Former President Barack Obama on Monday endorsed Lewiston Democrat Jared Golden’s bid for a U.S. House seat in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District. “Thanks, Obama,” Golden responded in a statement on Twitter. “I’ll be working hard to earn every vote in #ME02. As someone who carried this district in 2008 and 2012, I greatly appreciate your […]
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Obama tweets endorsement for three Maine Democrats
AUGUSTA — Former President Barack Obama endorsed three Democrats running for the Maine Senate in a tweet Wednesday that included dozens of other endorsements of candidates around the country. Louis Luchini, Linda Sanborn and Laura Fortman made Obama’s first round of endorsements for the 2018 election. The tweet included a list of 81 Democratic candidates for state and federal […]
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Not real news: A look at what didn't happen this week
This is a roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue headlines of the week. None of these stories is legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked these out. Here are the real facts: NOT REAL: Home Sweet Home: Obama Secretly Returns To Kenya Ahead of […]
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Clean water is good for business
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order relieving the Environmental Protection Agency from defending the Clean Water Rule of 2015, a rule created by executive order of former-President Barack Obama. The order further instructed a review of what is officially called the Waters of the United States rule to ensure it doesn’t hinder […]
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Michelle Obama makes video touting Emily Cain
First lady Michelle Obama weighed in on Maine’s hotly contested 2nd District race Thursday. Democrat Emily Cain released a video of Obama asking people to vote on Tuesday to put “a champion for Maine families and kids” in Congress. In the video, Obama spoke directly into camera and said, “We all know how important it […]
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Overtime rules get mixed reaction in Maine
PORTLAND — A new law raising the salary level at which workers can claim overtime would directly affect at least 16,000 people in Maine, drawing praise from labor groups and criticism from the state’s retail association and others. The U.S. Department of Labor reported the law would directly affect 16,000 workers in Maine and 4.2 […]
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LePage says Congress should follow Constitution on Supreme Court vacancy
AUGUSTA — Maine Gov. Paul LePage on Thursday added his voice to the ongoing debate regarding the U.S. Supreme Court vacancy created with the unexpected death of Justice Antonin Scalia last Saturday. LePage sided with former governor and U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, saying President Barack Obama should nominate a replacement for Scalia. “I’m a […]
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Legislature split on conforming state and federal tax code
AUGUSTA — House Republicans on Tuesday promoted an action by Democratic President Barack Obama as they urged their Democratic colleagues in the Legislature to make permanent in state law a set of income tax breaks that mirror those signed into federal law by Obama in 2015. But a bill extending those breaks to businesses and […]
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Maine lawmakers mixed on Obama’s upcoming executive orders on guns
AUGUSTA — Maine lawmakers had mixed reactions Monday in advance of new executive orders from President Barack Obama on federal background checks for gun purchases. While the details of Obama’s latest attempts to initiate tighter gun control in the U.S. have not been released, Republicans expressed their concerns the president would overreach and infringe on […]