“We must go after this bad precedent,” former Gov. Paul LePage wrote recently to members of the Republican state committee.
January 2019
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Kennebec Journal Jan. 11 police log
Augusta area police reports for Jan. 11, 2019.
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With bills due and paychecks in doubt, Maine Coast Guard families see shutdown as ‘big slap in the face’
Several hundred Coast Guard employees won’t get paid on schedule Tuesday if the government shutdown drags on, and that has many feeling disrespected.
Posted inLocal & State
Amy Rees chosen to serve on Gardiner City Council
Rees will fill the District 2 vacancy created when Patricia Hart was elected mayor.
Posted inNation & World
Miami airport to close terminal as government shutdown continues
Miami International Airport will close one of its terminals this weekend because security screeners have been calling in sick at twice the airport’s normal rate.
Posted inLocal & State
Maine seeks ideas how to spend Farm Bill conservation money
The Farm Bill money is slated to be used for conservation on private lands.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Morning Sentinel Jan. 11 police log
Waterville area police reports for Jan. 11, 2019.
Posted inLife & Culture, Local & State
Activist Angela Davis to speak at MLK Day observance at UNE
Davis came to national prominence in the late ’60s for her support of the Black Panther Party.
Posted inNation & World
Wisconsin man killed teen’s parents in order to abduct her, police believe
Jake Thomas Patterson, 21, was arrested Thursday in connection with the baffling October attack and abduction, after the girl escaped.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Trump administration eyes raiding hurricane relief funds to build border wall
The Trump administration is eyeing billions of dollars in unspent disaster relief funds to pay for a border wall without Congress’s approval.