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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Biden to address Maine Democrats in remote rally, with convention canceled
The Maine Democratic Party will hold an online rally and remote voting this weekend in lieu of its traditional in-person convention.
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Republicans pressure North Carolina officials to confirm August convention by Wednesday
The RNC outlined a number of safety protocols it said it would invoke during the convention in Charlotte, an apparent response to the Democratic governor’s request for a safety plan.
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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.
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U.S. Senate candidate complains that pandemic politics are unfair
U.S. Senate hopeful Tiffany Bond has 2,500 of the 4,000 voter signatures she needs to get on the ballot, but securing the rest in a time of social distancing will be tricky.
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Memorial Day offers contrasts as Biden and Trump, with and without masks, salute war dead
The conflicting approaches to the pandemic played out across the country as the reported death toll edged closer to 100,000.
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Jeff Sessions fires back at Trump in spat over Alabama Senate seat
The former attorney general tweets that his recusal over Robert Mueller ‘was required by law.’
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Time running out on the last U.S.-Russia nuclear arms treaty
Moscow has offered to extend New START, but President Trump insists China should have to sign on.
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Biden says he was too ‘cavalier’ about black Trump backers
The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee suggested Friday that African Americans who back President Trump ‘ain’t black.’