Maine’s congressional delegation splits over whether the act should be illegal, balancing free speech with what all four members consider an offensive act.
Angus King
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: See the forest for the trees and recognize benefits of biomass
This energy source already produces 27 percent of Maine’s electricity and employs 1,300 residents.
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Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Gov. LePage says Susan Collins ‘is done in Maine’ for failing to back Trump
That ‘really cooked her goose,’ he says, while asserting that the senator plans to seek work in a Clinton administration. But his target says neither claim is true.
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Commentary: When our nation is under threat, Hillary Clinton must be at the helm, says Maine Sen. Angus King
Donald Trump has shown he’s the last person we want to be making critical decisions in the throes of a nuclear crisis.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Federal agency removing pain management survey questions to address opioid crisis
Sen. Susan Collins of Maine was among the senators who initiated the effort to ask the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to change the questionnaire hospitals give to discharged patients.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Current, former Maine senators lament political polarization in U.S.
But at a forum in Bangor, they express guarded optimism that the nation will eventually move back toward compromise and cooperation.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
M.D. Harmon: Those who rise to elective office tend to remain there
But with Trump and Clinton neck and neck in Maine, who knows whether Chellie Pingree will be able to hang on to her seat in Congress?
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: For Maine’s seniors, housing-health care link may be lifesaver
At stake is the quality of life for an expanding demographic – and the need to control costs.
Posted inPolitics
Collins, King push for VA outpatient clinics
The pair joined with other senators to introduce a bill that would authorize leases on 24 Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities, including a proposed expanded outpatient clinic in Portland.
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BIW’s lost bid for $10.5 billion Coast Guard contract puts up to 1,000 jobs at risk
Company officials and Maine’s senators will scrutinize the decision to award patrol cutter work to a Florida shipyard, as the community and state brace for the impact.