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Politics

Published
February 19, 2020

Democrats turn up the temperature on debate stage

Two candidates – front-runner Bernie Sanders and New York billionaire Michael Bloomberg – feel the heat most intensely.
Published
February 18, 2020

Panel endorses bill requiring CMP to renegotiate lease along corridor route

The bill now goes to the full Legislature for consideration.
Published
February 18, 2020

Colby College poll shows Collins, Gideon tied in hypothetical match-up

The survey, conducted Feb. 10-13, is the first public poll of the 2020 U.S. Senate race.
Published
February 18, 2020

Trump commutes former Illinois Gov. Blagojevich’s 14-year sentence

The president also pardons former NYPD Commissioner Bernie Kerik and grants clemency to financier Michael Milken.
Published
February 18, 2020

Bloomberg makes debate stage, facing Dem rivals for 1st time

Billionaire Mike Bloomberg has qualified for the next Democratic presidential debate.

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Published
February 17, 2020

Referendum aims to restore vaccine opt-outs in Maine

Debate is intensifying over a referendum aimed at reversing a law that eliminates religious and philosophical exemptions for childhood vaccinations
Published
February 16, 2020

Tulsi Gabbard tells crowd in Hallowell she wants to heal political divide

The Democratic presidential candidate, one of 12 on the primary ballot in Maine, held a town hall style gathering in Hallowell on Sunday.
Published
February 14, 2020

Abortion foe from Auburn to challenge Susan Collins

Linda Wooten, a former Republican state committee member, is entering the U.S. Senate race as "the only pro-life candidate."
Published
February 14, 2020

Governor, attorney general urge caution on changes to 1980 state-tribal agreement

Gov. Janet Mills, in particular, raised concerns that the proposed changes could end up ‘breeding confusion and extensive litigation at a time when we have finally begun to move past these.’
Published
February 13, 2020

Maine bill would replace federal funds lost in abortion ‘gag rule’ dispute

The proposal would provide about $3 million for Planned Parenthood and Maine Family Planning, which lost federal Title X funding when they refused to accept restrictions on discussing abortion with their clients.