A Democrat-led bill restructuring Maine’s income tax brackets is officially set to go before the Legislature’s Taxation Committee for a public hearing today. If approved, this proposal would result in higher taxes on the state’s individuals who earn more than $144,500 per year. The public hearing for this bill will be held on Thursday, February

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday aimed at “making America healthy again,” requiring increased disclosure from healthcare providers and insurance companies, and enforcing an order made during his first term in office. The goal of the order is to increase transparency in health care pricing. “For far too long, prices were hidden from

A group of seven Republican legislators, headed by Rep. Richard Campbell (R-Orrington), is proposing a state constitutional amendment to change the way Senate seats are districted and give each county two senators. [RELATED: Maine May Soon Join Calls for an Article V Convention to Amend the U.S. Constitution…] The resolution, LD 316, would initiate proceedings

A Texas man arrested for allegedly planning a “mass casualty event” against law enforcement was “transitioning” genders, a police source confirmed to the Daily Caller. The FBI’s Houston office announced Monday that it arrested Seth “Andrea” Gregori after he allegedly plotted an attack against police “similar to the 2016 Dallas ambush.” In that 2016 attack

Signed by former President Joe Biden (D) in January, a law co-authored by U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) allowing public employees and their spouses access to increased social security benefits has now taken effect. Based on a statement from the Social Security Administration released Tuesday, President Donald Trump’s (R) administration is supportive of this policy.

The Maine Wire’s Steve Robinson and Edward Tomic contributed to this story. Maine Gov. Janet Mills and Rep. Deqa Dhalac (D-South Portland) created the controversial “Office of New Americans” (ONA) last year as part of the governor’s plan to bring 75,000 new workers to Maine over a five-year period. On Dec. 18, Gov. Mills tapped

A group of Democrat lawmakers have proposed a plan to stabilize property taxes for Maine seniors that would be funded by a local option sales tax. LD 559 — sponsored by Sen. Donna Bailey (D-York) — would allow municipalities to impose a one percent sales tax on prepared food and living quarter rentals and use

An improvised explosive device (IED) planted by cartel terrorists killed a Texas rancher and another man on Friday on the Mexican side of his ranch, which spans from Brownsville, Texas, to Tamaulipas, Mexico. The 74-year-old Antonio Céspedes Saldierna, a U.S. citizen, was driving through his rural ranch on Friday when he triggered a cartel terrorist

The United States and Ukraine may be on the verge of deal that could alter America’s national interest in helping the embattled Eastern European country defend itself from Russian aggression, Ukrainian and U.S. sources said on Tuesday. Such a deal would allow the U.S. long-term access to Ukraine’s untapped supply of rare earth metals. U.S.

One Bangor Democrat has now proposed exempting new cars from Maine’s annual vehicle safety inspections, making the legislative push to axe the requirement a bipartisan issue after a Sanford Republican introduced a similar measure earlier this year. Under the latest proposed bill, cars would not be required to undergo an annual safety inspection for the

President Donald Trump announced a new “gold card” program on Tuesday, allowing wealthy foreigners to purchase “green card” permanent resident status, along with a path to U.S. citizenship, for a payment of approximately $5 million to the federal government. [RELATED: Trump’s Day One Blitz: Sweeping Executive Orders Target Immigration and Border Security…] “We’re going to

Supplemental appropriations took center stage Tuesday afternoon as lawmakers debated what has become a highly controversial piece of legislation. By early Tuesday evening, state lawmakers had yet to come to an agreement on how to move forward. Later that night, lawmakers voted along party lines to allow the spending bill to advance without Republican support

The Maine House of Representatives voted 75 to 70 on Tuesday to censure Rep. Laurel Libby (R-Auburn) for posting a viral image on social media that showed a male athlete taking first place in a girls’ track and field contest. The image set off an internet firestorm, with tens of thousands of social media users

Republican lawmakers are making a push to repeal Maine’s new mandatory Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) Program, which went into effect last month. This program, enacted last year as part of a spending bill, has imposed a one percent payroll tax on most working Mainers and their employers to fund paid leave for all

Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Tex.) told a British journalist that he would kill prominent Maine-based conservative media personality Tucker Carlson if he meets him, causing social media to erupt in response. During a hot mic moment following a Monday interview with GB News’ Steven Edgington, the former Navy SEAL made his enmity for Carlson pretty clear.

