A campaign funded largely by the GOP submitted petitions with 72,000 voter signatures in an attempt to prevent ranked-choice voting from being used in presidential elections in Maine.
Scott Thistle
Scott Thistle is the State House reporter for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram. He has covered politics and government in Maine since 2006. Prior to that he served as the State House reporter for the Duluth News Tribune in Duluth, Minnesota. A Maine native, Thistle has worked in journalism since 1990, when he got his start at a weekly newspaper in rural Oxford County, Maine. He is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and an active volunteer with the National Ski Patrol. He resides with his wife, Amy and his two sons Finn and Kai, in Auburn, Maine.
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Towns across Maine looking at budgets crunched by coronavirus
As municipal governments near the end of their budget year, local officials are considering cuts to services and programs to make up for revenue losses caused by the pandemic.
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Trump praises Guilford workers, jabs at Mills in visit that draws supporters, protesters
The governor fired back in a statement, accusing Trump of stoking divisions and questioning the value of his efforts to help Maine’s fishing industry by lifting restrictions in a conservation area far from the Maine coast.
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Group warns Trump protesters to avoid Guilford, gather in Bangor
Some are concerned about potential violence if protesters and Trump supporters gather outside Puritan Medical Products in Guilford, where the president plans to visit Friday.
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Requests for absentee ballots in Maine up threefold from 2016
Nearly 40,000 Maine voters have already requested ballots for the July 14 primary election.
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Members of Maine’s congressional delegation criticize Trump’s response to protests
Rep. Pingree says the president abused his power, while Sen. King lists ‘many things wrong’ and Sen. Collins says Trump’s use of force against D.C. protesters wasn’t justified. Rep. Jared Golden cautioned the president about deploying U.S. troops on American soil.
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Gov. Janet Mills raises security concerns about Trump’s plan to visit maker of test swabs in Maine
The governor raised issues during a conference call in which Trump berated governors, telling them to ‘dominate’ protests of racial injustice.
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Mills administration may steer COVID-19 funds to schools, public health
Finance Commissioner Kirsten Figueroa says the administration has no firm plans for the $1.25 billion in federal relief and is considering future needs. Some lawmakers want to use the money to support businesses affected by the pandemic.
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Key legislative committees meet to take up pandemic response
State House leaders announced a series of meetings for 5 key committees as the Legislature looks to broaden its role in the fight to address coronavirus pandemic in Maine.
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State finance commissioner to update lawmakers on pandemic’s impact
The Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee wants to learn what the Mills administration plans to do with $1.25 billion in federal aid that has so far gone unspent.