The New Gloucester representative is moved to act after her son brings home a novel that included a graphic description of a rape that falsely portrayed the crime as potentially pleasurable for the victim.
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Mills to announce her final Cabinet pick this week
Lawmakers will hold hearings and vote on the 14 Cabinet-level nominees once the governor announces her selection to lead the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry.
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Jared Golden calls for bipartisan talks with Trump to resolve shutdown
The 2nd District congressman says that national leaders could use some ‘Mainer-type common sense’ to end the government shutdown.
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Mainers take to ‘anxiety baking’ to cope in uncertain times
With bad news coming from seemingly every corner – Washington, Wall Street, the environment – some breadmaking, cooking and consuming food is in order.
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Iowa Rep. King may face censure for remarks
After being rebuked, the ninth-term Republican walks back statements praising white nationalism.
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Republicans may seek to overturn ranked-choice voting in Maine
It isn’t clear how they would proceed in an effort to reverse what Maine voters have twice approved at the polls.
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Republican Eric Brakey forms group to protect ‘freedoms and paychecks’
The former state senator from Auburn says he started the Free Maine Campaign because he’s worried that after years of progress ‘we are now in deep danger of falling backward.’
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Maine home-buying compromised as federal shutdown enters Day 21
Closures of government agencies are starting to affect the part of the housing market that depends on federally backed loans, making buyers, sellers, renters and brokers wary.
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Shutdown is felt in Maine, from small business loans to housing vouchers
The Washington stalemate has left multiple federal government agencies unfunded, and the effects are far-reaching.
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Maine DHHS starts rulemaking process on public assistance for asylum seekers
Gov. Janet Mills does not plan to change rules proposed by the LePage administration after a court decision forcing the state to restore benefits it had been denying.