UPDATE: Hillary Rodham Clinton to hit Donald Trump on women’s issues WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton opened her general election campaign against Donald Trump on Wednesday by accusing him of behaving like a “demagogue,” likening his attacks on judges, the media, his opponents and their families to dark moments in world history. “It’s classic behavior by […]
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Maine courts unseal documents after media challenge
PORTLAND — The Maine court system reversed itself on sealing some court records after pressure from media groups, officials said Wednesday. Dismissed criminal cases that had been ordered sealed will remain public records as they have in the past, according to a spokeswoman for the Maine court system. Media organizations led by the Sun Journal newspaper […]
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Sen. Angus King says energy infrastructure vulnerable to cyber attacks
PORTLAND — Maine Sen. Angus King is calling for the Senate to protect the country’s critical energy infrastructure from the possibility of cyber attacks. King, an Independent, has introduced the Securing Energy Infrastructure Act of 2016, which he says would protect the electrical grid from these kinds of attacks. The legislation would explore methods of […]
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Sen. Susan Collins wants Donald trump to stop insulting people
Maine Sen. Susan Collins said she’s still not ready to endorse Donald Trump for president. “I would love to be able to endorse Donald Trump, but he really has to change the approach that he’s taken,” she said Wednesday on CNN. “If I were giving him advice, I would tell him he should own up […]
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Bernie Sanders lays off about half of campaign staff
Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign is downsizing as it reaches the final primary next week in Washington, D.C. About half of the staff is being laid off with most of the jobs involving field staff and advance aides. That’s according to two people familiar with the plans. The people spoke on condition of anonymity because they […]
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Gov. Paul LePage calls on NRCM to meet with him on jobs
AUGUSTA — In a radio address released to the media Wednesday, Gov. Paul LePage called on the Natural Resources Council of Maine to meet with him about job creation. Last week, leaders of the NRCM, the state’s largest and one of its oldest nonprofit environmental organizations, were critical of LePage for negative letters he sent to […]
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Hillary Rodham Clinton seizes historic primary win
Recent Democratic Primary Votes | InsideGov NEW YORK — Powered by a solid triumph in California, Hillary Clinton declared victory in her yearlong battle for the heart of the Democratic Party, seizing her place in history and setting out on the difficult task of fusing a fractured party to confront Donald Trump. Clinton cruised to […]
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Donald Trump promises supporters ‘I will never let you down’
BRIARCLIFF MANOR, N.Y. – Donald Trump sought to charge forward after a tumultuous week with a celebratory speech here Tuesday, in which he marked the formal end of the 2016 primary election while making no mention of the intense scrutiny he faced for attacking a Hispanic federal judge. Speaking underneath crystal chandeliers at the Trump […]
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Dems to broker peace between Hillary Rodham Clinton and Bernie Sanders
The competition between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders enters an urgent new phase Wednesday — a delicate minuet that Clinton and leading Democrats hope will soothe tensions and move their divided party toward enthusiastic unification behind the presumptive presidential nominee. If all goes well, the Democrats will arrive at their convention in Philadelphia in late […]
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Gov. Paul LePage prescribes ‘tough love’ to treat opioid crisis
BOSTON — All six New England governors say fighting the social stigma associated with addiction is key to battling the opioid crisis raging across the region, claiming thousands of lives. The governors pointed to a series of steps needed to fight the problem, from increasing education in schools about the addictive nature of opioids to […]