The legislators criticize the governor for delaying action on a funding bill, but the Democrat says it would have set reimbursement rates too high to qualify for federal matching funds.
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New York law gives Congress access to Trump’s state tax returns
Legal challenges are expected, so the president’s returns won’t be turned over anytime soon.
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Posted inMaine, News, Politics
LePage’s final year included 39 days in Florida and a $33,000 trip to Montenegro
Newly obtained documents reveal details of trips the former governor tried to conceal.
Posted inElections, Maine, News, Politics, Uncategorized
Presidential primaries, automatic voter registration among election-law changes
But lawmakers defeated several attempts to change the citizen initiative process and the ranked-choice voting that was used statewide in Maine for the first time last year.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
DHS official defends conditions at Border Patrol station
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan disputed news reports of especially troubling conditions, saying there’s ‘adequate’ food and water and that facilities are cleaned daily.
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U.K. ambassador called Trump administration ‘clumsy and inept’
The memos also characterize the president’s policy on Iran as ‘incoherent, chaotic.’
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Biden says he was wrong in comments about segregationists
While campaigning in South Carolina, the former vice president says he’s ‘sorry for any of the pain of misconception that caused anybody.’
Posted inMaine, Politics
Maine tribes still fighting for passage of domestic violence bill
The measure, which would give the Passamaquoddy Tribe and the Penobscot Nation jurisdiction over some misdemeanor cases, was approved by the Legislature, but Gov. Janet Mills has yet to sign it.
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Sen. Collins working on push to address maternal, infant mortality
Her Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act would fund regional care partnerships.
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Justice Department presses for census citizenship question
But it did not say exactly what options remain now that the Supreme Court has barred the question at least temporarily.