As the administration seeks a 40% increase in military spending, Republican Sen. Susan Collins is focusing on the proposed cuts to domestic programs in Trump’s latest budget request.
iran
Posted inElections, Maine, Nation & World, New England, News, Politics
As Trump addresses the nation, Democrats hit Susan Collins over Iran vote
Maine’s senior senator told reporters in Sanford on Tuesday that she does not support boots on the ground in Iran.
advertisement
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Gas approaches $4 per gallon in Maine, highest in more than 3 years
Since the end of February, prices have risen nearly $1 per gallon for regular and premium gas. Diesel prices have shot up more than $1.40.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine heating oil prices up to highest point in years
The head of Maine’s Department of Energy Resources called the recent spike ‘historic’ as average costs exceed $5 per gallon.
Posted inNation & World, News
US orders 2,500 Marines to Mideast after almost 2 weeks of war
In an interview with Fox News, President Donald Trump said the war would end ‘when I feel it in my bones.’
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine heating oil prices up more than 20% since last week, state says
Prices have shot up since the United States and Israel launched attacks on Iran late last month.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Q+A: Sen. Angus King on Iran, Israel and the Mainers involved in this latest war
King, I-Maine, expanded on his frustration with the Iran fallout in an interview after Congress failed to put more checks on President Donald Trump.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Amid war on Iran, heating oil prices ticked up this week
Maine was not immune to an international trend.
Posted inElections, News, Politics
Susan Collins opposes effort to limit Trump’s Iran war powers
Maine’s senators weighed in on a resolution Wednesday that was mostly a symbolic rebuke of Trump after the U.S. and Israel opened a war against Iran.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine gas prices continue to rise as Iran war rages on
National prices saw their highest overnight increase in years Tuesday, and prices are still going up in Maine.