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Maine lawmakers approve extending to-go alcohol sales until 2025
The state Senate passed a bill this week that would allow restaurants and bars to offer alcoholic beverages to go. It awaits the governor’s signature.
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Supreme Court nominee Jackson defends record on 3rd day of confirmation hearings
Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson would be the third Black justice, after Thurgood Marshall and Clarence Thomas, and the sixth woman.
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Rep. Pingree meets with Romanian leader on Ukrainian humanitarian crisis
The U.N. estimates that Romania has taken in about 543,000 of the nearly 4 million refugees who have fled the Russian invasion.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Maine House advances bill to allow ranked-choice voting in communities statewide
The bill would allow all of Maine’s communities, whether they have official charters or not, to establish ranked-choice voting.
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Biden to announce new Russia sanctions while in Brussels
Biden is traveling to Brussels and Poland to press for continued unity among Western allies as Russia presses on with its brutal invasion of Ukraine.
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Supreme Court nominee Jackson pushes back on Republican critics, defends record
Facing senators’ questions for the first time, Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson is forcefully defending her record as a federal judge.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Republicans embrace inflation payments proposed by Gov. Mills, want them expedited
The move puts the party at odds with former Gov. Paul LePage, who is challenging Democratic Gov. Janet Mills in November and has called the proposal ‘an election-year gimmick.’
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Pingree, Collins, King describe wrenching scenes at Poland-Ukraine border
Rep. Pingree is in the midst of a weeklong congressional fact-finding trip to Eastern Europe, while Maine’s 2 senators returned Sunday from a weekend trip of their own.
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Jackson pledges to decide Supreme Court cases ‘without fear or favor’
Republicans promise pointed questions over the next 2 days, with a special focus on her record on criminal matters.