BOSTON — Quebec and New England officials called Friday for stepped up efforts to deliver hydropower across the U.S.-Canada border to the six-state region, arguing it would lower energy costs and help tackle climate change. Philippe Couillard, the premier of Quebec, said at an energy trade conference that his province was eager to enter into new […]
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Do Trump and Carson inspire enough GOP panic to draft Mitt Romney?
Less than three months before the kickoff Iowa caucuses, there is growing anxiety bordering on panic among Republican elites about the dominance and durability of Donald Trump and Ben Carson and widespread bewilderment over how to defeat them. Party leaders and donors fear that nominating either man would have negative ramifications for the GOP ticket […]
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Religious attack creates rift within Maine GOP; bishop calls for respect
LEWISTON — A former communications director on the re-election campaign for U.S. Sen. Susan Collins denounced a Maine GOP-sponsored blog that’s provided fodder for attacks against Lewiston mayoral candidate Ben Chin. Lance Dutson, who was once the chief executive officer for the right-leaning Maine Heritage Policy Center, called a recent post questioning whether Chin is […]
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Attorney says Lisbon man is victim of ‘pro-abortion’ politics
The civil rights complaint filed by Maine’s attorney general against a Lisbon man who yelled during a Planned Parenthood protest is a violation of the First Amendment, according to a Christian legal organization. Maine Attorney General Janet Mills announced Tuesday she had filed the complaint under the Maine Civil Rights Act against 26-year-old Brian Ingalls […]
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Live updates: LePage aides testify no threats made to school funding
AUGUSTA — The Legislature’s Government Oversight Committee kicked off what was expected to be a lengthy day of interviews in the Good Will-Hinckley matter Thursday, with an 11-1 vote that all testimony would be taken under oath. Nine individuals were expected to testify throughout the day Thursday, including two members of Gov. Paul LePage’s administration who […]
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Patchwork of laws poses legal quicksand for fantasy sports
SEATTLE — The New York attorney general’s decision that daily fantasy sports betting sites FanDuel and DraftKings are illegal gambling operations in his state is a blow to the companies, but the multibillion-dollar industry could have more legal headaches yet to come. While the sites have opted not to do business in a handful of […]
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Recount scheduled for House District 19 race
AUGUSTA — The Maine Secretary of State’s Office is preparing to hold a recount of a state house district race in which the widow of a former state representative appeared to lose by just 14 votes. Democrat Jean Noon of Sanford asked for the recount after she apparently lost the House District 19 race to […]
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Cruz says he was standing up to Washington before Trump
KINGSTON, N.H. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz framed himself Wednesday night as the political heir to Donald Trump should the billionaire businessman fail in his effort to win the party’s nomination, saying Trump’s supporters should come to his campaign. Trump “has helped frame the central issue of this primary as ‘who will stand […]
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GOP takes on Ben Chin’s campaign, challenges his Christianity
LEWISTON — A Maine Republican attack on mayoral candidate Ben Chin’s faith has led the speaker of the Maine House to call for a legislator to resign. Speaker Mark Eves, D-North Berwick, called for Rep. Lawrence Lockman, R-Amherst, to resign over a Facebook post he made Monday labeling Chin an anti-Christian bigot. “This has no […]
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GOP debate fact check
WASHINGTON — You’d think from the latest Republican presidential debate that Donald Trump and Carly Fiorina have special insights into what makes Russian Vladimir Putin tick because the candidates have been up close and personal with the Kremlin’s man himself. Not so much. Trump declared himself a “stablemate” with Putin because both were on the […]