politics
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PublishedJuly 5, 2024
The nation is divided, but these Mainers are more optimistic than you might think
As the country celebrates the long Fourth of July weekend, we invited Mainers to talk about patriotism, freedom and the future.
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PublishedJuly 5, 2024
With suggestive poses and pets, election campaigning tests Tokyo’s patience
Tokyo elects a new governor this weekend, but residents say personal publicity stunts have overtaken serious campaigning to a degree never seen before.
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PublishedJune 12, 2024
Group launches petition to limit Portland’s hazard pay law
The change, if it gets on the ballot and is approved by voters in November, would mean hazard pay in the city would only take effect if Portland itself declared a state of emergency, regardless of what the state does.
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PublishedJune 4, 2024
Lawmakers expensed millions in 2023 under new program that doesn’t require receipts
Critics say the program’s lack of transparency and record-keeping opens it up to abuse. Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., was the program’s top spender.
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PublishedMay 28, 2024
Right-wing protest banner adds new wrinkle to Maine flag referendum
The Appeal to Heaven flag, which has come to symbolize Christian nationalism and the false claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen, bears a strong resemblance to the 1901 Maine flag that could become the state's official flag in November.
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PublishedMay 26, 2024
Trump loudly heckled at Libertarian National Convention
The presumptive Republican nominee normally confines himself to audiences of confirmed supporters.
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PublishedMay 26, 2024
Netanyahu’s split with Biden and the Democrats was years in the making
Israel has moved steadily to the right and the Democratic Party to the left in recent years, while memories of the Holocaust, which long undergirded Americans’ sympathy for Israel, have increasingly faded into the past.
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PublishedMay 23, 2024
Stories from Maine: Brunswick’s forgotten governor
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PublishedApril 26, 2024
Gordon L. Weil: Big issues to settle before we vote
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PublishedApril 21, 2024
Bedside table: As the presidential election looms, ‘A memoir and a Warning’
Book recommendations from readers.
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