PARIS — The Oxford County Democrats will hold a caucus Sunday to fill the vacancy created by Terry Hayes’ withdrawal from the race for county commissioner in District 3. The caucus will be held at 6 p.m. July 6 at the Democratic Office at 21 Market Square in Paris. State Rep. Hayes, D-Buckfield, was unopposed […]
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Hayes leaves commission race to work for Cutler campaign
PARIS — Oxford County Commission candidate Terry Hayes of Buckfield has withdrawn from the race to work for gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler. Hayes, 55, a Democratic state representative for Sumner, Buckfield, Paris and Hartford, said Tuesday that she voluntarily withdrew from the race because she had accepted a position with the Cutler campaign and wouldn’t […]
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Collins, Bellows battle over endorsements in U.S. Senate race
AUGUSTA — The early support that Republican Sen. Susan Collins has received from national groups that typically back liberal candidates signals the uphill battle Democrat Shenna Bellows faces in unseating the popular incumbent, political observers say. Collins’ endorsement from the powerful environmental group, the League of Conservation Voters Action Fund, on Monday came on the […]
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Feds again urge Maine to delay EBT card photos
AUGUSTA (AP) — Gov. Paul LePage’s administration said Monday that it will begin putting photos on welfare benefit cards throughout Maine, but federal officials are again urging the state to wait to ensure that it is complying with laws and regulations. Maine has been issuing the new electronic benefit transfer cards in Bangor since April, […]
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David Sirota: How corruption shapes state policy
A few weeks ago, I took a trip to Tennessee — a state that has been called the most corrupt in the country. That’s right, according to a 2010 Daily Beast analysis compiling data about convictions on charges of public corruption, racketeering, extortion, forgery, counterfeiting, fraud and embezzlement, the Volunteer State is America’s single most […]
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New book sheds light on LePage affiliation with conspiracy group
AUGUSTA — A new book by progressive blogger and columnist Mike Tipping asserts that Maine Republican Gov. Paul LePage met regularly with a group that believed it could arrest both Maine Speaker of the House Mark Eves and state Senate President Justin Alfond and put the pair on trial for high treason. Alfond, a Portland […]
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State may consider a charter school based in Lewiston or Auburn
LEWISTON — A Lewiston-Auburn-based charter school is a possible proposal to fill one of the last four available charter school slots in Maine. All of ME Academy, a kindergarten through fifth-grade school, was one of six proposals, including a virtual school that has applied the last three years, outlined in letters of intent sent to the […]
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Supreme court strikes down protest-free zones around abortion clinics
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a 35-foot protest-free zone outside abortion clinics in Massachusetts. The justices were unanimous in ruling that extending a buffer zone 35 feet from clinic entrances violates the First Amendment rights of protesters. Chief Justice John Roberts said authorities have less intrusive ways to deal with problems […]
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Readfield, Winthrop, Monmouth Republicans to hold nominating caucus
Emily Roderick, chairman of the Readfield Republican Committee, has withdrawn as a candidate in House District 81. She had won the nomination in an uncontested primary on June 10. Republicans living in the newly-apportioned House District 81, which consists of Readfield, Winthrop and part of Monmouth, will hold a special caucus to select a replacement […]
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State survey says schools not ready to implement proficiency-based diplomas
BANGOR — Many school districts have a lot of work to do before they will be ready to implement a new education system that, by law must be in place by 2018, according to the results of a Maine Department of Education survey that was released Wednesday. Participation in the survey was voluntary, and only […]