About 200 jobs will be created as a result of $51.2 million in CARES Act funding that will enable Puritan Medical Products of Guilford to develop a second facility in Pittsfield, expanding production of medical-testing swabs.
Sen. Susan Collins
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Our Endorsement: Time for change in U.S. Senate
The Editorial Board endorses Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon to be Maine’s next senator.
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Posted inElection 2020, Local & State, Local Elections, Nation & World, News, Politics
Facebook takes down political ads attacking ranked-choice voting
The shadowy Maine Liberty Coalition spent more than $15,000 on Facebook video ads typical of the anonymous misinformation campaigns that have been used across social media platforms.
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Commentary: By making strong case for Kavanaugh, Sen. Collins made Mainers proud
She’ll have my vote in November, because she’s shown true leadership in a time of national crisis.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Sen. Collins says she’s still working on coronavirus relief package
Maine’s senior senator called it a ‘huge mistake’ for the president to end negotiations on a relief package, but her election opponent says Collins has been ineffective.
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Collins says Trump set poor example by removing mask at White House
Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins says she was ‘shocked’ to see the president discharged from the hospital so soon.
Posted inElection 2020, Local & State, News, Politics
Latest poll shows Gideon and Collins neck-and-neck in Senate race
In a poll conducted by the Bangor Daily News and the Portland firm Digital Research, 44% of voters picked the Democratic challenger to 43% for the Republican incumbent
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Commentary: I no longer trust Sen. Collins to protect our reproductive rights
Two years ago Tuesday, she voted for Brett Kavanaugh, after skipping the meeting where I’d hoped to tell her my abortion story.
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Collins says she tested negative for COVID-19
Three other Republican senators have recently tested positive for the disease.
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Can Susan Collins survive Trump’s takeover of the Republican Party?
The four-term Republican senator was once among the most popular in the country. Now she’s the least and her latest bid for re-election has her in an unfamiliar role: underdog.