection of Texas Avenue and Cleveland St., by the end of 2023. [RELATED: Presque Isle Indefinitely Tables Ordinance Regulating Homeless Encampments in 4-2 Vote…] “The presence of known drug trafficking, activity that increases the

Espionage, illegal immigration and other illicit activities linked to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) have increased dramatically under the Biden-Harris administration, according to a House report exclusively obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. A “China Threat Snapshot” released Thursday by the House Committee On Homeland Security’s Subcommittee On Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, And Intelligence, details

As November 5 quickly approaches, Mainers are preparing to make their voices heard at the ballot box in a number of critical races. Not only will voters be tasked with casting their ballots for the presidency, they will also be asked to make a choice for the United States House and Senate, as well as

John was out shopping for his youngest son’s birthday in July 2021 when he received a panicked call from his wife. A state child welfare worker and police officers were at their home, trying to take away their autistic son. The social worker claimed the Christian family’s refusal to affirm his apparently newfound sexual orientation was

A Dominican national who earlier this year was deported after being convicted of dealing fentanyl was arrested by federal immigration authorities in August following his illegal reentry into the U.S. and arraignment on charges of carjacking, assault and drug trafficking. U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said in a Tuesday press release that they arrested

U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced on Thursday that the agency has successfully apprehended and deported a Salvadoran fugitive who was “hiding out” in Virginia to avoid facing terrorism and homicide charges in his home country. [RELATED: Previously Deported Dominican National Reentered US to ‘peddle poison,’ Arrested for Carjacking, Drug Trafficking: ICE…] ICE said

Electricity Maine will be required to refund about 20,000 customers and pay a $315,000 fine as part of a settlement reached with the Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) over unfair billing practices. This settlement was reportedly approved by the Maine PUC Wednesday, ending a lengthy investigation into the company after it switched customers to variable

Gray, Maine issued an indefinite boil water advisory on Wednesday for anyone using the town’s public water supply, warning of unspecified contamination. “Consumers should boil water for one minute before drinking, making ice cubes, washing foods, brushing teeth, or any other activity involving water consumption,” said the Town. The Gray Fire Rescue announced the advisory

Ann Cook, a Maine public school teacher who in 2022 was recorded going on a bizarre racially-charged political rant in front of a middle school student, has now allegedly been caught on video absconding with a Trump campaign sign from a Yarmouth intersection, according to video obtained by the Maine Wire. [RELATED: Secret audio reveals

The FBI has drastically revised its 2022 violent crime statistics, showing a significant uptick in violent crime from 2021 to 2022 after the unrevised data was used to claim that the Biden Administration caused a drop in crime. [RELATED: Feds Admit 819k Jobs Created Under Biden-Harris Never Existed…] The unrevised 2022 data, released in September

Current South Portland City Councilor Natalie West took out a full-page ad in the local South Portland Sentry newspaper urging voters to support Vice President Kamala Harris and to oppose former President Donald Trump. [RELATED: South Portland to Spend $1 million+ Helping Migrants Pay Rent, Buy Food — While Recommending Seniors Reverse Mortgage Homes to

The Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous & Tribal Populations (PCRITP), Maine’s taxpayer-funded racial equity board, has hired a new operations director who previously received media attention due to formerly living in the Minneapolis neighborhood where George Floyd died. The Permanent Commission was established by the Legislature in 2019 as a result of

The principal of a public high school in South Paris forwarded a recruitment email from the Maine Democratic Party to his students seeking to enroll them as volunteers for political canvassing and phone banking on behalf of the Kamala Harris presidential campaign. Paul Bickford, Principal at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School (OHCHS), forwarded a Sept.

Vice President Kamala Harris unveiled her new “Opportunity Agenda for Black Men” on Monday, promising 1 million fully forgivable loans and a slew of other programs specifically intended to benefit black men. Black men deserve a president who cares about making their lives better. pic.twitter.com/cUCdsvvYZ6— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) October 15, 2024 [RELATED: The Harris Economic

The Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition (MIRC), a Portland-based immigrant advocacy nonprofit organization, is looking to target recently naturalized “New Mainers” with voter registration and turnout efforts. [Exclusive: Records Show Votes Cast Under Names of Non-Citizens in Multiple Maine Elections Since 2016…] In a Monday email, MIRC Executive Director Mufalo Chitam shared a flyer that contained

Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine) has the third-worst fiscal policy of any governor in the country, according to a report from the Cato Institute, even worse than that of California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D). [RELATED: Maine Faces $949.2 Million Budget Shortfall for 2026-2027…] The Cato Institute ranks governors from a “limited-government perspective,” considering their spending habits

Earlier this month, the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that all lead pipes nationwide must be replaced within the next ten years. Following this decision, the agency awarded Maine nearly $25 million to help support the replacement of lead pipes throughout the state. Around this same time, the state also received more than $11

Presque Isle City Councilors decided this past Friday to indefinitely table an ordinance that would have placed limits on public camping that had been developed in response to concerns regarding the City’s homeless population. First proposed in June, this ordinance was introduced in order to address public complaints about people camping in public parks. Some

Vice President Kamala Harris allegedly plagiarized significant portions of her 2009 book on criminal justice, according to an investigation conducted by Austrian plagiarism expert Dr. Stefan Weber and confirmed by journalist Christopher Rufo. [RELATED: Embattled Harvard President Claudine Gay Accused of Plagiarism…] “We independently confirmed multiple violations, which are comparable in severity to the plagiarism

Maine’s Congressional delegation announced Friday that two commercial fishing associations have been awarded an aggregate of more than $2 million in federal grant funding to support youth “training and workforce development” efforts. These grants were awarded through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Young Fishermen’s Development Program. Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association (MCFA) received $1,771,092

Just one day after the Maine Wire dropped a bombshell report on whistleblower records indicating multiple noncitizens have illegally voted in elections in Maine, a progressive nonprofit took to a left-wing media outlet to brag about handing out voter guides to noncitizen immigrants in the run-up to the 2024 election. [Exclusive: Records Show Votes Cast

At their meeting next Tuesday, the Sanford City Council will consider adopting a resolution seeking to reform the city’s state-licensed syringe distribution program. For more than a year, city officials and residents have said that the taxpayer-funded needle distribution program—which is supposed to promote public health—is, in fact, causing a public health crisis due to

The trash fire which started at a trash facility in Orrington on October 1 has finally been extinguished, according to Orrington’s Assistant Fire Chief, Chad Bean. A statement released on Facebook Friday by the Orrington Fire Department explained that they have been on the scene for over nine and a half days and will continue

A Guatemalan national living illegally in the U.S. since at least 2011 has been arrested by U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after being charged in June with forcibly raping a Massachusetts child. [RELATED: ‘We work very well with ICE’: Cumberland County Sheriff Defends Decision Not to Honor Immigration Detainers…] Deportation officers with ICE Enforcement

An Afghan foreign national with ties to the terror group ISIS worked for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) before his arrest in Oklahoma Monday for allegedly plotting an Election Day mass shooting with his minor brother-in-law. [RELATED: U.S. State Dept. Accidentally Gave $239 Million to Taliban Since Disastrous Afghanistan Withdrawal: Report…] Law enforcement arrested 27-year-old

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday morning in a case challenging the federal government’s 2022 rule aiming to regulate “ghost guns.” Ghost guns are firearms without serial numbers that can be assembled using parts printed on a 3D printer or purchased online or by mail without a background check. Despite having previously ruled

A temporary injunction halting enforcement of a Maine law blocking foreign spending in local and state elections and referendums was up for consideration by the First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston Wednesday. In November of 2023, Maine voters overwhelmingly approved a measure prohibiting foreign governments — as well as entities with at least 5

The ex-wife of State Rep. Holly Eaton (D-Deer Isle) allegedly stole a political sign supporting the independent candidate trying to unseat Rep. Eaton on Sunday and was caught on a trail camera. Property owner Kyle Jones posted footage of a woman he identified as Trisha Eaton in the woods, apparently stealing his sign for independent

The Maine Department of Education (Maine DOE) entered into a “partnership” with the nonprofit Maine Trust for Local News in order to develop a marketing campaign meant to generate “goodwill” among Maine voters towards the state’s public school system, emails obtained by the Maine Wire reveal. In September, the Maine Wire reported that the Mills

Whistleblower records obtained by the Maine Wire, along with voter registration records from the Maine Secretary of State’s office, show that multiple votes have been cast in Maine under the names of legal and illegal aliens who should be ineligible to vote in U.S. federal, state, and local Maine elections. The records include state-managed Medicaid

The transgender Maine high schooler who assaulted a high school girl on Friday was the subject of previous sexual harassment complaints at a different Maine school just months before video emerged showing him viciously attacking a classmate outside Mount Desert Island High School in Bar Harbor. The video, one of two showing the violent attack

Multiple U.S. cities and counties across the country have stopped putting fluoride in their water supplies after a federal judge ruled on September 24 that fluoride harms children and must be regulated. [RELATED: Scientists Find Link Between Fluoride in Water, Lower Intelligence…] “Fluoridation is a house of cards and it’s going to fall,” Rick North

A new database from Do No Harm has revealed the number of children across Maine who have undergone gender transition surgeries, or received cross-sex hormones and puberty blockers, and the facilities making that possible. Using data from insurance claims, Do No Harm identified 98 minor patients who received transgender surgeries or drugs in Maine between

Law enforcement seized three firearms from an Ogunquit inn housing 20 noncitizen “scholar” visa holders after a report of shots fired led to an hours-long shutdown of part of Route 1, according the Ogunquit Police Department. Police say that at approximately 3:50 a.m. on Monday, the Wells Emergency Dispatch Center received a report of shots

The New England Fishermen’s Stewardship Association (NEFSA) will be sending Gov. Janet Mills a petition with over 2,500 signatures urging her to halt the development of offshore wind farms in the Gulf of Maine, according to a source close to the matter. NEFSA is a bipartisan nonprofit organization dedicated to helping save the region’s commercial

A Peru, Maine woman has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for drug trafficking charges after selling more than 1.5 kilograms of methamphetamine to an undercover police officer across multiple controlled buys. Mandy Lynn Shorey, 43, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Nancy Torresen to 180 months in prison, to be followed by

At the close of a Monday evening forum between Maine’s Second Congressional District candidates Congressman Jared Golden (D) and State Rep. Austin Theriault (R-Fort Kent) hosted by NBC-affiliate News Center Maine, the news station abruptly cut off Theriault’s closing statement for a commercial break — a blunder the station attributed to an error in their

On the anniversary of terrorist attack against Israel carried out by the Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, a member of the Portland City Council voiced her opposition to a proclamation in remembrance of the event, refusing to condemn the terrorist organization’s massacre of civilians in the name of “equity.” WATCH: Monday’s meeting

Kate Guenther | The Center Square (The Center Square) – Sex reassignment procedures and surgeries on children have gained national prominence in recent years, and half of U.S. states now have laws passed either restricting or banning them. Newly released data provided by the nonprofit Do No Harm indicates that the number of procedures overall has

Police are actively looking for a suspect believed to be responsible for a stabbing at a dollar store in Sanford’s Midtown Mall that left one man injured. According to Sanford Police, the stabbing incident occurred at about 10 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 6, at the Family Dollar located in the Midtown Mall on Maine Street

Maine’s Congressional delegation has sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare and medicaid Services (CMS) urging the creation of a special enrollment period for Humana Medicare Advantage beneficiaries impacted by Northern Light Health terminating its contract with the Medicare Advantage provider. As of September 30, Northern Light Health — one of the largest medical

Shortly after Trump for President signs placed alongside Piscataquis County roads began disappearing, an amateur sleuth discovered the signs piled up behind the Maine Democratic Party’s HQ in the county, prompting a statement from local law enforcement. [RELATED: Maine Dem Leader Scoffed at Lowering Property Taxes, Then Got Two Property Tax Liens…] A Piscataquis County

