Ann S. Kim

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Published
March 27, 2012

Gay marriage foes aimed to split gays, blacks, Latinos

The National Organization for Marriage memo reveals a strategy to drive a wedge between gays and blacks and cast acceptance for same-sex marriage among Latinos as a mark of inappropriate assimilation.
Published
March 21, 2012

Occupy Maine protester pleads guilty in hatchet incident

Christopher Schisler is sentenced to 8½ years of incarceration, with all but one year suspended.
Published
March 21, 2012

Spring feels like fast track to summer

Get ready for some record-breaking weather. Temperatures in Portland are expected to reach the 70s today, depending on the influence of cooling sea breezes. That’s far above the normal of 43 degrees for this date and the previous record high of 60, set in 1946. Thank the jet stream for the unusually warm weather, today […]
Published
March 20, 2012

Legal services for poor may run out of money

The state commission that provides legal services to the poor may run out of money for court-appointed lawyers six weeks before the fiscal year closes at the end of June.
Published
March 20, 2012

Legal services for poor facing shortfall

The state commission that provides legal services to the poor may run out of money for court-appointed lawyers six weeks before the fiscal year closes at the end of June.
Published
March 19, 2012

Supreme Court takes input on whether it should weigh in on treasurer concerns

PORTLAND — A group of Democratic lawmakers is arguing to Maine’s highest court that state Treasurer Bruce Poliquin’s private business activities violate the Maine Constitution, but the attorney general and a conservative group contend that the matter doesn’t warrant the justices’ involvement.
Published
March 14, 2012

Fake posts mock King candidacy

On Twitter, “Angus King” muses about how Eliot Cutler needs to lay off the whoopie pies, describes a Republican senator from New Hampshire as a “yummy little morsel” and shares that Brad Pitt should play the younger version of himself in “AngusBall: The Movie.”
Published
March 10, 2012

Price tag for run likely much more for King this time

The last time Angus King ran for office he easily surpassed his four competitors’ fundraising efforts in an inexpensive race.
Published
March 10, 2012

Money may be new factor for King

The last time Angus King ran for office he easily surpassed his four competitors’ fundraising efforts in an inexpensive race.
Published
March 8, 2012

Top court wants House view on Poliquin

PORTLAND — Maine’s highest court is asking the state House of Representatives and other interested parties to weigh in on the constitutional questions surrounding the business activity of state Treasurer Bruce Poliquin.