Susan Collins and Angus King were part of a Senate delegation that met with German officials, representatives from humanitarian aid agencies, and Ukrainians forced to flee their homeland following Russia’s invasion of their country.
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Local, statewide and national political news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Residents approve plan to create Belgrade Water District
Voters at annual Town Meeting approve most of proposed $3.6 million budget, and creation of water district to address area where wells have been contaminated by road salt.
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How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
The House has passed the Modernizing Access to Our Public Land Act to direct federal agencies to develop compatibility standards for digitizing and distributing geographic information system data on government lands that are accessible for recreational purposes.
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Sandra Day O’Connor, 1st woman on high court, faced little opposition
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson would be the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court if she wins Senate confirmation.
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Thurgood Marshall, 1st Black justice, faced down Senate critics
With Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination over half a century later, race remains front and center in American politics.
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Republicans will raise issue of Guantanamo clients at Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Senate hearings
Her nomination fulfills a campaign promise by President Biden to name the first Black woman to the Supreme Court.
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British prime minister accused of crass comparison
Boris Johnson likens Ukrainians’ defense of their country to Brexit – as people’s instinct ‘to choose freedom.’
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Albion rejects marijuana ordinance, passes solar moratorium and budget at Town Meeting
Voters at the Town Meeting approved the $1.19 million budget and a one-year moratorium on large-scale commercial solar arrays, but rejected a proposed marijuana licensing ordinance on Saturday.
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How Maine’s delegation voted this past week
Congressional votes for the week of March 11-17, 2022.
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Rep. Don Young of Alaska, longest-serving current congressman, dies at 88
During his career, he unapologetically supported earmarks as a way to bring home projects and build up infrastructure in a geographically huge state.