From public broadcasting and home heating aid to conservation and legal services for the poor, the president’s spending plan would have a broad impact if approved by Congress
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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Property owner offers to pay Wiscasset’s legal expenses in fight over state traffic plan
Ralph H. Doering III hopes to keep town officials from compromising with MDOT to avoid high court costs in a lawsuit over controversial changes to the village center.
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Pingree backs bill to ban states from blocking municipal high-speed internet projects
The federal legislation would overturn laws in 17 states and prevent a reintroduction of such a measure in Maine.
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Critics decry LePage’s choice of Nestle Waters manager for environmental board
If confirmed, Mark Dubois, the company’s public face in Maine, will serve on the panel that rewrites DEP rules, judges permit applications and acts as an appeals court.
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Speeding ships, missing calves increase anxiety over right whales
U.S. and Canadian officials are scrambling to protect the endangered whales after at least 17 died last year in New England and the Maritimes.
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What it means for Maine if federal government shuts down
Acadia National Park would close and heating assistance for the poor could be affected, but with few federal employees and facilities, most Mainers may not notice a short shutdown.
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LePage’s support for offshore drilling may undermine effort to exempt areas off Maine
Governor is at odds with state’s congressional delegation, which is backing a bill to stop the Trump administration’s plan
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Trump administration says it will destroy voter data collected by commission
The move by the White House is the latest round in a legal fight over the bid by Maine’s secretary of state to gain access to working documents of the defunct voter fraud commission.
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Maine secretary of state asks court to secure documents of Trump’s now-defunct voter fraud commission
Matthew Dunlap’s move is the latest in a battle over the transparency of the presidential panel.
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Trump refuses to release documents to Maine secretary of state despite judge’s order
Matthew Dunlap accuses the Justice Department of ‘contempt for the rule of law’ in its response regarding a judge’s order on voter fraud commission papers.