Washington is straining for a comprehensive response to the coronavirus outbreak that is testing the nation’s political, financial and health care systems.
Politics
Local, statewide and national political news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Maine considers limiting foreign spending on ballot questions
The proposal is in response to Hydro Quebec’s spending to support a 145-mile transmission line planned by Central Maine Power Co.
advertisement
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Politics
Lawmakers urged to borrow funds for roads and high-speed internet
The bill, which would also need voter approval, would funnel $90 million to the state’s highway fund and $15 million towards the expansion of high-speed internet for parts of rural Maine.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Sanders not dropping out, but where does he go from here?
The Vermont senator offers no details on what his campaign may look like before or after he and Joe Biden debate Sunday night in Arizona.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Disappointing results leave Sanders campaign at crossroads
Allies of the one-time front-runner acknowledge that his campaign now faces an existential threat.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, News, Politics
Sanders, Biden cancel Ohio rallies over coronavirus concerns
The Democratic candidates canceled their primary-night rallies in Cleveland as public health fears began transforming the race.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Biden wins key Michigan primary — and 3 other states — delivering major blow to Sanders
Former Vice President Joe Biden also took Missouri and Mississippi and Idaho on Tuesday.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Politics
Maine Ethics Commission votes 2-1 to investigate power line opponent
The commission’s decision follows a complaint from a political action committee backing Central Maine Power’s proposed $1 billion transmission line through western Maine’s mountains.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Trump pitches payroll tax relief to wary lawmakers, as part of virus response
Senate Republicans are cool to additional spending, and Democrats prepare their own package of low-cost virus testing, unemployment insurance and sick pay for workers struggling to keep paychecks coming as the outbreak disrupts workplaces.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
House is entitled to see secret testimony from Mueller probe, court rules
The practical implications of the ruling are unclear because the Senate impeachment trial over the president’s interactions with Ukraine ended weeks ago in an acquittal.