A poll of older Maine voters commissioned by AARP Maine shows a close race between Democrat Janet Mills and Republican Shawn Moody, each of whom hopes to succeed Gov. Paul LePage. The survey of 804 voters over the age of 50 had Mills holding a 39 percent to 38 percent lead over Moody, with 15 […]
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Luke Jensen eyes state House seat in Lewiston
LEWISTON — School Committee member Luke Jensen kicked off his campaign as an independent candidate for Maine House District 61 over the Labor Day weekend. Democrat Heidi Brooks has held the seat for two terms. Jensen said in a prepared statement he is running on a “pro-Lewiston” platform and vowed to focus his attention on […]
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Maine files documents to expand Medicaid and a request to reject it
The LePage administration on Tuesday submitted required documents to the federal government to expand Medicaid to 70,000 Mainers, but there’s a catch. Gov. Paul LePage – an expansion opponent – is asking federal officials to deny the application. “I strongly encourage CMS (U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) to reject the State Plan Amendment that may […]
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As Pingree seeks 6th term, challengers look for opening on the right and center
Independent Martin Grohman and Republican Mark Holbrook face an uphill battle against the incumbent Democrat but hope their appeals to centrist and conservative voters will pay off in an election to be decided by ranked-choice voting.
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Kavanaugh pledges to be 'team player' on Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh promised Tuesday to be a “team player” if confirmed to the closely divided court, declaring that he will be a “pro-law judge” who won’t decide cases based on his personal views. With Republicans hoping to move the Supreme Court to the right for years to come, President […]
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Tiffany Bond: A ‘regular person’ shunning ‘reality TV’ politics
Tiffany Bond is anything but a typical congressional candidate.
For one thing, the public face of her independent campaign for Maine’s 2nd District seat exists mostly on Twitter, where the Portland attorney has more than 7,000 sometimes fanatic followers who appreciate her unconventional approach to politics.
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Here's what we really know about Google
President Donald Trump thinks Google’s search engine is “rigged.” By featuring more mainstream news outlets and relatively fewer conservative sites in the results he sees, Trump tweeted Tuesday, Google is “suppressing” right-wing views on its platform. Trump escalated his attacks Tuesday afternoon in remarks from the Oval Office, warning that “Google and Twitter and Facebook, […]
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Maine's Congressional Races: High stakes in the 2nd District
With control of the U.S. House at stake, it’s no surprise Democrats are coming hard after the only Republican incumbent from New England — and that the GOP is equally committed to holding them back. Two-term U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin, who claimed Maine’s sprawling 2nd District four years ago, faces a challenge from Democrat Jared […]
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Remembering the genesis of Labor Day
The origin and significance of Labor Day, as with other holidays, appears inevitably lost with time or drawn into the vortex of consumerism, disconnecting it from its roots. Surely, those who first experienced the birth of Labor Day in Maine in 1891 were closer to the “spirit” of the holiday which represents the dignity and […]
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Why we no longer slam the door in the face of the front step political visitor
Just over 210 years ago during his remarkable 21-year tenure as president of Yale, Timothy Dwight wrote a book about his many travels throughout the northeastern U. S. Dwight offered some insights on what then kept his fellow Americans in this part of the country amused in their leisure time. The first pursuit Dwight listed […]