Social Security faces a looming funding crisis in an aging country, with trustees most recently predicting that the retirement and disability program’s trust fund will become insolvent in 2035.
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Political news and information from the Sun Journal.
Posted inElection 2024, Local & State, News, Politics
Gwen Walz cancels campaign trip to Maine
The Harris-Walz campaign did not provide a reason for canceling the visit Tuesday, which it announced last week.
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Posted inElection 2024, Local & State, News, Politics
Bucking national trends, a third of Maine towns still count ballots by hand
Maine’s other municipalities use voting tabulation devices, which studies have shown are faster and more accurate.
Posted inElection 2024, Nation / World, News, Politics
Trump kicks off Pennsylvania rally by talking about Arnold Palmer’s genitalia
The Republican nominee was campaigning in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, where the golfing legend was born in 1929.
Posted inElection 2024, Nation / World, News, Politics
Republicans and Democrats prepare for long legal battles over 2024 election results
While partisan battles over voting rules have long been part of presidential campaigns, election litigation has soared in recent years.
Posted inElection 2024, Local & State, Politics
Residents of ‘very purple’ Berwick just try to get along
Like other places in Maine and around the country, voters here list the economy, cost of living and taxes as among their biggest concerns.
Posted inElection 2024, Local & State, News, Politics
Residents of politically divided Hampden tread carefully with their neighbors
The suburb of Bangor is known for its good schools and quieter pace of life, but its demographics have been changing in recent years, bringing with it a tension that lives mostly beneath the surface.
Posted inElection 2024, Nation / World, News
With an eye on House majority, Democrats mull ways to ‘fix Congress’
With Election Day nearing and the Democrats within a few seats of the majority, some see a chance to try to fix what’s broken by taking up a reform push they started after winning the majority six years ago – but clearly never finished.
Posted inElection 2024, Nation / World, News, Politics
How the election winner becomes president and where it could go awry
The vast majority of U.S. elections have involved a peaceful and orderly transfer of power.
Posted inElection 2024, Nation / World, News, Politics
Obama uses mockery in Arizona as he questions Trump’s competence
Obama has assumed a distinct tone that few others could pull off, leaning on his experience, credibility and popularity, speaking in increasingly direct terms.