The court sided with a Christian counselor challenging a ban on conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ minors in Colorado. The practice has been banned in Maine since 2019.
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Are Maine Democrats having their own tea party moment?
In 2009, the tea party movement gave rise to a rough-edged, tough-talking Republican governor in Paul LePage. Now, Democrats are eying a progressive with similar qualities in Graham Platner.
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Why Trump is investigating Maine for requiring insurers to cover abortion
One legal scholar described the investigations into Maine and 12 other states as Trump “throwing a bone” to conservatives who want more abortion restrictions.
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Man accused in Gilgo Beach serial killings is expected to plead guilty, sources say
Rex Heuermann is charged with murdering seven women over 17 years, including Megan Waterman who grew up in South Portland and Scarborough and went missing in 2010.
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Trump reluctantly praises Susan Collins in Fox News interview
The president initially lumped Maine’s senior senator into a group of Republicans he’s ‘not at all fans of,’ before calling her ‘a good person.’
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Senate approves funding for TSA and most of Homeland Security, but not immigration enforcement
The US House of Representatives is expected to vote on it Friday.
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Maine Democratic primary voters prefer Platner by 2-to-1 margin over Mills, new poll finds
The Emerson College poll found both Mills and Platner leading Republican Susan Collins in a hypothetical general election matchup.
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Graham Platner is still ‘a mystery’ to Maine voters. It’s costing Democrats millions.
He’s spending three times as much on ads in the U.S. Senate primary as Gov. Janet Mills, who went on the attack this week over her opponent’s old internet comments about sexual assault.
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Elizabeth Warren backs Graham Platner in Maine’s Senate primary
The progressive senator from Massachusetts and former presidential candidate said the political newcomer ‘is going to flip Maine and then actually deliver change for working people.’
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Oldest known whale recording could unlock mysteries of the ocean
The 1949 recording predates the discovery whale song by nearly 20 years and was made when the ocean was much quieter than it is today.