U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy is planning to attend two Labor Day breakfasts Monday – one in West Boylston and another in Boston.
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Nancy who? Republicans target House Democratic ‘squad’ in campaign attacks
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the ‘squad’ of freshmen women of color are emerging as new stars of Republican attacks against Democrats running for Congress.
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Conservative group pushing Mills to veto bill for ranked-choice primary
The Maine Heritage Policy Center sends the governor a letter making its case against legislation to extend the state’s ranked-choice voting system to the presidential primary in March.
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand ends once-promising 2020 presidential bid
The Democratic senator from New York who once looked to ride strong #MeToo credentials has been plagued by low polling and fundraising struggles.
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Bernie Sanders to stump in Maine on Sunday and Monday
The Vermont senator and Democratic presidential candidate will be in Portland for a Sunday night rally and a meeting with union workers on Labor Day.
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Advocates fail again to get expansion of ranked-choice voting on Portland ballot
City officials reviewed 300 contested signatures and say Fair Elections Portland still fell 76 short, even after the city lowered the number of signatures required to qualify for the ballot.
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Clash over extra nursing home funding leaves $1 million in limbo
Gov. Janet Mills holds up a bill to provide an additional $1 million in Medicaid funding for Maine nursing homes.
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Uncertainty lingers over ranked-choice presidential primary, despite Senate passage
Gov. Janet Mills hasn’t committed to signing the bill, it’s unclear how the $100,000 cost would be funded, and party officials have discretion to interpret voting results when delegates are assigned to national conventions.
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Maine among 19 states suing over rollback of protections for immigrant children
The Trump administration seeks to alter a federal agreement that limits how long immigrant children can be kept in detention.
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Maine Senate passes ranked-choice voting for March presidential primaries
The bill is now in the hands of Gov. Janet Mills, who won her Democratic gubernatorial primary last year in the nation’s first ranked-choice runoff for a statewide office.