Proponents say establishing the Maine Space Port Corp. as a quasi-state agency would maximize investments into aerospace technology from federal sources and private venture capitalists.
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Lawmakers consider $30 million relief fund for Maine lobstermen facing new restrictions
As written, the bill would provide relief money via the state’s general fund, thus making it a taxpayer-funded effort.
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Panel endorses bill to train teachers in climate science despite Republican opposition
Opponents worried that the bill, which has huge support among Maine science teachers, would give environmental groups too much influence.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Politics
Sen. Ned Claxton not running again for Auburn’s seat
Democrat Bettyann Sheats seeks to succeed him in what is likely to be a highly contested campaign
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White House: No ‘gaming the system’ on Supreme Court pick
The president plans to choose the best Black woman for the job, period.
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Bruce Poliquin and Jared Golden locked in a close fundraising race in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District
The two frontrunners each had nearly $1.5 million in their campaign treasuries at the end of 2021, far more than other congressional hopefuls in the district
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Democratic state Rep. Donna Doore of Augusta dies at 70
Doore is the second sitting Maine lawmaker to die in less than a week. Rep. John Tuttle of Sanford died last week.
Posted inNation / World, Politics
Trump suggests Pence should have ‘overturned’ the election on Jan. 6
Trump also criticized Maine Sen. Susan Collins for her efforts to change the Electoral Count Act.
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Trump dangles prospect of pardons for Jan. 6 defendants
Two Republican senators, Maine’s Susan Collins and South Carolina’s Lindsey Graham, have criticized the former president’s suggestions, made at a Texas rally on Saturday.
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Collins knocks Biden for handling of Justice Breyer’s replacement
‘I welcome the appointment of black females to the court and believe that diversity benefits the Supreme Court, but the way that the president has handled this nomination has been clumsy at best,’ the senator from Maine said Sunday.