Rep. Richard Campbell (R-Orrington) introduced a bill to bar males from women’s sports at Maine schools last summer and again at the beginning of the current legislative session, weeks before the current spat between Governor Janet Mills (D) and President Donald Trump (R). If enacted, Rep. Campbell’s bill would bringing the state in line with

A new petition on Change.org to recall Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine) from office has already garnered over 13,000 signatures just two days after it was started in the wake of the governor’s spat with President Donald Trump over her insistence that men should be allowed to compete in women’s sports. [RELATED: Mills Faces All-Time Lowest

The Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention (Maine CDC) will be spending an additional $500,000 to extend its marketing campaign focused on encouraging Mainers to get updated COVID-19 and flu vaccines through this September. The Maine CDC previously paid the Westbrook-based marketing firm Ethos Marketing and Design $200,000 to promote this campaign from May

Maine House Republican Leader Rep. Billy-Bob Faulkingham (R-Winter Harbor) is championing a bill to require the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to provide estimates on the actual environmental benefits and economic costs of emissions standards. [RELATED: Mills Administration Hires California-Based Nonprofit to Guide Public Schools Toward Zero Carbon Goals…] Rep. Mike Soboleski (R-Phillips) presented the

In December, Maine saw an unemployment rate of 3.2 percent, representing little change from the previous month, according figures released by the Maine Department of Labor (MDOL). Also largely consistent with November’s statistics was Maine’s workforce participation rate, which came in at 60.2 percent. Labor force participation rates are representative of the proportion of working-age

The House Calendar is out for Tuesday’s legislative session the begins at 10 am. Given that Democrat leadership has cleared the legislative calendar of all previously-scheduled business, it is likely to be a long day of budget battles, and potential censure of Republican members. For off-color relief, there’s even the chance of an expletive laden

Two Democratic lawmakers are attempting to prevent Maine business owners from having a say in when their employees take leave under the state’s new Paid Family and Medical Leave program. The program, enacted last year as part of a spending bill, has levied a one percent payroll tax on most working Mainers that will fund

Gov. Janet Mills’ approval rating has hit an all-time low, according to the Pine Tree State Poll fielded just before and released just days after her verbal spat with U.S. President Donald Trump, where she vowed to sue his administration to continue allowing men to participate in women’s sports. [RELATED: Gov. Mills Vows to Resist

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel, National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard, and the State Department have told their employees to hold off responding to the Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) email asking federal employees to justify their work, according to multiple reports. “The FBI, through the Office of the Director, is in

President Donald Trump announced Sunday evening that he has named former Secret Service agent and podcast host Dan Bongino as the new deputy director of the FBI, according to a social media post. Bongino, who has been an outspoken advocate for Trump and raised serious concerns following the first near-assassination of the president on July 13, was

Gov. Janet Mills’ (D-Maine) Chief of Staff, Jeremy Kennedy, swore at White House Director of Intergovernmental Affairs Alex Meyers on Saturday, according to a Daily Wire report, and stormed off after Meyers called on Maine to keep men out of women’s sports. [RELATED: Gov. Mills Vows to Resist Federal Ban on Boys in Girls Sports

The appearance of Maine’s top lobstering official at New England’s largest fishing convention has gone largely unnoticed for 49 years – until this year. When the Maine Fishermen’s Forum celebrates its jubilee 50th year as the northeast’s biggest fishing gathering this week in Rockport on Thursday, all eyes will be on Patrick Keliher. As the

Maine’s senior U.S. senator, Susan Collins (R), signed on to allocate a nominal amount of federal funds to a uniquely targeted program for domestic violence prevention training for cosmetologists. “No state, no community, and no family is immune to the horrors of domestic violence. In Maine, domestic violence has historically been involved in approximately half

A man has died after being struck by a vehicle outside of Portland’s Homeless Services Center, Portland Police announced on Monday. Police say they responded to a serious motor vehicle accident at 7:25 p.m. on Sunday in the area of 654 Riverside Street, the address of the city’s Homeless Services Center. A car driven by

The former SpaceX engineer who recently announced his intention to run as an unaffiliated candidate against Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins may be more aligned with far-left Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) than SpaceX founder Elon Musk if his political contributions are any indication. According to Federal Election Commission Records, Phillip P. Rench, 37, of Waterboro

