WASHINGTON — The Trump administration issued guidance to states early Thursday that will allow them to compel people to work or prepare for jobs in order to receive Medicaid for the first time in the half-century history of this pillar of the nation’s social safety net. The letter to state Medicaid directors opens the door […]
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Lewiston's Jim Handy seeks re-election to State House
AUGUSTA — After taking a 22-year break from the Legislature, Lewiston Democrat Jim Handy ran successfully for the 58th District seat in 2016. He aims to keep it for awhile longer. Handy said he’s seeking re-election to continue the policy he summed up as “People first, Lewiston first.” Among his accomplishments in his first year […]
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Portland progressive hopes to take on Angus King
LEWISTON — For many Mainers, U.S. Sen. Angus King, a first-term independent and former governor, looks like a solid bet to win re-election this fall. At 73, King seems solid as the granite on Cadillac Mountain and dependable as the tide, ranked by Morning Consult as recently as October as one of the country’s most-popular […]
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Immigration agents target 7-Eleven stores in nationwide sweep
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents showed up at dozens of 7-Eleven stores before dawn Wednesday to interview employees and deliver audit notifications, carrying out what the agency said was the largest operation targeting an employer since President Donald Trump took office. ICE said its agents targeted 98 stores and made 21 arrests, describing the […]
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Matt Dunlap asks court to secure documents of Trump’s now-defunct voter fraud commission
Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap has again turned to the courts in his effort to obtain working documents of the federal voter fraud commission on which he served. President Trump dissolved his voter fraud commission on Jan. 3, citing lawsuits against the body and states’ resistance to its requests for detailed voter registration data. The decision […]
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Maine’s federal prosecutor says pot charges will be considered on a case-by-case basis
The U.S. Attorney for Maine said Tuesday that he can’t declare that his office won’t prosecute marijuana possession, but such cases have not been a priority. Halsey B. Frank said he has been asked about his approach to enforcing federal laws against marijuana possession and use after U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions repealed an Obama […]
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Candidates for governor disagree with Paul LePage’s delay of rules to expand access to overdose antidote
AUGUSTA — Several of Maine’s gubernatorial candidates, including three of the five Republicans, said Tuesday that they wouldn’t delay implementation of a new law that allows pharmacies to sell the overdose antidote naloxone over the counter. Gov. Paul LePage, serving his last year in office, has withheld his approval of rules for the naloxone program […]
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Dianne Feinstein releases Fusion GPS official’s testimony about dossier
WASHINGTON — The ex-British spy who authored a dossier of allegations against then-presidential candidate Donald Trump was told the FBI had someone inside the Trump campaign providing agents with information, according to a newly-released transcript of a congressional interview. Glenn R. Simpson, founder of research firm Fusion GPS, spoke to investigators with the Senate Judiciary […]
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Ex-Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio to run for U.S. Senate seat
Joe Arpaio, the longtime Phoenix-area sheriff whose headline-grabbing approach to immigration made him an ally of President Donald Trump, will run in the 2018 Republican primary to replace Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz. Arpaio, 85, made the bid official in an interview with the Washington Examiner. “I’m not here to get my name in the paper,” […]
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Congress passes Susan Collins' family caregiver bill
One of the consequences of America’s aging population is that families are finding it increasingly difficult to provide care for loved ones. The nation’s largest nonprofit for seniors, the AARP, said recently that by 2050, there will be fewer than half as many family caregivers available to support Americans older than 80. That is a […]