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced Thursday the results of ongoing efforts to test the surface water near where toxic firefighting foam spilled over the summer at the former Brunswick Naval Air Station. On August 19, the fire suppression system in one of the hangars malfunctioned, releasing 1,450 gallons of aqueous film-forming foam

Dallas police arrested four suspected Venezuelan gang members last week after they allegedly robbed a woman at gunpoint in her home in September and resisted arrest during an eight-hour armed standoff. The four men reportedly broke into the victim’s Elsby Avenue home in Dallas on September 21, after assaulting her in her driveway. They then

Federal tax dollars that could be supporting relief efforts in disaster-stricken parts of Appalachia were instead diverted resettle tens of millions of foreign nationals who illegally entered the United States during the Biden-Harris Administration—and some of Maine’s top politicians supported the diversion of funding. Members of Maine’s congressional delegation Sens. Angus King (I), Susan Collins

The number of veterans experiencing homelessness in Maine nearly quadrupled from 2021 to 2022, and remains at levels higher than the previous seven years, according to a report from the Maine State Housing Authority (MaineHousing) published this summer. [RELATED: Mills Admin Outlines Recommendations for Meeting State Housing Production Goals by 2030…] In June, MaineHousing, a

The FBI arrested 64-year-old Lewiston resident, Andre Maurice Bonneau, in Maine on Thursday for illegally entering the U.S. Capitol and assaulting police officers with a bike rack on January 6, 2021. [RELATED: Waldoboro Man Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Law Enforcement During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach…] Bonneau allegedly picked up a bike rack and attempted to

The United States Supreme Court reconvened on Monday for the start of its October 2024 term. Among the cases on the docket for the first four weeks of oral arguments are consequential cases related to gun laws and veterans’ benefits. Garland v. Vanderstok concerns the federal government’s authority to regulate so-called “ghost guns,” while Bufkin

The second public comment period for Maine’s new Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) Program closed Monday after receiving nearly 600 additional responses from roughly 280 individuals representing both employers and workers from a variety of Maine’s economic sectors. During the first round of public comment, the Maine Department of Labor (MDOL) received over 1,000

The infamous Russian “Merchant of Death” who was released from custody by the Biden administration in a 2022 prisoner swap is back in the arms trade game and selling to a Middle East-based terrorist group, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. The arms dealer, Viktor Bout, was given back to Russia as part of

According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, the share of Maine households using oil as their primary source of heat dropped more than six percent between 2022 and 2023, the largest decrease since at least 2010. In 2010, about 70 percent of Maine households were reliant on oil as their primary heating source

When LS Power withdrew its proposal to build a controversial high-power transmission line across Maine this summer, the news created uncertainty for the future of the foreign-owned wind turbine project and the transmission line was supposed to connect to New England’s grid. The proposed wind farm, set to be developed by Longroad Energy — a

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced in September that it would be reducing certain Medicare prescription drug premiums in what experts who spoke to the Daily Caller News Foundation called a ploy to buy votes before the November election. Enrollees in the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit are slated to have

Add Bath to the long and growing list of Maine towns set to see property taxes head higher. Residents of 8,800-person home of Bath Iron Works have just seen their property taxes increase substantially as a result of the city’s most recent round of revaluations. According to the city’s website, this revaluation was based on

The Biden-Harris administration has decided not to extend the temporary legal status for more than 100,000 Venezuelans brought into the country under a 2022 policy meant to reduce illegal border crossings by flying potential illegal aliens into the country with taxpayer funds. CBS News reported Friday that it had acquired internal documents showing that the

The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) has agreed to suspend its strike for a massive pay increase, just three days after threatening to cripple the country by shutting down ports along the East Coast, including ports in Maine. [RELATED: Maine Faces $949.2 Million Budget Shortfall for 2026-2027…] “The International Longshoremen’s Association and the United States Maritime

The Maine Labor Climate Council, a purported coalition of labor unions pushing for offshore wind development in the Gulf of Maine, is actually a front organization of the Maine People’s Alliance, a progressive activist and lobbying organization, records show. [RELATED: Biden Celebrates Offshore Wind ‘Progress’ Despite Industry’s Major Struggles, Cancellations…] According to a filing with

Incumbent Democrat U.S. Rep. Jared Golden faced off against State Rep. Austin Theriault (R-Fort Kent) last night in the first debate amid their race for Maine’s Second Congressional District. Golden, who first won Maine’s more conservative congressional seat in 2018, is facing is toughest re-election fight yet in a district that former Republican President Donald

In the fall of 2023, Efficiency Maine announced that it would not be requiring homeowners to disconnect their older heating systems in order to be eligible for whole-home heat pump rebates. A new program designed to aid mobile home owners with heat pump adoption, however, still requires that existing systems be removed in order to

Five Chinese nationals have been charged after they were caught spying on Camp Grayling, a National Guard training facility located in Grayling, Michigan, and lying to cover their tracks. The Chinese nationals were in the country legally as students at the University of Michigan as part of a joint program with Shanghai Jiao Tong University

The federal Department of Environmental Protection (EPA) sent a letter on September 26 directing the U.S. Navy to “take any and all actions necessary” to address the spill of toxic firefighting foam that occurred at the former Brunswick Naval Air Station in August. On August 19, the fire suppression system in one of the hangars

A member of Venezuelan transnational criminal organization Tren de Aragua was free in New York City for three weeks in September before being arrested by federal immigration enforcement despite his conviction on a felony firearm possession charge. U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Wednesday announced the arrest of Javier Jose Albornoz Marchan, a 22-year-old

Former First Lady Melania Trump has expressed support for abortion in her soon-to-be-released memoir, a position that conflicts with her husband’s pro-life record as a former president and current Republican presidential candidate. [RELATED: Federal Judge Rules that Catholic Employers Won’t Need to Comply with Federal Abortion Regulations…] The Guardian has obtained an advance copy of

Prosecutors in the case against Ryan W. Routh — the suspect in the second assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump (R) — requested Wednesday that the forthcoming trial be indefinitely delayed, arguing that “the volume of evidence collected in this case is substantial and the investigation is ongoing.” Florida District Judge Aileen Cannon was

The Maine State Library is spending nearly $13,000 in taxpayer funds to create a toolkit meant for “caregivers” to teach children about “climate change and climate action.” According to a contract document published Monday by the Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services (DAFS), the Maine State Library will pay $12,775 to the Tennessee-based company

Only 5.49 of university and college professors working in Maine are registered Republicans, according to an analysis of professorial political affiliations conducted by the Maine Wire. The analysis, which included professors at Maine’s UMaine system campuses as well as Bowdoin, Colby, Bates, Husson, St. Joseph’s College, and Thomas College, found that the majority of professors

A fire broke out Tuesday night around 8:21pm at a trash facility in Orrington, causing Orrington Fire and Rescue to direct everyone in the surrounding areas to keep their windows closed due to the significant smoke that has been generated. Although the fire has now been contained, officials have said that it will take several

The Rockland Police Department announced on Tuesday that their officers will now be equipped with a new Kevlar cord restraint device, designed to control subjects and de-escalate situations in a less painful fashion than with tasers or pepper spray. The Kevlar cord device, called the “BolaWrap,” is manufactured by WRAP Technologies as a de-escalation tool

A September report published by a state-level advisory committee argues that Maine must “incrementally increase the number of housing units it produces per year” in order to reach its production goals by 2030. Following up on the 2023 State of Maine Housing Production Needs Study, this report represents the work of an advisory committee formed

Businesses throughout Maine are preparing for the state to implement its new payroll tax and a complex series of rules stemming from the newly approved paid family and medical leave program in just a matter of months. Over the summer, Gov. Janet Mills (D) signed a budget into law that included, among other things, legislation

According to the Public Access Ombudsman’s 2023 Report, state-level agencies received nearly three thousand requests under the Maine’s Freedom of Access Act (FOAA) last year. While roughly half of these requests were fulfilled in under five days, about 14 percent took more than two months, with sixteen requests taking more than a year to complete.

A Lewiston man pleaded guilty on Friday in a Bangor federal court to filing a fraudulent application to obtain an over $20,000 loan through a COVID-19 pandemic relief program, and now faces up to 20 years in prison. [RELATED: Maine Man “motivated by sheer greed” Sentenced to 1.5 Years for Fraudulently Obtaining Over $1 Million in

What started in 2008 as a small school for orphaned refugees living in Uganda is an operation that now provides education, accommodations, and medical care to over 1,300 refugees and vulnerable children who fled unstable and dangerous conditions in nearby East African countries. In this interview, the Maine Wire speaks with Byaruhanga Godfrey, or Pastor

President Joe Biden’s specially selected Envoy for Climate, former Mass. Senator and failed presidential candidate John Kerry, wants a way to curb free speech and has suggested that the next administration should end or alter the First Amendment. [RELATED: Regulation of Social Media Censorship Sent Back to Lower Courts by SCOTUS…] “If people go to

More than half a million illegal immigrants with pending immigration cases with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have a criminal history, with tens of thousands convicted of sexual assault or murder. “There were 662,566 noncitizens with criminal histories on ICE’s docket, which includes those detained by ICE and on the agency’s non-detained docket. Of

The Winthrop School District is facing a nearly $700,000 budget deficit for the current school year. According to Winthrop Superintendent Becky Foley, this is due an overestimation of how much funding would be left over from last year, as well as a lack of adequate funding to cover the current year’s expenses. Taken together, the

U.S. Sen. Angus King (I-Maine), who has for years fashioned himself as an “independent” or a “moderate” despite backing exclusively left-wing Democratic Party policies, issued a ringing endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris. [RELATED: Angus King Invokes Genghis Khan in Renewed Call for Increased DoD Focus on Laser Beams…] “She [Vice President Harris] is passionate

The Vermont State Police and the Maine State Police both detained investigative journalist James O’Keefe while he was investigating a whistleblower report at the northern border, O’Keefe said during a recent live show with Tucker Carlson. [RELATED: Biden-Harris Admin Will Expedite Asylum Seeker Processing at U.S.-Canada Border: DHS…] “So I go up there this weekend

A longtime Democratic politician and government employee has been hired in a $121,000-a-year position at the Maine Department of Education (Maine DOE) as the state’s first “green schools director.” [RELATED: Mills Admin Discloses Payments to Press Herald for Publishing Positive Articles on Maine Public Schools, DOE Spending…] Glenn Cummings, former president of the University of

York County District Attorney Kathryn Slattery (D) this week touted the sentencing of a Maine man convicted of manslaughter in connection to a January 2021 fatal crash on the Maine Turnpike. District Attorney Slattery’s announcement comes over five months after an illegal alien caused a car crash on I-95 in Wells this April that left

Former President Donald Trump has a nearly 11-point lead over Vice President Kamala Harris, according to an eye-popping new analysis from the British outlet The Daily Mail. “State-by-state numbers all show the Blue Wall of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan tilting towards Trump, giving him the overall advantage when it comes to winning the White House,” said the Daily Mail. The analysis

The City of Portland is set to conduct a revaluation of residential properties over the course of next year, the figures from which will be used to calculate property taxes beginning in FY26. Revaluations will continue to be conducted every two years until 2031 in order to “help preserve equity in tax assessments.” The City

The U.S. Congress approved a Continuing Resolution this week that will provide ninety days worth of funding for the government, averting a shutdown through December 20. In addition to keeping the government funded for a few months, this bill also includes $231 million for the Secret Service in the wake of a second attempt on

The Biden-Harris Administration signed on to a radical United Nations agenda calling for zero-carbon emissions and an end to fossil fuels. The move is seemingly at odds with Vice President Kamala Harris’s more recent attempts to moderate her prior positions on climate regulations as the Democratic presidential nominee, such as her previous support for a

In a win for religious freedom, a federal judge has ruled that the government cannot force Catholic employers to pay for and support employees receiving abortions. [RELATED: New England’s Top Taxpayer-Funded Abortion Clinic Operator Projects $8.6 Million Deficit Over Next Three Years…] U.S. District Judge Daniel Traynor issued a preliminary injunction on Monday, preventing enforcement

