LEWISTON — Sometimes a life hinges on whether someone finds what they need at the moment they need it. A Bates College professor played that role for one of America’s leading politicians during the Cold War, former U.S. Sen. Edmund Muskie of Maine, a lanky young man from Rumford who walked into Brooks Quimby’s classroom […]
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Republicans may seek to overturn ranked-choice voting
“We must go after this bad precedent,” former Gov. Paul LePage wrote recently to members of the Republican state committee.
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Maine home-buying compromised as federal shutdown enters Day 21
Closures of government agencies are starting to affect the part of the housing market that depends on federally backed loans, making buyers, sellers, renters and brokers wary.
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Eric Brakey launches Free Maine Campaign to fight ‘nanny state’
Brakey, 30, said the new organization aims “to protect the freedoms and paychecks of Maine people” with a grass-roots effort to help Mainers “get active and involved” with public policy decisions that impact their lives.
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Shutdown is felt in Maine, from small business loans to housing vouchers
The Washington stalemate has left multiple federal government agencies unfunded, and the effects are far-reaching.
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Maine DHHS starts rulemaking process on public assistance for asylum seekers
Gov. Janet Mills does not plan to change rules proposed by the LePage administration after a court decision forcing the state to restore benefits it had been denying.
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Women stand out among Mills’ Cabinet picks
Of the 13 individuals nominated to serve as commissioners of state agencies, seven are women.
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Marijuana dispensaries’ big donations to Mills inaugural have caregivers crying foul
Three dispensaries, combined, had donated nearly 20 percent of the money collected to usher in the new governor as of Dec. 22.
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Jared Golden takes his seat in U.S. House of Representatives
The Democratic freshman ousted Republican Bruce Poliquin in a tight race decided by ranked-choice voting.
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Sandra Oh, Andy Samberg will offer ‘moment of joy’ at less politically charged Golden Globes
The hosts of Sunday’s awards show plan a lighthearted affair.