As many as a half dozen bills so far are on the table in Augusta during this legislative session aimed at providing state-level property tax relief to Maine homeowners by increasing and expanding the homestead exemption in a variety of ways. By lowering the tax-assessed value of Mainers’ homes, the homestead exemption helps to reduce

Given the high-level fireworks between Maine Governor Janet Mills (D) and U.S. President Donald Trump over the state’s refusal to comply with a White House executive order banning biological males from participating in female school sports, it may be difficult to Mainers to imagine any other political reality than the charged and arguably inflated present

More than 9% of American adults now identify as LGBT as of 2024, a new poll released Thursday found. The number of adults reporting to be “something other than heterosexual” has risen from 7.6% in 2023 to 9.3% in 2024, according to Gallup. The newest data shows a drastic increase since Gallup first began its polling on the subject

The Maine Legislature returns to work on Monday after a week of vacation, and it is expected to have a busy agenda with what may be an especially dramatic Tuesday as both chambers revisit the unfinished question of Governor Janet Mills’ $118 million supplemental spending measure, and the House considers censure motions against two representatives.

The president of the Armenian Cultural Association of Maine on Thursday sent a letter to Gov. Janet Mills calling for the resignation of Tarlan Ahmadov, the recently appointed director of the Maine Office of New Americans (ONA). Ahmadov, who was appointed by Gov. Janet Mills as ONA director in December 2024, already began facing calls

Republican lawmakers in Augusta have introduced a bill that would reverse the changes made by a controversial abortion law signed into law just shy of two years ago. The 2023 law, known as LD 1619, allowed women to have an abortion “after viability” if it is deemed “necessary in the professional judgment of a physician.”

Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) signed a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth urging the Trump administration not to politicize the military by removing generals and flag officers after rumors surfaced that Secretary Hegseth plans to fire officers involved in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives. [RELATED: Pete Hegseth Confirmed as Defense Secretary…] “We cannot tolerate

In the wake of President Donald Trump’s threat to pull over $280 million in federal funding from Maine schools if they continue to allow males to compete in girls’ sports, Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine) vowed that the state would take legal action to resist him. [RELATED: Trump Will Block $280M+ in Federal Education Spending Over

The owner of a Rockland massage parlor police believe to be tied to organized crime in New York was arrested this week for sex trafficking. Tian “Adam” Tao, 54, of Gardiner, was arrested on Thursday by Rockland Police, with assistance from the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office, Gardiner Police and U.S. Homeland Security — the primary

The Maine Secretary of State’s Office pressured Meta, the parent company of Facebook, to remove posts that they flagged as “misinformation” — including a post reporting an incident of potential ballot stuffing — in the leadup to the 2022 midterm elections, emails obtained by the Maine Wire show. The emails, received under Maine’s Freedom of

The amount of money taxpayers are spending on Suboxone prescriptions for individuals enrolled in MaineCare has surged to $26.2 million per year, making it the most expensive and most popular drug covered under Medicaid. According to state health spending data, Medicaid paid out $26,177,048 for Suboxone prescriptions for 7,920 individuals from July 1, 2022 to

The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) alerted providers last week that unless lawmakers approve the proposed supplemental spending bill for FY25, many MaineCare payments will temporarily be withheld. This supplemental spending bill, known as LD 209, has proven to be controversial among lawmakers as it makes its way through the legislative process.

With just under a month in office, Mainers are largely split along party lines when it comes to gauging job performance of President Donald Trump and his agenda, according to a University of New Hampshire poll released on Wednesday. Irrespective of partisanship, the percentage of Mainers who believe the country is headed in the right

The Maine Department of Labor (MDOL) announced Thursday that twelve insurance policies have been approved as substitutes for the new state-run Paid Family and Medical Leave Program. An updated list of private plans eligible for substition will be maintained on the MDOL’s website at: http://www.maine.gov/paidleave/docs/2025/employerresources/ListofApprovedandCertifiedInsuredPlans.pdf. Under this mandatory program, Maine workers will be eligible beginning

The 34-year-old man charged with allegedly murdering his wife in Readfield on Wednesday is a former SpaceX engineer who traveled the globe extensively with his now-deceased partner, a French woman who documented the luxurious trip on social media before the pair moved back to Maine. Maine State Police were called Wednesday to the Giles Road

Newly obtained emails show a wave of heated, anti-Christian opposition from community members and University of Maine staff after UMaine initially agreed to sell the Hutchinson Center to Calvary Chapel Belfast, a Christian church. The emails, secured through a Freedom of Access Act request, reveal deep outrage over the church’s conservative beliefs, with some calling

