A Senate panel endorses the legislation, which awaits approval by the full Senate.
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Maine’s senators submit bill to delay tariff on newsprint
Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King want to delay a proposed import tax on Canadian newsprint so the Commerce Department can study the effects on U.S. newsprint manufacturers and the newspaper industry.
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State’s highest court agrees: Max Linn is ineligible for Republican Senate primary
Justices uphold a lower court ruling that the state had acted properly when it barred his candidacy over a shortfall of valid petition signatures caused when many were deemed fraudulent.
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Collins, King under pressure to oppose controversial CIA director nominee
Human rights groups urge the Maine senators, who serve on the Intelligence Committee, to oppose the nomination of Gina Haspel, who has been accused of complicity in the use of waterboarding on terrorism suspects.
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Republican hoping to run in U.S. Senate race makes last-ditch appeal to Maine’s high court
The court is being asked to reverse an earlier decision by Maine’s secretary of state invalidating Max Linn’s campaign over fake voter signatures
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Sens. King, Collins push for more research on ocean warming in Gulf of Maine
A letter to the head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration comes after a Portland Press Herald report on record-warm water flowing into the gulf’s main entrance.
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Max Linn pushes to remain on Republican Senate ballot despite fraudulent petition signatures
The candidate’s lawyer acknowledges petition fraud, but says whole sheets shouldn’t be tossed.
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More bogus petition signatures end Republican Max Linn’s run for U.S. Senate
The secretary of state says the Bar Harbor businessman is ineligible for the June primary because he lacks the required number of petition signatures, and a criminal investigation into potential fraud is possible.
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Collins says law to prevent Mueller firing wouldn’t hurt
But the probe into possible collusion with the Russians would continue, she says.
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How Maine’s members of Congress voted
The House passes the Combat Online Predators Act, which enforces stiffer penalties on cyberstalkers.