Why aren’t Maine lawmakers talking about this?
— Maine Policy Institute (@MainePolicy) February 26, 2026
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Disgraced two-time gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler was recently arrested for allegedly violating probation for the third time. He's currently held in Cumberland County Jail, and has reportedly missed court-ordered treatment as… pic.twitter.com/ekqjDb2cdx
PORTLAND, Maine – Portland Mayor Mark Dion is throwing his support behind Senate President Troy Jackson in the race for governor, framing the endorsement as a call for unified Democratic leadership in Maine.
Dion said the moment calls for leadership capable of bringing together the full spectrum of the Democratic Party, from liberal Democrats to Democratic socialists and everyone in between. He argued that if Democrats are going to move forward on substantive issues in the state, the party must be willing to “shake hands with itself.”
Gov. Janet Mills (D) signed an emergency bill into law amending the requirements that must be met by nurse practitioners before they gain full practice authority.
State law previously required new nurse practitioners to spend twenty-four months, or two years, practicing under the supervision of a licensed physician or supervising nurse practitioner. Alternatively, nurse practitioners could spend this period employed by a clinic or hospital that had a licensed physician serving as a medical director.
Democrat Gov. Janet Mills may be unwittingly bringing attention to the fact she’s an antique compared to her young opponent.
“Folks, I’m the only Maine Democrat to win a statewide election in the last 20 years,” Mills said Thursday in a campaign-donation request as reported by BiddefordBuzz.com.
By claiming she’s been in public office as long as she has, Mills, 78, merely advertises Platner’s theme – that he’s a fresh new start.
Platner, 41, who polls show is far ahead of Mills in the Democrat primary for the U.S. Senate, has made clear in his campaign that he believes it’s time for a new generation of leadership.
Mills’ donation request begins by stating, “Folks, I didn’t plan to run for Senate. But I could never live with myself if I didn’t do everything in my power to stop Donald Trump’s far-right takeover,” The Buzz reports.
The governor might want to stay away from claims that underscore she’s roughly old enough to be Platner’s grandmother.
The U.S. House passed a bill on Tuesday aimed at ending burdensome efficiency standards that restrict the home appliances Americans can buy.
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The “Home Appliance Protection and Affordability Act” from Rep. Rick Allen (R-Ga.) would require the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to significantly alter its criteria when considering potential energy conservation requirements.
This is the most gangsta moment of the night asking if Pelosi stood up when he called out stopping Congressional insider trading😂🫡 pic.twitter.com/JXsa9V31Fm
— 👮♂️The Badged Patriot👮♂️ (@BadgedPatriot) February 25, 2026
The alleged “white supremacy” Zohran Mamdani was railing against while attending Bowdoin College was nothing compared to the whiteout he’s now up against in New York City.
In his first political firestorm as the first Muslim mayor of the nation’s largest city, Mamdani is being criticized for failing to support cops injured this week in a snowball attack.
NYPD had responded to a snowball fight in a city park that had allegedly gotten out of hand.
But when the snowballers saw the word POLICE on officers’ uniforms, they began pelting them with chunks of ice, injuring two cops.
In fact, some of the snowballing hoodlums claimed they thought the cops were ICE.
The city’s police commissioner – who Mamdani hired – is calling on her boss to investigate what she calls assaults on police officers.
But Mamdani, who made it well-known during his mayoral campaign he hates cops, is refusing to take the bait.
He’s minimizing the melee in the park that left two police officers injured as nothing more than a good old-fashioned snowball fight.
“I’ve said that what I saw was a snowball fight,” the mayor said Wednesday. “It should be treated accordingly. It was one that got out of hand. But that’s what it was.”
Former NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce said the mayor is jeopardizing his relationship with the department.
“Not to back up the men and women is really, really bad. It’s as bad as you can get,” Boyce said. “So, this is a seminal moment, right here and we’ll see how it goes from here. Because I think it’s important to understand just how important this is to the police department.”
“This was not just a ‘snowball fight.’ This was an assault,” the Police Benevolent Association said in a statement.
Besides being anti-cop – except when they’re protecting him – Mamdani’s four years at Bowdoin included many student-newspaper columns he wrote accusing the elite liberal arts college of white supremacy – and where he founded Students for Justice in Palestine.
In one Bowdoin student-newspaper column he headlined “White Privilege,” in 2013, Mamdani called for a wider “diversity” of opinion writers.
During his campaign for mayor, Mamdani, a socialist Democrat, apologized for language he’d previously used to describe the police department, once referring to it in a social media post as “racist, anti-queer & a major threat to public safety.”
AUBURN, Maine – A gubernatorial debate that opened with promises of structure and civility quickly slid into sharp personal attacks, with Democratic candidate Troy Jackson repeatedly invoking former state Rep. Deqa Dhalac as he accused Republican Bobby Charles of “race baiting,” and later branding The Maine Wire “the main liar” during a blowup over fraud and corruption allegations.
A deadly shooting during a youth hockey game in Rhode Island last week has claimed a third victim, a grandfather whose daughter and grandson were also killed in the attack, authorities said.
Gerald Dorgan, who had been in critical condition, has died from his injuries, according to the Associated Press.
Dorgan’s daughter, Rhonda Dorgan, and grandson, Aidan Dorgan, were also killed in the shooting.
Police identified the shooter as Robert Dorgan, 56, who died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Dorgan, who had had a sex-change operation, also went by the names Roberta Esposito and Roberta Dorgano.
Robert Dorgan’s ex-wife was Rhonda Dorgan and adult son was Aidan Dorgan.
Maine State Police searched the killer’s storage unit in Brunswick earlier this month and found firearms, ammunition and firearm accessories.
At the time of the shooting, Dorgan was working on BIW’s cable crew.
Let’s hear it for Maine blueberries – you know, the ones that don’t get “recalled.”
Four states are facing a serious recall of blueberries produced not in the wild barrens of the Pine Tree State but in Oregon.
Maybe next time they’ll get Wyman’s on the phone and order from Maine’s finest.
Just a suggestion…
The Oregon-produced berries were recalled in Michigan, Oregon, Washington and Wisconsin, as well as in Canada.
Nearly 60,000 pounds were recalled due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, a potentially life-threatening food-borne disease that can cause serious adverse health effects.
The FDA characterized the recall as a Class 1, its highest, most severe safety warning, meaning there is a reasonable probability that use of the product could cause serious adverse health consequences or death.
Maybe one way to avoid this problem is to order from Maine, which produces most of the wild (lowbush) blueberries in the world.
The majority of production occurs in Washington County, known for its blueberry “barrens.”
The best known supplier is Wyman’s Blueberries of Milbridge, which has been in business since 1874.
Wyman’s is the largest producer of wild blueberries in Maine and the U.S., managing over 17,000 acres of barrens and processing up to 2.3 million pounds of fruit daily during peak harvest.
The company got its start as a seafood-canning company, but switched to harvesting blueberries a few years later.
“We employ over 300 people year-round across our facilities in Maine and the Canadian Maritimes, and our aim is to be one of the world’s greatest companies to work for,” Wyman’s says on its website. “Above all, our goal as an employer is to enhance the lives of all who work here. We’re dedicated to enriching our employees’ lives while supporting communities we all want to live and work in.”
Though it’s known for its blueberries, Wyman’s harvests and sells several other fruits as well.
“We started out in 1874 canning sardines,” Wyman’s says. “But to our founder, Jasper Wyman, there was just something about the wild blueberry barrens surrounding his Maine cannery that compelled him.
“Eventually he realized you can package a sardine just about anywhere, but wild blueberries were unique to his little corner of the world.”
Take that, Oregon.
