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Effort to enshrine right to abortion in Maine Constitution comes up short in first votes
An effort to amend the Maine Constitution to enshrine the right to an abortion has come up short of the necessary threshold in initial votes, giving the resolution dim prospects moving forward.
Funding in state supplemental budget proposal would set aside millions for Maine shelters
A legislative committee has given initial approval to providing Maine’s five low-barrier shelters with $7.5 million.
Potential threat that shut down Bangor airport terminal deemed false alarm
The TSA says a potential threat at the Bangor Airport was a false alarm.
Many eclipse visitors in Maine, New England pulled an all-nighter trying to leave
(AP) Thousands of visitors to northern New England communities in the path of the total solar eclipse were told to pack their patience for the trip. In some areas, they needed it for up to 12 hours after the event started, inching their way back home on packed interstates and secondary roads.
Maine’s governor and GOP lawmakers decry budget adjustment approved in weekend vote
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) Maine Republicans are angry about a proposal by the Democratic-led Legislature’s spending committee that would draw money from the highway fund, reduce a tax break for seniors and eliminate much of the $107 million the governor wanted to set aside in anticipation of slowing revenues.
Maine power crews wind down restoration efforts following April nor’easter
Crews are wrapping up restoration efforts following a nor’easter that caused hundreds of thousands of Central Maine Power customers to lose service on Thursday.
Joe Brennan, Democratic former governor of Maine and US congressman, dies at 89
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) Democrat Joseph E. Brennan, whose hardscrabble childhood shaped his working-class views in a political career that included two terms as Maine’s governor and two terms in the U.S. House, died Friday evening at his home in Portland. He was 89.
Maine Republican lawmaker says neo-Nazi comments taken out of context in debate over paramilitary training
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) A Republican state lawmaker is accusing Democrats of misrepresenting her remarks to make her sound like a Nazi sympathizer during a debate about a bill to restrict paramilitary training in the state.
‘Red flag’ bill debated for hours in Maine months after mass shooting that killed 18
(AP) Months after Maine’s deadliest mass shooting, state lawmakers held an hourslong hearing Friday to debate a so-called red flag bill that would let family members petition a judge to remove guns from someone experiencing a psychiatric crisis.
