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Local, statewide and national political news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
White House legislative team pursues ‘politics is personal’ strategy
While President Biden pitches his infrastructure plan to the American public, the real work of delivering his agenda takes place behind the scenes.
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Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Sen. Collins says colleagues missed an opportunity to get to the bottom of Jan. 6 insurrection
Republicans in the U.S. Senate blocked passage of a bill that would have set up a nonpartisan commission to investigate the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol spurred on by former President Donald Trump.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, New England, News, Politics, Uncategorized
After receiving complaint, state says CMP-backed corridor complying with permit for tree-cutting
Opponents of the high-voltage transmission line through western Maine have alleged that contractors cut a wider swath through the forest than its environmental permit allows.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Senate Republicans block bipartisan Jan. 6 panel to investigate Capitol riot
The vote comes a day after emotional appeals from police who fought with Trump supporters who smashed their way in, and from fellow lawmakers who fled Capitol chambers that day.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Maine lawmakers look to study reforms to qualified immunity for police
The Legislature’s Judiciary Committee discusses two bills on the doctrine that shields police and other public employees from frivolous lawsuits but has come under new scrutiny since the murder of George Floyd.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Maine House speaker stands ground on COVID mask mandate
A policy requiring that people entering the State House wear face coverings remains, even with mask mandates lifted in other places.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
‘Couldn’t stay quiet’: Capitol officer’s mother pushes Republicans for Jan. 6 probe
The Capitol Police are caught in the middle of a political firestorm involving the lawmakers they are sworn to protect.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Senate Republicans poised to use filibuster to block panel on Jan. 6 insurrection
Ahead of Thursday’s vote, the mother of the late Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick was meeting with at least 6 Republican senators to try to persuade them to act.