There’s no clear explanation for the shifting geography of hospitalizations, the Maine CDC says.
Colin Woodard
Colin Woodard is the Press Herald’s State and National Affairs Writer, and is often at work on large investigative projects. Born in Waterville and raised in western Maine, he was a foreign correspondent for two decades, reported from more than fifty countries on all seven continents, and witnessed the collapse of communism and its bloody aftermath in Eastern Europe and the Balkans. He’s written five books, including histories of Maine (The Lobster Coast), North America’s rival regional cultures (American Nations) and the Golden Age Pirates (Republic of Pirates), which was turned into a quickly forgotten NBC mini-series starring John Malkovich as Blackbeard. Since joining the Press Herald in 2012, he’s won a George Polk Award and was a finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Reporting. He used to be an avid sailor and SCUBA diver, but with small kids at home, his hobbies now include sleeping and picking up toys.
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Pingree to chair powerful appropriations panel overseeing Interior and EPA
She becomes one of the House’s 12 ‘cardinals’ who shape the federal funding priorities over their respective congressional fiefdoms.
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COVID-19 patient numbers set records at Maine Med and in Lewiston, drop in Bangor and York County
Coronavirus inpatient numbers remain flat at high levels across Maine, but the burden has shifted back to medical centers in Portland and Lewiston.
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Sen. King calls out Republicans who ‘divided the country’ and now oppose impeachment
Maine’s junior senator doesn’t buy the argument that they can’t hold Donald Trump and other elected officials accountable because the country needs to heal.
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COVID-19 hospitalizations remain high across Maine but have spread out
Hard-hit EMMC saw its burden ease for second week, while Maine Med had its heaviest COVID-19 inpatient week yet.
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Reps. Pingree, Golden vote to impeach Trump for 2nd time
The U.S. House voted 232-197 to impeach the president on a charge of inciting an insurrection.
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Sen. Angus King supports second impeachment, calls Trump ‘a danger to the republic’
Maine’s independent senator says President Trump is too dangerous to allow to stay in office and should be removed immediately.
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Rep. Golden joins Pingree in support of Trump impeachment
The House is expected to take up the measure Wednesday. Sens. King and Collins haven’t said whether they will support impeachment.
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Pingree co-sponsors resolution to investigate 147 members of Congress for role in insurrection
Enacted after the Civil War, the 14th Amendment prohibits membership for those who have ‘engaged in insurrection or rebellion’ against the U.S.
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As momentum builds for 2nd impeachment, Collins, King and Golden aren’t saying where they stand
Rep. Chellie Pingree, who strongly supports impeaching President Trump, says there’s broad support among House Democrats to take action next week