The chaos surrounding the Mt. Ararat Schools (MSAD 75) continues this week following the revelation that School Board Chair Frank…
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Republicans on the Maine legislature’s joint committee on education and cultural affairs today called on the University of Maine system…
Correction: In a 2/24 piece by Sam Patten entitled GOP Pushes for Parental Rights, Transparency in Maine Schools, the author…
Mother Jones magazine, a cornerstone of the progressive establishment, ran a lengthy piece today entitled: “To Save Whales, Should We Stop…
The Maine Republican Party is accusing U.S. Sen. Angus King of violating the First Amendment free speech rights of Maine…
If you were to rely just on University of Maine political science professor Amy Fried’s take, you could safely assume that…
Gov. Janet Mills made the case for her $10.3 billion biennial budget – almost one billion dollars and more than…
Students looking to enroll in Maine’s Community Colleges will have one less barrier to entry thanks to the system’s lifting…
Republican lawmakers held a press conference Tuesday to tout several welfare reform proposals, including the restoration of welfare work requirements…
Responding to recent cases first reported by The Maine Wire, several state representatives have introduced bills in the current legislative…
The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency arrested two Lawrence, Mass., women Thursday night for trafficking and attempting to distribute a massive…
Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME) said Thursday he will continue to serve on the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee. Golden…
Maine Wire Editor-in-Chief Steve Robinson joined WVOM’s George Hale and Ric Tyler to talk about the latest reporting on the…
Low-income Maine residents have begun receiving letters informing them that their Food Stamp benefits will be slashed in March. In…
The South Portland City Council met Tuesday night to work on rules that might resolve the ongoing refugee and homelessness…
The three challengers for chairperson of the Maine Republican Party’s seat traveled to the Phippsburg Sportsmen Association on Tuesday evening…
A Kennebunkport man was arrested for the second time in recent months Saturday in Atlanta following a terror campaign against…
The Maine chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) will hold one of two annual meetings on Saturday and…
The Daily Caller News Foundation – Bronson Winslow on January 19, 2023 A recent rule by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,…
Apparently, Gov. Janet Mills is expecting a $2 billion visit from the tooth fairy. While introducing the third two-year budget…
A report published last week by the Maine Child Welfare Ombudsman, an independent government watchdog, revealed widespread failures at the…
Maine Wire Editor-in-Chief Steve Robinson joined WVOM’s George Hale and Ric Tyler Monday morning to tell listeners about his exclusive…
Maine’s political reporters rung in the New Year — and the official start of Democratic Gov. Janet Mills’ second term…
The school system in Maine’s largest city has is facing a civil rights complaint alleging the school has been discriminating…
Voters in Paris will decide Tuesday whether to recall two members of the Oxford Hills School Board in a vote…
From Maine to Washington, D.C., Republican Party officials, operatives, and activists are fighting a mild civil war to determine who…
A Maine State Senator has introduced a bill that would require an official declaration of war by the U.S. Congress…
The mother of a Damariscotta 13-year-old who public school officials encouraged to undertake a gender transition is filing a complaint…
The school system in Maine’s largest city has been operating a résumé coaching program that is only available to people…
The fate of more than $86,000 in campaign cash left unspent during the 2022 election provides a glimpse of Augusta’s…
A new research report on American welfare programs found that Mainers who take advantage of the full suite of state…
Republican state lawmakers condemned the actions of school officials at Great Salt Bay Community School in Damariscotta after The Maine…
Officials at a public school in Damariscotta won’t respond to The Maine Wire’s questions about a 26-year-old conditionally licensed social…
A public school worker at Great Salt Bay Community School who coached a 13-year-old girl into a gender transition without…
Posters displayed in Maine public schools explaining the various terms used by gender ideology advocates also smear heterosexual couples using…
UPDATE: Bangor Police Department Public Information Officer Sgt. Jason McAmbley said in an email that assault charges were filed against…
Maine and New Hampshire police played hot potato this weak with a woman experiencing homelessness in yet another sad episode…
Bowdoin College professor Jean Yarbrough, renowned scholar of American political thought, joined British author and podcaster Douglas Murray to discuss…
Prominent politicians who received heaps of money from Sam Bankman-Fried or his FTX associates are quietly trying to run the…
Mainers from across the state braved icy temperatures and gathered outside Whole Foods in Portland on Monday afternoon to protest…
Fox News host Tucker Carlson Monday night went to bat for the Maine lobster. He interviewed guest Rosie Moore, a…
Whether school bus drivers at several Maine public schools can celebrate the season by playing Rudolph the Rednosed Reindeer or…
Maine Wire Editor-in-Chief Steve Robinson filled in on WGAN’s Morning News for an hour this morning. He covered the “Twitter…
Just three-quarters of employees with Northern Light Health, a major hospital operator in Maine, said they would use the company…
Liberals in Brunswick are going to war with one another over a $70,000 painting that’s going to end up on…
Whenever someone promises two for the price of one, the savvy consumer is naturally suspicious. Should the same suspicion not…
Republican state lawmakers didn’t even show up for the fight to nominate Maine’s constitutional officers on Thursday. During the first…