While the mayor of South Portland recently recommended that elderly residents reverse mortgage their homes to handle a growing property tax burden, the City Council approved over $1 million in their fiscal year 2025 (FY25) budget to be spent on assisting migrants in the city pay for housing and buy food. Those seniors have also

Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.) went viral on Saturday after claiming that Americans “can’t afford four more years of this.” [RELATED: Bidenomics: Inflation Soars as DC Plans More Spending…] The comment quickly backfired after conservatives pointed out that Vice President Kamala Harris has been in power for the past two years, not

New York Archbishop Timothy Cardinal Dolan went viral with a statement calling out Vice President Kamala Harris for her plan to skip a charity dinner typically attended by presidential nominees. Dolan, with a smile, noted that Democrat Walter Mondale was the last presidential candidate to turn down the invitation — before losing the Electoral College

The Maine Department of Labor (MDOL) announced Monday that it has negotiated the recovery of over $20,000 owed collectively to 22 workers across three companies. A combined $7,915.22 was recovered in owed wages and liquidated damages for seven workers at Law Calibration, LLC in Saco. $655.38 in wages and $1,310.76 in liquidated damages was recovered

Maine Statistical Analysis Center (MSAC) released a report Monday on the use of body-worn cameras (BWCs) among police departments throughout the state, revealing that the nearly all police departments throughout the state are either utilizing this technology or considering doing so. The group did, however, expressly recommend against pursuing state-mandated BWC adoption, instead suggesting that

U.S. Sens. Angus King (I-Maine) and Jerry Moran (R-Kans.) have introduced the Farmhouse-to-Workforce Housing Act, a piece of legislation aimed at increasing the housing stock in rural parts of the country. If approved, this bill would expand the existing Housing Preservation Grants (HPG) program to include the construction of an attached apartment unit or a

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced his opposition to former Republican President Donald Trump shortly before flying to America and cozying up to top Democrats. [RELATED: Ukrainian NGO Linked to U.S. State Department Publishes List of Americans Deemed Enemies of Ukraine…] The New Yorker magazine published an interview on Sunday in which Zelenskyy bashed President Trump

Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Tim Walz’s Department of Education and Department of Veterans Affairs held programs segregated by race and sexuality during his tenure as Minnesota governor. Under Walz, Minnesota’s Department of Veterans Affairs between 2022 and 2023 advertised a series of training sessions to racial minority veterans on how to address homelessness among those

Maine has now launched a $36 million Home Energy Rebate Program funded by federal tax dollars allocated by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 and designed to help owners of manufactured homes and multifamily buildings to pursue energy-efficient options. According to the United States Department of Energy (DOE), the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) made “the

U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) voted Friday against a bill that would have led to the automatic deportation of illegal aliens and foreign nationals convicted of sex offenses or domestic abuse. Pingree joined 157 other Democratic representatives in opposing Rep. Nancy Mace’s (R-S.C.) H.R. 7909, the Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act. “We are

The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously advanced a bill Friday that would increase Secret Service protection for major presidential and vice presidential candidates following the second attempt on former President Donald Trump’s life earlier last week. The final vote tally came out at 405 to 0 with a handful of lawmakers absent at the time

A Brownfield man was arrested on multiple drug and firearm charges following a raid conducted by the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) and Maine State Police at his residence on Wednesday. During the raid authorities seized an estimated $90,000 in illegal drugs, several firearms, a large amount of ammunition, and over $25,000 cash in suspected

The second gunman accused of attempting to assassinate former President Donald Trump has offered a $150,000 reward to anyone who succeeds in killing the Republican nominee. [RELATED: What We Know About Ryan Wesley Routh, 2nd Would-Be Trump Assassin…] “This was an assassination attempt on Donald Trump, but I am so sorry I failed you. I

A traffic stop in Lewiston shortly after midnight on Thursday led to the arrest of two men and the seizure of an illegally possessed firearm. Lewiston Police said the traffic stop occurred on Bates Street just after 12:30 a.m. on Thursday. While the vehicle came to a stop, a male passenger fled from the vehicle

The United States House of Representatives is set to vote this week on a stop-gap measure that would fund the government through Dec. 20. This legislation does not, however, contain any portion of the so-called SAVE Act, a bill requiring proof of citizenship when registering to vote. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) had previously put

The Mills administration has paid $120,000 to the Maine Trust for Local News (MTLN), the nonprofit that owns the Portland Press Herald and the Lewiston Sun Journal, to publish state-sponsored articles praising the Mills administration’s use of federal education dollars. The articles are intended to bolster “goodwill” toward the state’s public school system and the

Maine’s August unemployment rate and labor force participation rate remained largely unchanged in comparison to recent months, according to the Maine Department of Labor’s (MDOL) Friday press release. For the third month in row, the state’s seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate has been calculated at 2.8 percent, while labor force participation came in at 59.9 percent. Nationwide

Voters in RSU 16 approved a $28 million school budget by just 153 votes after rejecting two previous iterations. This version of the budget comes in at about $388,000 less than the one voters most recently rejected. Because an additional $500,000 allocation was made from the FY25 fund balance, however, the total cost for which

Six police departments across Maine have been awarded a total of just over $2 million in federal grants to support various community policing initiatives, including the hiring of additional entry-level officers, school violence prevention and improving mental health crisis intervention. The $2,075,000 in grants were awarded to the Maine law enforcement agencies and municipalities as

Amid discussion regarding recent property tax hikes at a South Portland City Council meeting last month, Mayor Misha Pride suggested that elderly residents living on a fixed income may want to consider reverse mortgaging their homes to manage the growing tax burden. [RELATED: South Portland Residents Passionately Address Property Tax Concerns at City Council Meeting…]

Mainers appear largely divided over the five ballot questions set to go before voters this November, according to a new poll from Pan Atlantic Research — a Portland-based independent marketing research and consulting firm. Out of these five questions, Mainers appear most likely support Question 1, a law proposed via the citizens initiative process that

A new poll from Pan Atlantic Research — a Portland-based independent marketing research and consulting firm — revealed this month that a substantial portion of Mainers feel that the state is on the wrong track, citing the cost of living, housing, and high taxes as their primary concerns. Similar to the results of University of

Free speech isn’t always so free on college campuses, according to a recent ranking done by College Pulse and the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE). Of the 251 colleges and universities included in FIRE’s most recent study, Maine’s schools were all ranked on the lower end of the scale, ranging from 99th to

The federal Department of Transportation (DOT) announced Tuesday that Maine has been awarded nearly $1.5 million in grant funding to repair roads and highways damaged by the storms that swept through the state last year in June and December. The funding was awarded through the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Emergency Relief Program, designed to provide

Sanford city officials and members of the city council were in agreement during their Tuesday meeting on the need to reform the syringe distribution program which has resulted in a “public health crisis” due to the large number of contaminated hypodermics improperly discarded throughout the city. Syringe Service Programs (SSPS) are authorized by the Maine

At a Portland town hall event Monday evening hosted by a collection of progressive nonprofit organizations, a lawyer from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Maine said that he will be urging the State Legislature to pass laws protecting illegal immigrants from deportation, and compared federal immigration authorities to Nazis in 1930s Germany. The

Maine’s Congressional delegation sent a joint letter to Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro urging cooperation on the cleanup effort at the former Brunswick Naval Air Station following the fire retardant foam spill that occurred in August. On August 19, the fire suppression system in one of the hangars malfunctioned, releasing 1,450 gallons of aqueous film-forming

The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry (DCAF) announced Monday that applications have now opened for a combined $3 million worth of research grants for the study of how per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — commonly known as PFAS or “forever chemicals” — impact agriculture. According to a DCAF press release, this funding is part

On Tuesday the Sanford City Council is expected to discuss a “public health crisis” caused by a large number of contaminated hypodermic needles littered in the city as the result of a state licensed syringe distribution program. In early 2020, the Maine CDC licensed the Brunswick-based nonprofit Maine Access Points to operate a Syringe Services

All members of Maine’s Congressional delegation have now spoken out in response to the second attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump (R). “I’m glad former President Trump is unharmed and grateful to the Secret Service for their vigilance,” said Rep. Jared Golden (D) on X. “While there’s still much we don’t know as law

Following the University of Maine System’s (UMS) decision to renege on a deal to sell the Hutchinson Center in Belfast to a Christian church, the church — Calvary Chapel Belfast — has said it intends to pursue litigation against the taxpayer-funded system. Calvary Chapel Belfast Lead Pastor Greg Huston said Sunday that the church intended

Missouri Republican U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley released a report Monday detailing the failures of the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) that contributed to the nearly successful July 13 assassination attempt on former Republican President Donald Trump. The failures detailed in the report represent “the most stunning breakdown in presidential security since the assassination of President John

Just ahead of the anniversary of the tragic mass shootings in Lewiston on Oct. 25, 2023, U.S. Senator from Maine Susan Collins (R) has introduced legislation to require the military to utilize state crisis intervention programs when service members pose a serious threat to themselves or others. [RELATED: Independent Commission Reveals Failures and Missed Opportunities by

Gov. Janet Mills (D) announced Monday that the State has selected twelve new Land for Maine’s Future (LMF) conservation projects, expected to preserve a combined 3,500 acres using $3.8 million worth of funding. The LMF is described by the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry (DACF) as the state’s “primary funding vehicle for conserving

An alleged ABC News employee has stated that the news outlet struck an agreement with Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign to give the Democratic candidate preferable treatment during the Sept. 10 presidential debate, according to social media posts that circulated broadly on Sunday. The social media posts included images of what are purported to

Maine’s top newspapers offered short shrift Monday morning to the second apparent assassination attempt on former Republican President Donald Trump, an attempt that was foiled by U.S. Secret Service agents protecting the 2024 Republican nominee at one of his Florida golf courses. [RELATED: Trump Targeted in Second Assassination Attempt at Florida Golf Club…] As of

Former President Donald Trump (R) has ruled out a second debate against Vice President Kamala Harris (D). Two days after the candidates faced off in a debate hosted by ABC News and moderated by David Muir and Linsey Davis, former President Trump (R) announced on social media platform Truth Social that “THERE WILL BE NO

The Bangor refugee resettlement office run by Catholic Charities Maine is planning to move 150 migrants into cities and towns within a 100-mile radius of Bangor over the next year. Catholic Charities Maine is one of three nonprofit organizations in the state that has been designated by the federal government to be a refugee resettlement

On Monday and Tuesday, Gov. Janet Mills (D) attended the 45th Annual Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers (NEG-ECP) in Boston, MA which this year focused on “the clean energy transition.” This conference, first launched in 1973, was designed to allow leaders from across the region — including from six states and

South Portland residents passionately spoke at last week’s City Council meeting about the recent property tax hikes that blindsided many homeowners last month. This past Tuesday, a number of residents turned out to make their concerns heard over the sudden and substantial property tax increases they faced when first opening their bills in August, some

A joint operation by the Portland Police Department and Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) led to the arrest of a 35-year-old woman on drug trafficking charges and the seizure of nearly 90 grams of fentanyl. [RELATED: ‘They’re not gonna jump up and bite ya’: Socialist Portland City Councilor Claims ‘no public health risk’ Caused by

The University of Maine (UMaine) has officially rescinded its offer to sell the Hutchinson Center to Calvary Chapel Belfast. Earlier this summer, UMaine selected Calvary Chapel Belfast as the winning bid for the property following a thorough review of the three offers, including from the Waldo Community Action Partners and Future of the Hutchinson Center/Waterfall

A combined $8 million worth of grant funding has now been made available “to help communities become resilient to the effects of climate change and to reduce fossil fuel use and carbon emissions.” These grants come through Community Resilience Partnership, originally founded in 2021 to “help local communities undertake projects that increase resilience to climate

