Labor has less to spend on campaign messaging because laws in key states let workers skip fees.
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Conservative group pushing Mills to veto bill for ranked-choice primary
The Maine Heritage Policy Center sends the governor a letter making its case against legislation to extend the state’s ranked-choice voting system to the presidential primary in March.
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Bernie Sanders to stump in Maine on Sunday and Monday
The Vermont senator and Democratic presidential candidate will be in Portland for a Sunday night rally and a meeting with union workers on Labor Day.
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Trump pushes for border fence, says he’d pardon aides worried about wrongdoing
A White House request to divert $3.6 billion in Pentagon funds to the barrier project is expected to be approved in coming weeks.
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Uncertainty lingers over ranked-choice presidential primary, despite Senate passage
Gov. Janet Mills hasn’t committed to signing the bill, it’s unclear how the $100,000 cost would be funded, and party officials have discretion to interpret voting results when delegates are assigned to national conventions.
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Maine among 19 states suing over rollback of protections for immigrant children
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.