As a member of the former president’s Cabinet, Ryan Zinke continued working on a commercial project through a nonprofit foundation in Montana and lied to an agency ethics official about his involvement, a report finds.
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Tensions mount in Ottawa as police warn truckers protesting COVID-19 rules to leave
Other demonstrators abandoned their sole remaining truck blockade along the U.S. border, opening all crossings for the first time in 2 weeks.
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Paul Paul LePage criticizes Gov. Janet Mills on budget surplus while submitting petitions to run for governor
Paul LePage was joined by dozens of supporters when he submitted nomination papers seeking to become the first person to serve a third nonconsecutive term in the Blaine House.
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Lawmakers to take up prisoner rights bills, overdose legal protections
During work sessions this week, lawmakers on the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee will discuss an array of bills, including one to ban solitary confinement and another to expand Good Samaritan Law protections.
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Bill to restore tribal sovereignty gets overwhelming public support, but Gov. Mills wants targeted approach
There was near-unanimous support for L.D. 1626 among those giving testimony, while details of the governor’s alternative plan emerged behind the scenes.
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Jury rejects Sarah Palin’s libel claim against New York Times
The former Alaska governor loses her libel lawsuit against The New York Times, with both jurors and the presiding judge rejecting her claim.
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Russia makes moves to ease Ukraine tensions; West still skeptical
Despite glimmers of hope, President Biden said 150,000 Russian forces are now massed near Ukraine and in neighboring Belarus.
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Sara Gideon donates more leftover campaign money to nonprofits
Gideon, a Democrat, lost to Republican Sen. Susan Collins in 2020 in a race that broke state fundraising records.
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Gov. Mills unveils budget blueprint for projected $822 million surplus
The release of the supplemental budget proposal will kick off negotiations in the Legislature – a process complicated by election-year politics, with the governor’s office and the entire Legislature up for grabs.
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Two popular bills, two problems: It’s never easy in Senate
One would relieve much of the Postal Service’s debt; the other would avoid a government shutdown this weekend.