GLENDALE, Ariz. — The NCAA says it will consider North Carolina as a host for championship events again after the state rolled back a law that limited protections for LGBT people. In a statement Tuesday, the governing body said its Board of Governors had reviewed moves to repeal repealed the so-called “bathroom bill” and replace […]
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Eric Brakey accepts he is underdog in bid to unseat Angus King
Sen. Eric Brakey, R-Auburn, intends to run against Sen. Angus King in the 2018 U.S. Senate race. PORTLAND — A young Auburn legislator who began his political career on the libertarian fringe of Republican politics announced an underdog 2018 run against independent U.S. Sen. Angus King in a video given to the Bangor Daily News […]
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White House tweaks health care bill to appeal to conservatives
WASHINGTON — White House officials made a new offer to conservative House Republicans late Monday on the GOP’s failed health care bill, hoping to resuscitate a measure that crashed spectacularly less than two weeks ago. Vice President Mike Pence and two top White House officials made the offer in a closed-door meeting with members of […]
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Difficult to see the future of Trumpism
Trumpism is in crisis. This isn’t a function of poll numbers, or any melodrama of the past months, but something more fundamental: No officeholder in Washington seems to understand President Donald Trump’s populism or have a cogent theory of how to effect it in practice, including the president himself. House Speaker Paul Ryan isn’t a […]
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LePage administration says welfare recipients skipping drug tests
AUGUSTA — GOP Gov. Paul LePage’s administration says welfare recipients aren’t showing up for drug tests and that reform is needed. The state requires drug tests for welfare recipients with prior drug convictions who score high on a substance-use disorder screening tool. The state Department of Health and Human Services told The Associated Press that […]
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Progressive group calls on Angus King to oppose Gorsuch nomination
Supreme Court Justice nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch testifies March 21, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Both of Maine’s senators have big decisions to make this week as Republicans prepare to install Neil Gorsuch into a long-vacant U.S. Supreme Court seat. For independent Angus King, the first […]
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Senate panel favorably recommends Neil Gorsuch for Supreme Court
In this March 21, 2017, file photo, Supreme Court Justice nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch explains mutton busting, an event held at rodeos similar to bull riding or bronc riding, in which children ride or race sheep, as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The Senate […]
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Maine may tax, regulate fantasy sports leagues
AUGUSTA — As the Major League Baseball season gets underway, legislators are looking to regulate — and tax — the fantasy sports leagues that have sprung up around every significant sport. Under a new proposal unveiled Monday, anyone operating a fantasy league would have to register annually with the Department of Public Safety and pay […]
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Bruce Poliquin seeks to unmask finances of Iran’s top leaders
U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin speaks Saturday at the christening of the USS Thomas Hudner at Bath Iron Works. With a more sympathetic occupant in the White House, U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin is trying again to shine a light on the assets held by many of the leaders in Iran. The Maine Republican has often castigated […]
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GOP leader of Maine Senate urging colleagues to be civil
AUGUSTA (AP) — The Republican leader of the Maine Senate is calling on his GOP colleagues in the House of Representatives and with the state party to stop making personal attacks against Democrats. Maine Senate President Mike Thibodeau says he has been discouraged and frustrated by the series of attacks, including a recent petition drive […]