Republican lawmakers introduced a plan Tuesday to change Maine tax law to punish any business that opts to boycott the…
Maine’s needle exchange program requires users to turnover one used needle in order to get one clean needle. But at…
The number of Maine high school students who identify as transgender more than doubled from 2019 to 2021, according to…
An alarming 30.9 percent of Maine high school students are overweight or obese, according to the 2021 Maine Integrated Youth…
Question are swirling among Maine Republican insiders following the transfer of more than $86,000 from a committee aimed at helping…
The New England states are facing a looming crisis over how to pay for housing for tens of thousands of…
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker and Dept. of Public Health Commissioner Margret R. Cooke are refusing to say who authorized the…
Former Secretary of State Matt Dunlap is making another run at the position of State Auditor after he was forced…
The cost for a gallon of heating oil in Maine has hit a record high. Mainers should expect to pay…
State Sen. Troy Jackson (D-Aroostook) will once again lead the Democratic caucus in the Maine Senate following leadership elections Thursday…
Less than two days after the 2022 midterm elections, the paper of record for the American left is already signaling…
Ken isn’t going to vote on Tuesday. Working in a hardware store in Northern New Hampshire, Ken points to the…
Democratic Gov. Janet Mills doubled down Thursday on her mandate that healthcare workers in Maine get the COVID-19 vaccination as…
Moderators in Thursday’s gubernatorial debate for some reason spent 4.5 minutes on the subject of the “gender pay gap” but…
Gov. Janet Mills said in a debate Thursday Maine needs more asylum seekers and refugees in order to provide businesses…
When a career politician takes multiple positions on the same issue, is it more confusing because of the head-spinning inconsistency…
If it’s brown, it’s down! Maine’s 2021 hunting season resulted in plenty of overstuffed deep freezers, according to the new…
The Maine Department of Corrections is providing padded bras to juvenile inmates without breasts and chest binders to juvenile inmates…
The Maine Department of Corrections (DOC) had employees take an hour off of work on Thursday for a lecture from…
Former Gov. Paul LePage and State Sen. Trey Stewart (R-Aroostook) are calling for an investigation into whether a phone call…
Democratic Gov. Janet Mills and Republican former Gov. Paul LePage clashed once again Thursday night in a debate that may…
Despite home heating oil prices surging to about $5.40 per gallon, Maine Gov. Janet Mills told a few dozen University…
The University of Southern Maine is headed before the Maine Human Rights Commission (MHRC) on Monday, Nov. 7 to appeal…
Former Scarborough Schools Superintendent Julie R. Kukenberger has another acrimonious school departure in her wake as she leaves her job…
As Maine retail heating oil prices surge to $5.43 per gallon and some market analysts predict rationing, Maine’s oil dealers…
It was a small moment with big implications. Last night during the second major gubernatorial debate, Maine Gov. Janet Mills…
A conservative political action committee on Sunday announced a $600,000 TV ad buy to draw attention to the inclusion of…
Randall Liberty, the Commissioner of the Maine Department of Corrections, has objected to a request from a parole reform committee…
Maine Center for Disease Control (MCDC) Director Nirav D. Shah on Thursday joined fellow members of the federal Center for…
Maine Wire EIC Steve Robinson joined WVOM’s George Hale and Ric Tyler show Tuesday morning to talk about Maine Wire’s…
The Oxford Hills school board provisionally approved new rules for the district on Monday that will require school officials to…
The Maine Legislature’s Government Oversight Committee(GOC) voted October 19 to direct Assistant Attorney General Christopher Taub to ask a Superior…
Maine, and the rest of New England, may face energy blackouts this winter due to sky prices for liquified natural…
Gray-New Gloucester Middle School Teacher Ann Cook’s politically charged conversation with an 8th grader, first reported on by The Maine…
The State Representative from New Gloucester on Monday called on MSAD 15 officials to launch an investigation into allegations that…
More than 120 Republican candidates for the Maine State House and Senate vowed Monday to oust Attorney General Aaron Frey…
AUGUSTA – Maine Gov. Janet Mills’s male employees are making more money than their female counterparts, according to The Maine…
A Rumford man whose 2016 arrest for fentanyl trafficking landed him in jail — and in former Gov. Paul LePage’s…
Shocking audio obtained by The Maine Wire reveals a Maine public school teacher subjecting a student to a racially charged…
The Maine Office of Cannabis Policy (OCP) released a guidance memo reminding medical cannabis registrants and adult use licensees that…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills is blaming Russia for the high price of energy as Maine heads into winter. “Energy prices…
Maine’s congressional delegation has voted to increase funding for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) by more than $6…
Maine Wire EIC Steve Robinson joined WGAN Morning Show host Matt Gagnon to talk about his coverage of Dr. Meryl…
Maine lobstermen and women aren’t stupid, though it seems Gov. Janet Mills thinks they are. The governor was recently heckled by members…
The affiliate of a labor union group spending money to help Senate President Troy Jackson (D-Aroostook) win re-election also provided…
Maine’s Second Congressional district is receiving national attention, which isn’t a great sign for incumbent Democratic Rep. Jared Golden (CD-2),…
A Maine state agency met Tuesday for the first of several hearings that will determine whether an Ellsworth doctor who…
The number of parents submitting Freedom of Access Act requests to Maine’s government-run schools is “out of control,” according to…