LEWISTON — Androscoggin County municipalities are considering their options after a settlement offer last week from the county commissioners, who were successful in getting voters to amend the county charter. The commissioners have called the offer a “comprehensive settlement of the current dispute.” The municipalities aren’t so sure. “I’m glad to hear that the commissioners are […]
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GOP presidential candidates go deeper in latest debate
After Republicans widely panned the moderators at the previous debate for creating a circus-like atmosphere, the candidates — eight, the smallest group yet — had far deeper discussions about their policy plans, particularly on taxes, military spending and immigration. Taking the stage in Milwaukee were celebrity businessman Donald Trump and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, the […]
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Analysis: No breakouts in GOP debate; muddled status quo
WASHINGTON (AP) — Marco Rubio emerged unscathed. Ben Carson defended his integrity. Donald Trump flashed his dominant personality. And Jeb Bush avoided disaster. Mission accomplished. Aided by tentative questioning, the GOP’s top presidential candidates executed their strategies with little resistance in Tuesday night’s prime-time debate. Yet with no breakout moments — good or bad — […]
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Summit Project carries stones and stories so Maine’s heroes are not forgotten
In mid-October, as part of the Summit Project, I carried the stone and the story of Marine Corps Sgt. Kevin Brian Balduf to the summit of Cadillac Mountain at Acadia National Park. In reality, Balduf carried me. Kevin, as Balduf has become known to me, was a Marine Corps radioman who lost his life in Afghanistan’s […]
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Lewiston mayoral race: Ben Chin, Bob Macdonald to debate Nov. 19
LEWISTON — Mayor Bob Macdonald and challenger Ben Chin will face off Nov. 19 in City Hall for a debate leading up to their Dec. 8 runoff election. Heidi Sawyer, moderator of the “Lewiston Rocks the Vote” Facebook group, said the format will be an actual debate, giving the two candidates a chance to rebut each […]
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Obama to appeal ruling against his immigration order
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will ask the Supreme Court to weigh in on the president’s plan to shield as many as 5 million immigrants living in the country illegally from deportation. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday upheld a Texas-based federal judge’s injunction blocking President Barack Obama’s plan to protect parents […]
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Legislative watchdogs cast wide net for LePage investigation
AUGUSTA, Maine — Political eyes will be on the Legislature’s watchdog committee on Thursday, when an inquiry into Gov. Paul LePage’s role in forcing House Speaker Mark Eves out of a job at Good Will-Hinckley will continue. The Fairfield charitable group hired Eves, a Democrat from North Berwick, as its president in June, but that […]
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In a year of outsider angst, Hillary Clinton seeks inside lane
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — In a presidential race fueled by outsider energy, Hillary Rodham Clinton is casting herself as the ultimate insider. The former first lady, senator and secretary of state campaigned in New Hampshire Monday with an array of reminders of her decades-long membership in the nation’s political power structure. As she filed her […]
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Appeals court delivers setback to Obama’s immigration plan
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled against President Barack Obama’s plan to protect an estimated 5 million people living in the United States illegally from deportation. In a 2-1 decision Monday, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a Texas-based federal judge’s injunction blocking the administration’s immigration initiative. Republicans had […]
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Maine forgoes federal conservation funds
AUGUSTA — Maine Gov. Paul LePage’s administration has decided not to apply for federal funds used to conserve acres of forestland. The Portland Press Herald reports John Bott, a spokesman for the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, says the state opted not to request federal Forest Legacy funding for fiscal year 2017. Bott […]