Attorney General-designate, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. listens at left as Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine introduces him on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, at Sessions confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee’s confirmation hearing. As Sen. Susan Collins of Maine prepares to announce next week whether she will run for governor in 2018, […]
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Paul LePage nominates Ricker Hamilton as DHHS commissioner
Gov. Paul LePage nominated acting Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Ricker Hamilton to be commissioner Tuesday. “We will continue to bring fiscal responsibility and accountability to this department while improving and reforming the programs that are vital to many of our most vulnerable citizens,” LePage said in announcing the nomination. Hamilton has served […]
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Lucas St. Clair launches bid to unseat Poliquin in Congress
MILLINOCKET, Maine — The man who led a successful campaign for the creation of a national monument on land his family gave to the federal government in the Katahdin region now plans to run for Congress. Democrat Lucas St. Clair will announce his candidacy for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District at the Appalachian Trail Cafe in […]
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Tom Price resigns as health secretary in travel flap
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s health secretary resigned Friday, after his costly travel triggered investigations that overshadowed the administration’s agenda and angered his boss. Tom Price’s regrets and partial repayment couldn’t save his job. The Health and Human Services secretary became the first member of the president’s Cabinet to be pushed out in a […]
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Paul LePage calls Legislature back to tackle food sovereignty, GIS funding
Maine Gov. Paul LePage, testifies during a House Natural Resources subcommittee oversight hearing on the Antiquities Act on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, May 2, 2017. AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage announced Friday he was calling the Legislature back to the State House for a special lawmaking session set to start on Monday, Oct. […]
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U.S. Navy Secretary: 'We have great faith' in BIW
U.S. Navy Secretary Richard Spencer makes a statement ahead of his tour of Bath Iron Works Friday. All four members of Maine’s congressional delegation – U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree and Bruce Poliquin, and U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King – turned out to welcome Spencer to the shipyard. BATH — The secretary of the […]
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U.S. cuts embassy staff in Cuba, warns tourists could be vulnerable
In this Aug. 14, 2015, file photo, a U.S. flag flies at the U.S. embassy in Havana, Cuba. Senior U.S. officials say the United States is pulling roughly 60 percent of its staff out of Cuba and warning American travelers not to visit due to “specific attacks” that have harmed U.S. diplomats. WASHINGTON (AP) — […]
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Paul LePage: ICE requests keep Maine safe and override 4th Amendment
Gov. Paul LePage speaks Thursday at The Woodlands Club in Falmouth. FALMOUTH — Gov. Paul LePage doubled down on his insistence that Maine sheriffs work with federal immigration officials Thursday, saying they are obliged to do so even if it might violate a person’s constitutional rights. The comments follow a week of escalating […]
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Lawmakers add, cut and tweak Maine’s law for recreational marijuana
Daniel Walker, an attorney for Wellness Connection of Maine, testifies during Tuesday’s hearing by the Marijuana Legalization Implementation Committee. State lawmakers overhauled the rewrite of Maine’s recreational pot law Wednesday, nixing drive-ups, internet sales and home delivery, and giving current residents and medical growers a “leg up” in the new market. The legislative committee writing […]
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Donald Trump waives shipping restrictions for Puerto Rico to aid hurricane relief
Residents from Juana Matos wait in line to buy groceries at Catano Mini Market in the middle of a supply shortage caused by the passage of Hurricane Maria, in Catano, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, September 27, 2017. The aftermath of the powerful storm has resulted in a near-total shutdown of the Puerto Rican economy that could […]