The Senate’s most moderate Republican has an elevated profile, observers say, in an era when the stakes are particularly high.
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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Sen. Collins says Trump’s education nominee may not have her vote
She has concerns about Betsy DeVos’ unfamiliarity with a school-related disabilities laws, the latest of several stances the senator has taken opposing the president’s statements and actions.
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Maine braces for possible EPA funding delays and shortfalls
Trump’s order to freeze the agency’s grants and contracts has contractors, and state and local officials, unsure when or if they will receive money for environmental work.
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Sen. Angus King to vote against Betsy DeVos as education secretary
Maine’s independent senator cites the Trump nominee’s lack of commitment to public education but says he will support two other Cabinet nominees.
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Maine’s rural hospitals fear crisis if Obamacare is repealed without comparable replacement
By insuring tens of thousands of their patients, the Affordable Care Act has helped hospitals and clinics to stay open.
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Jeff Sessions, Trump’s pick for attorney general, finds unlikely ally in Sen. Susan Collins
Collins and Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby will introduce Sessions before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, when she will defend him against charges of racism.
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How Colin Woodard’s ‘American Nations’ explains the 2016 presidential election
Regional cultures can help explain president-elect Donald Trump’s victory in November.
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Trump’s get-tough trade plan could benefit Maine forest industry
Placing tariffs on Canadian softwood would benefit state sawmills but could raise the cost of U.S. home construction.
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Idea to cut NASA’s role in climate science could be major loss for Maine, scientists say
The state is a hub for research – especially related to oceans – that relies on the agency’s data and employs dozens in Portland, Boothbay and Orono.
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Passamaquoddy chief deposed in recall vote
Frederick Moore III, the governor at Pleasant Point reservation, contends that he was stopped from confronting drug abuse in tribal government.