The action would make states pay for one-quarter of the $400-per-week enhanced jobless benefit, but it is unclear how the program would be implemented.
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Local, statewide and national political news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inElections, Local Elections, Maine, Nation & World, News, Politics
Democrats maintain large lead in voter registration in Maine
Both major parties have their highest enrollments in at least 30 years, but Democrats are gaining members at a faster clip, driven in part by recent presidential and U.S. Senate primary elections.
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Posted inMaine, Nation & World, New England, News, Politics
How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
The House passed the Department of Defense Appropriations Act to fund Defense Department programs for fiscal 2021.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News, Politics
Maine faces numerous hurdles in coming race to vaccinate for COVID-19
Success in a mass-inoculation effort to achieve herd immunity depends on communicating its efficacy and overcoming ‘vaccine hesitancy.’
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World, Politics
Republicans push Kanye 2020. But will it really hurt Biden?
President Trump’s re-election campaign denies involvement.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Vote-by-mail election is surprisingly complicated
Chaotic events during this year’s primaries did not instill confidence.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Biden risks alienating young Black voters after race remarks
Part of the challenge is the perception that he’s too moderate to deliver on issues that are important to them.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
At his New Jersey golf club, Trump finds supportive audience
He falsely claims the pandemic ravaging the nation and endangering his re-election campaign was ‘disappearing.’
Posted inElections, Local Elections, Maine, News, Politics
Ballot delivery not an ‘acute’ concern for Maine’s top election official
Mainers broke records in the July primary when they cast more than 200,000 votes by absentee ballot, and Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap thinks that number will triple for November.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Press Herald teams with Bangor Daily News, News Center to host U.S. Senate debate
The debate, which will feature Susan Collins, Sara Gideon, Lisa Savage and Max Linn, will be held at 7 p.m. on Sept. 11.