Bush has owned a home in Cape Elizabeth since 2020, but tax records show he received resident exemptions in Massachusetts until 2023, and his campaign would not provide the dates he has lived in Maine.
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A Democratic official flagged potential problems with MaineCare. Mills is pushing back.
State Auditor Matt Dunlap’s fresh findings about MaineCare financial controls drew pushback from Gov. Janet Mills’ administration. Both Democrats are seeking higher office this year.
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Posted inElections, Maine, Nation / World, New England, News, Politics
Trump reluctantly praises Susan Collins in Fox News interview
The president initially lumped Maine’s senior senator into a group of Republicans he’s ‘not at all fans of,’ before calling her ‘a good person.’
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Elections, Maine, Rumford Falls Times, The Bethel Citizen
2 Republican challengers face Wainwright in Oxford County sheriff’s primary
Voters will decide among 3 Republican candidates at the June 9 primary election. The winner will face the lone Democratic candidate on Nov. 3.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Democratic gubernatorial candidates debate at forum by and for young Mainers
Just over 2 months from the Democratic primary, Shenna Bellows, Troy Jackson, Angus King III, Hannah Pingree and Nirav Shah fielded questions on everything from housing reform and health care to addiction and systemic racism.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Capitol Police merger advances despite Republican pushback
Republican lawmakers and Capitol Police union criticize merger bill over pay gaps and inefficiencies.
Posted inMaine, Nation / World, News, Politics
Senate approves funding for TSA and most of Homeland Security, but not immigration enforcement
The US House of Representatives is expected to vote on it Friday.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics, Schools & Education
Mills ups the pressure for permanent free community college in her final year as governor
The two-term Democratic governor now running for U.S. Senate has visited campuses recently in an effort to get one of her signature policies funded.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News, Politics
Feds investigating Maine’s practice of placing transgender inmates in women’s prison
The U.S. Justice Department says it will also investigate the practice in California, citing reports of sexual harassment and assault by transgender inmates in both states.
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Maine urges federal judge to dismiss DOJ’s lawsuit seeking voter registration data
The Department of Justice sued the state last year for voter registration lists, arguing it was necessary to ensure Maine is complying with federal law.