A Bangor-based homelessness fundraising organization is propagating educational materials aimed at helping homeless individuals avoid arrest for a variety of crimes, including drug possession, criminal trespass and disorderly conduct. The Greater Bangor Houseless Collective describes itself as “a grassroots organization that provides mutual aid and low-barrier support to the unhoused community while building solidarity in

On Tuesday the Portland City Council’s Health and Human Services and Public Safety Committee voted to advance a proposal from the Portland Police Department to purchase an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS), or drone. Portland Police Chief Mark Dubois first presented the department’s proposal to the City Council committee in July, saying that the department is

Federal authorities in Boston have seized more than 350 internet domains that investigators believe were used for the illegal importation of firearm switches and silencers from China, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts announced on Wednesday. Switches are small devices designed to convert a semi-automatic handgun into a fully automatic machine gun

The owner of multiple massage parlors throughout Maine has been arrested in connection to a police investigation into alleged sex trafficking and forced labor occurring at a massage parlor in Lewiston. Lewiston Police announced on Wednesday that in March of 2024 they launched an investigation into a suspected illicit massage parlor operating on Sabattus Street

During a Tuesday meeting of the Portland City Council’s Health and Human Services and Public Safety Committee, City Councilor Kate Sykes, former co-chair of the Maine Democratic Socialists of America, claimed that used hypodermic needles littering the city are “not a public health risk.” Skyes’ comments came after a presentation from Portland’s Interim Public Health

The federal Department of Justice (DOJ) has sued the State of Maine for allegedly violating the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by “unnecessarily segregating children with behavioral health disabilities in hospitals, residential facilities and a state-operated juvenile detention facility.” The DOJ filed their lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Portland Monday, explaining that they

A University of Maine employee who worked at the school for nearly four decades with a “completely unblemished” record was fired in October 2022 based on hearsay allegations of harassment against two other UMaine employees, a termination which the University’s labor union challenged as unjustified and biased. The University of Maine Professional Staff Association (UMPSA)

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump accused Vice President Kamala Harris of copying his philosophy because she had no policy proposals during Tuesday night’s debate. Trump said during the ABC News debate that Harris is “a Marxist” who will govern far to the left despite campaigning to the political center and even adopting some of the

Violent Venezuelan gang members have infiltrated the U.S. and were authorized by gang leaders to fire upon American law enforcement, according to U.S. officials who believe the transnational criminal organizations may be planning attacks against military facilities and personnel. Investigative Journalist James O’Keefe obtained Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) from the U.S. Army’s North Division revealing

President Joe Biden touted offshore wind’s “progress” on his watch on Thursday despite the fact that the industry has struggled considerably with elevated inflation and interest rates. Biden released an official statement Thursday celebrating his administration’s tenth approval of an offshore wind development and touting signature policies that have incentivized developers to build new projects. However, Biden neglected

Three on One is ABC Fun: The second presidential debate of 2023 took place, this time featuring Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic candidate. The debate was universally panned across social media for ABC’s heavy-handed and one-sided moderation, including questionable “fact-checking” and lopsided interruptions. There’s no question Vice President Harris overperformed expectations, while Trump

The Maine State Housing Authority announced Monday that a combined $2 million from the state’s Emergency Housing Relief Fund (EHRF) has been awarded to twelve overnight warming shelters located throughout the state. Under State Law, the EHRF may be used for various forms of short- and long-term programs, including “rental assistance or appropriate housing for

Maine Governor Janet Mills’ (D) Office of Policy Innovation and the Future (GOPIF) has granted $15,000 to a Portland-based consultant to coordinate a study of the potential effectiveness of “harm reduction health centers,” also known as safe drug consumption or injection sites. In July of last year, Gov. Mills signed LD 1364 into law, a

In the span of less than two weeks since Lewiston city officials and the Androscoggin County district attorney announced their plans to address a recent surge of gun violence incidents in the city, Lewiston Police have responded to two shootings which are still under active investigation. [RELATED: Shooting Interrupts Refugee Group’s ‘Family Fun Day’ Back-to-School Event in Lewiston…]

A man arrested for obstruction of justice and acting as an unregistered foreign agent in New York City has been photographed attending events with a Democratic congresswoman as far back as 2014, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation found. Lu Jianwang was charged in April 2023 with conspiring to act as an agent of China and other

A 59-year-old man was found dead in an apparent suicide at a state park in Washington County on June 8, according to a report from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. The man, identified as Zhiwei “Jerry” Xiao, was discovered in his vehicle with a gunshot wound to the head. The handgun, a Beretta M92FS, was

Maine has received a combined $33.8 million in federal funding across twenty-one projects designed to improve the state’s hydropower infrastructure. This comes as part of a $430 million distribution from the Maintaining and Enhancing Hydroelectricity Incentives program, funded by the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Administered by the Grid Deployment Office (GDO), this program

Settlement funds received by the City of Portland from a nationwide lawsuit against several opioid manufacturers and distributors could go towards paying drug users cash to incentivize them to properly dispose of their used syringes. The City of Portland has already received roughly $750,000 in settlement payments from the lawsuit, and will also receive approximately

Google is back in the courtroom this week as its parent company Alphabet faces allegations from the federal Department of Justice (DOJ) that its power in the ad tech industry is monopolistic. This comes just weeks after a federal judge ruled that the company has illegally maintained a monopoly over the search engine industry through

Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, has pleaded guilty to nine federal tax-related felonies, adding to his already complex legal woes. Initially set to plead not guilty, Biden shifted his stance ahead of a highly publicized trial. By entering the plea, Biden sidesteps a potentially embarrassing courtroom battle for himself and his father

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday against Internet Archive — a nonprofit digital library, well-known for its Wayback Machine — in a copyright infringement lawsuit stemming from its distribution of scanned books without publisher approval. In 2020, four major publishing houses — Hachette, Penguin Random House, Wiley, and HarperCollins — filed a lawsuit

On Wednesday, the Portland City Council voted unanimously to pass a resolution calling upon City Manager Danielle West to divest the city’s funds from entities “complicit in the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.” The passage of the divestment resolution comes nearly a year after the Islamist terrorist organization Hamas attacked Israel from the Gaza Strip on

Tragedy struck the nation on Wednesday after a Georgia high school student opened fire on his classmates and teachers. Law enforcement took the 14-year-old, Colt Gray, into custody after he allegedly murdered four people. As with the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in 2018, the Emanuel AME Church shooting in 2015, and the Umpqua

A new program aimed at protecting elderly Mainers from scams by attaching informational brochures to prescription bags at Hannaford pharmacies throughout the state was announced on Thursday by the Maine U.S. Attorney’s Office. The Maine Rx Elder Fraud Program, a collaborative effort between the Maine U.S. Attorney, AARP Maine and the Maine Council for Elder

Volvo announced Wednesday that it has scales back its plans to make only electric vehicles (EVs) by 2030. Instead, the Swedish company — majority-owned by China’s Geely — will continue to offer hybrid models as part of its lineup. Despite this shift, the company has said that it still intends to have over 90 percent

Vice President Kamala Harris focused on small businesses during her Wednesday campaign stop in New Hampshire, but while she proposed lofty plans, U.S. veterans faced difficulties applying for the Small Business Administration’s “Veteran-Owned” certification. That’s because the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) portal for obtaining special small business certifications — MySBA — has been broken

Republicans have revealed their last-ditch effort to ensure election integrity before former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris face off in November. Illegally cast votes are widely believed by Republicans to be responsible for Trump’s loss in 2020. Now, Republicans are considering drastic measures to ensure that only U.S. citizens vote and only

Maine’s largest Christian school filed an appeal Tuesday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit as part of its long-running dispute with the State of Maine over alleged religious discrimination spearheaded by Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey and Education Commissioner Pender Makin. The case revolves around a 2021 amendment to the Maine

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has indicated that it will not make a final decision on the possible reclassification of marijuana — a move that is expected to decrease the dangerousness associated with the drug — until after the presidential election this November. Last week, it was announced that the DEA will be conducting

A Dixfield man has been arrested after authorities found a 9-month-old baby girl suffering from an opioid overdose at a home in Mexico, the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office announced Monday. The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office says deputies, alongside Rumford Police and emergency medical personnel, responded to a residence on Roxbury Road in Mexico for a

Last week, the Maine Department of Labor (MDOL) unveiled an updated set of regulations for the state’s new Paid Family and Medical Leave Program. The public is now invited to provide feedback on these new rules, which businesses will be required to follow. The protracted rule-making process is the result of legislation advanced this year

Long Creek Youth Development Center in South Portland, Maine’s only juvenile correctional facility, will be offering its high school-aged incarcerated youth an elective course in playing instruments and reading music. The musical instruction is funded by an $18,240 grant from the Maine Department of Corrections (Maine DOC) to the Portland-based Maine Academy of Modern Music

Former President Donald Trump’s campaign was forced to refute rumors that the Republican presidential nominee had given up on winning New Hampshire after a leaked email claimed that President Trump would no longer expend resources campaigning in the Granite State. [RELATED: Former Democrat Tulsi Gabbard Joins RFK in Endorsing Trump…] Emails acquired by The Boston

During the Biden-Harris administration’s Labor Day weekend celebrations, 23-year-old American-Israeli dual citizen Hersh Goldberg-Polin was executed by Hamas terrorists after being held hostage in a terror tunnel. Both the White House and the corporate cable news media responses to this execution were noticeably weaker compared to the reaction to the death of George Floyd. Goldberg-Polin

Two members of Maine’s congressional delegation have urged U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Thomas Vilsack to change the eligibility requirements of a federal program to include projects based at former mill sites in Maine. The Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) — designed to help agricultural producers and rural small businesses pursue projects intended

The Cape Elizabeth Town Council is currently considering a recommendation from the Ordinance Committee to expand the local Senior Tax Relief Program based on household income level. According to a press release published Thursday, Councilors will discuss this proposal during a meeting on September 9. If approved by the Council, residents wishing to participate must

Presidential candidate and current Vice President Kamala Harris sat down with CNN’s Dana Bash, alongside and her running mate Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.), for the Democratic ticket’s first major press interview since the Democratic National Convention. After facing weeks of pressure from political commentators and reporters over her lack of availability, Harris for the first

Planned Parenthood of Northern New England (PPNNE), the largest provider of abortions in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont announced last week that they have adopted a “weapons exclusion” in their investment portfolio to no longer profit from the “devastating loss of life and sexual and gender-based violence happening in Gaza.” The abortion clinic operator’s announcement

The search of a residence in Palmyra by the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday led to the seizure of approximately $100,000 worth of illegal drugs and the arrest of a Massachusetts man on drug trafficking charges. Somerset County Sheriff Dale Lancaster said the residence on Madawaska Road in Palmyra was searched shortly before 9:30

Northern Light Health — one of the largest medical service providers in the state — has decided to end its Medicare Advantage contract with Humana as of September 30, 2024, which will likely result in many older Mainers being forced to pay more out-of-pocket. A press release published by Northern Light Wednesday said that this

Years after COVID-19 pandemic restrictions were abolished across the country, and the political push for vaccine mandates subsided, Maine’s Center for Disease Control (CDC) unveiled a new app for Mainers to quickly access their vaccine records from their phones. [RELATED: WHO Declares Monkeypox an International Health Emergency…Again…] The CDC announced the rollout of the new

Lewiston city officials, the chief of police and the Androscoggin County district attorney held a press conference on Thursday alongside local community organizations to announce their plan to prevent and respond to a recent surge of gun violence incidents. Over the past eight months, Lewiston has seen 27 shots fired incidents — three of which

Nearly half of Mainers have reported that their household is in a worse financial condition compared to this time last year — including 62 percent of Independents and 86 percent of Republicans — according to a recent Pine Tree State Poll, a States of Opinion Project conducted by the University of New Hampshire (UNH) Survey

