Bill Beardsley, who faces questions about his handling of sex-abuse allegations at Husson College, now faces a Sept. 5 confirmation hearing.
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Election study commission to hold hearing in Portland
The commission will collect public input Thursday on voter registration and elections before reporting back to the Legislature.
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Angus King says attack on bank role is off base
The GOP says he played a part in the bank’s fiscal woes, but the candidate says he helped it recover.
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Republicans attack Angus King’s fiscal record
Former Gov. Angus King defended himself Tuesday against accusations that his involvement with a federally monitored Portland bank shows he has a history of fiscal mismanagement.
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Snowe and Collins critical of Republican anti-abortion platform
Sen. Olympia Snowe wants Mitt Romney to repudiate the Republican Party’s strict anti-abortion platform when he gives his national convention speech.
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GOP stance on abortion too extreme for Maine senators
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, says the GOP platform ‘seems designed to alienate a lot of moderate women.’
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Polls coming out in spades as campaigns hit stride
It’s nearly Labor Day and there are slightly more than two months left in the presidential campaign, a high-stakes U.S. Senate race and an intense battle for control of Maine’s Legislature.
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ON MAINE POLITICS: SEAL’s team on Senate assault
Maine Senate candidate Chris Tyll, a former Navy SEAL, has planned a clever — and for most of us, exhausting — tour of the district he hopes to represent next year.
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The pitfalls of polls: Summers campaign offers case in point
The numbers are piling up, but here’s the bottom line: Never judge an opinion poll by its cover. You’ve got to look inside.
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King TV ad puts state chamber in tough spot
The attack ad spurs tension between the U.S. Chamber and state and local chambers who wished to stay neutral.