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Local, statewide and national political news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inMaine, Nation & World, Politics
Maine lawmakers renew push for faster work permits for asylum seekers
Efforts dating to 2015 have failed to gain traction in Congress, stalling in the polarized debates over immigration reform and border security.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Local Elections, Maine, Schools and Education
Six candidates vie for spots on inaugural Richmond school board
The special election will be held on March 7.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, Politics
Bill Clinton returns to White House to push paid family leave
He speaks just days before Sunday’s 30th anniversary of his landmark Family and Medical Leave Act.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Federal appeals court strikes down domestic violence gun law
The ruling is the latest domino to fall after the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority set new standards for reviewing the nation’s gun laws.
Posted inMaine, Politics, Schools and Education
Lawmaker proposes allowing armed teachers in Maine schools
A Republican lawmaker has sponsored a bill that would allow a school employee who completes certification to have a gun on school property.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
U.S. to send Ukraine longer-range bombs in latest turnaround
For months, U.S. officials have hesitated to send longer-range systems to Ukraine out of concern that they would be used to target inside Russia, escalating the conflict and drawing the U.S. deeper in.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Classified documents probe includes Biden’s handwritten notes
The special counsel is working to determine how classified information from his time as a senator and vice president came to wind up in his home and former office.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
House Republicans vote to oust Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar from major committee
The Somali-born Muslim has apologized for 2019 remarks widely seen as antisemitic.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Maine House speaker strips committee assignment of indicted Democrat
Rep. Clinton E. Collamore Sr. has faced calls to resign since being indicted in December on multiple counts of aggravated forgery, unsworn falsification and violations of the Clean Election Act.