Prospects for a deal among Democrats and Republicans are uncertain ahead of a key vote in the Senate on Thursday.
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Jonathan Bush removes campaign ad featuring Portland police training
The Portland Police Department asked Bush to remove the video from social media after the city said it heard concerns that it appeared to falsely indicate an endorsement.
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Janet Mills leads Graham Platner in Maine’s U.S. Senate primary, new poll says
The Pan Atlantic Research poll, conducted from Nov. 29 to Dec. 7, highlights an unsettled Democratic primary battle.
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Why are so many betting on Graham Platner to beat Janet Mills?
Platner is leading Gov. Janet Mills on Polymarket and Kalshi, websites that allow betting on elections, sports and current events that some experts say can be better predictors of election results than polls.
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Social media is already shaping Maine’s U.S. Senate race. Here’s how.
Gov. Janet Mills’ and Graham Platner’s respective social media strategies show how they each see their voters, the race and themselves.
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Matt Dunlap, hoping to replace Jared Golden, defends abortion record
Dunlap, who is running for Congress in Maine’s 2nd District, explained a more than 2-decade-old antiabortion vote.
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Maine police union accuses Mills administration of bad-faith bargaining
The filing from the Fraternal Order of Police comes after the largest union for state employees made similar claims in a labor complaint last month.
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Maine research lab awarded $30 million federal grant for modeling of human heart
The Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor is the first research institution in the state to be awarded a grant of this type.
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How Maine representatives could be key in investigating military strikes on boats off Venezuela
Sen. Angus King and Rep. Jared Golden sit on the Senate and House armed services committees, the leaders of which said they will be looking into attacks that killed 11 people.
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Progressive group targets Angus King and Senate Democrats for backing Trump’s judicial nominees
King says his vote to vote confirm a federal judge in Missouri was a mistake.