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The state election board is expected to vote on a measure to force counties to hand-count all ballots this year.
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Teamsters regional councils – representing hundreds of thousands of members and retirees – in Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada and western Pennsylvania – endorsed the vice president.
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Among those surveyed, 50% said they planned to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris in the presidential race and 41% said they would vote for former President Donald Trump.
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Question 4 asks voters to approve funding that would be used for grants to build, repair and maintain non-motorized, motorized and multiuse trails.
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Lawmakers are not close to completing work on the dozen annual appropriations bills that will fund federal agencies during the next fiscal year, so they’ll need to approve a stopgap measure to prevent a partial shutdown.
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The nonendorsement comes 2 days after union leaders and members met privately with Vice President Kamala Harris so she could lay out her case for an endorsement.
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It's the largest ad buy since Labor Day, the traditional start of the fall campaign season, and comes after Democrats mailed flyers opposing a Republican candidate trying to flip a Senate seat in Windham.
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Voters will weigh a proposal to borrow $10 million to help restore old buildings owned by government agencies or nonprofits across the state.
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While it's doubtful the Senate would pass the measures, the move is designed to send a message to the Netanyahu regime that its war effort is eroding longtime bipartisan support for Israel.
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Meanwhile, the former president held a town hall in Michigan, stoking fear about the upcoming election's integrity.
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No state has reported – so far – that anyone has been harmed as a result of the suspicious mail.
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Sen. Susan Collins of Maine was 1 of only 2 Republicans who voted with Democrats to move forward on the bill.
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Ryan Wesley Routh is charged at the federal level with gun crimes, but additional charges are possible.
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The bond would provide funding that would be used to leverage matching private and federal support for capital projects in key technology sectors determined by the state.
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Postmaster General Louis DeJoy says he’ll work with state election officials to address concerns about mail-in ballots after they warned of persistent problems during the primary season
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Several little-known pro-Trump candidates are running for Congress in key races as independents, and an Associated Press review finds they were recruited and backed by the same shadowy group.
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Springfield City Hall, several schools and state motor vehicle offices in Springfield were forced to evacuate last week after receiving bomb threats.
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The Navy still owns the airport hangar where 51,000 gallons of toxic firefighting foam was discharged after an overhead fire suppression system with a deficient service record malfunctioned.
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The federal government is warning that allowing people to bet on the outcome of U.S. elections poses too much of a risk to be allowed in the United States
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Voters will be asked if they want to limit PAC contributions to $5,000. The measure is likely to be challenged in court if it passes.
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The Health and Human Services Committee votes 10-2 in favor of Sara Gagné-Holmes' nomination, which now goes to the full Senate.
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The bill would require the armed services to utilize state laws, such as Maine's yellow flag law, to disarm people who are a threat to themselves and others. It was introduced a little less than one year after the state's deadliest mass shooting.
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At stake in the next two months are the votes of frustrated homebuyers and renters in battleground states.
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Only 1.3% of all homes and buildings in Maine are covered under the National Flood Insurance Program and participation has fallen sharply over the past 15 years.
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The man arrested in connection with the shooting is named Ryan Wesley Routh, law enforcement officials said.
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Congress agrees the law must be changed, but efforts to change it are stuck amid other contentious issues.
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The battle for the House is now fully resembling trench warfare, a political hand-to-hand combat.
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In Springfield, Haitian immigrants have reported harassment on the street, in their cars and at stores.
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Both campaigns need to win in Pennsylvania.
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The endorsements crystalized the remarkable evolution of the Republican Party's establishment wing, which ruled Washington during the Bush years only to be sidelined once Trump wrested control of the party.
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The investigation found that agents from Secret Service headquarters and the Pittsburgh field office had an alarmingly slipshod strategy to block a potential shooter.
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Walz spoke at a rally at Thompson's Point Friday night after stops in Bangor as part of a blitz by the Harris-Walz campaign on the heels of the presidential debate.
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Pope Francis highlights what he calls the presidential candidates' anti-life policies on abortion and migration.
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The FBI investigation has focused on an online persona named 'Robert' who contacted American reporters, according to people familiar with the matter.
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The Republican presidential candidate posted Thursday on Truth Social that 'THERE WILL BE NO THIRD DEBATE!'
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Critics say abortion opponents are employing legal challenges, administrative maneuvers and even outright intimidation to derail proposed amendments.
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Just 55 days before the election, the Republican presidential candidate has emerged from a rocky contest against his Democratic rival, Kamala Harris, looking to regain his footing.
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Some 9/11 victims’ relatives appealed to presidential candidates for accountability as the U.S. marked an anniversary laced with election-season politics.
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State and local election officials say problems with the nation's mail delivery system threaten to disenfranchise voters and that repeated outreach to the Postal Service to resolve the issues had failed.
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The stops are part of a Harris-Walz push to rally voters and build enthusiasm as the campaign enters its final 2 months.
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The $30 million bond, which goes to voters in November, would pay for engineers, heavy equipment and laborers needed to build trails that will withstand climate change and make Maine a world-class outdoor recreation leader, advocates say.
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Incumbent Rep. Jared Golden questions Austin Theriault's commitment to Second Amendment rights following a report that the Republican challenger called police about a man 'walking onto his front porch holding an AR-15.'
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Taylor Swift, calling herself a ‘childless cat lady,’ endorsed Kamala Harris for president shortly after the debate ended on Tuesday night.
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Harris opened the debate by marching across the stage to shake Trump’s hand, an exchange that set the tone for the next 90 minutes.
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In the first debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, their highly different views of the country provided a stark contrast between their agendas.
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Rather than a unifying moment, the event took place against the backdrop of a bitter, partisan back-and-forth over who is to blame for the rushed and deadly evacuation from Kabul.
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House Speaker Mike Johnson is vowing to press ahead with requiring proof of citizenship for voter registration as part of a bill to avoid a partial government shutdown
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The two-term senator from Maine is a member of both the Armed Services and Veterans' Affairs committees.
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The high-pressure matchup offered Americans their most expansive look at a campaign that’s been dramatically changed just hours before the first early presidential ballots will be distributed.
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More than 5,400 people registered to vote in August, bringing the total of new registrations in Maine to nearly 23,000 so far this year.
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