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Another active weather week on the way for Maine

by Mike Slifer NEWS CENTER Maine February 9, 2020February 9, 2020

Weren’t there some meteorologists who said the end of January was boring? Well, Mother Nature is making sure that their attitudes change.

Bill Nemitz, Maine, News, Op-eds, Opinion, Politics

Bill Nemitz: As Trump skates away, King warns, the Senate forever loses its balance

by Bill Nemitz February 9, 2020July 23, 2020

Maine’s junior senator decries not just a newly emboldened president, but a forever-weakened Congress.

The Maine Forecast

Snow, sleet and rain keep coming all day Friday

by Mike Slifer NEWS CENTER Maine February 6, 2020February 6, 2020

Part two of this wintry system will impact Maine all day. Snow, sleet, freezing rain and rain will make for rough morning and evening commutes. Cold air returns as this storm exits.

Elections, Maine, News, Politics

Maine Republicans seek to repeal ranked-choice voting in presidential elections

by Scott Thistle February 4, 2020September 14, 2020

A petition drive announced Tuesday aims to put the question to the state’s voters in November.

Bill Nemitz, Maine, News, Op-eds, Opinion

Bill Nemitz: Back then, Collins called Trump ‘unfit.’ What’s changed?

by Bill Nemitz February 2, 2020July 23, 2020

Maine’s senior senator would do well to heed her own words from 2016 about the man who would become president.

Health, Maine, News, Politics

Citing coronavirus, Mills urges voters to uphold Maine’s new vaccine law

by Scott Thistle January 31, 2020September 14, 2020

Maine’s governor uses her weekly radio address to attack a citizens’ veto effort that would overturn the state’s new law to eliminate non-medical exemptions for childhood vaccines.