Key to the debate is the $600 weekly unemployment benefit bump that is expiring for millions of jobless Americans.
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Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Colby College poll shows Gideon with 5-point lead over Collins
The survey of nearly 900 likely Maine voters, conducted between July 18-24, also shows high favorability ratings for Gov. Janet Mills and low favorability for President Trump.
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Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Ex-U.S. Senate candidate Eric Brakey heads to Texas for new job
The former Auburn state senator, who lost a congressional primary this month, is moving to Austin to raise money for a libertarian group.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Barr defends aggressive federal response to protests
The hearing marks the attorney general’s first appearance before the House Judiciary Committee, bringing him face-to-face with a panel that is holding hearings on what Democrats say is politicization of the Justice Department under his watch.
Posted inElections, Local & State, News, Politics
Max Linn isn’t quitting the U.S. Senate race after all
The Bar Harbor independent said he’ll only drop out if U.S. Sen. Susan Collins endorses his agenda by Monday.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Local & State, Politics
Maine music venues, theaters relying on federal relief to reopen
One promoter believes arts venues will close without funding this week.
Posted inPolitics
Trump lawyers renew legal assault on tax records subpoena
They say it was issued in bad faith and request it be ‘invalid and unenforceable.’
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Anxiety props up Biden, while Trump voters are fervent, poll shows
Only 50 percent of Biden supporters consider him a strong leader.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Wealthy donors pour millions into fight over mail-in voting
Deep-pocketed and often anonymous donors are pouring over $100 million into an intensifying dispute about whether it should be easier to vote by mail.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Trump talks up his rule-cutting, but courts saying otherwise
Court defeats are threatening the president’s image as a champion of deregulation.