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Election 2020, Elections, Local Elections, Maine, News, Politics

Maine launches absentee ballot tracking system

by Scott Thistle September 28, 2020September 29, 2020

The new system will enable voters to track the status of their absentee ballots online.

Nation & World, Schools and Education

U.S. to ship millions of tests in push to reopen K-12 schools

by MATTHEW PERRONE and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press September 28, 2020September 28, 2020

Monday’s announcement comes as confirmed new COVID-19 cases remain elevated at more than 40,000 per day.

Maine, News, Schools and Education

UMaine will remove name of eugenics advocate from academic building

by Rachel Ohm September 28, 2020September 28, 2020

A task force has recommended the board of trustees consider various options for renaming the building on the Orono campus, possibly for a person of Wabanaki descent.

Maine, News, Uncategorized

York County’s wasn’t only jail that failed to require masks before outbreak, state finds

by Megan Gray September 28, 2020September 28, 2020

The Department of Corrections reviewed COVID-19 prevention measures at county jails after a major outbreak at the York County Jail.

Nation & World

Here’s why Armenia and Azerbaijan are fighting again

by Associated Press September 28, 2020September 28, 2020

The United States, France and Russia are meant to be guarantors of the long-stalled peace process.

Maine, Maine Crime, News

No one injured in 2 shootings in Portland

by Matt Byrne September 28, 2020September 28, 2020

Portland police are looking for suspects in 2 separate shooting incidents on Sunday.

Nation & World

Trump considered Ivanka as 2016 running mate, book says

by Jennifer Jacobs Bloomberg News September 28, 2020September 28, 2020

Donald Trump repeatedly discussed with advisers the idea of naming his daughter Ivanka as his running mate in 2016 before settling for Mike Pence, according to a former Trump campaign aide who became a star witness in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. Rick Gates, who in the summer of 2016 was Trump’s deputy campaign chairman, […]