Calls for increased sanctions intensified this week in response to the attacks, killings and destruction in the Ukrainian city of Bucha.
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Maine lawmakers approve resolution expressing support for Ukraine
All but 3 lawmakers signed onto the resolution expressing support for the Ukrainian people and condemning the Russian invasion.
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Bill to give Mainers right to healthy environment fails in House
The House voted 77-59 in support of the Pine Tree Amendment – well short of the two-thirds vote needed to send it to voters this fall. The proposal faces a vote in the Senate.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Ivanka Trump testifies before Jan. 6 House panel
She is is one of over 800 witnesses the committee has interviewed about the attack on the Capitol.
Posted inNation & World, New England, News, Politics
Former Trump aide running for Congress in New Hampshire voted in 2 states in 2016
There is little chance Matt Mowers would face prosecution because the statute of limitations has lapsed.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, Politics
Senate bargainers reach bipartisan $10 billion COVID-19 deal
The agreement comes with BA.2, the new omicron variant, expected to spark a fresh increase in U.S. cases.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Russia faces global outrage over bodies strewn in Ukraine’s streets
Russia is facing a fresh wave of condemnation after evidence emerged of what appeared to be deliberate killings of numerous civilians in Ukraine.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Two more Republicans will join Sen. Collins in approving Jackson to Supreme Court
Democrats plan a vote to ‘discharge’ Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination from committee and then take a series of procedural steps in the coming days to wind it through the 50-50 Senate.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, Nation & World, Politics
Collins leads renewed effort to reduce costs of insulin
Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., are seeking to craft a compromise that members from both parties could accept.
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A right to clean air and water? In broad initiatives, critics predict a sea of litigation
A move to enshrine in Maine’s Constitution a right to healthy environment is part of a trend of broadly worded amendments that includes the right to food.