Rising ocean temperatures have long alarmed scientists and caused Maine’s environmentalists to advocate drastic government actions, but their apocalyptic warnings about boiling oceans may have been premature, according to new data that show the world’s oceans cooling. [RELATED: Chellie Pingree Flies Business Class for Billionaire-Funded Luxury Junkets While Preaching Climate Change Doomerism…] Scientists at the

Former House Democratic Leader Maureen Terry of Gorham scoffed at then-Rep. Billy Bob Faulkingham (R-Winter Harbor) for proposing a 2021 bill to increase Maine’s Homestead Exemption to $50,000 on the basis that “taxation is theft.” The bill would have increased Maine’s Homestead Exemption from $25,000 to $50,000, thereby lowering the amount of property taxes many

Maine Wire Reporter Seamus Othot contributed to this story. The small family home at 254 Academy Road in Monmouth may appear like any other Chinese-controlled blackmarket drug house in Maine. The windows are obscured, security cameras dot the perimeter, and a dumpster sits near the driveway for disposal of marijuana detritus. The house and attached

Ford Motors announced Wednesday that it is walking back several of its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies, making it the latest of a number of U.S. corporations to revoke similar measures. Ford vowed to stop participating in “external culture surveys,” such as the Human Rights Campaign’s [HRC] Corporate Equality Index, promised it does not

In response to a series of shooting incidents in recent weeks, the Lewiston Police Department, alongside city officials and the Androscoggin County district attorney, will be holding a press conference Thursday to announce their plan to increase public safety. The press conference is slated to be held at the Lewiston City Hall Council Chambers at

The Yarmouth Police Department was dealt an unexpected surprise on Monday when resident came to them seeking help disposing of an unusual problem: an unexploded cannonball. [RELATED: Maine ‘Gun Safety’ Coalition Oversees Negligent Firearm Discharge at Gun-Giveback…] The Yarmouth PD contacted the Maine State Police (MSP) for guidance on how to handle the archaic armament

Mainers statewide have been experiencing sticker shock when reviewing their property tax bills for the upcoming fiscal year. From higher rates and higher valuations to decreased exemptions and stretched household budgets, Maine residents — especially those with fix-incomes or lower incomes — are getting squeezed. Considering Maine already has the fourth highest tax burden in

The director of Maine’s Bureau of General Services has resigned his position with the state less then two months after the Maine Wire reported on a state contract he awarded to a landscaping company owned by his brother. William J. Longfellow, a longtime state employee, had served as the director of the Bureau of General

Just days after former Democrat and independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that he would be suspending his campaign and endorsing former President Donald Trump’s re-election bid, another former Democratic presidential candidate, Lt. Col. Tulsi Gabbard announced her support for President Trump’s campaign. [RELATED: RFK Jr. Has Until Tuesday to Withdraw from Maine’s

During a Sunday interview with NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” Vice Presidential candidate Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) promised that former Republican President Donald Trump would veto a federal abortion ban during his second term if it crossed his desk. [RELATED: Liberals Try to Link Trump to ‘Project 2025’ Agenda, Despite his Opposition to Many of

On Friday, the Maine Wire reported on a leaked ICE memo that listed hundreds of jails and police agencies around the country that it claimed do not honor ICE detainer requests or offer only limited cooperation in helping ICE apprehend illegal aliens wanted to deportation. Now, two Maine sheriffs whose jails were listed in a

Following a surge in the amount of money spent under the municipal welfare program known as General Assistance, the Mills Administration is seeking to establish an online database to better manage welfare applicants and recipients. General Assistance is a welfare program through which municipalities provide low-income or indigent individuals and families — regardless of citizenship

A Chinese national arrested during law enforcement raids on illegal marijuana grows in March is now facing federal charges. [RELATED: Maine Sheriff Raids Three More Black Market Pot Houses, Seizes $39k, 900 Plants, and a Toyota — One “Brooklyn” Woman Arrested…] The 29-year-old Jiamin Liao, who has addresses in Maine, California, and New York, is

Vice President Kamala Harris proposed raising the child tax credit (CTC) for families with newborns Friday, despite voting against a bill that doubled the credit in 2017 under then-President Donald Trump. In addition to a variety of reductions in corporate and personal income tax rates, the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) raised the child tax credit from $1,000 to

A homeless man is facing robbery and criminal threatening charges after allegedly entering a U.S. Post Office in Portland and demanding money while threatening to shoot the clerk, according to the Portland Police Department. According to police, at about 6:30 p.m. on Monday, a 32-year-old male entered the Post Office on 125 Forest Ave in

Just a day after Republican candidate for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District Austin Theriault announced that he would be participating in a stock car race to fundraise for the victims and survivors of the Oct. 25 mass shootings in Lewiston, an opportunistic U.S. Rep. Jared Golden pledged to donate $50,000 from his campaign fund to the

Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic 2024 presidential nominee, ridiculed former Republican President Donald Trump’s wall on the southern border during her time in the U.S. Senate and the Biden White House. She’s called the wall anti-immigrant, medieval, wasteful, a vanity project, and a complete waste of taxpayer money. But with the presidential election 70

More than 40 percent of Mainers feel that the state is currently on the wrong track — nearly 10 percent more than in April of 2022 — according to a recent Pine Tree State Poll, a States of Opinion Project conducted by the University of New Hampshire (UNH) Survey Center. A similar share of residents

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. suspended his campaign Friday and endorsed former President Donald Trump, but he will remain on the ballot in Maine unless he withdraws by 5pm on Tuesday. RFK Jr. announced his decision at an address to the nation in downtown Phoenix, Ariz., a state where Trump is set to

Mainers are divided over the Legislature’s decision to join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact — as well as with respect to the state’s current method of distributing its electoral votes — according to the Pine Tree State Poll, a States of Opinion Project conducted by the University of New Hampshire (UNH) Survey Center. This

A back-to-school event with over 300 attendees at Lewiston’s McGraw Park on Friday was interrupted by a teen male firing a gun into the air and ground, according to the Lewiston Police Department. [RELATED: 17-year-old Dead at Public Housing Complex in One of Three Weekend Shootings in Lewiston…] Lewiston Police say that they responded to

A Supreme Court order Thursday will allow Arizona to enforce a state law requiring proof of citizenship for voters registering with state forms. The order issued by the Court did not, however, reinstate the portion of this law that would have barred those using federal forms from voting by mail or in presidential elections unless

Chalk another win for the conspiracy theorists… In new report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) found that high levels of fluoride in drinking water leads to decreased intelligence among children. The federal report, released on Wednesday, is a confirmation of sorts of a theory long espoused by independent journalists and

The Portland City Council voted earlier this week against placing two wage-related proposals on the ballot this November. The first would have raised the city’s minimum wage to $20 an hour by 2028, while the other would have eliminated the tip credit. The second of these two propositions was already rejected by 61 percent of

The federal government is unable to track hundreds of thousands of unaccompanied migrant children who have crossed over the U.S.-Mexico border since 2019, according to a new report from U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General Joseph Cuffari. The report raises concerns about the potential for wide spread human trafficking and other forms of

The Portland public schools are aiming to ensure that all students have equal outcomes and equal experiences, according to a revealing presentation delivered at a meeting of a Portland Board of Public Education committee on Thursday. Portland’s “Attendance Boundaries Advisory Committee” has begun its work to evaluate and make recommendations for redrawing the school district’s

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows (D) has ruled that independent presidential candidate Cornel West will be allowed to appear on the state’s ballot this November. Bellows decision came in response to a left-wing legal effort to have West removed from the ballot over allegations of significant impropriety with the signatures his campaign collected in

A new report from the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has revealed that American pharmaceutical companies have been conducting medical experiments in cooperation with the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA). “As you know, the United States is engaged in a fierce competition with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in biotechnology.

Presidential candidates typically enjoy a bounce in their polling numbers following a successful national convention, but the odds given to Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign on betting site Polymarket have taken a dive this week. At the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Vice President Harris began the week a favorite among election gamblers, but

Ford Motor Co. announced Wednesday that it will be shifting to a new strategy for the development of electric vehicles (EVs), cancelling plans for an all-electric three-row SUV and delaying the roll out of a new full-size electric pickup truck. Instead, the Michigan-based auto manufacturer is opting to pursue a gas-electric hybrid model three-row SUV

Conservative American consumers have become a massive problem for left-wing corporate leaders thanks in large part to conservative activist Robby Starbuck and his investigations into iconic American brands that have fallen headlong for progressive political crusades. Tractor Supply Company and Harley-Davidson are just two of the popular brands that have been forced to abandon Diversity

Two county jails in Maine have been designated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as being in “limited cooperation” with the agency by releasing illegal aliens from custody without providing notification to ICE, according to ICE’s June 2024 Detainer Acceptance Report. ICE works with local law enforcement agencies to lodge immigration detainers against unlawfully

Maine’s Democratic members of Congress, Jared Golden and Chellie Pingree, supported a $500,000 taxpayer-funded “environmental justice” grant for a left-wing activist group — the same group that’s now offering to pay $21 per hour for left-wing activists to canvass Maine’s Second Congressional District from now until the Nov. 5 elections. On Oct. 25, 2023, the

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has said its investigating after Democrats attending the Democratic National Convention in Chicago made a disgusting discovery: there food was infested with maggots. According to a local TV station, the Chicago Police and the FBI are investigating to determine whether someone intentionally slipped the maggots into the Democratic food chain

Harley-Davidson, the famous motorcycle brand, has issued a statement recanting its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) company policies after it became the latest major company to face customer backlash over its embrace of the left-wing social program. [RELATED: Tractor Supply Company Ditches “Woke” After Conservative Boycott…] The boycott began after conservative activist Robby Starbuck revealed

The Democratic National Convention’s (DNC) new 2024 platform, which comes as Vice President Kamala Harris is set to become the party’s new presidential nominee, endorses a mass amnesty plan that could give millions of illegal immigrants a path to citizenship. [RELATED: Biden Admin Offers ‘mass amnesty’ to migrants, Terminating 350,000 Asylum Cases: NYP…] The newly

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) job growth numbers have been revised down once again under the Biden-Harris Administration, this time revealing that a staggering 818,000 jobs which the BLS claimed were created under the Biden regime were non-existant. “818,000 jobs that the Harris-Biden administration claimed to have “created” aren’t actually there, according to the

The Cape Elizabeth School Board voted unanimously on Aug. 12 to support the $94.7 million referendum approved for the ballot earlier this month by the Town Council. This includes the $89.9 million “Middle Ground School Project Design” developed after two years of deliberation by the School Building Advisory Committee (SBAC), as well as a $4.8

The first day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC), where Kamala Harris is set to officially receive the party’s nomination, featured a Planned Parenthood trailer coming to Chicago to perform free vasectomies and abortions. [RELATED: Mills Heaps Praise On Kamala’s Radical-Left VP Pick…] “Here we come, Chicago! Our mobile health clinic will be in the

Starting on Monday, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USICS) began accepting parole applications for an estimated 550,000 noncitizen spouses and stepchildren of U.S. citizens as part of the Biden administration’s implementation of their “Keeping Families Together” program. The application for the so-called “parole in place” program was unveiled by the Department of Homeland Security in

An unknown number of armed gunman attempted to assault a U.S. military base in Texas Saturday morning, resulting in an exchange of gunfire between the mysterious assailants and Air Force personnel stationed at the base. Three days later, no information has been released about the attackers — and the mainstream media seems content to let

Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee for the 2024 presidential election, has cribbed yet another policy proposal from her Republican opponents’ campaign. This time Sen. J.D. Vance’s (R-Ohio) proposal for increased child tax credits. [RELATED: Copycat: Kamala Makes Pitched No Taxes on Tips — Weeks after Trump…] During a recent interview on CBS, Sen.

