LEWISTON — The Lewiston school budget was rejected Tuesday by a six-vote margin with a tiny, 2.8 percent voter turnout. Of the city’s 25,000 registered voters, 740 voted Tuesday. It’s the first time voters said no to the school budget since a state law was implemented in 2008 mandating that school budgets be approved by […]
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President Barack Obama to visit Hiroshima in May
World Map of Every Recorded Nuclear Detonation | FindTheData WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will travel to Hiroshima this month, making the first visit by a sitting American president to the site where the U.S. first dropped an atomic bomb, decimated a city and shot the world into the Atomic Age. The White House announced […]
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Analysis: How Facebook may be trying to influence politics
What we’re talking about here is that little box in the upper right of your Facebook page — the short list of news topics that are being discussed on Facebook at the moment. They’re clearly tailored to the user. Because Facebook has one-sixth of the world using it every day, pretty much everything is being […]
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Chris Christie gains power as head of Trump’s transition team
TRENTON, N.J. — Gov. Chris Christie’s decision to endorse Donald Trump back in February brought him plenty of derision at the time. But it’s bringing rewards now that it’s clear he bet on the winner. With Trump having effectively clinched the Republican presidential nomination following a bruising primary fight, Christie now sees vindication of what […]
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Do not see Trump as the new ‘normal’
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s Republican primary triumph means that this cannot be a normal election. Americans who see our country as a model of tolerance, inclusion, rationality and liberty must come together across party lines to defeat him decisively. Many forces will be at work in the coming weeks to normalize Trump — and, yes, […]
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Maine Democrats vote to strip superdelegates of power
It strips power from superdelegates by requiring the state party chairman to account for their preferences and ensure the delegation sent to the national convention reflects the outcome of the state vote. But it doesn’t take effect until 2020 for fear of running afoul of national party rules and causing Maine’s delegation to be penalized. […]
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Fact check: Gov. LePage statements on right-to-work and income incorrect
LEWISTON — Republican Gov. Paul LePage boldly invited the audience Wednesday at his town hall meeting to check his facts if they wanted to when he made the claim that workers in so-called “right-to-work” states make more money than those where labor unions hold more sway. “I will just tell you the honest truth and […]
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Kenneth Albert resigns as Maine CDC director
The man who has led the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention for more than a year will resign his post for a private-sector job. Kenneth Albert, the agency’s director, resigned effective May 20, according to Maine CDC spokesman John Martins. He said the Maine Department of Health and Human Services is “working on […]
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Maine Opiate Collaborative report calls to expand health care
HALLOWELL — To fight Maine’s opiate crisis, the state should expand health care access and drug courts, better connect people to services and increase prosecution of out-of-state drug dealers, according to a report released Friday by a stakeholder group. The Maine Opiate Collaborative’s report aims to establish a comprehensive plan to fight opiates in the […]
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Maine Dems to try to unite Clinton, Sanders fans at convention
PORTLAND — The Democrats are hoping to use state conventions to unite supporters of Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders in advance of the presidential election. The scenario is playing itself out on Friday in Maine, where Democrats are divided between supporters of the Vermont senator and former secretary of state. Party leaders will try to […]