Democrats have voted to remove Iowa as the leadoff state on the presidential nominating calendar and replace it with South Carolina starting in 2024.
2022
Infowars host Alex Jones files for personal bankruptcy
He has been ordered to pay nearly $1.5 billion to Sandy Hook families who sued him for calling it a hoax.
Talks continue over home heating aid for Mainers
With fuel oil costs sharply higher than a year ago, the governor said she and legislative leaders will continue to negotiate an aid package over the weekend.
Bowdoin, Colby men’s hockey teams set for rivalry showdown
The Mules have not lost to the Polar Bears since 2015.
Jared Golden off the rails again in opposing Biden’s plea for labor deal
The Lewiston Democrat said imposing railroad pact by legislation was ‘premature.’
Fayette officials to mull future of Starling Hall after voters reject $500,000 for renovations
Town officials and a local nonprofit that hoped to turn the state’s oldest Grange building into a community center must decide whether to look for new funding sources or sell the property.
To boost Georgia’s Warnock, Biden is in … Massachusetts
Biden landed in Boston on Friday afternoon to join fundraising efforts from afar.
National 988 mental health hotline back up after outage
The federal government is investigating the hotline’s outage, Health and Human Services spokeswoman Sarah Lovenheim said in a tweet late Thursday night.
Water main break forces businesses to close on Kennedy Memorial Drive in Waterville
The businesses reopened later Friday following the break that occurred between McDonald’s restaurant and Irving Circle K.
Jury awards $300,000 to retired trooper who sued state police for retaliation
The nine-person federal jury ruled in favor of George Loder, of Scarborough, a retired detective who accused his former employer of retaliating against him for reporting alleged illegal activity at a state police intelligence center.