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Maine may benefit from a warming Arctic, Angus King says

by Steve Collins February 5, 2021February 5, 2021

Maine’s junior senator said new shipping lanes opening in the north may boost the state’s three major ports as trade routes change.

Maine, Politics

Susan Collins questions size of Biden’s proposed COVID relief package

by Dennis Hoey January 24, 2021January 25, 2021

Both she and Sen. Angus King agree that the distribution of vaccines needs to be accelerated.

Op-Eds, Perspective

Angus King shows the way politicians should be

by Elliott Epstein Special to the Sun Journal January 24, 2021March 28, 2023

As I watched Jon Wertheim’s Jan. 10 interview of Maine’s junior Sen. Angus King on the iconic CBS television program “60 Minutes,” I felt my pulse and respiration rate slow and a sense of serenity come over me. That’s how you’re supposed to feel after a yoga session, not after listening to a politician speak. […]

Maine

UMaine developing ride-hailing tool for the visually impaired and older residents

by The Associated Press January 23, 2021January 23, 2021

The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded the University of Maine’s smartphone project $300,000 to assist the visually impaired and older residents in hailing rides.

Maine, Nation / World, Politics

Sen. Angus King calls out Republicans who ‘divided the country’ and now oppose impeachment

by Colin Woodard January 14, 2021January 15, 2021

Maine’s junior senator doesn’t buy the argument that they can’t hold Donald Trump and other elected officials accountable because the country needs to heal.

Nation / World, Politics, Uncategorized

Sen. Angus King supports second impeachment, calls Trump ‘a danger to the republic’

by Colin Woodard January 12, 2021January 12, 2021

Maine’s independent senator says President Trump is too dangerous to allow to stay in office and should be removed immediately.

Nation / World, News, Politics

In ’60 Minutes’ interview, Angus King blames Trump for rioters’ assault on Capitol

by Dennis Hoey January 10, 2021January 11, 2021

The Maine senator also offers advice to his colleagues on the left on how they might deal effectively with the more than 70 million Americans who voted for the Republican president.

Arts & Entertainment, Maine, News

Maine Sen. Angus King to be profiled on ’60 Minutes’ Sunday

by Ray Routhier January 8, 2021

The CBS news program talks to King, an independent, about his record for bipartisan cooperation and his vision for getting work done in a divided Congress.