With 98 percent of precincts reporting, the margin was just 3,187 votes out of 749,059 cast on Question 1.
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Actress Molly Ringwald touts Clinton in Portland: ‘Smart, charismatic, resilient’
The ‘Breakfast Club’ star tells a coffeehouse crowd that the Democratic presidential nominee is ‘a great example for me as a woman.’
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Senate District 32 Republican candidate withdraws from race
York County Republicans will now pick a replacement for Stephen Martin, who withdrew from the race because of a medical issue.
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Maine ethics panel finds former Lewiston police chief falsified donor signatures
The commission determines William Welch signed the names of donors while trying to qualify for Maine Clean Election funds.
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State health officials don’t collect immigration status of Mainers with infectious diseases
It remains unclear what data Gov. Paul LePage uses when he asserts that asylum seekers are responsible for increases in illnesses.
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LePage veto of overdose antidote bill leaves lawmakers with hard choice, grim consequences
Advocates argue that the governor’s belief that naloxone enables addicts is the same as saying some should die.
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Maine Republicans about to choose delegates for national convention
The 23 delegates will be apportioned based on the results of the state caucuses last month, but loyalties could dissolve in a battle for delegates at the convention in Cleveland.
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LePage signs bill to increase officers’ pay, but veto likely on raises for mental health workers
The governor also signs a law mandating that doctors participate in a program that evaluates prescriptions of opioids while also setting limits on the strength and duration of a prescription.
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Legislators approve $13.4 million public bailout of biomass industry
Lawmakers sought to balance the goal of saving logging jobs with the public costs of providing a subsidy for owners of the plants.
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LePage abruptly cancels town hall forum in Newcastle
His administration says the governor felt compelled to stay in Augusta during the ‘frenzied last days of the legislative session.’