Sens. Susan Collins (R) and Angus King (I) have signed onto a letter urging the Acting Secretary of the Department of Labor (DOL), Julie Su, to exempt volunteer fire departments from a proposed set of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations. As currently written, these rules are expected to have a detrimental impact on

The state of Maine’s new laws barring government officials from using or purchasing Chinese hardware and other technologies is officially in effect. The new requirements from the State of Maine Office of Information Technology (Maine IT), passed this year with bipartisan support from the state legislature, went into effect last week. The office published the

A new class action lawsuit filed in Florida has revealed a massive data breach that reportedly left roughly 2.9 billion records compromised, including Social Security numbers, full names, and addresses. [RELATED: Nearly All Maine Residents Victims of State Data Breach…] “Plaintiff brings this Complaint against Defendant for its failure to properly secure and safeguard the

The Maine Department of Labor (MDOL) released the state’s July employment numbers Friday, revealing that while Maine’s unemployment rate is low, workforce participation remains well below that of similar states. The seasonally-adjusted unemployment for July was preliminarily calculated at 2.8 percent while the labor force participation rate came in at 59.8 percent. Unemployment remained unchanged

As of next summer, Maine lobstermen will be subject to a new rule increasing the minimum legal catch size by one-sixteenth of an inch. Originally set to go into effect in June 2024, recent actions from regulators have given those in the industry more time to adapt and prepare for the forthcoming change. While the

Federal immigration authorities in Massachusetts, a state that has spent millions to house migrants, are on track to process a record number of deportation cases, Boston 25 reported. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has filed over 44,000 new deportation cases in Massachusetts courts during the first nine months of fiscal year 2024, according to Boston 25.

The Maine Secretary of State’s Office held a hearing Wednesday afternoon regarding the challenges filed against Cornel West’s petition to appear on Maine’s presidential ballot this November as an independent candidate. West’s petition received two challenges, one from Anne Gass of Gray — a former legislative candidate and a member of the Gray Town Council

A recent investigation from Axios has revealed that Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign has been re-writing mainstream media headlines and running them as Google ads. The practice, along with poor internal controls by Google, allowed the campaign to create the false impression that glowing headlines written by her campaign were actual headlines from media outlets.

Vice presidential candidates U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) and Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) have agreed to participate in a debate hosted by CBS on Oct. 1. Moderating the debate will be “CBS Evening News” anchor and managing editor Norah O’Donnell and “Face the Nation” moderator and CBS News chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Brennan. The

The Sagadahoc County Democrats have decked their Topsham HQ out with signs in support of Democratic Sheriff Joel Merry for reelection to the position, but candidates for the State Legislature are somewhat recalcitrant to advertise their support. Sheriff Merry is running for re-election as a 15-year Democratic incumbent, while the Republican challenger is Sagadahoc County

The Biden administration locked in a gas stove rule on Monday after insisting that it is not trying to ban gas stoves, rejecting efforts by opposed organizations to nix the rule. The Department of Energy’s (DOE) efficiency rule for gas stoves, announced in January, will come into effect as expected in January 2028, according to a Monday entry in

The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially declared monkeypox an international public health emergency for the second time in two years. “Today, the Emergency Committee on #mpox met and advised me that in its view, the situation constitutes a public health emergency of international concern. I have accepted that advice. @WHO is on the ground

The price Mainers will pay for tobacco-free nicotine pouches, a popular alternative to chewing tobacco and cigarettes, has begun to soar statewide now that a 42 percent excise tax has been extended to the products. The tax expansion passed the legislature on strictly partisan lines, with only Democratic state lawmakers voting in favor and all

A report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (N.Y. Fed) published last week revealed a new all-time high for American credit-card debt, hitting a mindboggling $1.14 trillion in 2024’s second quarter. [RELATED: Mainer’s Are More in Debt Than Residents of 46 Other States…] A separate Q2 report from credit monitoring firm TransUnion found

The White House is preparing new policies that will expedite the processing of so-called asylum seekers who attempt to enter the United State across the U.S.-Canada border, including at locations in Maine. The policy change, first revealed in a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) document originally obtained by CBS News, may lead to more asylum

The Maine Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit against Gov. Janet Mills (D), Senate President Troy Jackson (D-Aroostook), and Speaker of the House Rachael Talbot Ross (D-Portland). The case centered around a parliamentary maneuver Democrats used to secure the passage of a partisan budget with a simple majority of the Legislature’s support, a move that

The Cape Elizabeth Town Council has voted unanimously to put a $94.7 million school improvement plan on the ballot in November. This includes the $89.9 million “Middle Ground School Project Design” developed after two years of deliberation by the School Building Advisory Committee (SBAC), as well as a $4.8 million addition proposed by Chairman Tim

Maine’s Public Utilities Commission (PUC) voted unanimously on Tuesday to reject a proposal from Versant Power that would have helped law enforcement root out illegal marijuana grows across the state, including the more than 270 sites operated by Asian Transnational Criminal Organizations (ATCO). [RELATED: Maine Republican Proposes Bill to Crack Down on Blackmarket Chinese Drug

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons has become the first major American medical association to express opposition to the controversial view that surgical interventions are appropriate for minors diagnosed with gender dysphoria. The news emerged in a new report from Manhattan Institute fellow and pediatric gender medicine expert Leor Sapir. Sapir revealed that ASPS, which

A federal judge has declined to issue a preliminary injunction suspending enforcement of a clause in the Maine Human Rights Act that bars religious schools from receiving state funding if they discriminate on the basis of gender identity, sexual orientation, or religion. U.S. District Judge John Woodcock issued a ruling Thursday rejecting St. Dominic Academy’s

A new report from The Financial Times has revealed the disastrous state of the various industrial and infrastructure projects often celebrated by the Biden-Harris administration as part of the Democrat-led Inflation Reduction and Chips and Science Acts. [RELATED: Biden’s ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ Did Nothing To Bring Down Inflation, Economists Agree…] The two acts, which Democrats

At a Sanford City Council meeting last week, during which it was decided that the city’s three polling locations would be reduced to a single location, Mayor Becky Brink told a Christian pastor whose school gym previously served as a voting location that a “conflict of interest” was a cause for concern and a motivation

The White House on Monday unveiled a new initiative, “Time Is Money,” aimed at reducing the burdens to Americans caused by excessive paperwork, long hold times, and other common consumer grievances. The federal initiative to improve corporate customer service comes as a U.S. carrier group and a nuclear submarine head toward the Middle East, bracing

Years after former President Donald Trump was banned from X—at the time still called Twitter—in the immediate aftermath of the riot at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, he has made his triumphant return to the platform in the lead-up to an interview with Elon Musk, beginning his return with a campaign video. pic.twitter.com/tf87iebMdN—

Vice President Kamala Harris, facing questions and criticisms about the policies she’s running on as the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, has revealed at least one concrete proposal: End the taxation of tipped income — the very same policy famously proposed several weeks ago by Republican former President Donald Trump. “When I am president, we will

During a new interview with President Joe Biden on CBS’s Sunday Morning Show, the lame-duck president revealed more about his controversial decision to step out of the 2024 presidential race. In the interview, President Biden fingered Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) as one of the leaders of the pressure campaign to oust him. [RELATED: Report Claims

In November, Gorham residents will be asked to approve $12 million in spending for a set of three improvement projects at the town’s schools. This vote is set to occur just months after a $53 million school budget — and its accompanying 9.05 percent property tax rate increase — was passed by only two votes.

The City of Portland is expected to reopen discussion of implementing a Payment-in-Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) program in order to extract revenue from tax exempt property owners, such as hospitals, universities, nonprofit organizations and churches. [RELATED: Maine City Exploring Universal Basic Income Program, $20/Hour Minimum Wage…] The Portland City Council’s Finance Committee will discuss the

A Maine mother says her daughter, Nicole M. Dunham of Orrington, was called up to join the Minnesota National Guard as a convoy support medic in 2005—the same year Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz retired from the Minnesota National Guard in order to skip a deployment to Iraq. “Nicole Marie Dunham went to war in place

Three executives from the electronic voting machine company Smartmatic, including one former employee and the company’s current president, have been charged in a bribery and money laundering scheme. “A federal grand jury in the Southern District of Florida returned an indictment today charging three executives of an election voting machine and service provider company and

A section of Route 1 in Mid-Coast region was shut down Friday after a tractor trailer truck carrying a wind turbine blade to Columbia struck a railroad bridge in Stockton Springs. Reports indicate that the vehicle collided with the bridge around 5:30am on Friday, causing both the tractor and trailer to overturn, requiring officials to

Established in the early 1980s, Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Accounts (IOLTA) programs have now become a common fixture nationwide. Despite their widespread adoption, however, IOLTA has been subject to several constitutional challenges over the years. According to the American Bar Association (ABA), IOLTA is a “method of raising money for charitable purposes, primarily the provision

A lawsuit filed in federal court on Thursday challenges the constitutionality of Maine’s Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Accounts (IOLTA) program, alleging it violates the First and Fourteenth Amendment rights of lawyers and their clients. The complaint, filed by Dedham resident E. David Wescott and the limited liability company Russell Johnson Beaupain, contends that the mandatory

As of Friday, the Maine Department of Labor (MDOL) will have the authority to order employers to pay back wages, liquidated damages, and interest to workers affected by labor law violations. Prior to this, the MDOL’s Wage and Hour Division was only able to compel an employer to pay owed wages by obtaining a judgement

A man found guilty of committing a stabbing attack in a Westbrook parking lot this January has been received a suspended prison sentence of nine years, the Westbrook Police Department announced on Thursday. On Jan. 30, 2023 police responded to a reported stabbing in a parking lot on Main Street in Westbrook. The victim of

The Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM) — which has come under scrutiny in recent months for allegedly trying to censor conservative viewpoints and having “anti-democratic views of fundamental American freedoms” — has disbanded. This comes just days after social media platform X filed a lawsuit against GARM — an initiative of The World Federation

Vice President Kamala Harris, the presumptive 2024 Democratic presidential nominee, has agreed to a single debate with former President Donald Trump after he announced a desire for three debates during a press conference at Mar-a-Lago. [RELATED: Biden Handlers Unleashed Desperate Tweet Storm During Disastrous Debate…] “I am looking forward to debating Donald Trump, and we

Maine has awarded nearly $6 million worth of taxpayer-funded grants to businesses and nonprofit organizations impacted by the severe storms that swept through the state this past winter. Spread across more than a hundred projects, the $5.8 million worth of grants represent the first round of distributions from the $10 million Business Recovery and Resilience

On their first day of campaigning together, Vice President Kamala Harris and her newly announced running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, declared themselves “Joyful Warriors,” speaking at an event that was opened by alternative folk band Bon Iver. “As Tim Walz likes to point out, we are joyful warriors,” said Vice President Harris at the

A new poll from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) has revealed Americans’ opinions on the freedom of speech guaranteed to them under the Constitution’s First Amendment. [RELATED: House Republicans Vote to Restrict Criticism of Foreign Governments and Label Parts of the Bible as Discriminatory…] The poll conducted in July surveyed 1,000 Americans

Just 90 days away from the presidential election this November, the City of Sanford is moving forward with a proposal to reduce the city’s three polling locations to a single location at a high school gym for all future elections. Proponents of the change believe that the consolidation will make it easier and cheaper to

Wells voters overwhelmingly approved an ordinance Tuesday establishing a temporary moratorium on large-scale residential developments. According to the unofficial results published by the town, 980 ballots were cast in support of the measure, representing more than 92 percent of those who turned out to the polls. The now-approved moratorium will temporarily prevent any large-scale residential

A man wanted for a felony domestic violence charge was found on Tuesday by Auburn Police in possession of a handgun and a significant quantity of illegal drugs, the agency announced on Wednesday. Omar M. Omar, 29 | Source: Auburn PD According to Auburn Police, at about 3 p.m. on Tuesday officers responded to 21

The University of New England (UNE) announced on Wednesday that it is launching four new online courses this fall for certificate programs related to the cannabis industry. The online certificate programs, a collaboration with California-based education platform Green Flower, cover topics in cannabis healthcare and medicine, agriculture and horticulture, business, product development and design, and

