WASHINGTON (AP) — Tea party conservative Sen. Ted Cruz ended his all-night talkathon to dismantle President Barack Obama’s health care law after 21 hours and 19 minutes as legislation required to avert a partial government shutdown at midnight Monday easily cleared an initial Senate hurdle. Weary after a day and night on his feet, Cruz […]
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UMaine says it needs to keep wind project proposal confidential
More coverage: LePage energy chief defends efforts to reopen offshore wind bids AUGUSTA — Representatives for the University of Maine’s offshore wind project are defending its move to keep its proposal confidential following calls that it be made public. Maine Aqua Ventus, the company designing the university’s project, filed comments with the Public Utilities Commission on […]
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Maine State Housing Authority won’t ban medical marijuana users yet
AUGUSTA — A lack of federal guidance on the use of medical marijuana in federally subsidized apartments led the Maine State Housing Authority board of commissioners on Tuesday to delay a decision on the issue for up to another year. Commissioners and MaineHousing Director John Gallagher expressed deep frustration that despite repeated attempts to secure […]
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Vermont says reversal of Portland-Montreal Pipeline requires state permit
MONTPELIER, Vt. — The company that owns an oil pipeline that runs from Portland to Montreal says it’s considering its options after a Vermont ruling that it would need a state permit to reverse the flow of that pipeline. On Monday, a Vermont environmental regulator ruled the Portland-Montreal Pipeline Corp. would need an Act 250 […]
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Obama emphasizes diplomacy at United Nations
UNITED NATIONS — President Barack Obama on Tuesday welcomed the new Iranian government’s pursuit of a “more moderate course,” saying it should offer the basis for a breakthrough on Iran’s nuclear impasse with the United Nations and the U.S. He signaled a willingness to directly engage Iran’s leaders, tasking Secretary of State John Kerry with […]
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Cutler announces run for Maine governor
BANGOR — Independent candidate Eliot Cutler returned to his hometown to announce that he is again running for governor in 2014. “I am running because we need to move Maine forward, and the best way forward is neither left nor right, but straight ahead,” Cutler said Tuesday morning at the Cross Insurance Center, surrounded by […]
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LePage energy chief defends efforts to reopen offshore wind bids
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage’s top energy advisor Tuesday defended efforts the governor made to restart a bid process for an offshore wind power project along Maine’s coast. Patrick Woodcock, the director of LePage’s Energy Office, said efforts it made to allow the University of Maine to bid on the project before the Maine Public […]
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Alfond says LePage interference with Statoil deal hurts state’s image
LEWISTON — Maine Senate President Justin Alfond, D-Portland, on Monday denounced Gov. Paul LePage’s efforts to derail a deal between the state of Maine and the Norwegian energy giant Statoil. New details of the lengths that LePage’s administration went to unhinge a full-scale offshore wind energy pilot project off the coast emerged Monday in a […]
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Obama says Kenyan mall attack a ‘terrible outrage’
NEW YORK — President Barack Obama says the United States stands with Kenya against the “terrible outrage” of a shopping mall terrorist attack. Obama says the United States is providing law enforcement assistance and all the help it can to deal with the tragedy. At least 62 people have been killed by members of the […]
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Coalition forms to defend bear hunting practices
AUGUSTA — Weeks after animal rights groups announced that they would seek a referendum that would ban hunting bears with hounds, traps or over bait, those who support the state’s bear hunting status quo unveiled their own coalition on Monday during a press conference outside the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife office. All three official […]