Faith-based demonstrators at the jetport ask for the national conversation to return to racial injustice On the eve of the Super Bowl, nearly 100 silent protesters “took a knee” at the Portland International Jetport to call attention to racial injustice and inequality. Beginning at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, the protesters – including many clergy members – […]
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Donald Trump seized on what memo could mean even before reading it
WASHINGTON (AP) — Even before he’d read the memo, President Donald Trump seized on what it could mean. The president first learned of the House Intelligence Committee document last month from some Republican allies in Congress and he watched it take hold in the conservative media, including on some of his favorite Fox News programs, […]
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Medical marijuana sales, caregivers and patient numbers decline
Even though it has yet to record its first retail sale, Maine’s adult-use marijuana market appears to be taking a bite out of the state’s medical marijuana industry. In 2017, the first year that Mainers could legally grow their own recreational pot, the number of medical marijuana patient certifications, dispensary sales and registered caregivers all […]
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Congressional hopeful Tiffany Bond rejects campaign cash
Independent congressional candidate Tiffany Bond (Photo provided) Tiffany Bond is a rare politician who doesn’t want your money. Instead of donating to her independent congressional campaign, the Portland family law attorney is asking supporters to give their cash to organizations that help Mainers struggling to pay their heating bills. Before that, she asked them to […]
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Hotly disputed Russia-probe memo released over FBI protest
WASHINGTON – A GOP memo declassified on Friday charges senior law enforcement officials with manipulating a foreign intelligence court in order to surveil a former Trump campaign adviser – contested accusations that intensified an ongoing battle between the White House and Republican lawmakers on one side, and the FBI and the Justice Department on the […]
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Bill would restore money slashed from Maine school-based health clinics
School-based health clinics that were forced to slash programs after having their funding unexpectedly cut in last year’s budget deal may get a one-time infusion of unspent state funds to restore services that are often a critical source of health care for some of the state’s lower-income students and families. The Legislature’s Health and Human […]
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Maine lawmakers won’t extend moratorium on pot sales, but it’s still not for sale
AUGUSTA — A bill to delay implementation of the Marijuana Legalization Act until the end of the legislative session died Thursday. The bill failed to win even a simple majority in the House, losing 65-81, prompting the bill’s sponsor, Sen. Roger Katz, R-Augusta, to declare it dead despite the fact that the Senate didn’t actually […]
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Sen. Susan Collins tells Jackman residents they did the ‘right thing’ in firing town manager
The senator also said that she would no longer endorse state Rep. Larry Lockman, R-Amherst, in future elections when he termed legislation on immigrants as part of the “war on whites.’ JACKMAN — Sen. Susan Collins saluted the town of Jackman and its board of selectmen on Thursday, praising the community for the way it […]
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Federal tax reform could increase Mainers’ state tax bills
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine lawmakers are figuring out how to ensure Mainers aren’t hit with a higher state tax bill due to the Republican tax overhaul that President Donald Trump recently signed into law. Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s administration said Thursday he’ll submit legislation aimed at preventing a state tax hike. The federal policy […]
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Buy a shirt, get pot ‘gift’: Companies exploit law loophole in Maine, other states
BOSTON (AP) — That ordinary bottle of juice delivered to your doorstep will set you back at least $55. But the bag of marijuana that comes with it? On the house. Retail marijuana stores are months away from opening in Massachusetts, but some companies have been quietly operating for more than a year, selling and […]