Advocates lost on Florida, Nebraska and South Dakota but prevailed in seven other states, including Missouri, where an amendment clears the way to undo one of the nation’s strictest bans.
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Posted inElection 2024, Nation & World, Politics
Election takeaways: Trump’s decisive victory in a deeply divided nation
The results left Democrats facing an urgent and immediate reckoning, with no obvious leader to unite the anti-Trump coalition and no clear plan to rebuild
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Posted inElection 2024
Republicans take Senate majority and eye unified power with Trump
Vote counting in some races could go on for days, and control of the House is too early to call.
Posted inCommunity
Veterans Day events planned for 2024 around central Maine
Festivities and resources are planned for Augusta, Hallowell, Leeds, Skowhegan and Waterville.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Sen. Brad Farrin: Bureaucracy, infighting shouldn’t be a part of funding Maine’s EMS units
Much-needed funds are not going where they need to go, the senator writes.
Posted inOn this date
Nov. 6, 1974: Prominent woman from Augusta dies at Gardiner nursing home, GOP loses three Senate seats, and two hurt in Augusta crash last night
Visit Centralmaine.com/archive to view nearly 200 years’ worth of history at your fingertips.
Posted inElection 2024, Maine, Morning Sentinel, News, Politics
Incumbent councilor, first-time candidate win Winslow council elections
Dale Macklin and Doris Labranche won election to two open seats on the Town Council amid a tumultuous year in Winslow’s politics.
Posted inObituaries
Obituary: Gordon L. Dupont
BANGOR – Gordon L. Dupont, 80, passed away peacefully on Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, at Maine Veterans’ Home, Bangor. Known since …
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Obituary: Charlene Elizabeth Poulin
BERWICK – Charlene Elizabeth Poulin, 87, passed away on Nov. 1, 2024, in Sanford, Maine. She was born on Oct. 13, …