The Health and Human Services Committee votes 10-2 in favor of Sara Gagné-Holmes’ nomination, which now goes to the full Senate.
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Sens. Collins, King co-sponsor bill requiring military to use state crisis intervention laws
The bill would require the armed services to utilize state laws, such as Maine’s yellow flag law, to disarm people who are a threat to themselves and others. It was introduced a little less than one year after the state’s deadliest mass shooting.
Housing’s worst crisis in decades reverberates through 2024 race
At stake in the next two months are the votes of frustrated homebuyers and renters in battleground states.
State commission responding to storm damage explores public flood insurance
Only 1.3% of all homes and buildings in Maine are covered under the National Flood Insurance Program and participation has fallen sharply over the past 15 years.
Trump subject of second apparent assassination attempt at Florida golf club
The man arrested in connection with the shooting is named Ryan Wesley Routh, law enforcement officials said.
Secret Service probe details failures before Trump rally shooting
The investigation found that agents from Secret Service headquarters and the Pittsburgh field office had an alarmingly slipshod strategy to block a potential shooter.
Gwen Walz tells supporters in Portland to ‘choose a new way forward’
Walz spoke at a rally at Thompson’s Point Friday night after stops in Bangor as part of a blitz by the Harris-Walz campaign on the heels of the presidential debate.
Pope slams Harris and Trump as ‘against life’ and urges Catholics to vote for ‘lesser evil’
Pope Francis highlights what he calls the presidential candidates’ anti-life policies on abortion and migration.
Charges coming in alleged Iranian hack-and-leak attack on Trump campaign
The FBI investigation has focused on an online persona named ‘Robert’ who contacted American reporters, according to people familiar with the matter.
Julie McCabe seeks election to Lewiston’s House District 93
Lewiston teacher hopes to succeed Rep. Margaret Craven, who is not running again