WASHINGTON, D.C. — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday January 28, 2026, laid out a sweeping case for what he called “Trump Accounts,” a new program he said would expand private investment ownership by giving…

A Somali immigrant convicted in Maine for falsifying his citizenship application is now facing new charges, this time in Vermont. Taxi driver Hussien Noor Hussien, 63, was cuffed as he got out of his cab…

Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine) failed to lower the temperature of her anti-ICE rhetoric on Thursday, even as she responded to reports from Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) that ICE is ending its “enhanced operation” in the…

The Maine State Police urged people on Thursday to be on the lookout for an antique pickup truck stolen from Ashland, Massachusetts. [RELATED: Waterville Man Rams Police Cruiser While Fleeing in Stolen Vehicle…] Police reposted…

The Lewiston-based, Somali-operated Global Home Care has continued to rake in millions in MaineCare benefits despite overbilling the taxpayer-funded program by nearly $100,000. [RELATED: Portland Office Becomes a Hub for Medicaid “Home Health” and Somali…

A former Brunswick Naval Air Station pilot who went on to fly 40 years for a major airline believes the corporate jet that crashed earlier this week in Bangor was struck down by an ice…

A Woodland Pulp worker who was exposed to a gas leak at the Baileyville mill has died, officials said. The deceased employee, a University of Maine intern, was among mill workers injured in the leak…

AUGUSTA, Maine – Maine political activist Nicholas Blanchard has filed a second federal lawsuit, this time targeting the Augusta Board of Education over a public-comment policy he says has been used to cut him off…

The shipbuilding segment of General Dynamics, including Bath Iron Works, has put a damper on the company’s annual profit forecast, officials said Wednesday. If it weren’t for the electric boat and submarine divisions of General…

Somali-born state Rep. Yusuf Yusuf (D-Portland) runs a home care business with apparent ties to an interconnected network of Somali-operated companies drawing millions in Medicaid funding, and operating out of a Portland office equipped to…

PORTLAND, Maine – Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, sharply criticized Sen. Susan Collins on Thursday during a protest outside her Portland office, accusing her of misleading the public about federal immigration enforcement…

NORWAY, Maine — The Maine Fire Marshal’s Office says a structure fire on Everett Drive in Norway was accidentally sparked during an effort to thaw frozen pipes using a combination of heaters and electrical heat…

PORTLAND, Maine — Portland Mayor Mark Dion and the City Council met in executive session Monday night, Jan. 26, to discuss whether the city should participate in a lawsuit supporting Minnesota and the Twin Cities…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R) announced Thursday that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has ceased its “enhanced activities” in Maine, saying the update came directly from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem…

President Donald Trump (R) signed a trio of bills focused on America’s veteran population into law last week. All three pieces of legislation were approved by a voice vote in the House and by unanimous…

The fight over new laws in Texas and Louisiana requiring public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments continued this month as the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals took up a pair of cases challenging…

The animal-rights group that lost its bid to put the Maine Lobster Festival out of business says it plans to appeal the ruling. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals went to court last summer…

Acadia may be the fifth-most-visited national park in the country, but as a “digital detox” it’s just not cutting it. A survey of the nation’s 63 parks lists Acadia in a sorry 20th place as…

A Democrat-led bill set for a public hearing on Thursday would give government agencies the power to bar concerned citizens or journalists from government property without due process and to prevent them from communicating with…

A taxpayer-financed slush fund that Democrat Gov. Janet Mills is proposing violates the government’s definition of poverty. If that isn’t enough of a “red flag,” the “affordability” payments appear to violate the “Rainy Day Fund”…

The Portland Police Department arrested nine protesters outside of Sen. Susan Collins’ (R-Maine) office on Tuesday after they refused to leave a staged “pray-in” event meant to protest the senator’s support for ICE funding. [RELATED:…

A newly formed fishermen’s coalition is calling on Democrat Gov. Janet Mills to support its fight against potentially harmful industry restrictions. The North Eastern Fisherman Coalition also wants U.S. Senate-candidate Mills to pull back her…

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump ripped the Pro Football Hall of Fame selection process after legendary coach Bill Belichick was not elected on his first ballot, linking the decision to what he called the NFL’s…

An animal-rights group has lost its bid to outlaw the midcoast’s annual, internationally-popular Maine Lobster Festival. PETA was trying to shut down the “world’s largest lobster oven,” claiming that steaming them alive creates a “public…