June 12, 2026

By Gordon Tomb

Northeastern states are scrambling to address rising energy costs. New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and others are even considering abandoning some of their most restrictive Green New Deal-style emissions policies to increase the supply of affordable sources.

Such new energy projects are among the most difficult endeavors to bring to fruition. Requiring massive investments and at least a modicum of public support, they…

The Last Straw: They’re Stealing Elections in Real Time and Pretending It’s Normal

It’s time for Trump to force the SAVE America Act.

Vince Coyner | June 9, 2026

t’s not often life showcases a problem in real time. It is now in the form of California and the Senate.

It’s become clear that California voting is designed to give Democrats the ability to cheat.  Aside from Ranked…

“THE U.S. HAS 3X MORE IMMIGRANTS THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY ON EARTH,” Layoff Hedge said in another post. “1 of 6 immigrants on the planet live here. No other major developed nation comes close. The outcome is clear: the U.S. absorbs a disproportionate share of global migration & ~9/10 new jobs go to them right now.”

According to…

Nirav Shah says he would issue these 6 executive orders if elected governor

He proposed six executive orders he would issue on Day One if elected the next governor of Maine, icluding:

“Modernizing Maine’s Grid and Lowering Energy Costs” — Would “identify the grid bottlenecks delaying housing, business growth, and clean energy projects; build on Maine’s storm resilience work; and create a public utility scoreboard to…

By Ted Cohen

May 25, 2026

The state’s leading northern-Maine paper’s annual report shows an anemic following – far behind The Maine Wire – despite an advantage in legacy and workforce size.

Graham Pollard, who is The Maine Wire’s digital media editor, compared Bangor Daily News’ readership to the Wire’s.

Pollard’s source for Bangor’s following comes…

May 23, 2026

by Selwyn Duke

In 2020, journalist Matthew Yglesias insisted we use increased immigration to grow the U.S. population to one billion. Our current 343-million number is insufficient to compete with a future China and India, his theory goes. Yet before we MACA — “Make America China Already!” — we should first ask a question:

“What’s So Bad About a Stable Population?”

Doing just that Tuesday is columnist Froma Harrop. Writing at…

By Charles Cornish-Dale

May 24th, 2026 6:29 AM

A major new oil pipeline to bypass the Strait of Hormuz is close to 50% complete—further evidence of the potential long-term effects of the Iran war on the global energy trade.

Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, chief executive of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, said the project is being accelerated toward a planned completion date in 2027.…

Shenna Bellows, Troy Jackson and Hannah Pingree form ranked-choice alliance in gubernatorial primary

May. 21, 2026 7:30 am

For years, the American people were told that solar panels, wind turbines, electric vehicles, and battery mandates were necessary to save the planet. Politicians framed green energy as a moral cause, not just an economic program. Anyone who questioned the agenda was accused of denying science, opposing progress, or standing in the way of a cleaner future.

But beneath the slogans, China was building…

By Publius • May. 12, 2026

Retired General Michael Flynn has had enough with all of the smokescreens surrounding the Epstein files. We’ve had about half of the files released and they’re heavily redacted. He dropped a statement on X Monday:

Statement on the Epstein Files:…

TRUMP’S AMBASSADOR TO BELGIUM DROPS A NUKE ON EUROPE’S GREEN NIGHTMARE: U.S. Ready to Fork Over Up to $10 BILLION to Supercharge Belgian Nuclear Power – Trump Personally Backing the Deal as Continent Wakes Up to Reality!

By Victor Davis Hanson

So, let’s start off with corruption in Maine. And here’s this—Steve Robinson posted this on X the other day. “Maine Democrats are actively recruiting voters who have never lived in Maine and…

Gore joined the first-ever Sustainability in Entertainment Honors event Thursday, organized by The Hollywood Reporter and the Sustainable Entertainment Alliance, for a keynote conversation with The West Wing star Bradley Whitford. The pair reminisced about the Oscar-winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth, conspicuously omitting its failed prophecy that Earth’s ecosystems would reach a “tipping point” of no return, thanks to human industrial activity, in only ten years.…

by David Greyson

April 18, 2026

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin was on “Wake Up America Weekend” on Newsmax on Saturday to talk about President Trump’s energy dominance.

Zeldin explained that climate alarmists contributed to unnecessary regulations that cost Americans trillions of dollars.

The video opens with Zeldin this past week at the groundbreaking…

By Libby PalanzaApril 18, 2026

Central Maine Power (CMP) has asked the Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to approve a new rate change.

This move comes several months after the Maine PUC unanimously rejected the utility’s most recent request to increase…

https://www.themainewire.com/2026/04/governor-silent-as-chinese-cannabis-cartels-swallow-rural-maine-some-with-her-brothers-help/…

Make 1984 fiction again. Not with things like this.

Maine Gets Flocked With New Camera Rollout Despite No Citizen Input

By Maine Wire Staff

April 3, 2026

AUBURN – Flock cameras have been rolled out across several Maine communities, specifically Auburn, capturing vehicle data without the knowledge or consent of local residents in most cases…

By Jon Fetherston

April 3, 2026

The federal announcement comes as Maine remains under increasing national attention over fraud concerns tied to taxpayer-funded healthcare and social service programs.

Over the past several years, investigative reporting by Maine Wire has highlighted multiple cases involving MaineCare-funded providers that drew scrutiny from state and federal authorities.

Among the most prominent cases is Gateway Community Services,…

Shenna Bellows promised an exhaustive investigation to find the "bad actors" responsible for Maine's worst election integrity breach in three decades. Almost six months later, Mainers have no answers.

That’s what Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows (D) said after The Robinson Report…