NEW GLOUCESTER – Residents voted overwhelmingly Wednesday night to approve an ordinance establishing a 180-day moratorium on retail marijuana establishments and retail marijuana social clubs. By a show of hands, five of the 40 residents voted against the ordinance. On Nov. 8, Maine voters will decide whether to legalize recreational use of marijuana, allowing municipalities […]
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Bruce Poliquin’s Wall Street past raises questions
Since he jumped into politics with an unsuccessful gubernatorial race in 2010, Bruce Poliquin hasn’t hesitated to tell voters that he prospered on Wall Street. Now a congressman fighting to keep his job in a tight 2nd District race against Democrat Emily Cain, Poliquin has mentioned his business background to make the case that he […]
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Hacked emails show Clinton campaign communicated with State
WASHINGTON — A State Department official appeared to coordinate with Hillary Clinton’s campaign team hours before the former secretary of state’s exclusive use of private emails was first detailed in a news account last year, newly released hacked emails show. Emails from the files of Clinton’s campaign chairman John Podesta show that the department official […]
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Three election charts for political junkies
Nov. 8 is Election Day, and that should mean that this long presidential campaign is over. But the campaigns are nowhere close to winding down. There is plenty of coverage to keep everyone up to date with what’s happening on the campaign trails. But we want to share three charts about the election that may […]
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Hillary Clinton presses into Arizona; Donald Trump focuses on Florida
FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Hillary Clinton is pressing into reliably Republican Arizona as she tries to steal a state away from Donald Trump. Her rival, reinvigorated by the FBI’s new email review, is laser-focused on Florida, a marquee battleground state he can’t win the White House without. With less than a week until Election Day, […]
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Thursday is last day to vote early
LEWISTON — Want to vote early? You’d better hurry. Thursday is the statewide deadline to order an absentee ballot or to vote early. After Thursday, voters will have to wait until Election Day, Nov. 8. Many people this year have voted early, a practice that is growing in popularity, Lewiston City Clerk Kathy Montejo said. […]
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Maine agriculture chief writes Question 1 will hurt natural resources
BANGOR — Maine’s commissioner of agriculture says a plan to legalize marijuana in the state will burden law enforcement and negatively impact natural resources here. Voters will decide if they want to legalize recreational marijuana use in Maine on Nov. 8. Commissioner Walt Whitcomb says the referendum targets rural areas of the state where law […]
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Why Maine may split its electoral votes in presidential election
If Maine splits its electoral votes Nov. 8, which might happen, the results will be a rarity in American politics. In the past 150 years, in only three elections have states deliberately divvied up their electors rather than handing all of them over to the presidential candidate who attracts the most votes. It has never […]
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GOP panel pushes Cain about backing Clinton
The National Republican Congressional Committee this week pressed Maine Democrat Emily Cain to say whether she’s still backing her party’s presidential candidate. What makes it an odd twist is that her opponent, U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin, the first-term Republican from Maine’s hotly contested 2nd District, has made it clear to this point he will not […]
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Gov. Paul Lepage says Questions 2 and 4 will be disasters for Maine
Gov. Paul LePage has said he’ll move south if Mainers pass Questions 2 and 4 on the Nov. 8 ballot. This is nothing new. LePage has for months rallied against Question 2, which would implement a 3 percent surtax on income over $200,000 to increase state aid to public schools, and Question 4, which would […]