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Mills says state must be ‘backstop’ against federal efforts to restrict abortion

by Kevin Miller January 22, 2019January 23, 2019

She declares Tuesday that those who would reduce access to legal abortions ‘are going to have to get through me first.’

Local & State, Nation & World, Politics

Saying ‘administration is wrong,’ Rep. Golden vows fight to accept transgender troops

by STEVE COLLINS Sun Journal January 22, 2019January 23, 2019

The 2nd District congressman, who serves on the House Armed Services Committee, says ‘anyone who loves America and has the courage to serve should be given that opportunity.’

Local & State, Politics

Mills launches official social media accounts

by associated press January 22, 2019January 22, 2019

Gov. Janet Mills created new official accounts on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

Nation & World, Politics

Supreme Court lets military implement Trump’s transgender restrictions

by JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press January 22, 2019January 23, 2019

Legal challenges to the measures are continuing.

Local & State, News, Politics

Read Gov. Janet Mills’ speech at Portland’s Martin Luther King celebration

January 21, 2019January 21, 2019

Gov. Janet Mills’ speech at the 38th annual Martin Luther King Jr. dinner Monday night at the Holiday Inn by the Bay in Portland: “Let us all hope,” wrote Martin Luther King, Jr. from his narrow cell in Birmingham, “that the dark clouds of racial prejudice will soon pass away and the deep fog of misunderstanding […]

Politics

Trump’s proposal remains in limbo

by and LISA MASCARO Associated Press January 21, 2019

No Democrat has publicly supported the deal since Trump announced it.

Nation & World, Politics, Schools and Education

House Democrats plan to put education secretary under microscope

by COLLIN BINKLEY associated press January 21, 2019January 21, 2019

Among the issues Democrats plan to scrutinize her over is her overhaul of campus sexual assault rules and rollback of regulations on for-profit colleges.