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Maine Gov. Janet Mills’ (D) state budget does not have enough money to meet Mills’ “clean transportation” goals and her administration is now floating ideas for new sources of funding, including a gas tax, according to a report the administration released this month.

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito raised the issue of Critical Race Theory during oral arguments in the case of Carson v. Makin, which tests a Maine law that provides subsidies for parents to send children to school, except “sectarian” schools.

The Biden administration argued before the Supreme Court it is constitutional for states to exclude Christian schools from tuition aid programs.

SCOTUS is set to hear oral arguments in a case from Maine about whether students can use state aid to attend religious schools.

Maine Democrat Secretary of State Shenna Bellows’ communications director allegedly belonged to a private communications channel comprised of leftist organizations that attempted to smear West Virginia Republican Secretary of State Mac Warner over his opposition to federalized elections.

An ethics watchdog group filed its second complaint against Biden’s Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm with the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) to further investigate an alleged violation of the Hatch Act when Granholm used the “official social media account to advocate that citizens vote a certain way.”

A bride surprised her blind groom with a tactile wedding dress comprised of multiple textures that brought her groom to tears.

Former representative and current Maine Second Congressional District candidate Bruce Poliquin said during an appearance on Breitbart News Saturday that he is running to unseat Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME) and help win back the Republican majority in Congress.

A recent SurveyUSA poll shows Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) could find trouble heading into the Democrat primary for her reelection as the 2022 midterms approach.

Hundreds of protesters gathered at the Maine State House this week to protest the state’s rule requiring healthcare workers to get vaccinated for the Chinese coronavirus.

Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME) offered his views on the Taliban takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, telling a local radio station “it’s a building” and he does not have “strong emotions about the embassy” itself.

A Maine Democrat is facing a call for her resignation after posting a comment on Facebook that specifically tore into “straight white men.”

Former Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) announced Monday that he would run once again in 2022 as he seeks to serve as the state’s governor, a role he previously held for two terms.

The Waldo County Republican Committee in Maine has censured Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) over her vote to convict former President Donald Trump during his second impeachment trial in February.

Kennebec County, Maine, Republicans joined their colleagues from Aroostook and Piscataquis Counties in censuring Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) for her vote to convict former President Donald Trump during his second impeachment trial in February.

Hundreds of people gathered Saturday in Oxford, Maine, to welcome veteran Sgt. Christy Gardner into her finished home.

An NBC News hit piece on grassroots parents’ groups battling Critical Race Theory (CRT) in K-12 schools has drawn a flood of criticism.

Maine’s Democrat Gov. Janet Mills announced the “Back To Work” program Monday, which will give people who join the workforce a one-time payment, administered by the state’s Department of Labor and the Department of Economic and Community Development. 

Environmentalists are praising lawmakers in Maine for passing legislation to divest the state’s pension investment and other funds from fossil fuel companies.

The Democrat majority in the Maine House rejected a bill Monday that would ban teaching the tenets of Critical Race Theory.

A woke Maine superintendent said an anti-CRT parent may attend his daughters’ graduation if he meets certain “conditions” and “expectations.”

The Democrat speaker of the Maine state House stripped Republican lawmakers of their committee posts Monday after they entered the state House without masks in accordance with the governor’s most recent executive order.

The superintendent of the school district for Cumberland and North Yarmouth, Maine, denied to Breitbart News his district uses Critical Race Theory (CRT), and referred to a parent who has vehemently opposed woke education as “a vile person.”

Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME) used proxy voting Thursday to save House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) partisan Capitol security funding bill after he pledged to not use the voting style for “family responsibilities” regardless of a pandemic. 

The chairman of the Maine Grassroots Republican Caucus said that while the state GOP is touting its “big tent” philosophy, it has yet to communicate with the grassroots Trump supporters whose focus is freedom, faith, and family.

A group of about 25 conservative Maine Republicans, including six county chairmen and state committee members, have broken from the state Republican Party to form a new grassroots caucus.

The Maine Republican Party voted against censure of Sen. Susan Collins for her vote to impeach former President Donald Trump.

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) defended her decision to convict former President Donald Trump for the incitement of insurrection during a Tuesday appearance on WLOB radio with host Ray Richardson, explaining that she voted to convict Trump not just based on his January 6 speech alone but his “culmination of actions which started even before the election occurred.”

A veteran in Boothbay, Maine, is helping fellow veterans struggling with homelessness during the coronavirus pandemic.

A Maine high school football player committed suicide last week due to the mental anguish he developed because of the coronavirus lockdowns that closed his school and prevented him from playing tackle football.

An Army veteran from Maine has found a unique way to give back to his fellow service members by providing his home improvement services free of charge to veterans.

The Democrat stronghold in New England weakened after a few lower-ticket 2020 election surprises, including an entire state’s legislature flipping to red and two House speakers being ousted by Republicans.

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) defeated Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon (D) in a consequential race for Republicans as they fight to retain the U.S. Senate majority in the 2020 election.

Multiple radio stations in Maine were forced to add a disclaimer to an advertisement sponsored by Maine Democrat Senate candidate Sara Gideon after it was brought to the radio stations’ attention that the advertisement, targeting Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), was deceiving to the point that it could violate campaign laws.

A response Sen. Susan Collins gave during a Senate debate when asked about systemic racism has attracted the attention of leftists and their media allies.

President Donald Trump and Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden are in a dead heat as they vie for the one electoral vote in Maine’s Second Congressional District, according to a poll released Thursday.