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PublishedDecember 4, 2022
Big issues await legislators in new session, starting with heating Mainers’ homes
When it begins work this week, the 131st Legislature will dig into its first big test: a bipartisan deal on energy relief.
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PublishedDecember 1, 2022
Proposal to ban political spending by foreign governments heads to statewide referendum
Supporters said the measure headed toward a state referendum would close a loophole that allows foreign governments to spend on Maine issue campaigns.
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PublishedDecember 1, 2022
Legislative leaders vow to tackle housing crisis
Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives and Senate say the state's housing crisis, coupled with the loss of federal funding for rental assistance, must be a priority for the incoming Legislature.
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PublishedNovember 30, 2022
State panel levies $10,680 in fines against group that backed Democratic candidates
The Maine Ethics Commission voted to fine the political action committee after determining it failed to disclose top funders.
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PublishedNovember 30, 2022
Hakeem Jeffries elected first Black lawmaker to lead House Democrats
Showing rare party unity after their midterm election losses, the House Democrats moved seamlessly from one history-making leader to another, choosing the 52-year-old New Yorker.
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PublishedNovember 29, 2022
Georgia voters storm the polls with record 301,000 early votes in 1 day in Senate runoff
Turnout was even higher in the runoff Monday than it was during presidential elections.
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PublishedNovember 28, 2022
Pence, other Republicans issue rare rebuke of Trump over dinner with white nationalist
Donald Trump's former vice president is the highest-profile Republican to criticize the visit by Nick Fuentes and the rapper Ye, who also has a history of making antisemitic remarks.
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PublishedNovember 28, 2022
Senate set to vote on bill protecting same-sex marriages
Sen. Susan Collins is among 12 Republicans who supported the Respect for Marriage Act bill early on and lobbied her colleagues to support it.
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PublishedNovember 28, 2022
Jury deliberates for 2nd day in Oath Keepers Jan. 6 sedition trial
Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and 4 associates are accused of a weekslong plot to stop the transfer of power from Republican Donald Trump to Democrat Joe Biden.
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PublishedNovember 27, 2022
As Maine’s influence in Congress wanes, Sen. Collins holds on to clout
Rep. Chellie Pingree will lose ground next year in a Republican-controlled House, but the Republican senator's seniority makes her the vice chair of Appropriations, where Democrats will rely on her endorsements.
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