Minnesota Sen. Omar Fateh announced on X that his Safety, Trust, and Respect (STAR) Act passed through committee this week, a measure in which U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is now prohibited from entering courtrooms,…

NEW HAMPSHIRE — A resident and real estate developer from Bow, New Hampshire has been indicted on federal bank fraud charges after he secured a $3.8 million dollar loan through a scheme targeting a prominent…

WINN, Maine — State fire investigators are looking into a fatal house fire that broke out early Thursday morning in Winn. According to officials, the Lincoln Fire Department responded at about 1:28 a.m. on March…

The Rockland Police Department arrested a minor from New York on Wednesday on drug trafficking charges. [RELATED: Massachusetts Teens Among Those Arrested in Franklin County Drug Raid…] At approximately 6:30 p.m., the Rockland Police Department…

The Limestone Fire Department responded on Wednesday after reports of a building engulfed in flames. [RELATED: Possible Arson Under Investigation After Early Morning Fire at Portland Apartment Building…] The fire department arrived at 302 Main…

PORTLAND, Maine – The Portland Police Department has released its weekly calls for service data for March 9 through March 15 as part of what it described as an ongoing effort to provide transparency to…

A Massachusetts man was indicted on Wednesday after he allegedly forcibly sex trafficked four women, including one who was a minor when the trafficking began, in an operation spanning seven states, including Maine. [RELATED: EXCLUSIVE:…

In another Democratic display of selective outrage, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D) announced on X that she has formally endorsed Graham Platner for Maine’s U.S. Senate seat, despite his Nazi Totenkopf tattoo which he now…

VERMONT — Vermont left-wing activists have engineered a mock-tour attraction of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) facilities in the form of rented minibuses and the deployment of performative…

WASHINGTON – The U.S. House has passed legislation that would make fraud in federal benefits programs or the use of fake identification grounds for the automatic deportation of noncitizens, putting a renewed spotlight on abuse…

The Rockland Police Department arrested three suspects on drug charges on Tuesday after receiving reports of illegal drug use at a subsidized housing development for elderly and handicapped people. [RELATED: Apartment Building Drug Bust Leads…

PORTLAND, Maine — Calvary Chapel Greater Portland Senior Pastor Travis Carey pushed back this Thursday against growing criticism surrounding the May 15 event planned for the Portland Expo Center, arguing that opponents have falsely portrayed…

By Maine Policy Institute Policy Analyst Montana Towers Maine is at an important crossroads. For years, the state has struggled with slow population growth, an aging workforce, and slow economic growth—challenges that make it hard…

The Portland Police Department made a shocking discovery on Thursday after a caller reported the discovery of human remains. [RELATED: 19-Year-Old UMaine Student Missing Since January Found Dead in Orono Pond…] At approximately 8:42 a.m.,…

A 19-year-old UMaine student was found dead in an Orono retention pond on Tuesday after he was first reported missing in January. [RELATED: Auburn Police Investigating after Homeless Man Found Dead…] The Orono police received…

UNITED STATES — A Cambridge criminal was indicted on Mar. 18, 2026 in Massachusetts on federal charges in the trafficking of four women, one of which was a minor, and attempting to traffic a fifth…

WATERVILLE, Maine — While many candidates talk about Maine’s child welfare system from the outside, Shawn Packard says he has lived it and now he is running for State Representative in District 64 to advocate…

A third contender – claiming a mantle of bureaucratic reform – has emerged in what until now has been a two-way primary contest aimed at dethroning Maine’s five-term GOP senator.David Costello, a Democrat living in…

The Maine State Police arrested a Skowhegan man on murder and assault charges after he allegedly killed a man and injured a woman in an Augusta shooting in February. [RELATED: Carrabassett Valley Man Arrested for…

WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve on Wednesday left interest rates unchanged, opting to hold its benchmark federal funds rate at 3.5 percent to 3.75 percent as policymakers weighed a softening labor market, persistent inflation, and…

The State of Maine has awarded a total of $12 million for the construction of affordable apartments in Bangor, Portland, and South Portland. This funding stems from the Home for Good program, also known as…

The wife of Democrat U.S. Senate contender Graham Platner – potentially his best defender against a new anti-women campaign assault – has mysteriously disappeared when Platner needs her most.The question is “Where In The World…

Sam Patten is a contributor to the Maine Wire. Is the government about to charge national media personality Tucker Carlson with being a “foreign agent”? What is the Foreign Agent Registration Act of 1938 anyway,…

The state’s No. 3 standing nationwide as a top maple syrup producer apparently isn’t good enough for one of the nation’s largest discount outlets. Costco as it turns out isn’t even buying its popular pure…