The Maine 2nd District Democrat is in one of the most competitive House races in the country this fall and represents a district carried by former Republican President Donald Trump in the last 2 elections.
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Posted inLife & Culture, Local & State, Morning Sentinel, News
These paddleboarders are making a 175-mile journey from Moosehead Lake to Atlantic Ocean
Chris Morgan is leading the convoy of paddleboarders, canoeists and kayakers on a 175-mile long jaunt down the entire Kennebec River.
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Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Bingham woman in Somerset County crash in ‘critical’ condition; baby suffers leg injuries
Kennedy Humphrey, 18, and Adrean Yates, 27, of Bingham, remained Tuesday at Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor after the car they were in Saturday collided with a Chevrolet truck on Kennebec River Road in Concord. A baby in the back seat of the car suffered leg injuries.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Fed’s Powell highlights slowing job market in signal that rate cuts may be nearing
Chair Jerome Powell’s written testimony Tuesday marked a shift in emphasis away from the Fed’s single-minded fight against inflation that suggests it’s moving closer to cutting interest rates.
Posted inBusiness
‘This is break glass in case of emergency stuff’: Analysts alarmed by threats to U.S. data gathering
They warn that funding for the federal statistical agencies is inadequate and measures in a House appropriations bill could undermine what Americans know about themselves.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
FTC report slams pharmacy benefit managers, says firms inflate drug costs, squeeze competitors
An interim FTC report released Tuesday details the market influence of companies known as PBMs.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Key senators agree on spending for next year, setting up clash with House
Sen. Susan Collins of Maine said the U.S. faces one of the most perilous security environments in the last 50 years, and that threats from Iran, Russia and China ‘must be met with the resolve to invest in a stronger national defense.’
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Local Government
Dresden exempts existing gravel pits from mineral-extraction moratorium
The Dresden Selectboard voted unanimously to not include existing gravel pits in the moratorium ordinance as the town faces a new development in the MTN Sand & Gravel case.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Target will stop accepting personal checks next week. Are the days of writing a check numbered?
The chain cited ‘extremely low volumes’ of customers who still write checks.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Teen hiker from Quebec released from hospital after collapse on Appalachian Trail near Caratunk
Elyssa Bernardin, 14, of Saint-Lambert. Quebec, fell unconscious from heat exhaustion while on the Appalachian Trail, according to a state official.