Gov. Paul LePage is continuing to fight Medicaid expansion in court, filing another motion to delay the case only five weeks before Gov.-elect Janet Mills will take over, reverse course and implement the expansion. As a result, LePage’s latest legal move may do little more than further delay access to health insurance for the 70,000 […]
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Bruce Poliquin: Recount is about fairness, not who wins or loses
Rep. Bruce Poliquin said Tuesday his request for a recount in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District race is “about making sure that the system works” following a historic ranked-choice election he portrayed as “chaotic” and confusing for voters. Though clerks in several of the 2nd District’s largest municipalities — including Lewiston, Augusta, Bangor and Waterville — […]
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Poliquin seeks recount in Maine's 2nd District race
Republican U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin asked Monday for a recount in the 2nd Congressional District race he lost narrowly to Jared Golden, the Lewiston Democrat. Later in the day, Golden said, “Dragging this process out only hurts the people we were elected to serve.” Golden said in a prepared statement Poliquin is “within his rights […]
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Great Falls Forum to feature professor Julia Azari
LEWISTON — The 2018-19 season of the Great Falls Forum continues Thursday, featuring Julia Azari, an associate professor of political science at Marquette University in Milwaukee, with a talk entitled “What do the 2018 midterms mean?” The program is scheduled for noon to 1 p.m. in Callahan Hall at the Lewiston Public Library. Azari holds a […]
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Angus King says it’s ‘pretty clear’ Saudis killed Khashoggi on crown prince’s orders
U.S. Sen. Angus King of Maine said it was “pretty clear” to him that the Saudis who murdered Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi last month were acting on the Saudi crown prince’s orders, despite President Trump’s statement that a CIA report lacks evidence to blame the prince. “Now you don’t have to be the CIA […]
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Mills administration: Energy policy to change '180 degrees'
Efforts to expand natural gas capacity. Hopes of luring discounted Canadian electricity. Measures to stunt the growth of solar power and discourage wind farms on land and sea. These actions championed for eight years by Gov. Paul LePage and Republican allies will end Jan. 2, as a new Democratic governor and Legislature abruptly shift the […]
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How to make voting go more smoothly
It has now been two weeks since the midterm election, and in some states, ballots are still being counted. President Donald Trump says that is evidence of something seriously amiss. He has trafficked in wild and unsubstantiated theories, claiming that some ballots showed up “out of nowhere” while others were forged or went missing. He […]
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What has President Trump learned from defeat?
All presidents suffer defeats and setbacks, whether through elections, legislative battles, international events or scandals. Most learn from them and adapt. Will President Donald Trump be an exception? That’s the question ahead for the president: Will the second two years of his first term be any different from the first two years? His actions and […]
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Brunswick artist recycles election signs
BRUNSWICK — Artist Roland Ricard started experimenting when he saw leftover campaign signs along local roads. “My goal,” he said, “was to try to reclaim these signs. They could be anything — signs for trails, parties or playgrounds. You can even take off the wire frame and hang them inside on your wall.” Ricard has […]
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Bruce Poliquin has until Monday to ask for recount in 2nd District race
The first decision facing Republican U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin in his quest to retain his 2nd District congressional seat is whether to seek a recount. Poliquin, who finished second in the ranked-choice race, must ask for a recount Monday if he wants one. He did not respond Friday to a question about his decision. If […]