Category: Maine

Federal Appeal Filed in Case of Health Care Workers Fired Over Vaccine Mandate

The State of Maine is accused of “having its cake and eating it too” in a federal appeal filed in Boston this week that could have national implications for health care workers fired after being denied religious exemptions from COVID-19 vaccine mandates. The appeal, filed on Jan. 24, sits with the First Circuit of Appeals….


Maine Joins 28 US States Banning TikTok From Government Devices

Maine has become the latest state to ban TikTok from state-owned devices that connect to the government network. The video-sharing app is owned and operated by ByteDance, which is a Chinese company that moved its headquarters to Singapore in 2020. More than 28 U.S. states and the federal government have banned the popular app from state-owned devices….


Maine School Secretly Gender-Transitioned 13-Year-Old Girl

When a 13-year-old girl said she actually was a boy, teachers at her Maine school started using male pronouns for her and a counselor gave her a breast binder to wear to create the appearance of a flatter chest. No one told her mother. Amber Lavigne said she discovered the device in her daughter’s bedroom….


Maine LGBT Group Defines Heterosexuals As ‘Breeders’ On School Poster Outside a Classroom

A publicly-funded poster of LGBT definitions hung in public schools across Maine defines heterosexuals as “breeders.” The poster entitled “Terminology” lists definitions for asexual, biphobia, transgender, coming out, and several other terms including one called bi-curious. The definition of gay is “a sexual orientation and/or identity of a person who is emotionally and sexually attracted…


Lawmakers Using Spending Bill to Delay Lobster Restrictions

PORTLAND, Maine—Maine’s congressional delegation is using the $1.7 trillion federal spending bill to try to delay for six years new protections for endangered whales to protect Maine’s lobster industry. The amendment would leave existing lobster fishing regulations in place for the time being, thwarting new restrictions aimed at protecting North Atlantic right whales, which are…


National Guard Serviceman Says He Was Given COVID Jab Instead of Flu Shot

A National Guard serviceman was given a COVID-19 jab instead of a flu shot while in the process of applying for a religious exemption to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate. In November 2021, Matthew Bouchard, a specialist in Maine’s National Guard, who was planning to leave the military a few months later, asked his chain of…


It’s All Downhill for 300 Skiing Santas, a Grinch, and a Tree

NEWRY, Maine—A bunch of Santa lookalikes took to the ski slopes to spread some seasonal cheer on Sunday. More than 300 jolly ol’ elves—all dressed in red—dashed together down a mountain with white beards and Santa hats flapping in the breeze at the Sunday River ski resort in Maine. A skiing Grinch and a skiing…


Maine Democrat Declared Winner of Congressional Race

The Democrats picked up another seat in the House, this one in Maine, but it was not enough to stop a Republican takeover of the 435-seat chamber with GOP incumbent Mike Garcia’s announced win in California late on Nov. 16. Ranked-choice voting (RCV) was used in Maine on Nov. 16 to decide the race between…


Maine’s Golden Declared Winner of Congressional Race

Maine Democrat Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) won a third term in the U.S. House of Representatives on Nov. 16, defeating Republican challenger Bruce Poliquin in the state’s 2nd Congressional District, the largest district east of the Mississippi River. Golden finished the race with 53 percent of the total, or 165,136 votes, in ranked-choice voting, to defeat Poliquin,…


Maine’s Conservative Democrat Keeps Congressional Seat

Former U.S. Marine Jared Golden, who often served as the lone Democrat against major party bills in Washington D.C., has won a second term in the battleground race. Golden had 48.2 percent of the vote with 99 percent of precincts reporting as of Nov. 16, when The Associated Press called the race for him, defying the…