Five years after the Citizens United ruling, politicians are starting to confront a voter backlash.
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Maine bridge and road engineer en route to fitting tribute
Richard Coleman helped create the state’s highway infrastructure. Now Interstate 295 will bear his name.
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Maine Parents of Murdered Children meet
Deputy Attorney General Lisa Marchese and the families discuss violence prevention.
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Reagan gunman finds rejection, indifference in future home
Court hearings will begin Wednesday on whether John Hinckley can remain out of a mental hospital.
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Chinese activist more determined after lockup
The campaigner for women’s rights says being detained only strengthened her resolve.
Posted inLife & Culture, Maine, News
Retired racehorse groomed for life in the slow lane
Once the winningest standardbred in Maine history, Postcard Jack, 25, will take it easy in the homestretch.
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Hundreds swarm Pollinators Parade and Picnic at Maine Audubon’s Gilsland Farm
Children dress as butterflies, birds and bees at the event, which celebrates spring and emphasizes the importance of pollinators.
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Nation/World Dispatches
SANAA, Yemen Shiite rebel leader refuses to surrender despite attacks A Shiite rebel leader in Yemen vowed to not surrender Sunday amid Saudi-led airstrikes in a rambling speech that rejected U.N. efforts to halt violence there. The speech by rebel leader Abdul-Malek al-Houthi, his first since the Saudi campaign began, offered signs of cracks appearing […]
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South Portland hit by spike in homeless students
The rise is tied to families coming from Portland’s family shelter to live in the Maine Motel temporarily.
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Gray’s Civil War grave mystery grows
Charles H. Colley was supposed to be buried in his hometown in 1862, but new documents suggest Colley may have never made it home.