The Trump administration seeks to alter a federal agreement that limits how long immigrant children can be kept in detention.
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Maine Senate passes ranked-choice voting for March presidential primaries
The bill is now in the hands of Gov. Janet Mills, who won her Democratic gubernatorial primary last year in the nation’s first ranked-choice runoff for a statewide office.
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Lawmakers pass transportation bonds but reject other borrowing backed by Mills
Republicans follow through on their vow to support bonds for transportation infrastructure while opposing borrowing to finance land conservation, broadband and environmental initiatives.
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Last-ditch effort underway to use ranked-choice voting in March primaries
Supporters argue that Mainers should be able to use ranked-choice voting in the presidential primaries, but first they need to convince lawmakers one more time.
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Ex-Rep. Joe Walsh to challenge Trump in 2020 GOP primary
The former Illinois congressman, who has soured on President Trump since voting for him in 2016, said Sunday ‘there needs to be an alternative’ to him.
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Complaint filed against Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon over reimbursements
Gideon is seeking her party’s nomination to run against Republican Sen. Susan Collins.
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David Koch, billionaire industrialist who influenced conservative politics, dies at 79
Koch and his older brother Charles transformed Koch Industries into the second-largest privately held company in the U.S.
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Buttigieg brings message of hope to supporters at campaign event in Portland
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg lashes out at President Trump, telling a packed house that the darkness emanating from the White House is dividing the nation.
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LePage, Moody and Poliquin gather at Republican forum to boost Trump, bash Mills
A media event in Gorham highlights the president’s tax cuts and criticizes Maine’s Democratic Gov. Janet Mills.
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Asylum seekers in Maine could face delays as focus of federal resources goes south
A Trump administration directive to divert resources from the Newark and Boston offices to the southern U.S. border means those offices will suspend all new asylum interviews.