AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap said Thursday he has been asked to serve on an election fraud commission that is being spearheaded by President Donald Trump. The purpose of the Presidential Commission on Election Integrity, which will be chaired by Vice President Mike Pence, is to investigate Trump’s belief that there […]
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20 attorneys general, including Maine, call for independent probe into Russia
Maine Attorneys General Janet Mills BOSTON (AP) — A group of 20 attorneys general, all Democrats, is calling for the appointment of an independent special counsel to continue the investigation into Russian interference in last year’s presidential election. The group led by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey called Republican President Donald Trump’s firing of FBI […]
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Lewiston mayor backtracks on immigrant warning
Lewiston Mayor Robert Macdonald holds a copy of a postcard sent to him asking that he help protect the city’s immigrant population from deportation. LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — A Maine mayor says he was mistaken in warning the city’s immigrants about a postcard he received in the mail. Lewiston Mayor Robert Macdonald originally said he […]
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Lawmaker: Gov. LePage overstates education surcharge
FORT KENT, Maine (AP) — The co-chairman of the Maine Legislature’s budget-writing committee says the governor is trying to overstate the impact of an education surcharge approved by voters. Maine Public reports that Gov. Paul LePage was challenged on his facts during his town hall meeting in Fort Kent, where he appeared to assert Monday […]
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Gov. LePage wants to out those who film alleged animal cruelty
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine’s Republican governor wants to make public the names of those who are hired to film videos of alleged animal cruelty. In 2014, Gov. Paul LePage received a $1,000 contribution from Contract Farming of Maine LLC, which is associated with a man who owns New England’s largest egg-producing farm in Turner. […]
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Maine joins attorneys general from 16 states, DC fight travel ban appeal
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The top attorneys from 16 states and the District of Columbia say President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban would hurt their higher education and medical institutions and have a chilling effect on tourism. The attorneys general urged the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a brief Wednesday to uphold a […]
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Insurers pushing back on Maine birth control bill
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Insurers are pushing back against Maine’s new birth control bill, saying the bill’s language could prove costly. The Portland Press Herald reports the bill would help women with birth control prescriptions receive a year’s worth of medication. Maine insurers only allow patients to receive up to three months of birth control. […]
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Maine naturopaths rally behind bill to guarantee insurance
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Naturopaths in Maine are rallying behind a bill designed to prevent insurers from discriminating against health care providers who are licensed by the state. Sen. Justin Chenette, a Saco Democrat, submitted the bill on behalf of the Maine Association of Naturopathic Doctors. He says patients in Maine are being denied access […]
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‘All lives matter,’ LePage tells protesters at USM
Gov. Paul LePage looks on as protesters chant during a student-organized town hall at the University of Southern Maine’s Portland campus. PORTLAND, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage calmly weathered a torrent of disruptions during a student-organized town hall at the University of Southern Maine’s Portland campus Tuesday evening. LePage was interrupted repeatedly during the hourlong […]
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Democrat Adam Cote to run for governor in Maine as political outsider
Adam Cote AUGUSTA, Maine — Democrat Adam Cote has made his long-contemplated 2018 run for governor official, becoming the first well-known Democrat to enter the race to replace term-limited Republican Gov. Paul LePage. Cote, a 44-year-old Sanford attorney and Army veteran, has been out of politics since he finished second in the 2008 primary in […]