The commission’s decision follows a complaint from a political action committee backing Central Maine Power’s proposed $1 billion transmission line through western Maine’s mountains.
Politics
Political news and information from the Sun Journal.
Posted inElections, Maine, News, Politics
Follow the Money: See what Mainers are donating to the presidential candidates
Click on the arrows to see each candidate’s donations.
advertisement
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Huge primary turnout seen as a sign of energized Democrats
In Maine, where Joe Biden narrowly defeated Bernie Sanders, over 200,000 registered Democrats voted Tuesday, or about 58 percent.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
With Trump their only choice, more Maine Republicans than usual left ballots blank
An analysis of Tuesday’s voting in the state’s largest towns shows that 1 in 5 of the party’s primary voters left the president’s oval blank or wrote in another name.
Posted inNation / World, Politics
Nazi flag display at Sanders rally sparks broad condemnation
Images of a flag depicting the swastika symbol that was briefly displayed at the candidate’s rally Thursday night in Phoenix began circulating online after the incident.
Posted inNation / World, Politics
Inside the dizzying 3 days that remade the Democratic primary
The win of former Vice President Joe Biden in the South Carolina Democratic primary set off a cascade of events that carried him to a consolidation of support for Super Tuesday.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Politics
CMP private investigator tailed anti-corridor petitioners
Opponents of a proposed transmission line accuse a PAC funded by the utility of conducting an ‘outrageous intimidation campaign,’ but Clean Energy Matters contends that petition-drive workers violated state law.
Posted inFranklin, Livermore Falls Advertiser, Maine, News, Politics
House passes bill to include liquefied propane in Dig Safe laws
The Senate is expected to take it up for final time next week.
Posted inNation / World, Politics
Schumer: I ‘shouldn’t have used the words I did’ about 2 justices
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer says he was referring to political consequences, not physical threats, when he said 2 Supreme Court justices would ‘pay the price’ for their decisions on an abortion case now before the court.
Posted inNation / World, News, Politics
Warren ends 2020 presidential bid after Super Tuesday rout
Disappointed in her Super Tuesday finish, the Massachusetts senator dropped out of the Democratic presidential race on Thursday.