A spokeswoman for Collins said Maine’s senior senator did not attend the event where President Trump introduced Brett Kavanaugh as his nominee to replace retiring Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy.
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Lawmakers overturn 20 of governor’s 43 vetoes
A bill to increase reimbursement rates for group homes serving adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities is among those that became law over LePage’s objection.
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Waterville petition process blocks funding for city and schools
Councilors on Tuesday will consider declaring an emergency so as to be able to fund city and school operations in light of a petition process seeking to repeal the council’s budget override.
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Lawmakers endorse sweeping medical marijuana reforms
By a wide margin, legislators override a veto by Gov. Paul LePage to push forward changes in the state’s medical marijuana industry.
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District Attorney candidate accused of sex abuse ‘in it to win it’ despite suspended law license
Tuesday was the last day for Seth Carey to withdraw and the Republican party to replace him with another candidate.
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Only half of detained migrant children to be reunited with families by deadline
At least 50 immigrant children under age 5 will be released with their parents by Tuesday’s court-ordered deadline for the Trump administration to reunify families forcibly separated at the border, a government attorney said Monday.
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Free online burn permits to continue after LePage veto overruled
The measure spells out requirements on private companies issuing burn permits in Maine, which has been in dispute for some time.
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LePage foils Medicaid expansion again when House sustains his veto
The 85-58 tally falls short of the two-thirds vote needed to override the governor’s rejection of a funding bill, as a lawsuit seeks to force the filing of an expansion plan with the federal government.
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Boris Johnson, foreign secretary in Theresa May’s UK government, resigns
The British cabinet continues to split over Brexit.
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Pompeo shrugs off North Korea’s ‘gangster’ rebuke
He downplays a harshly critical statement issued hours after he departed from Pyongyang.