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Maine legislative leaders prepare to trim list of 400 bills proposed for 2020

by Scott Thistle October 9, 2019October 9, 2019

They will meet this month to decide which measures will be taken up in the second half of the legislative session.

Nation & World, Politics

2020 Democrats in dash for money before third quarter ends

by BRIAN SLODYSKO September 30, 2019September 14, 2020

The White House contenders spent the weekend pleading for campaign cash ahead of Monday’s third-quarter fundraising deadline.

Nation & World, Politics

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio ends his campaign for president

by Carol Semple September 20, 2019September 20, 2019

DeBlasio’s exit further winnows the extensive Democratic field.

Op-Eds, Opinion

Jim Fossel: Presidential race could turn on Maine’s ranked-choice voting

by Jim Fossel September 15, 2019December 27, 2019

In a close election, Maine’s voting system could consolidate the anti-Trump opposition in a way that will help Democrats.

Maine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion

Maine Voices: Support for open borders will be Democrats’ undoing in 2020

by Jonette Christian September 7, 2019December 27, 2019

Voters (and opinion writers for liberal newspapers) oppose free care for illegal immigrants, decriminalizing illegal crossings and other conspicuously bad ideas.

Business, Elections, Local & State, Nation & World, News, Politics

Here’s why Bernie Sanders was disinvited to speak in Portland on Monday

by Scott Thistle September 3, 2019September 3, 2019

The Democratic presidential candidate declined to attend the Southern Maine Labor Council’s Labor Day breakfast after being told that national union rules prohibited him from speaking.