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  • Published
    March 25, 2012

    eBay takes aimat LePage backing for online taxes

    The online sales site eBay is taking exception to Gov. Paul LePage’s support for federal legislation making it easier for states to reap sales taxes from online purchases.

  • Published
    March 18, 2012

    JONATHAN RISKIND: US Senate independents say King has to pick a side

    WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate’s only two independents have a message for Angus King: An independent senator still has to pick a side.

  • Published
    March 18, 2012

    JONATHAN RISKIND: Pingree wants ‘pink slime’ off school menus

    WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree says allowing school districts to opt out of serving ammonia-treated ground beef filler known as “pink slime” isn’t good enough.

  • Published
    March 18, 2012

    US Senate independents: King will need to pick side

    WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate’s only two independents have a message for Angus King: An independent senator still has to pick a side.

  • Published
    March 15, 2012

    Baldacci says no

    Former Gov. John Baldacci withdrew from the U.S. Senate race Wednesday, leaving the Democrats without a candidate with statewide visibility and the filing deadline hours away.

  • Published
    March 15, 2012

    Judicial candidate faces Senate panel

    WASHINGTON — Saying he “reveres the rule of law,” William Kayatta Jr. told Senate Judiciary Committee members Wednesday that his rulings will be bound by legal precedent and recognize a federal judge’s limited powers if he is confirmed to fill Maine’s seat on the U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals.

  • Published
    March 15, 2012

    Senate vote preserves funds for Downeaster train service

    WASHINGTON — The Senate passed legislation Wednesday that preserves a key federal funding source for the Downeaster train service between Portland and Boston.

  • Published
    March 15, 2012

    Baldacci joins Democrats not running for Senate

    Former Gov. John Baldacci withdrew from the U.S. Senate race Wednesday, leaving the Democrats without a candidate with statewide visibility and the filing deadline hours away.

  • Published
    March 15, 2012

    Senate OKs Downeaster subsidy

    WASHINGTON — The Senate passed legislation Wednesday that preserves a key federal funding source for the Downeaster train service between Portland and Boston.

  • Published
    March 15, 2012

    Kayatta: Rulings to be bound by precedent

    WASHINGTON — Saying he “reveres the rule of law,” William Kayatta Jr. told Senate Judiciary Committee members Wednesday that his rulings will be bound by legal precedent and recognize a federal judge’s limited powers if he is confirmed to fill Maine’s seat on the U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals.