The former Indiana mayor made history by becoming the first openly gay candidate to earn delegates for the presidential nomination of a major political party.
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Vaccine question pits science versus choice
Supporters of Question 1 argue parents, not the state, should decide if children should be vaccinated. Opponents, including every major medical group in Maine, say immunizations save lives.
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Klobuchar makes pitch to hundreds at Portland event
Ahead of Tuesday’s presidential primary, the Minnesota senator presents herself as a moderate Democrat capable of uniting the party.
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Amy Klobuchar to visit Portland on Saturday, 3 days before primary
The presidential candidate and U.S. senator from Minnesota is currently in fifth place in the Democratic primary race.
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Republicans, Democrats split on whether to back Question 1
Maine Republican candidates favor vaccine referendum, Democrats oppose it and independents vary on how to vote.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State, Politics
Maine Democrats wary of endorsing presidential candidates
Jared Golden says Michael Bloomberg would be the wrong choice but doesn’t express a preference among the others.
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Gideon decries corporate money in politics while taking PAC donations that include it
The Democratic Senate candidate refuses to accept corporate PAC donations, but has taken funds from leadership groups that have corporate donors.
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Bill to create consumer-owned electric utility meets Republican resistance
Republicans on the Legislature’s energy committee show no support for the Democratic bill to create a consumer-owned power authority to buy the assets of Maine’s two private electric utility companies.
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Maine’s members of Congress oppose Trump plan to divert home heating aid to virus response
President Trump, as part of a $2.5 billion plan to combat the coronavirus threat, proposes diverting $37 million from the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which serves thousands of Mainers.
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Maine Republicans pressured USM to punish ‘rogue’ professor
University officials defend their actions surrounding the 2018 controversy to offer class credit for protesting Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination, while critics say the response went too far in pandering to Republican lawmakers.