After Vice President Kamala Harris announced on Tuesday that she had selected Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, mainstream media outlets such as USA Today were quick to publish articles singing his praises. But the vaunted career the national media initially presented for Walz quickly took a turn when those familiar with his

The radically far-left Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) has been defeated in her district’s Democratic primary after prominently supporting Palestine and opposing Israel’s war in Gaza. [RELATED: Far Left Dem Rep. Cori Bush Claims She Has Christ-Like Powers to Make Paralytics Walk, Heal Cancer…] Rep. Bush, who has been part of the most aggressively left-wing group

Residents in the Oxford Hills School District (MSAD 17) have voted to reject a proposed FY25 school budget for a second time. The version of the budget considered at the ballot box Tuesday represented about a $770,000 decrease over the proposal rejected by voters in June when nearly 60 percent of those who turned out

The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has been awarded more than $500,000 to help improve healthcare in rural parts of the state. Awarded through the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program (FLEX), this grant is designed to help Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) make “quality improvement[s]” and establish or expand emergency medical services in

Amid a growing recruitment crisis among Maine’s law enforcement agencies, which have been struggling to continue normal operations with reduced numbers, Mexico, Maine, has been forced to shut down its police department indefinitely. [RELATED: Portland Police Continue Investigation Into Fatal Forest Ave Shooting, No Arrests Made…] “Due to unforeseen personnel issues, with heavy hearts, the

Maine’s Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) is looking to spend an estimated $2.7 million in grants on efforts to attract “racial, ethnic, and linguistic minorities” into the state’s workforce, according to a Request for Applications (RFA) document published by the Mills administration last week. [RELATED: Mills Admin, Nonprofits, and Big Biz Back New Migrant

A federal judge ruled Monday that Google has illegally maintained a monopoly over the search engine industry through anti-competitive business practices. Judge Amit P. Mehta of U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a nearly 300-page ruling Monday that struck down the tech giant’s exclusive contracts with web browsers and device manufacturers that

Presumptive Democrat nominee Kamala Harris announced on Tuesday that she selected Minnesota’s far-left Gov. Tim Walz to be her running mate, bucking Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro who was largely considered to be the favorite heading into Monday. The choice has been celebrated by both radical progressives such as Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine) and many conservatives

A Portland man was struck and killed by a train near Morrill’s Corner on Tuesday evening, according to the Portland Police Department. Police say they responded to the area of Morrill’s Corner for a report of a train striking a pedestrian shortly after 8 p.m. on Tuesday. Brett Staples, 34, of Portland, was identified by

While no arrests have yet been made, Portland Police announced on Tuesday that the investigation into last week’s fatal shooting near Morrill’s Corner on Forest Avenue is ongoing. At around 8:45 p.m. on July 30, police responded to the area of 1155 Forest Avenue for reports of a shooting. Four people were hospitalized as a

Nearly 100 migrants on the terrorist watchlist were released in the United States after illegally crossing the southern border under the Biden-Harris administration, according to a report released Monday by the House Judiciary Committee. [RELATED: Former FBI Officials Warn Congressional Leaders of National Security Threats Posed by Southern Border ‘Invasion’…] According to Department of Homeland

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has proposed a rule that would remove medical debt from most credit reports. The agency explained in a June press release that this proposition is part of a broader effort “to address the burden of medical debt and coercive credit reporting practices.” This move would prevent credit reporting companies

Migrants detained in facilities operated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will no longer receive over eight hours of taxpayer-funded cell phone minutes per month, a move the agency says will save over $10 million. ICE, the agency that oversees the nation’s civil immigration detention system, says that they implemented the phone minutes program

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded Maine $147 million to construct a multi-day energy storage system in Lincoln that it says will “enhance grid resilience and optimize the delivery of renewable energy.” Located at the site of the former Lincoln Mill, this facility will be the first of its kind in New England

A declassified report by the Canadian National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP) revealed earlier this year extensive foreign interference in Canada’s elections and legislative affairs. According to a new report from independent journalist Sam Cooper of The Bureau, the NSICOP report, taken together with non-public intelligence documents obtained exclusively by Cooper, show that

A new report from the U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) has revealed that the U.S. State Department has likely given at least $239 million to the Taliban since President Joe Biden ordered the disastrous — and deadly — withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan in 2021. [RELATED: Collins Probes U.S. National Security

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a lawsuit against social media platform TikTok and its Chinese-owned parent company ByteDance for allegedly violating child privacy laws. The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) “prohibits website operators from knowingly collecting, using, or disclosing personal information from children under the age of 13, unless they

President Joe Biden’s Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, dramatically reversed course on a plea deal the Biden-Harris administration made with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. “I have determined that, in light of the significance of the decision to enter into pre-trialagreements with the

The Maine Secretary of State revealed Monday the final design for the proposed state flag upon which voters will be asked to decide in November. The selected design was one of more than four hundred submissions sent into the Secretary of State’s office as part of a contest hosted earlier this summer. State lawmakers passed

Lewiston City Council President Scott Harriman last week weighed in on a debate surrounding the installing of public toilets in the city with a bizarre admission — that he he has publicly urinated in Lewiston parking garages and alleys “several times.” Harriman made the shocking statement in the comments of a Facebook post by the

The July jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has revealed the highest unemployment rate in almost three years. [RELATED: Liberal Media Celebrates “Unexpected” Job Opening Growth in May. The Openings Were All Government Jobs…] “I’m beginning to smell a recession coming into view,” said economist John Lonski speaking on Fox News. “This

After reports of a biological man using the women’s locker room at a Missouri Life Time Fitness, the state’s Attorney General Andrew Bailey (R) announced on Friday that he will be investigating the commercial gym chain for “putting Missouri’s women and girls in harm’s way.” According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the controversy stems from

Sens. Angus King (I) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) have introduced legislation that would allow working waterfronts to claim a thirty percent disaster mitigation tax credit on up to $1 million in expenses. If approved, this would allow such properties to claim a deduction of as much as $300,000 in expenses related to their efforts to

A Sedgwick man is facing up to 60 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to producing and sharing child pornography, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maine announced on Friday. Travis Bessey, 29, pleaded guilty on Friday in U.S. District Court in Bangor to two counts of producing child sexual abuse material.

The controversial Yard South project in South Portland submitted its application to the city for a contract zone Wednesday. If approved, this would allow for the development of a “mixed-use neighborhood” with buildings as tall as thirteen stories. In South Portland, Contract Zoning allows the City Council to “impose, by agreement with the property owner

A man’s attempt to hide illegal drugs from law enforcement by flushing them down the toilet of a Waterville residence was thwarted after the baggies of crack cocaine and fentanyl clogged the toilet, leading to the man’s arrest, the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) announced Thursday. Omar Sims Marquez, 21, who the MDEA says recently

Northern New England top abortion clinic operator — which covers Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont — is projecting an $8.6 million deficit over the next three years, reportedly as a result of increased demand and reduced revenue. In a press release published Thursday, Planned Parenthood of Northern New England said that they “could be forced

An anonymous local hero was able to get a Portland city employee a parking ticket after reminding the city’s parking control officer that Maine is, in fact, “not a communist state.” On Thursday, a disgruntled Portland resident posted to the city’s 311 SeeClickFix portal, an online tool for residents to report quality of life issues

Nineteen Maine children have accidentally ingested cannabis products in 2024, according to a new report from a government panel, while incidences of accidental fentanyl ingestion among youths continue to rise. The number of children inadvertently ingesting marijuana has nearly quadrupled since 2020, when retail cannabis operations were first allowed to open in the state. While

Over three months since an illegal alien caused a car crash on I-95 in Wells that left a Maine woman dead and her husband in critical condition, authorities remain silent on the investigation and on whether the migrant will ever be charged with a crime. [RELATED: Man Involved in Four-Car Crash That Left Maine Woman

The Biden-Harris Administration announced on Wednesday that it had secured a plea deal with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, along with two of his accomplices, sparing them from the death penalty. [RELATED: Hamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh Assassinated in Tehran; Israel: “No Comment”…] “Just today I heard that the

Former President Donald Trump has called for abolishing another tax, this time aiming at older voters with calls to stop taxes on Social Security income for seniors. The former president also reiterated his call for the elimination of taxes on tips. [RELATED: Theriault Vows No Medicare, Social Security Cuts…] “NO TAX ON SOCIAL SECURITY FOR

Last month border agents in Arizona intercepted a shipment of approximately four million fentanyl pills in the largest seizure of the narcotic in the history of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the agency announced on Thursday. According to CBP, on July 1, officers at the Lukeville, Ariz., port of entry stopped a pickup truck

One of the four victims that was hospitalized after a Tuesday evening shooting on Forest Avenue in Portland has died from a gunshot wound, and her death was ruled a homicide by the Office of Chief Medical Examiner (OCME), Portland Police announced Wednesday. Susan McHugh, 54, of Gray, was identified by police as one of the

U.S. Marine Corps veteran Paul Whelan and Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, a graduate of Bowdoin College, were released from Russian prison on Friday as part of a prisoner swap negotiated between the U.S. government and the Kremlin. A former U.S. Marine, Whelan was arrested in Russia while working as security director for BorgWarner

A Kentucky woman who founded a charitable nonprofit organization meant to host Ukrainian orphans in the U.S. was sentenced on Wednesday in a Maine federal court for visa fraud and spending over $120,000 of donations on personal expenses, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maine. Colleen Holt-Thompson, 58, founder of the

A special report released Tuesday by the FBI examined the number of drug offenses in connection with human trafficking incidents as compared to the number of human trafficking incidents that occur per year. Since 2013, the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program has been collecting data on human trafficking through the National Incident-Based Reporting System

The Portland Police Department is investigating an apparent shooting that occurred near Morrill’s Corner Tuesday evening that resulted in four people being hospitalized. Police and emergency vehicles responded to the scene of a reported shots fired at about 8:45 p.m. on Tuesday at Morrill’s Corner. Portland Police issued a traffic alert on X at 9:20

In a Tuesday hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), U.S. Senator from Maine Angus King (I) invoked 13th century Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan to push for increased Defense Department spending on new weapons technology. [RELATED: Angus King Wants American Military Using “Off the Shelf” Gear While Biden Admin Sends Ukraine Billions…] Chair of

Iran’s state media announced on Tuesday night that Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in a strike on Iran’s capital city, Tehran, following the international terror leaders attendance at the inaugural ceremony for the Islamic Republic of Iran’s new figure-head president. Haniyeh, 62, had led the Palestinian terrorist organization responsible for the Oct. 7 attacks

U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree (D) has co-sponsored a bill introducing a Constitutional amendment that would reverse the Supreme Court’s recent decision regarding presidential immunity. Earlier this month, the Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 opinion that presidents are entitled to complete immunity from criminal prosecution for any exercise of their “core constitutional powers” and presumptive

The newly established ‘White Dudes for Harris’ group hosted a fundraising event over Zoom in which numerous white male celebrities and politicians fawned over Vice President Kamala Harris, criticized former President Donald Trump, and sold political hats. “I am so glad she has made freedom the theme of her campaign, in so many ways that’s

Robert Kennedy Jr. officially qualified on Tuesday to appear on Maine’s general election ballot as an Independent candidate for president. [RELATED: RFK Receives Secret Service Protection in Wake of Trump Assassination Attempt After Being Denied Multiple Times…] “Today was a really exciting campaign day — we submitted ballot access signatures in NINE STATES! Team Kennedy

President Joe Biden (D) has called for major changes to the United States Supreme Court, including the imposition of term limits on Justices and the adoption of an official code of conduct. Under the proposal advanced by President Biden on Monday, Justices would be permitted to serve just 18 years on the bench, allowing presidents

A law requiring that all American flags purchased by the federal government be manufactured entirely in the United States was sent to the White House Thursday for final approval. Sponsored by Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) and co-sponsored by Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME), Joe Manchin (R-WV), and Gary Peters (D-MI), this bipartisan legislation was approved with

