Maine must release voter rolls to conservative group for audits, court rules
A federal appeals court has ruled that Maine must release its voter list to conservative advocacy groups that conduct independent audits, ruling that the state’s restrictions on list distribution violate the National Voter Registration Act. I concluded that there is. The Public Interest Law Foundation sued the state of Maine over its decision to block […]
Backlash causes Maine family to abandon plan to honor veterans with flagpole
A family in Maine has decided to abandon their plans to build the world’s tallest flagpole. The proposal, introduced two years ago, sparked controversy in the Town of Columbia Falls and led to an upcoming vote on a zoning ordinance for large-scale developments. Instead of moving forward with the flagpole project, the family plans to […]
Maine drug bust, after suspected house fire was steam from marijuana operation
In a bizarre turn of events in Maine last week, what residents believed was a fire turned into a major drug bust. According to the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office, at 11:24 a.m. on Jan. 31, a concerned resident of the Town of Turner called emergency services for a structure fire and possible smoke coming from […]
GOP lawmaker warns of ‘dangerous’ ‘California agenda’ aimed at turning ‘purple’ Maine into liberal bastion
Maine’s Republican senator told Fox News Digital this week that progressives in the historically purple state are pushing “radical” policies in recent legislation to turn Maine into California. He cited the decision to exclude former President Trump from the vote as an example of the state going too far in attacking democracy. Maine Republican state […]
Maine Democrats move to enshrine abortion rights into state constitution
The partisan committee vote represents a partisan challenge to Democrats who want to amend the Maine Constitution to enshrine abortion as a right. The Judiciary Committee voted 6-5 in favor of the proposal Thursday, with all Democrats supporting and all Republicans opposing. Two committee members were absent. New Hampshire House refuses to further expand or […]
Maine man gets 48 years for killing girlfriend in hit-and-run, fleeing to Mexico
A Maine man who hit his girlfriend with his car in Acadia National Park and then fled to Mexico was sentenced Thursday to 48 years in prison for murder. Colorado police find child’s body wrapped in concrete inside storage unit Raymond Lester, 37, of Portland, was convicted in November of killing his girlfriend, Nicole Mokeme, […]
Maine lobstermen hear faint cries from the the water, that lead to daring rescue
A lobsterman heard faint, frantic cries for help off the coast of Maine and joined a multi-agency search that saved the man’s life. St. George Fire and Rescue Service said in a Facebook post that the property owner confirmed damage from recent storms to the skiff, a small flat-bottomed boat, when it capsized somewhere between […]
Biden issues disaster declaration for December storm that battered Maine
Democratic Gov. Janet Mills said Wednesday that President Joe Biden will issue a federal disaster declaration for the massive damage caused in December by the first of three storms to hit the state. announced that it had been released. Despite Lewiston shooting, flooding, Governor Mills says Maine is ‘getting stronger every day’ Mills said the […]
Parental rights advocates secure victory in Maine with death of ‘transgender trafficking bill’
The Maine House Judiciary Committee was poised to advance a bill Thursday that threatens to allow the state to take custody of children whose parents refuse sex-reassignment mutilation or other irreversible medical interventions. That was clearly not what was intended. follow some Republican backlash A pressure campaign led by the parent advocacy group Courage is […]
Police defend response, say yellow flag law limited them before Army reservist killed 18 in Maine
Law enforcement officials on Thursday described the difficulty of enforcing the state's yellow flag law, which allows guns to be confiscated from people in mental health crisis, in testimony before an independent commission investigating mass shootings in the state. , described a cumbersome and time-consuming process. An incident in which an Army reservist killed 18 […]