The secretary of state’s office announced Thursday that Question 1 on the November ballot will be the proposed changes to voting laws and Question 2 asks voters to approve or reject a proposed red flag law.
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Sen. Collins breaks party line as Senate confirms former Trump lawyer Emil Bove as federal judge
Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska voted against Emil Bove’s confirmation while Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., called the appointment a ‘dark day.’
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Maine Attorney General joins lawsuit against Trump administration’s defunding of abortion providers
Federal funding does not pay for abortions, but does help pay for health care services at Planned Parenthood and Maine Family Planning.
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Maine rejects Justice Department’s request for all voters’ personal info, list of election officials
Secretary of State Shenna Bellows responded to the request by telling the DOJ to ‘go jump in the Gulf of Maine.’
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20 states, including Maine, sue Trump administration over efforts to collect SNAP recipients’ data
The administration has demanded that states turn over personal data of recipients, which some fear could be used to carry out more deportations.
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Sen. King says he no longer supports providing U.S. aid to Israel
Maine’s junior senator cited the ‘growing nutrition and humanitarian crisis in Gaza’ as his reasons for severing support to the Middle East nation.
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Here’s all the lawsuits against the Trump administration that Maine has joined
So far, the state has signed onto more than 30 cases in federal courts across the country. Search through a list of what rules are being challenged and where those cases stand.
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Trump administration will release more than $20M in withheld education funds to Maine
The administration announced last week that it was releasing a portion of the education funding. Sen. Susan Collins, who pushed for their release, is also calling for the release of medical research grants.
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Angus King voted to confirm an anti-abortion judge. Now, he regrets it.
Maine’s junior senator told the Huffington Post that his vote was ‘a mistake.’ His office said King was not available for an interview Friday.
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Bondi facing Democratic calls to testify following report she told Trump he was in Epstein files
The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that Attorney General Pam Bondi told President Donald Trump his name was mentioned in the files of the Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking investigation.