AUGUSTA — An investigation into Gov. Paul LePage’s role in forcing the ouster of House Speaker Mark Eves from a new job at Good Will-Hinckley could wrap up Thursday, but it might not be the end of some lawmakers’ efforts to discipline the governor. The Legislature’s Government Oversight Committee, in partnership with the watchdog Office […]
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Lewiston: More absentee voters in mayoral runoff than in November election
LEWISTON — More voters have opted to cast their ballots absentee for next Tuesday’s mayoral runoff than in the Nov. 3 election. City Clerk Kathy Montejo said her office has processed 2,527 absentee ballot requests since they became available Nov. 6. Many have come in the last 10 days, and 193 requests came in Tuesday […]
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Maine’s Susan Collins among most popular in Congress
LEWISTON — It appears Mainers are quite pleased with their senior U.S. senator. A new survey by Morning Consult that looked at 75,000 voters nationwide shows Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, has the second highest approval rating in the Senate, second only to Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vermont, according to a news release issued by Collins’ office Tuesday. […]
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Maine legislature won’t take up earned sick time bill next year
PORTLAND (AP) — Maine’s Legislative Council is blocking progress of a bill designed to allow workers to earn paid sick leave. Democratic Sen. Anne Haskell of Portland says her bill would have ensured workers the ability to earn up to seven days of paid sick time per year. The bill applied to companies with 11 […]
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Rep. Bruce Poliquin wants stiffer immigration screening
U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin went on “The Howie Carr Show” on Monday to talk about the Syrian refugee situation and criticize President Barack Obama’s foreign policy. The Republican from Maine’s 2nd District has voted against continuing President Barack Obama’s plan of resettling 10,000 refugees from Syria, which is in the midst of a civil war […]
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Turkey’s shoot-down of Russian warplane concerns Collins
LEWISTON — U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said the downing of a Russian warplane by America’s NATO ally Turkey on Tuesday was making an already tense and difficult situation in the Middle East even more worrisome. In Lewiston on Tuesday to visit with city leaders on economic and community development issues, Collins, a member of […]
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Collins tours Lewiston riverfront, praises public-private collaboration
LEWISTON — U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, toured the city’s emerging riverfront area Tuesday during a Thanksgiving break from Congress to reflect on the role federal funds can play in redeveloping a local economy. Walking with Lewiston Mayor Robert Macdonald, City Administrator Ed Barrett and the top officials in the city’s public works, planning and […]
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ACLU, abortion providers sue DHHS over MaineCare rule
AUGUSTA — Abortion providers and the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against the state Tuesday in a bid to overturn a longstanding rule limiting low-income women’s access to a state-funded abortion. It’s buried deep within a set of rules developed in 1981 and last revised in 2010, before Gov. Paul LePage took office. […]
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Lewiston politicians circulate petition to move election to June
LEWISTON — Former mayoral candidate Luke Jensen and two other city politicians are passing petitions seeking to move Lewiston’s voting date up from November to June. Jensen said the change is a reaction to Bates College students’ influence on city votes. “If you look at the last election, I would say the Bates students voted […]
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Idea to create national monument concerns Maine delegation
PORTLAND (AP) — Three members of Maine’s congressional delegation told President Barack Obama they have serious reservations about a proposal to have more than 100,000 acres of Maine’s northern woods designated a national monument. In a letter to the president dated Friday, Sens. Susan Collins, Angus King and U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin said no decision […]