Scott Ogden, spokesman for Janet Mills during her electoral campaign, will serve as communications director, and Lindsay Crete, former spokeswoman for Maine House Democrats, will be press secretary.
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Deqa Dhalac wins big in special election for South Portland council seat
Dhalac, an experienced social worker, got more than two-thirds of the vote in the race against longtime local business owner Donald ‘Cookie’ Cook.
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Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
NOAA report warns Arctic is in ‘most unprecedented transition in human history’
Tuesday’s data sound the alarm on the second-warmest Arctic on record.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Pelosi says border wall is about Trump’s ‘manhood’
Her comments, made behind closed doors, follow a more public political cage match.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Judge orders Stormy Daniels to pay Trump’s legal fees in defamation suit
The adult film star sued after Donald Trump dismissed her claims of being threatened to keep quiet about an affair with him as a ‘total con job.’
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
LePage rejects Mills’ request for state to stop signing new contracts until she’s governor
The outgoing Republican governor says to do so would be ‘abdicating’ his responsibilities to keep state government running smoothly until Mills is sworn in Jan. 2.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Trump threatens to shut down government as he bickers with Democrats
The president says if he doesn’t get funding for the border wall, he’ll shut down government and claims he can make the military built it.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
‘Truth isn’t truth’ tops list of notable quotes in 2018
A librarian from the Yale Law School selects the list.
Posted inElection 2018, Local & State, News, Politics
Maine’s 2018 2nd District race was costliest in state history
Of the $24.3 million that candidates and PACs spent to sway voters, Democrat Jared Golden spent $5.6 million to $4.1 million for Republican Rep. Bruce Poliquin.
Posted inElection 2018, Local & State, News, Politics
Golden eager to take Maine’s 2nd District seat in U.S. House
The Lewiston Democrat worries that the delay and uncertainty caused by a recount in the race could put him at a disadvantage when Congress convenes in January.