Leigh Saufley says there is bipartisan support for her initiative to reduce the number of people awaiting trial in jail who do not pose a risk.
Scott Dolan
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Up for a challenge: Maine governor vs. attorney general
The state’s Republican chief executive says the top law officer – Democrat Janet Mills – is playing politics. She says her intent is to keep Maine ‘out of court as best I can.’
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Ten accused in plot for Maine addicts to buy guns for Connecticut cocaine ring
The handguns were purchased from pawnshops in Bangor and Brewer, and the straw purchasers were compensated with money and drugs, police allege.
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Man charged in Biddeford killings was changed by stroke, psychologist testifies
The court hearing is held to determine the mental competency of James Pak, a Biddeford landlord accused of killing two people in a dispute over parking in December 2012.
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Maine’s members of Congress reserve judgment on Obama’s plan to combat Islamic State
All four say they are awaiting details of the military operation the president envisions.
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Wife of Windham man fatally shot by police files wrongful-death lawsuit
Vicki McKenney, who witnessed the shooting of her armed, suicidal husband, is seeking $2 million in the case filed in Cumberland County Superior Court.
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Attorney general asks Maine’s highest court not to take action on governor’s questions
The governor has asked the Maine Supreme Judicial Court to weigh in on whether he needs permission from Janet Mills to hire outside legal counsel in some cases.
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New York man accused of smuggling oxycodone to Maine
Rafael Brito, 28, of the Bronx, who was carrying about $12,000 worth of the drug when he was arrested in Augusta, was in the habit of making the trip weekly, police say.
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Using medical pot could make parent unfit, Maine’s highest court rules
The state’s marijuana law protects patients in custody cases, but that can be superseded when the drug impairs caring for a child, justices rule in a York County case.
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Judge dismisses lawsuit by pregnant worker stabbed at Riverview
The worker, Jamie Hill-Spotswood, argued that the state failed to act to protect her after she told a supervisor she felt unsafe, but the judge said her attacker was to blame, not the state.