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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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