The Maine senator, feeling the heat in the intense battle over Brett Kavanaugh’s U.S. Supreme Court nomination, calls out callers who resort to obscenity.
Joe Lawlor
Staff Writer
Joe Lawlor writes about health and human services for the Press Herald. A 24-year newspaper veteran, Lawlor has worked in Ohio, Michigan and Virginia before relocating to Maine in 2013 to join the Press Herald. He is still considered “from away” but since then, he has learned what a “dooryard” is, eaten “whoopie pies” drank Moxie and boiled some “lobstahs.” The stories he enjoys most are when he learns something and meeting inspiring people.
He lives in South Portland - aka “SoPo” - with his wife, Melanie, and two school-age children.
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Nonprofit that operates residential program for mentally ill purchasing former Serenity House
Shalom House Inc. will renovate the recovery home in Portland to help meet a pressing need for housing for people with mental illness.
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Crowdfunding campaign tied to Sen. Collins’ vote on Kavanaugh passes $1 million
The national effort would help to bankroll a Democratic challenger’s campaign in the 2020 election, a tactic that Collins likens to a ’bribe.‘
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Progressive groups ratchet up pressure on Sen. Collins to vote against Kavanaugh nomination
She finds herself in the crosshairs of social media campaigns, a series of rallies and a fundraising drive to bankroll a 2020 Democratic challenger if she votes to confirm the Supreme Court nominee.
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As Kavanaugh’s hearing concludes, Collins says she’s still undecided on Supreme Court nominee
The moderate Republican wields a key vote and says she won’t make a decision until she has a chance to review Brett Kavanaugh’s paperwork and testimony.
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Collins not swayed by email that Kavanaugh critics see as sign he would reverse Roe v. Wade
A spokeswoman for Maine’s Republican senator says a 2003 email by the Supreme Court nominee doesn’t contradict past statements that he views the landmark abortion decision as ‘settled law.’
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Hospitals’ illegal rejection of mentally ill patients puts spotlight on Maine’s chronic lack of services
Health care experts say the incidents in Lewiston point to weaknesses and gaps in a system that’s unable to meet demand and forces people into emergency departments and jails.
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LePage files court-ordered plan to expand Medicaid in Maine – and asks feds to reject it
The governor, a staunch opponent of expanding Medicaid, wrote in his application that additional funds have not been appropriated.
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Hot and dry weather apparently hampering ticks that carry Lyme disease
Lyme cases are down through the month of July compared to the same period last year, and experts suspect it’s because ticks that carry the disease are lying low.
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Labor Day traffic heading out of Maine heavy and steady
Southbound traffic at the Maine Turnpike’s toll plaza in York averaged about 3,500 vehicles an hour during the day Monday.