The executive director of the Maine Commission on Public Defense Services tells the Government Oversight Committee that defendants in over 860 criminal cases need an attorney.
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Local, statewide and national political news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inElection 2024, Local & State, News, Politics
Cornel West remains on Maine ballot after review of signatures
Secretary of State Shenna Bellows said there were enough valid signatures to qualify the former Harvard professor and independent candidate to run for president.
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Posted inElection 2024, Politics
Tim Walz has described his family’s IVF experience. They used a different method.
Gwen Walz on Tuesday issued a statement that detailed the experience more comprehensively and disclosed that they relied on a different process known as intrauterine insemination, or IUI.
Posted inElection 2024, Nation & World, Politics
Obamas close DNC’s second night with Harris endorsement, pointed warnings about Trump
The vice president is drawing on stars like the Obamas and other celebrities, officials from the far left to the middle, and even some Republicans to boost her campaign.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez resigns from Senate after bribery convictions
George Helmy, a former top aide to Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy, will take the seat until November.
Posted inElection 2024, Lewiston-Auburn, Local & State
Three congressional candidate debates slated in Maine’s 2nd District
Jared Golden and Austin Theriault plan to face off three times in six days in early October.
Posted inBusiness, Election 2024, Nation & World, Politics
At Democratic convention, UAW head threatens strike against Stellantis over delayed plant reopening
The lag violates the contract that was ratified last year, and union head Shawn Fain says the manufacturer is dragging out the process so it never has to reopen.
Posted inElection 2024, Nation & World, News, Politics
U.S. intelligence officials: Iran is to blame for hacks targeting Trump, Biden-Harris campaigns
The Trump campaign and private-sector cybersecurity investigators had previously said Iran was behind the hacking attempts.
Posted inElection 2024, Nation & World, News, Politics
Protesters break through police fence near site of Democratic National Convention
As the larger group marched, a few dozen who broke away tore down pieces of the security fence.
Posted inElection 2024, Nation & World, News, Politics
Biden tells audience, ‘America, I gave my best to you,’ at Democratic National Convention
Democrats are looking to the weeklong event to slingshot Vice President Kamala Harris toward a faceoff with Republican Donald Trump.