Maine politics
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PublishedJanuary 27, 2020
Mike Bloomberg campaigns in Maine with eye toward Super Tuesday primaries
The businessman and former New York City mayor says he is focusing on making the case against Donald Trump rather than defeating other contenders for the Democratic nomination.
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PublishedJanuary 23, 2020
Collins says she raised concerns about Senate decorum just before chief justice admonished legal teams
The exchange came early Wednesday after House impeachment managers and President Trump's lawyers traded accusations and insinuations on the Senate floor.
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PublishedJanuary 22, 2020
Bill pending in Maine to make producers pay for disposal of packaging
Maine is drafting a first-in-the-nation law to shift the cost of disposing of packaging materials from consumers to private companies.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2020
Bill to expand access to child care unveiled in Waterville
"You can't have a strong economy in Maine without strong child care for the people in it," said Senate President Troy Jackson, a Democrat from Aroostook County.
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PublishedJanuary 6, 2020
Panel recommends nearly doubling Maine governor’s ‘embarrassingly low’ salary
Maine's governor, judges and lawmakers are paid less than their peers in nearly every other state, and the State Compensation Commission said that could keep people out of public service.
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PublishedDecember 4, 2019
Blaine House solar project a powerful symbol – and debatable economic investment
Complications lowered by half how much energy would be offset and tripled the payback period.
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PublishedDecember 1, 2019
Jim Fossel: Campaign spending is the problem, not donations
England has a system that allows people to contribute to campaigns, but dictates how much candidates and parties can spend.
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PublishedNovember 8, 2019
Bill Nemitz: Grassroots effort brings people together to talk – and listen – across the political divide
Make Shift Coffee House, honored last week with a national civics award, promotes mutual respect over partisan animosity.
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PublishedNovember 2, 2019
Is Sen. Collins running in 2020? Not yet, officially, but you’d never know it.
Maine's Republican senator, seen by Democrats as someone they can unseat, is widely expected to seek another term but keeps saying she will decide ‘in the fall.’
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PublishedOctober 27, 2019
Out-of-state donors flood Maine’s closely watched U.S. Senate race
In a campaign that could decide control of the Senate in 2020, they make the vast majority of $200-plus donations to Susan Collins and Sara Gideon.
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