AUGUSTA (AP) — The deadline for Mainers to switch parties to vote in the June 12 primary elections is drawing near. Election officials say the deadline is Friday in most municipalities to switch parties to vote in Republican or Democratic primaries. Unenrolled voters don’t face the same requirement; they can register with a party on […]
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Donald Trump to DOJ: Investigate whether FBI infiltrated campaign
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he will “demand” that the Justice Department investigate whether the FBI infiltrated his presidential campaign, an extraordinary order that came hours before his legal team said the special counsel indicated the investigation into the president could be concluded by September. Trump tweeted Sunday: “I hereby demand, and will […]
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Conservative revolt over immigration sinks House farm bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — In an embarrassment for House Republican leaders, conservatives on Friday scuttled a bill that combines stricter work and job training requirements for food stamp recipients with a renewal of farm subsidies popular in GOP-leaning farm country. Hard-right conservatives upset over the party’s stalled immigration agenda opposed the measure, which failed by a […]
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LePage says bike helmet saved his life, will need shoulder surgery
Gov. Paul LePage disclosed Friday that he was hit by a car while bicycling in Florida in November and will require surgery. LePage said the accident happened Nov. 22 in Daytona Beach when he was riding his bike with his wife, Ann, who was riding behind him. A young woman who driving a car was […]
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Trump to deny funds to clinics that refer for abortion
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration will resurrect a Reagan-era rule that would ban federally funded family planning clinics from referring women for abortions, or sharing space with abortion providers. The Department of Health and Human Services will announce its proposal Friday, a senior White House official said Thursday, speaking on condition of anonymity because […]
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Some Maine taxpayers may have to amend their 2017 returns, LePage warns
Gov. Paul LePage warned Thursday that some taxpayers might need to file amendments to their 2017 tax returns because the Legislature failed to pass a bill to conform the state’s income tax code to the new federal tax code. But a liberal economic policy research group said the changes affect only a small group of […]
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LePage says Maine does not have money to expand Medicaid
The LePage administration argued in a court filing this week that it cannot implement voter-approved Medicaid expansion because the Legislature did not make a “specific allocation” to do so. Without money dedicated to expansion, the state Department of Health and Human Services “plainly lacks legal authority” to spend money on it, says the court brief, […]
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Matt Dunlap says GOP lawsuit over ranked-choice voting is based on speculation
The Maine Republican Party’s claim in a federal lawsuit that ranked-choice voting could lead to the election of a candidate who was not truly the party’s “standard-bearer” is based only on speculation, an attorney for Secretary of State Matt Dunlap said in a formal response to the suit. “The underlying factual assumptions for this theory […]
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Lewiston spreading the word on ranked-choice voting
LEWISTON — The City Clerk’s office has put together an informational kiosk on ranked-choice voting at City Hall in preparation for the June 12 primary. According to a news release Wednesday, the clerk’s office has created a voter information table on the second floor of City Hall with materials regarding ranked-choice voting. Maine will be the […]
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Democrats to converge on Lewiston this weekend
LEWISTON — More than 1,300 delegates are expected to descend on Lewiston this weekend for the state Democratic convention that begins Friday afternoon under the banner “Victory Starts Here.” Androscoggin County Democratic Chair Elaine Makas said Wednesday it “will truly be a pleasure to welcome the delegates, candidates and guests to Lewiston and to showcase the Greater L-A area.” […]