MADAWASKA — Officials in a northern Maine town are considering a plan to require all welfare recipients to pass random drug tests to qualify. Madawaska’s new rules would apply to the state’s General Assistance program, which is run by the state and provides money for things like housing and food. WLBZ-TV reports the subject will […]
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Donald Trump aims to name VP candidate Friday
Donald Trump Vice Presidential Possibilities | InsideGov WASHINGTON — Donald Trump has reached the final phase of his search for a running mate, narrowing his list to three leading contenders and directing his staff to prepare for a Friday announcement. “It’s a little bit like ‘The Apprentice,’” former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, one of Trump’s […]
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Hillary Rodham Clinton, the candidate we know — and don’t — so well
NASA’s reply was simple and definitive: No girls. “It was the first time I had hit an obstacle I couldn’t overcome with hard work and determination, and I was outraged,” she would write in her book, “Living History.” More than a half-century later, and after much hard work, much determination, and most of all, many, […]
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Bern out; Sanders endorses Hillary Rodham Clinton
More coverage Donald Trump sues former campaign aide for $10 million Donald Trump demands Justice Ginsburg resign for calling him a ‘faker’ Donald Trump aims to name VP candidate Friday Hillary Rodham Clinton, the candidate we know — and don’t — so well Donald Trump says his veterans care will save lives, money Poll: Hillary […]
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Maine denies medical marijuana as an addiction therapy
PORTLAND — The state says the science just isn’t there to allow opiate addiction to be treated with medical marijuana. Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services has denied a petition brought forward this spring by Dawson Julia, who runs a medical marijuana caregiver business in Unity. In its denial, the agency said though animal […]
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Maine Libertarians say they have enough registered voters to form party
AUGUSTA — A bid to create a Libertarian Party in Maine is moving forward, with organizers reporting that they have registered enough Libertarians to meet the 5,000-person threshold described in the law. Jorge Maderal of Brunswick, chairman of a nonprofit organization called the Libertarian Party of Maine Inc., said Monday that his organization has met […]
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Gov. Paul LePage says he wants to shut down methadone clinics
Gov. Paul LePage said Tuesday morning he would like to close Maine’s methadone clinics. “I’ve been trying to close down methadone clinics since I’ve been governor,” said LePage during his weekly radio appearance on WVOM. “When it comes to methadone, every expert I’ve talked to says there’s no clinical aspect to it. … It’s no […]
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Poll: Hillary Rodham Clinton struggles with young Americans
WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton is struggling to make inroads among young Americans who overwhelmingly supported Bernie Sanders during the Democratic presidential primary, a worrisome sign as she tries to reassemble the coalition that twice propelled Barack Obama into the White House. Opinions of Clinton among young Americans vary by race and ethnicity, according to a […]
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Advocates say new DHHS draft rules could close Maine drug treatment clinics
AUGUSTA — Proposed changes to state rules for how methadone and Suboxone clinics serve Medicaid recipients threaten to drive some of those clinics out of business in the midst of an unprecedented addiction crisis in Maine, advocates for medication-assisted treatment testified Monday. The draft rules, proposed recently by the Maine Department of Health and Human […]
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Can Mike Pence be Donald Trump’s VP and pro-free trade?
Before he became governor of Indiana and a candidate to be Donald Trump’s vice-presidential nominee, Mike Pence was a congressman, and he voted for every free-trade agreement that came before him. That record, along with at least two votes favoring freer trade with China, puts him squarely at odds with Trump on one of the […]