School board candidate Michelle Tucker prompted a police report after speaking with three students after the September board meeting.
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Posted inElection 2024, Kennebec Journal, Local & State
City Council candidate drops out, endorses opponent in Hallowell’s only contested municipal race
David Gilbert told supporters Thursday that he would not be running and supports Benjamin Coolidge Gagnon’s candidacy for the seat.
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Posted inElection 2024, Local & State, Politics
4 key issues that could decide the 2nd District race, and control of Congress
Guns, abortion, taxes and inflation top the list of key issues in the race for Congress.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Opinion: What America needs in its next president
We need someone who will champion all Americans, regardless of how they got here.
Posted inElection 2024, Local & State, Politics
Here are the 11 groups pouring millions of dollars into Maine’s 2nd District race
Nearly a dozen outside groups, some affiliated with politically minded billionaires, have spent about $6.8 million on the race, including roughly $3.9 million targeting Golden and $2 million targeting Theriault.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Opinion: We cannot go back to a pre-Roe world
Those of us who are old enough to remember those days know that policies that kill women create ripples of pain throughout families, communities and society.
Posted inElection 2024, Local & State, Politics
All eyes on Maine’s 2nd District as race heats up for U.S. House seat
National analysts say the hard-fought race between Jared Golden and Austin Theriault is a toss-up and could decide which party controls the U.S. House of Representatives.
Posted inElection 2024, Local & State, Morning Sentinel, News, Politics
Republican House candidate from Augusta claims government created recent hurricanes
In a series of posts on Facebook, Wendy Lee MacDowell, who is running against incumbent Rep. Bill Bridgeo in House District 60, falsely claimed the government is manufacturing “weaponized weather” to target conservative states with storms and seize land for lithium mining.
Posted inElection 2024, Lewiston-Auburn, Local & State
Jared Golden seeks to fend off challenger Austin Theriault in final debate
The two candidates in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District offer voters clashing takes on issues like immigration, firearms and illegal marijuana growing in Maine.
Posted inElection 2024, Local & State, Politics
Gov. Mills responds to Trump call where he reportedly mixed up her gender
Republican candidate Donald Trump was trying to energize voters Monday, the first day of early voting in Maine.