State Representative Deqa Dhalac, a Somali American, announced she would not seek re-election due to a hostile legislature and calls for her removal from the budget committee over her former employer’s MaineCare fraud scandal. Dhalac, who previously served as South Portland’s first Somali American mayor, was involved with Gateway Community Services during the fraud. While not directly implicated, her presence during the scheme raises ethical concerns. The speaker criticizes Dhalac’s claim of an unsafe legislature as a defensive tactic to garner sympathy, suggesting her decision to leave was strategic rather than coerced.
Community members are coming together next month for "Tee Off for Doc," a lively night of mini golf, local trivia, and live music at minibar in support of a local family following a recent kidney transplant
A Minnesota man who pounded on Democratic lawmakers' doors in the middle of the night while posing as a police officer, killing the state House speaker and her husband and wounding a state senator and his wife, pleaded guilty to murder Thursday so that federal prosecutors would not seek the death penalty.
The opening of a Canadian-U.S. bridge across the Detroit River that President Donald Trump previously threatened to block was delayed on Thursday due to unresolved issues.
Rising gas prices pushed inflation to its highest level in three years last month, a headache for the Federal Reserve and a potential political challenge for the Trump administration as midterm elections near.