On Monday morning, President Joe Biden announced a new plan to reform the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) and create a new constitutional amendment — two moves seen as largely political gestures from the lame duck president. President Biden’s SCOTUS plan, which would enact term limits and various ethics rules, seems to be a retaliation of

U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) introduced a bill on Wednesday which would remove temporary legal status from any non-citizens convicted of a crime related to protesting if they are present in the U.S. on short-term visas, like student, tourist, or work visas. [RELATED: Anti-Israel Mob Torches American Flags in DC as Angus King, Chellie Pingree

The public comment period for a set of rules proposed by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has now closed after the agency authorized several extensions in response to “numerous requests from the public.” As currently written, these rules are expected to have a detrimental impact on Maine’s rural volunteer fire departments due to

Massive tech companies Google and Meta (formerly known as Facebook) have begun to subtly reduce the visibility of information regarding the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, which took place less than three weeks ago. [RELATED: Trump Calls Assassination Attempt ‘surreal’: ‘I’m supposed to be dead’…] “Facebook and Instagram are now censoring Trump raising

A new 229-page-long whistleblower report has revealed a crisis in the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) brought about by the political bias — or at least the perception of political bias — and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programming pushed by FBI Director Christopher Wray. The report, which levels a multi-layered and withering critique against

Law enforcement are still searching for two minors who escaped from South Portland’s Long Creek Youth Development Center on Friday and allegedly fled in a stolen car, the Maine Department of Corrections (Maine DOC) announced on Saturday. The Maine DOC launched a manhunt with its Fugitive Investigation Apprehension Team, alongside federal, state and local law enforcement

Gov. Janet Mills (D), alongside several members of the federal government, announced Friday that Maine has been awarded a $69 million “climate resilience grant” designed to “protect Maine’s communities, environment, and working waterfronts from extreme storms, flooding, and rising sea levels.” With this grant, the state government intends to expand the Community Resilience Partnership, support

Former President Barack Obama released a statement early Friday morning endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee, finally joining with the majority of Democratic politicians after days of reluctance. [RELATED: Jared Golden Will Not Commit to Voting For Kamala if She Ultimately Wins the Democrat Nomination Next Month…] “Earlier this week, Michelle and

Vice President Kamala Harris (D) currently holds a sizable lead over former President Donald Trump (R) in Maine, according to the Pine Tree State Poll, a States of Opinion Project, conducted by the University of New Hampshire (UNH) Survey Center. This poll also revealed partisan divides over whether or not President Joe Biden (D) should

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced Friday that Maine will be receiving a total of $4.3 million in federal funding to make “clean energy investments,” primarily in the form of solar panels. Comprising this funding are more than forty separate grants to businesses and one nearly $2 million loan to West Gardiner SPV for

The Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine (HHRC Maine), a nonprofit organization that describes itself as an “educational resource center dedicated to Holocaust and human rights education,” has stated that they have “no comment” on Wednesday’s anti-Israel protests in Portland and Augusta. “The HHRC has no comment on the pro-Palestine rallies in Portland and

The Rowe Auto Group will be holding a memorial golf tournament in September to benefit the children of a couple that was tragically shot and killed in Westbrook last June. [RELATED: Westbrook Murder Suspect Shot Couple in Front of Their Two Kids: Maine State Police…] In the evening of Monday, June 19, 2023, 41-year-old Michael

U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) on Thursday sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas revealing new whistleblower allegations that the Secret Service turned down offers to use drones to secure the July 13 Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, where the former president was nearly assassinated. [RELATED: Secret Service Spox Calls Criticisms

After boycotting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s congressional address on Wednesday, Vice President Kamala Harris released a statement condemning violent protestors who vandalized U.S. monuments and burned American flags. [RELATED: Anti-Israel Mob Torches American Flags in DC as Angus King, Chellie Pingree Boycott Historic Netanyahu Speech…] “Yesterday, at Union Station in Washington, D.C. we saw

Maine’s left-wing Attorney General Aaron Frey announced on Wednesday that he has filed a civil complaint against a couple from Bath, Maine, who allegedly engaged in racial harassment of their black neighbors. The civil complaint has been filed against perpetrators Andrew Pinkham, age 44, and Ranada Pinkham, age 43, under Maine’s Civil Rights Act, and

U.S. Senator from Maine Angus King (I) on Monday joined four of his colleagues on a letter pressing OpenAI for answers about its safety and employment practices after a group of whistleblowers filed a complaint alleging the company illegally prohibited its employees from warning regulators about the risks of its artificial intelligence (AI) technology. [RELATED:

The ostensibly non-partisan organization GovTrack, which seeks to educate the public on congressional politics, has confirmed to Fox News that it deleted its 2019 post about Vice President Kamala Harris, which ranked her as the most liberal senator of the year. The Orwellian re-writing of history comes as several media outlets are now issuing new

The Town of Cape Elizabeth is now considering two separate proposals aimed at addressing the aging buildings that currently house their public schools. Earlier this summer, the School Board unanimously approved an $89.9 million “Middle Ground School Project Design” following two years of deliberation by the School Building Advisory Committee (SBAC). This proposal includes plans

The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA) joined a lawsuit earlier this week against the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the agency’s alleged failure to adequately address “forever chemical” contamination. Under the Clean Water Act, the EPA is required to “identify toxic pollutants in sewage sludge” and “promulgate regulations, based on available information

Oral arguments were heard Thursday by the First Circuit Court of Appeals in a lawsuit against the Department of the Interior (DOI) and other federal agencies over the controversial Vineyard Wind project off the coast of Massachusetts. Vineyard Wind US — a joint venture of Central Maine Power (CMP) parent company Avangrid and Copenhagen Infrastructure

Compared to June of last year, home sales in Maine have decreased by more than 10 percent, while prices have increased by nearly 5.5 percent. According to a recent report from the Maine Association of Realtors, the median sale price of a home in the state has increased from $385,000 to $406,000 since June of

During an interview with Conservative commentator Jordan Peterson released on Monday, Elon Musk denied claims made by the Wall Street Journal last week that he would be donating $45 million per month to the America PAC, a political action committee that supports former President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign. [RELATED: Elon Musk Endorses Trump, Vows $45M

During a new interview with Axios, Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) refused to commit to voting for Vice President Kamala Harris during the November election if she becomes the party’s nominee at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in August. [RELATED: Golden Dodges Biden’s “Senior Moments” But Says Trump Will Win…] “That’s a positive step in the

Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, was at a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in Maine Wednesday as part of Harris’ nascent campaign as the presumptive 2024 Democratic presidential nominee. Although his visit was originally planned as part of President Joe Biden’s reelection effort, the focus of Second Gentleman Emhoff’s visit

Gov. Janet Mills (D) announced Tuesday that Maine will receive $6.6 million in federal taxpayer funds to reinforce its power grid in the wake of a devastating December storm that left more than half of the state without power. [RELATED: Maine Wire Sues Janet Mills for Violating Freedom of Access Act…] “These six projects across

After President Joe Biden announced that he would be dropping out of the presidential race, Vice President Kamala Harris has emerged as the new presumptive 2024 Democratic presidential nominee — and her ascension has brought about a remarkable — Orwellian, even — shift in coverage from mainstream corporate media outlets. In 2021, President Biden very

While correctional facilities across the State of Maine are providing Medical Assisted Treatment (MAT) aimed at reducing recidivism of inmates addicted to opioids, jails are struggling to prevent drugs from being smuggled to inmates, the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office said in a Monday press release. The Sheriff’s Office said that there is an “alarming” amount

Vineyard Wind US — a joint venture of Central Maine Power (CMP) parent company Avangrid and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners — has come under heightened scrutiny after one of its wind turbines was significantly damaged earlier this month, causing a blade the size of a football field to break apart into the water. In response, the

President Joe Biden has been seen in public for the first time since releasing a statement on X saying that he has dropped out of the presidential race, as concerns grew among Republicans that Biden had died, was seriously ill, or that his resignation statement had been posted without his approval. [RELATED: BIDEN EXITS PRESIDENTIAL

On Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in the U.S. for a now-canceled meeting with President Joe Biden in advance of his planned address to Congress on Wednesday. Upon his arrival, Prime Minister Netanyahu was not greeted by President Biden, who also canceled a scheduled meeting with him this week, or by Vice President

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United States Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle reportedly resigned Tuesday amidst controversy over the lapses in security surrounding the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump (R). This comes as Cheatle faced bipartisan calls for her resignation, including during the House Oversight Committee hearing held Monday where she faced questions from frustrated lawmakers. Cheatle frequently

The Maine Department of Corrections (DOC) will be launching a prison rehabilitation program specifically tailored for Muslim inmates, aimed at minimizing the risk of the inmates being drawn to Islamist and extremist worldviews. The program, called Prison-Based Interventions for Muslim Offenders (PRIMO), will be funded by a taxpayer-funded grant of $22,900 from the State of

A New Jersey man pleaded guilty in federal court in Portland on Tuesday to his role in burglarizing several Maine post offices and robbing two U.S. Postal Service (USPS) letter carriers at knifepoint. Winston McLeod, 31, of Orange, N.J., alongside his coconspirator, 30-year-old Lance Funderburk of Brooklyn, N.Y., were charged in March with counts of

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will travel to Maine this Saturday to hold rallies in Portland and Bangor “to organize and energize working class voters around an aggressive progressive agenda.” Sen. Sanders, a two-time candidate for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination in 2016 and 2020, will speak at the State Theatre in Portland at 11

A recent report from education reform organization EdChoice revealed that Americans are more dissatisfied with the state of public education now than they have been at any point in the past ten years. Although parents are, by comparison, more optimistic, their satisfaction has still dipped several percentage points from prior years. This report also found

Lewiston Police are investigating the second shooting incident in less than a week at the same public housing complex where a 17-year-old was found dead from gunshot wounds last week. [RELATED: 17-year-old Dead at Public Housing Complex in One of Three Weekend Shootings in Lewiston…] According to Lewiston Police, at about 9:40 p.m. on Friday

A new lawsuit from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) alleges that the largest housing provider for unaccompanied minors who illegally cross into the United States has been a hub of child sexual abuse since at least 2015. [RELATED: Bay State Hotel Flop House Becomes Hub for Illegal Alien Rape and Domestic Violence on Maura

A letter posted to President Joe Biden (D)’s Twitter account Sunday asserted that he has dropped out of the 2024 presidential race, explaining that he believes it “is in the best interest of [his] party and the country” for him to do so. Although the American public has yet to receive any confirmation from Biden

After President Joe Biden announced that he will not be seeking reelection and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as his replacement, numerous high-profile Democrats followed suit and endorsed Vice President Harris within hours of President Biden’s announcement. [RELATED: Kamala Harris: The Presidential Nominee Democrats Deserve…] Despite support from many Democrats, Harris’s nomination is far from

Mobile tracking data linked to the home and work addresses of the gunman who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump show devices that also visited Washington, D.C., Plymouth, Mass., and a Pennsylvania gun shop where the shooter bought ammunition. The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project obtained mobile ad tracking data in order to analyze the

The Maine State Government has awarded $21.2 million in funding from the Working Waterfront Resilience Grant Program to advance 68 projects aimed at aiding in the recovery process from last winter’s damaging storms. The $25 million allocation to this program came as part of a $60 million spending package designed in response to these storms

On Friday, New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) signed three bills into law intended to protect minors from radical gender ideology, while also failing to sign a bill that could have required people to use the bathrooms corresponding with their biological sex. [RELATED: Post Debate Poll Gives Trump a Slight Lead Over Biden in New

The Maine Department of Labor (MDOL) released the state’s June employment numbers Friday, revealing that while Maine’s unemployment rate is low, a significant share of working-age residents remain out of the workforce. The seasonally-adjusted unemployment for June was preliminarily calculated at 2.8 percent while the labor force participation rate came in at 59.6 percent. Compared