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Local, statewide and national political news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel, Politics
Former Gov. LePage, students clash at Colby College event
The speech Wednesday night by the former Waterville mayor and Maine governor draws mixed, at-times heated reactions.
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Posted inNation & World, Politics, Uncategorized
Trump embraces natural gas industry on visit to Pennsylvania
The president sees his pro-industry policies as a boost to his chances of winning the battleground state again.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Vulgar vanity license plates fuel debate, and maybe new limits down the road
Complaints to lawmakers may prompt legislation, but the secretary of state says free speech protects the right to purchase plates with language that may offend some Mainers.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Republicans storm secure hearing room, delaying impeachment deposition
Democrats criticize the intrusion by the Republican House members, who brought electronic devices into a secure room as a Defense Department official was poised to answer questions.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Susan Rice to talk about her new book and Maine roots at event in Portland
As ambassador to the U.N. and national security adviser, Rice was key to Obama administration diplomacy in places such as Syria, Iran, Ukraine, Russia and China – countries where President Trump has taken a different approach.
Posted inLocal Elections, Maine, News
Portland voters will decide whether to open up city government to major changes
Several councilors say they don’t want a charter commission but felt legally obligated to put it to voters in response to a petition by supporters of a taxpayer-funded clean elections program.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Trump draws outrage by comparing House impeachment inquiry to ‘lynching’
The president compared the horrors of a deadly and racist chapter in U.S. history to a process laid out in the Constitution.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Diplomat tells House that he was told Ukraine aid was contingent on investigations
The testimony of acting ambassador William Taylor is among the most watched because of a text message in which he called Trump’s attempt to leverage military aid to Ukraine in return for a political investigation ‘crazy.’
Posted inElections, Maine, News, Politics
Citing ‘vast sums of money’ required, Jon Treacy withdraws from U.S. Senate race
Treacy, who retired from the Air Force as a major general, was among several Democrats hoping to challenge Republican Sen. Susan Collins next year.