The latest campaign finance reports from the mayoral candidates in both cities show very different approaches to the race, but overall spending is fairly even among them. Of the seven candidates running in the two cities, three campaigns are taking donations, three are self-funded and one filed for an exemption declaring no contributions or expenses. Candidates […]
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Maine women among 5 to say former President George H.W. Bush groped them in photo shoots
The number of women accusing former President George H.W. Bush of groping them has grown to five, with two of them saying he did so during photo shoots in Maine. The women include two actresses, a Pennsylvania journalist, a best-selling author raised in Bangor and a former Maine Senate candidate. Amanda Staples, a former Republican […]
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Ann LePage: Bannon asked me to ‘pray about’ 2018 run against Angus King
First Lady Ann LePage speaks at Gov. LePage’s second inaugural in Augusta in 2015. (Troy R. Bennett | BDN) AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine first lady Ann LePage told a conservative radio host on Friday that Breitbart News chief Stephen Bannon called her once to lobby her to run against U.S. Sen. Angus King in 2018 […]
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Maine enhances website that compares medical costs by provider
A state-run database that compares average prices and patient satisfaction levels for dozens of procedures and tests performed at Maine health care facilities has been updated to give consumers more information. The information that’s now available at CompareMaine.org helps Mainers become better consumers of health care in a state where the total cost of a common procedure […]
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Paul LePage to attend meeting with loggers hosted by Sen. Troy Jackson
Maine Gov. Paul LePage (Sun Journal file photo) AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine’s Republican governor and a Democratic senator are set to discuss the challenges facing loggers and the state’s logging industry. Gov. Paul LePage will attend a logging discussion hosted by Democratic Sen. Troy Jackson in New Canada on Friday afternoon. Jackson, a logger himself, […]
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Angus King: Congress needs to update war rules for military
Peter Rogers of Yarmouth, member of William J. Rogers American Legion Post 153 in Auburn, talks in April 2017 with U.S. Sen. Angus King at the Post hall. King spoke to a group of veterans about his efforts – and those needed by veterans – to help the passage of a bill to overhaul the […]
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Bruce Poliquin, Chellie Pingree split on House budget measure
Maine’s two members of the U.S. House split Thursday on budget legislation billed as a crucial step toward a major tax cut for American businesses and perhaps many families as well. “This budget is the first step toward creating fairer and lower taxes for Maine families and for creating jobs and improving the economy,” U.S. […]
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PAC opposing Question 1 has received most of its funding from Oxford Casino
A political action committee formed to oppose Question 1 on the fall ballot, which asks voters to approve a casino York County, has spent just over $600,000 on its effort, according to state campaign finance reports filed Thursday. Much of it has been financed by Oxford Casino. A political action committee formed to oppose Question […]
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Officials say Donald Trump's opioid emergency won't mean new money
This Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017 photo shows an arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen in New York. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison) WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s plan to declare the opioid crisis a nationwide public health emergency won’t bring new dollars to fight a scourge that kills more than 100 Americans each day, but […]
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Susan Collins vote kills rule allowing consumers to sue banks, credit card companies
The four Mainers who represent the state in Congress split along party lines to repeal a proposed regulation that sought to protect the ability of consumers to join class action lawsuits against financial institutions. U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican, joined a 51-50 majority late Tuesday that blocked a proposal by the Consumer Financial Protection […]