Republican House leader Kevin McCarthy wants his party to stand with Donald Trump, despite Trump’s false claims that he won the election that he clearly lost, and McCarthy appears willing to turn against the party’s No. 3 leader.
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Bills on tribal sovereignty issue likely delayed until next year
Leaders of tribal nations in Maine say the state has failed to recognize their sovereignty and want an overhaul of the landmark 1980 agreement with the state.
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Maine secretary of state backs bills to keep trash talk off license plates
Lawmakers who don’t like the proliferation of plates with objectionable content are proposing new limits and have the support of Secretary of State Shenna Bellows.
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Biden quadruples Trump’s refugee cap after backlash over delay
He is raising the nation’s cap on refugee admissions to 62,500 this year, but admits that the U.S. will not meet that number, because of the pandemic and limitations on resettlement capabilities.
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Direct care workers urge lawmakers to raise pay rates to combat staffing shortages
A workforce shortage and low wages have created a crisis for those who need help from direct care workers. On Monday, some workers made their case for a pay hike to the Legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee.
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U.S. reunites some immigrant families separated at border, DHS secretary says
The Trump administration formally implemented its policy of ‘zero tolerance’ from April to June of 2018, when a federal judge ordered that separated families be reunited. Some of the children were as young as 3 when they were separated.
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Collins named most bipartisan senator for 8th straight year
Maine’s senior U.S. senator topped the annual list from the Lugar Center and the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University.
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Maine Sen. Susan Collins wants to renew Farm to School grant program
Sen. Susan Collins says the bill is designed to raise the program’s funding to $15 million.
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Republicans launch cultural attack on Biden’s American Families Plan
The president’s child-care proposal emerges as a special lightning rod for conservatives.
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Newsmax apologizes to Dominion security chief for false report of election manipulation
The conservative news network says that while it aired the accusations against Eric Coomer made by Donald Trump’s lawyers and supporters, it found no evidence that they were true.