The measure calls for Maine’s Bureau of Veterans Services to provide state benefits to veterans who received other-than-honorable discharges before the federal ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ law was repealed in 2011.
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Freeport brewery cancels Trump campaign event, saying it was misled
The owners of Stars and Stripes Brewery say they did not know an event scheduled at their business Wednesday was for the president’s reelection campaign.
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Lisbon’s Dale Crafts wins Republican congressional primary
President Donald Trump told candidate he’s coming to Maine to campaign with Crafts.
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He’s back: Trump to re-up virus briefings amid lagging polls
The president hasn’t appeared behind the podium to address the pandemic since late April.
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State plans to finish ranked-choice voting count in congressional primary on Tuesday
An outside group that analyzed election numbers says Dale Crafts of Lisbon likely got 58% of the Republican primary votes in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District.
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In Trump’s telling, Biden goes from ‘Sleepy Joe’ to destroyer of ‘American way of life’
It’s the latest effort by the president’s advisers to shift the conversation from rising coronavirus cases and deteriorating public support for the pandemic response.
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Given a chance, Trump would push court pick before election
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 87, is receiving chemotherapy for a recurrence of cancer and says she has no plans to retire.
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Trump’s trouble in metro areas, suburbs makes Ohio suddenly competitive
The campaign is budgeting $18.4 million in TV ads in the state for this fall, second only to Florida.
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Trump, Biden running a close money race in Maine
Both President Trump and Joe Biden have raised more than $400,000 from Maine donors, although the former vice president has done it faster since securing the Democratic nomination.
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Maine begins counting ranked-choice ballots in GOP primary for U.S. House seat
Maine election officials say they’ve begun determining the winner of a Republican primary for a U.S. House of Representatives seat using ranked-choice voting