As Armenian-Americans in Maine voice their outrage with past anti-Armenian advocacy by Gov. Janet Mills’ (D) newly appointed Director of the Office of New Americans Tarlan Ahmadov, The Maine Wire is taking a deeper look at the controversial state employee’s associations with foreign governments and movements. Last May, Ahmadov escorted two Maine state lawmakers on

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is opening up an official request for public comments on censorship by Big Tech companies. The agency is asking Americans to detail cases where they’ve faced consequences from companies for engaging in disfavored political speech, according to a draft document obtained by the Daily Caller. Requests for public comments by

The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office arrested two Massachusetts men on Wednesday after they allegedly scammed a Rangeley Plantation woman out of $40,000 using PayPal. [RELATED: Illegal Immigrant Scammer Caught by Penobscot Sheriff’s Department after Extorting Money from an Elderly Hermon Resident…] On Tuesday, the alleged victim reported that she had been scammed out of thousands

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), chair of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, suggested during a recent interview with Politico that President Donald Trump’s efforts to cut wasteful spending with the help of Elon Musk could violate the Constitution. [RELATED: A Tale of Two Senators: Collins and King on Trump Nominees…] Sen. Collins said during the interview

Several members of Maine’s Armenian community are calling for the resignation of the director of the Maine Office of New Americans (ONA) due to his history of making anti-Armenian comments on social media. Tarlan Ahmadov was appointed by Gov. Janet Mills as ONA director in December 2024. Ahmadov previously served as the director of the

Joanne O’Brien, a far-left Maine MSAD 11 School Board member overseeing public education in Gardiner, has garnered nationwide attention in recent days for her unhinged social media posts, including one calling for President Donald Trump-supporting parents to be “forcibly shut down.” “During PRIDE MONTH it is EXPECTED that we show ourselves to be allies to

When was the last time in modern history that a college student felt any sense of guilt for snatching utensils from a dining hall? Like, maybe never. So now that the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor has decided to ban plastic in the student dining halls, it has a fresh problem to cope

The Maine State Legislature’s Government Oversight Committee voted unanimously on Friday to investigate a possible conflict of interest between Director John Hudak of the Office of Cannabis Policy (OCP) and a company that does business with the regulatory office following a request from Rep. David Boyer (R-Poland). [RELATED: Deputy Finance Director Admits to Withholding Data

Voter ID will officially be on the ballot this year in Maine, as the Secretary of State has now certified the petitions submitted as part of a grassroots effort to get this issue before the people of Maine. Led by Dinner Table Action Executive Director Alex Titcomb and Rep. Laurel Libby (R-Auburn), the effort to

Maine lawmakers may soon be calling on the United States to convene an Article V convention to amend the nation’s Constitution. Should this effort be successful, amendments concerning term limits for members of Congress and Supreme Court Justices, as well as campaign finance reform, could potentially be on the table. If enough state legislatures issue

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Saturday aimed at eradicating the last vestiges of the COVID-19-era mandates by removing federal funding from all schools and universities that continue to require COVID vaccinations. [RELATED: Trump Executive Order Threatening to Pull Funding from Schools Promoting DEI and Trans Ideology Could Spell Doom for Leftist Schools

A Canadian family that was planning its annual foray to the Maine Moxie Festival is canceling, blaming President Trump. Conrad Gregoire of Kanata, Ontario, said his family of 12 is sick and tired of Trump calling Canada the 51st state. Loyal Maine defenders had a quick retort. “Just a spoiled lefty,” said Facebooker Mathew Field.

President Donald Trump appointed a fraud detection expert to lead the Social Security Administration (SSA) after its acting commissioner reportedly resigned following a dispute over access to sensitive documents, according to The Washington Post. Leland Dudek, who manages SSA’s anti-fraud office, will serve as acting commissioner while the Senate vets Frank Bisignano, Trump’s nominee for

Maine’s Attorney General has instructed employees of at least one state agency to avoid cooperating with officials from the U.S. Department of Justice or the U.S. Attorney’s Office, according to a Jan. 10 email obtained by the Maine Wire. “All DHHS Departments have received a directive from the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) advising

A transgender-identifying male, competing under the name “Katie,” from Cumberland’s Greely High School, came out on top in the girls’ pole vault competition on Monday during the Maine Indoor Track Meet at Bates College. [RELATED: Maine to Continue to Allow Boys to Compete in Girls Sports in Defiance of Trump Executive Order…] The student is

