AUGUSTA — Leading Democratic and Republican state senators said Monday that turnout at the state’s major party caucuses over the weekend was so well attended it shows Maine should become a primary state — with voters from both parties casting their ballots on a single day. The switch would require the state to fund an […]
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Bill would make it easier to strip rapists’ parental rights
AUGUSTA — The Maine Senate will consider a victims’ rights bill that supporters say would make it easier for victims to strip their attackers of parental rights to children conceived as a result of rape. State law says a man convicted of rape can be stripped of parental rights to children conceived during the crime. […]
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Chamber calls on Auburn to fund rail study, LAEGC
AUBURN — The threat of losing regional marketing money and funds for a state passenger rail study has led the Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce to challenge Auburn city councilors. City councilors are scheduled to discuss Monday night rescinding an October approval that put aside $50,000 to be part of a study designed to bring […]
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Fact checking Sunday night’s Democratic presidential debate
Data curated by InsideGov WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton had more regard for Wall Street movers and shakers than she acknowledged when claiming she scolded the financial industry for “wrecking the economy.” The criticism she leveled at Wall Street came mixed with praise — and thanks for the political donations. Bernie Sanders, like his Democratic presidential […]
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Gov. Paul LePage offers funds to freeze UMaine tuition
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage says he’ll include about $8 million in additional funding in the budget for the University of Maine System if the board agrees to a tuition freeze. The Portland Press Herald reports that the money would offset the need for a tuition increase and provide funds for specific programs, including early […]
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Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders pounce on Flint water crisis and each other
FLINT, Mich. — Democrats Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders clashed fiercely Sunday over jobs, trade and Wall Street while agreeing that much more must be done to address a two-year-old water-contamination crisis that has paralyzed this majority-black city. The session included the sharpest exchange yet between the two presidential candidates over their economic plans […]
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Cruz cruises to victory in Maine GOP caucus primary
LEWISTON — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz cruised to a GOP victory in the Pine Tree State on Saturday. Still, Cruz failed to secure more than 51 percent of the total vote, with businessman Donald Trump coming in second and Ohio Gov. John Kasich placing third. Each candidate will be appointed an allotment of Maine’s Republican […]
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Correction: Stavros Mendros’ punishment
A story on the front page of Saturday’s edition about the signature campaign to legalize marijuana in Maine should have reported that in 2007 Stavros Mendros pleaded guilty to three counts of false acknowledgment of oath stemming from misuse of his notary commission. He was fined $1,000 for one of the counts and 500 apiece for […]
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Mendros at center of marijuana ballot question controversy
LEWISTON — Stavros Mendros, a former state lawmaker and city councilor who has been in the hot seat for questionable signature-gathering campaigns in the past is again at the center of a controversy over a ballot question drive. David Boyer, the director of a citizen petition campaign that’s hoping to ask Maine voters to legalize […]
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Ted Cruz tells Maine he can beat Hillary Clinton
ORONO — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz told a raucous crowd on Friday at the University of Maine that he is the only Republican presidential candidate capable of beating Hillary Clinton, and he called on supporters of other GOP candidates to join him or risk sending Donald Trump to lose the election. The senator from Texas […]