The judge admits to jurors that he went overboard when he erupted on prosecutors for allowing an expert witness to remain in the courtroom during the trial.
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Instead of tax cuts, Republican candidates motivate with anxiety
Republican strategists wish that tax cuts ‘got the pitch forks out’ but they don’t seem to move voters.
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Lewiston Democrats rode a social media firestorm to the bank, netting $181,000 in donations
Yet the Republican target of the fundraising campaign dropped out of the race, and the Democratic nominee calls the fundraising ‘inappropriate’ and ‘divisive.’
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The next threat to democracy may be fake video and audio, Sen. King warns
Using technology to show a public official saying or doing something that looks real but is not, then spreading it on social media, would make it even harder for the public to know what is true.
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Waterville mayor criticizes council for putting plastic bag ban on ballot
Councilors push back, saying the criticism is just the latest in divisive rhetoric from the Republican mayor.
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Waterville Republican House candidate moving forward with Clean Elections funding
Mark Andre, whose peculiar case left him without the $5,075 he qualified for, is now moving forward with his petition to ask Colby College to contribute towards lowering the city’s tax rate.
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Expanded opioid treatment program lauded by Reps. Pingree and Joe Kennedy
The medication-assisted treatment offered in Biddeford by MaineHealth is one of eight locations in a program that will be move into Portland next year.
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LePage not waiting to submit bills to improve child protection system after all
The governor previously called for lawmakers to first consider other bills important to him, but now says addressing the protective services problems can’t wait.
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Manafort defense team takes parting shot as star witness ends testimony
Rick Gates’ 3 days on the stand created an extraordinary courtroom showdown between the two former Trump campaign aides who were indicted together.
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Kris Kobach could oversee the likely recount in his own race for Kansas governor
The day after the election, Kobach who is secretary of state, has a narrow lead over current Gov. Jeff Colyer.