The effort to expand ranked-choice voting to all city elections was initially led by Fair Elections Portland, but the group failed to gather enough signatures to put it on the ballot.
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Local, statewide and national political news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Security aide who reported Trump’s Ukraine call tells lawmakers ‘it was inappropriate’
Republicans respond to Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman’s testimony by questioning his loyalty to the United States.
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Chief justice orders delay in House demand for Trump’s tax records
The high court has a separate pending request from the president to block a subpoena from a New York prosecutor.
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House investigating whether Trump lied to Mueller
The House Judiciary Committee is seeking grand jury testimony and other details redacted from the public version of the investigation.
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Trump suggests he may give written testimony in impeachment investigation
The president provided written answers to questions from special counsel Robert Mueller during his probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
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Democrats invite Trump to testify in impeachment inquiry
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the president is welcome to appear before investigators or answer questions in writing, if he chooses.
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White House urgently ramps up push for drug cost legislation
Battling impeachment, Trump is backing a bipartisan bill that forces drugmakers to pay rebates if they raise prices too high.
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How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
The House passed the GI Bill Planning Act to extend to 90 days the period in which newly enrolled members of the military services can choose to enroll in the GI Bill benefits program.
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As ousted ambassador testifies that she felt threatened, Trump attacks her on Twitter
Marie Yovanovitch describes to impeachment investigators how she felt threatened upon learning that the president had promised Ukraine’s leader she was ‘going to go through some things.’
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Anti-robocall bill likely as House, Senate reach compromise
Lawmakers say it will require phone companies to verify that phone numbers are real, and to block calls for free.