Mark Robbins’ full-time job reviewing workplace disputes is in vain because two votes are needed to resolve them.
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Local, statewide and national political news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inElection 2018, Local & State, Local Elections, News, Politics
After extensive losses, Maine Republicans regrouping and strategizing
Still in postmortem mode over the midterms, when the party suffered defeats for governor, Congress and control of the Legislature, its leaders muse on how to win over voters in 2020.
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Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Bitter fight looms over longest U.S. court vacancy
President Trump’s pick for a district judgeship is accused of hostility toward minority rights.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
U.S. troops get holiday call from Trump
The president’s praise of military ‘heroes’ is mixed with political rants, boasting and complaints.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
White House to release climate change report amid frenzy of Black Friday
Environmental groups blast the timing, saying the goal is to bury scientists’ findings.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Politics
LePage plans to appeal court order for immediate steps to expand Medicaid
Justice Michaela Murphy says the governor can’t ignore the will of the people who passed the law extending health care coverage to as many as 80,000 low-income Mainers.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Trump says he’ll visit a war zone – but gives no details about where or when
The president came under fire over his relationship with the military after he criticized the commander of the mission that killed Osama bin Laden.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Trump to spend Thanksgiving at ‘winter White House’ in Florida
The president says he’ll be doing ‘a lot of work’ while at his refuge.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Rival to Nancy Pelosi as House speaker drops out of the running
The decision comes on the same day that Pelosi names the potential challenger, Rep. Marcia Fudge of Ohio, the incoming chair of a newly revived elections subcommittee that will delve into voting rights access.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Ivanka Trump used personal account to send emails about government business
Some advisers to the president fear that his daughter’s reported practices are similar to those for which Hillary Clinton was criticized.