The ‘pimply kid’ who helped build a Maine school is now in the national spotlight.
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Beyond veto: Trump seeks more workarounds to avoid Congress
Donald Trump has issued his first veto as president, and his plans for future collaboration with Congress appear limited
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Republican Party’s anti-immigrant tweets anger Portland mayor – and Republican senators
In a series of tweets late Thursday night, the state party took aim at migrants and the city, falsely connecting immigrants to outbreaks of infectious diseases.
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Patients ask Legislature to restrict insurers’ control over medications
But an insurance industry representative argues that a bill to regulate ‘step therapy’ would favor ‘costlier, but no more therapeutically effective, brand name drugs.’
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Twelve Republicans, including Collins, vote against Trump as Senate rejects his border emergency
Maine’s senior senator says, ‘My job is to stand up for the Constitution, so let the chips fall where they may.’
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Mills signs $7.5 million package to pay state’s bills
The supplemental budget will also help the state fight the opioid crisis and fund the state’s upcoming 2020 bicentennial.
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Mills brings back bill that would expand access to abortion
The legislation would make Maine the 9th state to authorize health care practitioners other than physicians to perform procedures, removing a barrier to reproductive health services in rural areas.
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Climate bills call for Maine to reduce emissions to 80% below 1990 levels
Seven hours of testimony provide a glimpse into the scope and impact of proposals to rein in greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, factories and motor vehicles.
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Sen. Collins sponsors bill to extend LGBT protections
She is the lead Republican sponsor of the bill in the Senate.
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Panel rejects bill that would require all police in Maine to wear body cameras
The Legislature’s Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee voted unanimously against the measure, which many police officials opposed.