The Trump administration is reportedly using a covert drone program to hunt down fentanyl laboratories in Mexico, the latest in the White House’s effort to combat the flow of illicit drugs into the United States, according to The New York Times. These secret drone flights are used by Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officials to identify

Maine politicians love to brag that 67% of our electricity comes from renewable sources. Sounds impressive, right? It’s a lie—one designed to mislead hardworking Mainers into accepting skyrocketing energy costs while wealthy developers and politicians cash in. This isn’t about clean energy or energy independence. It’s about forcing you to pay more while they rake

U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem on Monday announced a multimillion-dollar domestic and international ad campaign warning criminal illegal aliens against coming to the United States. The domestic version of the minute-long ad, which features DHS Secretary Noem speaking in front of a backdrop of American Flags, mugshots of arrested illegal aliens

As you prepare your annual return, you may already be sensing what a national financial website has found for yet another year in its comparison of how much Americans are taxed in each state: Mainers shoulder some of the nation’s highest tax burdens, according to a recent study conducted by personal finance website WalletHub. The

Gov. Janet Mills announced on Tuesday that Commissioner of the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) Patrick Keliher, who shouted “F— you” to a fisherman during a public hearing just weeks ago, will retire from his position on March 14. Keliher, the longest-serving commissioner in the history of DMR, was reappointed by Gov. Mills in

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Tuesday released statistics showing a marked decrease in encounters with illegal aliens along the southwest border following the executive actions taken by President Donald Trump on his first day in office. Immediately after his inauguration on Jan. 20, President Trump signed a series of executive orders aiming to

When you run for office without the backing of a political party, it can seem like a steeper climb so shouldn’t independents be allowed a leveling advantage when it comes to financing their campaigns? Two Democratic lawmakers are looking to increase the campaign contribution cap for unenrolled candidates running for office in Maine. Under state

The privileged son of Woody Allen and Mia Farrow came to Maine to blame cable news, Facebook and X for ruining journalism. The question is whether Ronan Farrow, who spewed his charges during an appearance at Bowdoin College, spares any media outlet from his diatribe. Farrow, on a tour selling his latest anti-Trump writings, also

The popular old David Letterman gag “Will It Sink or Will It Float?” could use an abandoned Arrowsic boat as a case study. The derelict vessel in this case ain’t floating – it’s up to its gunwales in frigid, icy sea water. In fact, it’s not only sunken, but it’s angering neighbors who consider it

Governor Janet Mills’ (D) Office of Policy, Innovation and the Future (GOPIF) announced on Friday thirteen new appointees for the 24-member Office of New Americans Advisory Council, which the Mills administration created by executive order eighteen months ago. At the time it was first introduced, the council came into being without direct legislative approval, and

A Democrat lawmaker has proposed allowing candidates for Attorney General and Secretary of State to participate in the Maine Clean Elections Act (MCEA), which provides taxpayer funding for qualifying candidates, should these become popularly elected positions under the state constitution. LD 454 — An Act to Allow Candidates for Secretary of State or Attorney General

The head of Michigan’s board of education said the state will not be following President Donald Trump’s executive order demanding schools stop teaching radical gender ideology and Critical Race Theory (CRT). Trump’s Jan. 29 order strips schools that refuse to halt these lessons of federal funding. Michael Rice, superintendent of the Michigan board of education said

An illegal immigrant is facing deportation after he was caught allegedly scamming an elderly woman in Hermon with an aggressive scheme involving numerous escalating demands and multiple visits to her house. [RELATED: Massachusetts Manners? Man Arrested for Attacking New Hampshire State Troopers…] The Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department received a report on February 3 that scammers

Augusta is the worst state capital in the nation, according to a report from the financial outlet WalletHub, based on a variety of factors, including affordability, quality of life, education, healthcare, and crime rate. [RELATED: Augusta Man Pleads Guilty to Livestreaming Child Sexual Abuse Material to Online Chat…] Financial analysts contracted by WalletHub scrutinized a

Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) chief Elon Musk released new information about the U.S. Social Security database on Sunday, showing that the system appears to believe that millions of deceased persons remain alive, hinting at a possibly massive scheme to defraud American taxpayers. [RELATED: Trump Turbo-charges DOGE with Reductions in Force Mandate as Musk Seeks

Two Maine Border Patrol stations that cover areas of responsibility of over 100 miles of the U.S.-Canada border have new agents in charge, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced last week. The Border Patrol designates the Houlton Sector as the entire state of Maine, its border with Canada, and its coastline. The agency maintains

The Trump administration has fired Darcie McElwee, the Biden-appointed U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced on Monday that McElwee, who had held the position as Maine’s chief federal law enforcement officer since her appointment by President Joe Biden in 2021, had been terminated.

