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PublishedJune 8, 2020
Our View: Mills shouldn’t keep lawmakers from doing their job
The governor's response to questions about unemployment benefits echoed her predecessor, and that's not good.
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PublishedJune 7, 2020
Jim Fossel: Legislature’s input needed in state of emergency
Just like Congress, the Maine Legislature has ceded too much power to to the executive branch and needs to take it back.
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PublishedJune 4, 2020
Group warns Trump protesters to avoid Guilford, gather in Bangor
Some are concerned about potential violence if protesters and Trump supporters gather outside Puritan Medical Products in Guilford, where the president plans to visit Friday.
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PublishedJune 4, 2020
Lawmakers furious after Maine’s top labor official fails to attend briefing
Labor and Housing Committee members said it was inexcusable for Labor Commissioner Laura Fortman not to appear and answer questions Thursday, but Gov. Janet Mills said legislative leaders were told last week that Fortman was unlikely to attend.
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PublishedJune 4, 2020
Commentary: Maine quarantine ruling shows everything old is new again
Science is at the heart of the federal decision, just as in the 1986 Supreme Court ruling that upheld Maine's out-of-state bait fish ban.
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PublishedJune 2, 2020
Members of Maine’s congressional delegation criticize Trump’s response to protests
Rep. Pingree says the president abused his power, while Sen. King lists 'many things wrong' and Sen. Collins says Trump's use of force against D.C. protesters wasn't justified. Rep. Jared Golden cautioned the president about deploying U.S. troops on American soil.
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PublishedJune 1, 2020
Mills raises security concerns about Trump’s plan to visit maker of test swabs in Maine
The governor raised issues during a conference call in which Trump berated governors, telling them to ‘dominate’ protests of racial injustice. Mills added more pointed criticism at a news conference in which she said the country needs leadership, ‘not more hatred and more division.’
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PublishedMay 31, 2020
Jim Fossel: Gov. Mills has most to lose in COVID politics
Whether she opens the economy too fast or too slow, she will be held accountable in 2022.
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PublishedMay 31, 2020
Maine Voices: It’s protective equipment, not a political symbol – put on your mask
Question business managers and owners who don't enforce orders, praise ones who do – and perfect your shocked stare.
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PublishedMay 31, 2020
Our View: Gov. Mills right to pause restaurant reopening
In counties where the coronavirus is spreading, it makes sense to keep people safe.
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