Among other bills, the House passed a resolution condemning all forms of violence against children globally.
Politics
Local, statewide and national political news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Party caucuses are alive despite Maine’s switch to primaries
Democrats and Republicans will gather Sunday to fill out local committees, pull in volunteers, hear from candidates and elect delegates to the state conventions.
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First lady pushes back against critics of her tennis pavilion tweet
Some say the photos were insensitive during the global coronavirus scare.
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Suburbanites are voting and that’s good news for Joe Biden
Many Democrats feel that his more moderate views means he has a greater chance of beating Donald Trump than Bernie Sanders does.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Sanders, Biden increase attacks as head-to-head race takes shape
Some activists are disappointed that a once diverse field of women and minorities has dwindled to two white men in their late 70s.
Posted inElections, Local & State, Local Elections, News, Politics
With Trump their only choice, more Maine Republicans than usual left ballots blank
An analysis of Tuesday’s voting in the state’s largest towns shows that 1 in 5 of the party’s primary voters left the president’s oval blank or wrote in another name.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Inside the dizzying 3 days that remade the Democratic primary
The win of former Vice President Joe Biden in the South Carolina Democratic primary set off a cascade of events that carried him to a consolidation of support for Super Tuesday.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News, Politics
CMP private investigator tailed anti-corridor petitioners
Opponents of a proposed transmission line accuse a PAC funded by the utility of conducting an ‘outrageous intimidation campaign,’ but Clean Energy Matters contends that petition-drive workers violated state law.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News, Politics
Maine Senate advances oil tank emissions bill
The legislation would direct the DEP to find the best ways to measure and control odors and other air emissions from petroleum storage facilities.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics, Times Record
House passes bill to include liquefied propane in Dig Safe laws
The Senate is expected to take it up for final time next week.