Residents opposed to abortion urged lawmakers to roll back laws that expanded access in Maine and called on the Legislature to pass a bill criminalizing abortion even after the sponsor said she no longer supported it.
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Trump signs executive order to end collective bargaining at agencies involved with national security
Rep. Jared Golden said he would ‘introduce legislation to repeal’ the order, which would affect Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Togus VA Medical Center, SUBSHIP Bath at Bath Iron Works, the AFL-CIO said.
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Jay man accused of sexually assaulting girl under age 16
Brandon J. Wilson, 19, of Jay, was fired from his position as a corrections officer at Franklin County Detention Center in Farmington on March 25, the same day of his arrest.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Gov. Janet Mills swears in 4 new judges, including state supreme court associate justice
Julia Lipez is now an associate justice on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Halle Berry testifies before Maine Legislature to support menopause education
‘I’m in menopause, and I had no idea,’ the actress told the Health and Human Services Committee. ‘None of my doctors ever talked to me about it.’
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Benton man pleads guilty to murder, sentenced to 29 years
Raheem Goodwin, who pleaded guilty on Friday, will serve 29 years in prison for the 2023 murder of Edwin Weeks in Fairfield.
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Rep. Chellie Pingree calls Trump’s EPA cuts an ‘assault on science, public health’
‘We strongly urge you to immediately reverse course and abandon this dangerous plan,’ the Maine congresswoman and Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon wrote in a letter to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin.
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Cornville man sentenced for accessing child sexual abuse material
Wade Willette, 46, of Cornville, used the Kik messaging app to upload videos containing child sexual abuse materials in 2021.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics, Schools and Education
Trump administration targets Maine again, this time on transgender policy in schools
Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said the U.S. Department of Education, which Trump wants to abolish, is investigating whether dozens of Maine school districts are violating or misusing federal privacy laws and infringing on parents’ rights.
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Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows blasts Trump elections order
Trump has threatened to pull federal funding from states that don’t require proof of citizenship when registering to vote and count only those absentee ballots returned by Election Day.