Republican opponents are trying to use a slow-moving corruption investigation into Tallahassee city government to portray Andrew Gillum as untrustworthy.
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Police reports detail DWI crash, arrest of candidate in 1998
U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke, who is trying to unseat Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has talked about the arrest but not the accident or his attempts to flee.
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Meghan McCain’s eulogy: ‘America was always great’
Most speakers at her father’s memorial service challenge the nation to live up to its ideals.
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Legislature nears the end of its tumultuous session – which was supposed to conclude in April
‘This work should have been done in April,’ a frustrated Senate President Mike Thibodeau said as lawmakers debated a bill.
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D.C. lobbyist with Maine ties admits to failing to register as a foreign agent
W. Samuel Patten also admitted to federal officials to lying to the Senate Intelligence Committee and concealing illegal contributions to Pres. Trump’s inauguration.
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With McCain gone, could women replace the lion of Senate?
Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Dianne Feinstein of California and Patty Murray of Washington all show flashes of the independence that defined McCain’s career.
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Golden and Poliquin exchange fire over political ads
Both candidates in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District say they have been unfairly attacked.
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Trump cancels federal employees’ pay raises, citing cost of maintaining federal workforce
Federal employees were supposed to see pay raises in January, but Trump said he was cancelling them in favor of raises based on performance.
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Kanye West apologizes for calling slavery a ‘choice’
‘I’m sorry for people who felt let down by that moment,’ the rapper tells radio listeners in Chicago.
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Legislature passes LePage’s package of reforms to Maine’s child protection system
One bill de-emphasizes family reunification, a win for the governor, and others allot more than $21 million to add as many as 40 positions in the DHHS and increase pay for caseworkers.