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Politics

Published
August 26, 2019

Maine among 19 states suing over rollback of protections for immigrant children

The Trump administration seeks to alter a federal agreement that limits how long immigrant children can be kept in detention.
Published
August 26, 2019

Maine Senate passes ranked-choice voting for March presidential primaries

The bill is now in the hands of Gov. Janet Mills, who won her Democratic gubernatorial primary last year in the nation's first ranked-choice runoff for a statewide office.
Published
August 26, 2019

Lawmakers pass transportation bonds but reject other borrowing backed by Mills

Republicans follow through on their vow to support bonds for transportation infrastructure while opposing borrowing to finance land conservation, broadband and environmental initiatives.
Published
August 26, 2019

Last-ditch effort underway to use ranked-choice voting in March primaries

Supporters argue that Mainers should be able to use ranked-choice voting in the presidential primaries, but first they need to convince lawmakers one more time.
Published
August 25, 2019

Ex-Rep. Joe Walsh to challenge Trump in 2020 GOP primary

The former Illinois congressman, who has soured on President Trump since voting for him in 2016, said Sunday 'there needs to be an alternative' to him.

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Published
August 23, 2019

Complaint filed against Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon over reimbursements

Gideon is seeking her party's nomination to run against Republican Sen. Susan Collins.
Published
August 23, 2019

David Koch, billionaire industrialist who influenced conservative politics, dies at 79

Koch and his older brother Charles transformed Koch Industries into the second-largest privately held company in the U.S.
Published
August 22, 2019

Buttigieg brings message of hope to supporters at campaign event in Portland

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg lashes out at President Trump, telling a packed house that the darkness emanating from the White House is dividing the nation.
Published
August 22, 2019

LePage, Moody and Poliquin gather at Republican forum to boost Trump, bash Mills

A media event in Gorham highlights the president's tax cuts and criticizes Maine's Democratic Gov. Janet Mills.
Published
August 22, 2019

Asylum seekers in Maine could face delays as focus of federal resources goes south

A Trump administration directive to divert resources from the Newark and Boston offices to the southern U.S. border means those offices will suspend all new asylum interviews.