The House Judiciary Committee chairman says he expects the committee to vote soon on charges against President Trump that will focus on abuse of power on Ukraine and likely obstruction in the congressional inquiry.
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Posted inElections, Maine, Politics
How surviving a rape at age 15 helped spur Bre Kidman to run for US Senate
A terrible night in Finland in 2003 left the Saco lawyer determined to fight for justice after seeing Brett Kavanaugh win a U.S. Supreme Court seat.
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Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Top lawmakers reject most appeals to hear more bills in January
Members of the Legislative Council voted down more bills than they accepted Friday as lawmakers pushed to get previously rejected bills before the Legislature next year.
Posted inElections, Maine, Politics
Republican congressional challengers in Maine’s 2nd District oppose CMP project
The three, who hope to unseat Democrat Jared Golden next year, are against the power company’s $1 billion plan for a new transmission line from Quebec to Lewiston.
Posted inLocal Elections, Maine, News, Politics
Most ethics complaints from Portland’s bruising mayoral race are dropped
Unite Portland, a political action committee that opposed Ethan Strimling’s re-election as mayor, is still expecting to pay fines for being late to file independent expenditure reports.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
House takes big step, will draft articles of impeachment against Trump
This would be only the 4th time in U.S. history Congress has tried to remove a president, and it intensifies the deeply partisan undertaking that is consuming Washington and dividing the nation.
Posted inPolitics
Stein says investigation into her alleged ties to Russia ‘found zero’
The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee looked at charges that the Green Party’s presidential candidate had connections with the foreign power.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, Politics
Green Party calls for authorities to kill $1 billion hydropower project
Ex-presidential contender Jill Stein and U.S. Senate candidate Lisa Savage oppose CMP’s plan to build a new power line to bring Quebec electricity to Lewiston.
Posted inNation & World, New England, News, Politics
Ballot question would change Massachusetts electoral system
A proposed ballot question that would overhaul the state’s electoral system has cleared another hurdle on the way to next year’s ballot.
Posted inNation & World, New England, News, Politics
New Hampshire voting law on trial, just weeks before primary
Ten weeks before the New Hampshire primary, challengers of a state law that requires additional documentation for voter registration say it has created confusion and intimidation.