Lawmakers on the Taxation Committee have unanimously rejected two bills that would have imposed new taxes on the cost of hotel rentals in Maine. While one bill sought to give municipalities the opportunity to adopt…

DeepAudit, a non-profit tech startup using artificial intelligence tools to root out Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and ideologically-charged language, published a report on Monday identifying 14 statutes in Maine education law that appear to…

A Portland homeless man is facing multiple charges after allegedly assaulting a victim with a brick and threatening another person with a knife. [RELATED: Restorative Justice: Homeless Man, Previously Charged with Portland Machete and Knife…

Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey has joined a coalition of twenty-three states in suing Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over the termination of approximately $11 billion in federal…

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) delivered remarks on the Senate floor Wednesday in support of a resolution sponsored by Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) that would end President Donald Trump’s (R) emergency declaration imposing tariffs on Canada…

A group of Democrat Maine legislators, headed by Rep. Cheryl Golek (D-Harpswell), introduced a bill on Thursday that would require Maine students to take LGBTQ Studies in order to pass through the public school system.…

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins sent a letter to Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine) on Wednesday announcing a pause in federal education funding from the department due to Maine’s repeated refusal to…

A Honduran national who was previously deported from the United States in 2015 after illegally crossing the southern border has now pleaded guilty to illegally reentering the country, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District…

A 33-year-old Portland man is facing multiple charges after allegedly attempting to stab a victim and steal the victim’s car Wednesday night. Portland Police say they responded to the area of Commercial and High Streets…

Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) joined a group of nine Democrats on Wednesday in co-sponsoring Sen. Alex Padilla’s (D-Calif.) bill to nullify the new election integrity measures implemented by President Donald Trump via executive order last…

During tomorrow’s House session, legislators will tackle a 40-page calendar. Those pages are largely filled with bill references to committees, legislative sentiments, and ‘In Memorandum’ tributes. The work on the calendar as written should go…

A solution to the long-standing challenge that has vexed every American president since Dwight D. Eisenhower may be at hand, former senior diplomat Ambassador Edward P. Djerejian told an audience at the University of Southern…

Democratic Speaker of the House Ryan Fecteau (D-Biddeford) has filed his official response to Rep. Laurel Libby’s (R-Auburn) lawsuit against him for violating her rights as an elected legislator by censuring her earlier this year.…

The Trump administration says it’s broken a record for all-time lowest border encounters in a single month, marking a dramatic turnaround from the monthly border encounters experienced under the Biden White House. Border Patrol agents…

Maine Republicans have put forward two bills in recent days to remove the language in the Maine Human Rights Act’s (MHRA) which lays the legal basis of Governor Janet Mills (D) pretext for refusing to…

The Maine Legislature’s State and Local Government Committee held a timely public hearing before on Wednesday to allow for input on a bill with bipartisan support aimed at increasing transparency and accountability regarding the state’s…

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The Consensus Economic Forecasting Commission (CEFC) on April 1 revised its economic outlook for Maine, signaling slower growth ahead through 2029 and highlighting elevated risks from fiscal and trade policies. April’s update marks a shift…

In a textbook case of swallowing government spin whole, the Portland Press Herald on Tuesday published a story on the resignation of Tarlan Ahmadov, the embattled director of Maine’s Office of New Americans (ONA), without…

Three people were arrested and over 250 grams of cocaine were seized by police on Sunday after a search Portland apartment complex. Portland Police say they executed a search warrant at 211 Cumberland Avenue, the…

Maine has been found to have the fifth highest total tax burden in the country, according to a new study published by personal finance website WalletHub. To determine residents’ tax burden, WalletHub calculated property, income,…

The most aggressive sheriff in Maine notched another victory in Maine’s ongoing fight against Chinese organized crime Tuesday, executing a search warrant at a residential building on South Road the resulted in two arrests and…

Following a Maine Wire investigation into the man Gov. Janet Mills (D) tapped to run her controversial migrant resettlement office, the Director of the “Office of New Americans” (ONA), Tarlan Ahmadov, has had his profile…

A group of Republican Maine state senators on Monday sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi requesting an investigation into the Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services (DAFS) and its Office of…