The Trump administration’s first major legal battle reached the Supreme Court on Sunday. In an emergency application, President Donald Trump asked the justices to allow him to fire the leader of an agency dedicated to protecting whistleblowers, Hampton Dellinger, after a lower court ordered his reinstatement. Dellinger, appointed by former President Joe Biden to run the

University of Southern Maine wants to make sure that new students are comfortable in their space or else it might just lose enrollment. (After all how can you really achieve academic excellence if you are not comfortable in your space?) So school officials are trying to find a contractor to provide a “virtual viewing system”

If you thought it couldn’t get any more insane at the Portland Press Herald, consider this: the publisher canceled the e-editions due to an impending snowstorm. Quick question – since when did snowy roads prevent the internet from being in business? Quick answer – they didn’t. But that didn’t stop the publisher from putting out

A York woman has proven that even liberals sometimes have a sense of humor. Wendy Werner just became a finalist in the weekly New Yorker magazine’s cartoon-caption contest. What? The New Yorker has a sense of humor? Allegedly. At least when it comes to poking fun at the way hard-working working Americans carry themselves. “I’m

A Westford, Massachusetts man, Mugil Malai, 28, was arrested in New Hampshire just after midnight on Thursday morning after he allegedly assaulted two NH State Troopers. [RELATED: NH Man Sentenced to Six Years in Prison for Receiving Methamphetamines in the Mail…] Troopers responded to calls reporting a disabled 2011 Honda Civic on the left side

A middle school teacher from Claremont, New Hampshire, was arrested last week for stalking one of her students after she allegedly violated a restraining order just one hour after being served with it. [RELATED: New Hampshire School Teacher Arrested in Sting Operation After Soliciting Sex from a 12-Year-Old While on the Job…] “She was served

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) this week announced the arrest of an illegal Guatemalan national who was released by a Massachusetts court after being arraigned on multiple counts of child rape. ICE agents with Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston apprehended 49-year-old Jose Fernando-Perez in Framingham, Mass., on Feb. 2. [RELATED: Illegal Alien Charged

President Donald Trump is on track to have all of his Cabinet nominees confirmed despite a slim Republican majority in the Senate, after three of the most controversial picks have now taken office. [RELATED: Susan Collins Says She is a ‘No’ on Trump’s Pick for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth…] Throughout the confirmation process, Sen. Angus

Judge Lance Walker issued a federal preliminary injunction on Thursday, halting Maine’s recently established 72-hour waiting period between purchasing and receiving a firearm, proposed in the legislature following the October 2023 Lewiston shooting. [RELATED: Maine Gun Dealers Left Without Guidelines on Controversial 72-Hour Waiting Period Law…] A group of firearm dealers brought a lawsuit against

The Lewiston Police Department will hold two information sessions for parents later this month regarding the city’s youth, gun safety and “substance use challenges,” as part of the department’s plan to address a surge of gun violence incidents over the past year. [RELATED: 14-year-old Shot in Lewiston, Refuses to Cooperate with Investigators: Lewiston PD…] The

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Maine Republican Party on Saturday elected York County GOP Chairman Jim Deyermond to serve as the chairman of the part’s state committee, replacing Joel Stetkis, a former Republican state lawmaker from Canaan. “I’m excited to get rolling and get to work — the next elections are right around the corner and Maine badly needs

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

More than 80 cannabis industry stakeholders gathered Friday in Augusta to address the myriad challenges facing Maine’s adult-use and medical marijuana markets as the State Legislature prepares for its 132nd session. From testing issues to regulatory complaints, the discussion painted a sobering picture of an industry grappling with high operating costs, illegal competition, and intense

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

As many as 40 percent of the noncitizens present in Maine, including those who entered the U.S. illegally and those with legal alien status, may have voted in the 2024 elections or had votes cast in their names, according to records obtained and reviewed by the Maine Wire. That figure is based on a collection

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

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