Once again, same-sex marriage supporters try to pry loose the names of donors to the anti-marriage effort in Maine.
Colin Woodard
Colin Woodard is the Press Herald’s State and National Affairs Writer, and is often at work on large investigative projects. Born in Waterville and raised in western Maine, he was a foreign correspondent for two decades, reported from more than fifty countries on all seven continents, and witnessed the collapse of communism and its bloody aftermath in Eastern Europe and the Balkans. He’s written five books, including histories of Maine (The Lobster Coast), North America’s rival regional cultures (American Nations) and the Golden Age Pirates (Republic of Pirates), which was turned into a quickly forgotten NBC mini-series starring John Malkovich as Blackbeard. Since joining the Press Herald in 2012, he’s won a George Polk Award and was a finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Reporting. He used to be an avid sailor and SCUBA diver, but with small kids at home, his hobbies now include sleeping and picking up toys.
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Group sues Maine over passage of St. Croix alewives
A conservation group says Maine law closing St. Croix fish passages is trumped by a conflicting federal law.
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Environmental group sues state over future of St. Croix alewives
The move by the Conservation Law Foundation brings a new round in the fight over the fish passages at the the Grand Falls dam near Princeton.
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U.S. Senate race: Democrat Dill stands her ground, then and now
From the schoolyard to the campaign trail, the Democratic nominee for Senate has a reputation for challenging the big guys.
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Parallels striking in 2nd District race
Two ‘pretty independent’ men with reputations for working across the aisle square off for the second time in a decade. Their histories, however, define their politics.
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The making of a man without a party
This story, which originally appeared in the Maine Sunday Telegram on Sept. 23, was posted on Angus2012.com, with the passages in red removed: ALEXANDRIA, Va. – On Capitol Hill in the late winter of 1975, a young, idealistic Senate aide named Angus King had a political epiphany while studying a bill on behalf of his […]
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The making of a man without a party
The former governor’s view of the world was shaped long before be ran for public office, and will likely continue to inform his choices.
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Maine tidal turbine goes online, first in North America
The turbine at the bottom of Cobscook Bay can generate 180 kilowatts of electricity, enough to power 30 homes.
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Firm seeking to open virtual school in Maine is under investigation
Florida is probing whether K-12 Inc., which wants to run a school for Maine, employed uncertified teachers and tried to conceal it.
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Special Report: The profit motive behind virtual schools in Maine
Documents expose the flow of money and influence from corporations that stand to profit from state leaders’ efforts to expand and deregulate digital education.